Despite the terrible damage wrought by the tsunami, no one in Japan holds any ill feeling toward the sea. Japan depends on the sea for food, and has acquired the products of civilization from far across the ocean. While continuing our reconstruction after the disaster, we must not lose respect for nature or disregard harmony between man and nature. Offshore wind farms and wave power generation should not remain in the realms of fantasy; instead, we must promote their development and use.
Selected Papers No.15(p.13)

Immediately after the disaster struck, the Nippon Foundation set up the "Northeastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund." Through this, we have provided emergency support for those affected by the disaster and taken steps to restore livelihoods that depend on the sea. This is one of the focal points of our support activity. In future, we will develop this to include the support needed by disaster victims to recover their "homelands," based on family and community bonds through the medium of the sea.
Selected Papers No.15(p.15)

The Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami caused catastrophic damage; human and material damage in coastal areas of Iwate Prefecture alone went beyond all scenarios imaginable. Based on a resolve to "make this the last tsunami to claim human lives," Iwate Prefecture has recently drawn up an "Iwate Prefecture Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Reconstruction Plan: Basic Reconstruction Plan." The principle aim of the Plan is "to protect life, to live together with the sea and land, and to create a homeland Iwate and Sanriku."
Selected Papers No.15(p.18)