※Events on March 11 and 12 were recorded in hours and minutes.
| Events in the Tohoku Regional Bureau | Events in other part of Japan | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | |||
| March 11 | 14:46 JST | The Tohoku Regional Bureau entered a state of emergency. Power and water supply were cut off in the Bureau office, and the emergency power system was activated automatically to replace the power source. | The occurrence of the 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku (a.k.a. the Great East Japan Earthquake). Magnitude 8.8 (provisional; revised later) A seismic intensity of 7 was registered in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture. |
| 14:49 JST | The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a warning of massive tsunami along the Pacific coast of Japan; there was a warning of maximum 6-meter tsunami to Miyagi Prefecture. | ||
| 15:08 JST | A magnitude 7.4 aftershock was registered. | ||
| 15:14 JST | The Government of Japan set up the Emergency Disaster Response Headquarters. | ||
| 15:15 JST | The Bureau chief issued the first instruction. | A magnitude 7.7 aftershock was registered. | |
| 15:18 - 50 JST | The largest wave of the tsunami struck the areas along the Pacific coast of Japan. | ||
| 15:20 JST | The liaisons arrived in Miyagi Prefecture. | ||
| 15:21 JST | The Kamaishi Port Office was flooded by the tsunami. | ||
| 15:23 JST | An emergency rescue helicopter “Michinoku” took off from Sendai Airport. | ||
| 15:25 JST | A magnitude 7.5 aftershock was registered. | ||
| 15:26 JST | The Kesennuma National Highway Maintenance Branch Office was flooded by the tsunami. | ||
| 15:45 JST | The first MLIT Emergency Disaster Response Meeting was held. | ||
| 16:02 JST | Sendai Airport was flooded by the tsunami. | ||
| 16:04 JST | The Shiogama Port and Airport Office and the Tohoku Engineering Office were flooded. | ||
| 16:10 JST | 3 places on 3 routes were completely closed to traffic, including Route 4. | ||
| 16:12 JST | The Emergency Disaster Response Headquarters meeting was held with all the cabinet members present. | ||
| 16:20 JST | The Japan Meteorological Agency named the earthquake “the 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku”. | ||
| 17:30 JST | The Bureau chief received a call from the governor of Miyagi Prefecture, who requested “road clearance of the Tohoku Expressway ASAP”. | ||
| 19:00 JST | Safety of 85% of the staff was confirmed. | ||
| 19:03 JST | Following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the Japanese Government declared a “state of nuclear emergency”. | ||
| 19:35 JST | Liaisons were dispatched to the Koriyama National Highway Office and Kagamiishi, Fukushima Prefecture. Liaisons were dispatched to each municipality as they became ready. | ||
| 21:05 JST | An advance party of the TEC-FORCE and the first squad of the Chubu Regional Development Bureau (Nagoya) left for the meeting place, the Koriyama National Highway Office. Subsequently, teams from other Regional Bureaus also left for the same meeting place. | ||
| 21:23 JST | The Japanese Government ordered the residents within a radius of 3 km of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to evacuate, and the residents within a radius of 10 km to stay inside. | ||
| 22:00 JST | In the fourth MLIT Emergency Disaster Response Headquarters meeting (teleconference), the Bureau chief reported the status and gave his opinion. The ministerial order was given: “The first priority is to save people’s lives. Consider you a representative of the MLIT. Do whatever it takes.” | ||
| 23:33 JST | The instruction from the Bureau chief: “Assume the largest disaster along the Pacific coast of Tohoku. Prepare for the worst. First, collect information as much as possible. Second, clear the road for rescue and transportation routes. Third, support the prefectural and municipal offices. | ||
| March 12 | “Teeth of a Comb” 12 routes were designated. | ||
| 0:20 JST | The MLIT head office requested large dredger/oil recovery ships (Hakusan, Seiryu-maru, Kaisho-maru) to stand by for dispatch. | ||
| 0:30 JST | The Bureau requested the MLIT head office to dispatch 10 pumper trucks. | ||
| 3:59 JST | The magnitude 6.7 Northern Nagano Earthquake occurred. The epicenter was Sakae village in the northern part of Nagano Prefecture. A seismic intensity of 6 or greater was registered. | ||
| 6:00 JST | The road clearance works were started in Yamamoto of Miyagi Prefecture (Route 6). | ||
| 6:05 JST | The rescue helicopter “Michinoku” took off from Fukushima Airport. | ||
| 7:00 JST | The Bureau chief reported the status in the fifth MLIT Emergency Disaster Response Headquarters meeting (teleconference). | ||
| 7:40 JST | 42 places on 8 routes were completely closed to traffic. | ||
| 9:00 JST | The road clearance works were started in Kamaishi. | ||
| 9:38 JST | An advance party of the TEC-FORCE and the first squad of the Chubu Regional Development Bureau (four people) arrived at the Koriyama National Highway Office. | ||
| 10:00 JST | The road clearance works of Route 45 were started in Miyako. The Tohoku Branch Office of the Japan Dredging and Reclamation Engineering Association came to the Tohoku Regional Bureau. | ||
| 11:00 JST | The Tohoku Expressway and the Joban Expressway were opened to traffic as emergency transportation routes. | ||
| 12:45 JST | Kaisho-maru (large dredger/oil recovery ship) left the Port of Kitakyushu. | ||
| 14:00 JST | “Teeth of a Comb” 9 routes were opened to traffic. | ||
| 15:36 JST | Hydrogen explosion occurred at Unit 1 of the TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. | ||
| 16:00 JST | The Bureau requested the Tohoku Branch Office of the Japan Dredging and Reclamation Engineering Association to undertake channel clearance in ports and harbors. | ||
| 18:50 JST | Hakusan (large dredger/oil recovery ship) left the Port of Niigata. | ||
| 20:00 JST | The eighth MLIT Emergency Disaster Response meeting (teleconference) was held. “Teeth of a Comb” 13 routes were designated. “Teeth of a Comb” 11 routes were opened to traffic. The inspection of rivers, except for the river months, was completed. The Bureau reported that it sent liaisons to 12 municipalities of four prefectures. | ||
| 20:20 JST | The massive tsunami warning was lifted, and downgraded to a tsunami warning. The Government ordered residents within a radius of 20 km of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant to evacuate. | ||
| 22:00 JST | Damage was found at 236 facilities in 5 rivers, such as levees, etc. 41 places on 6 routes (national highway) were completely closed to traffic. Damage was found in 9 ports. | ||
| March 13 | “Teeth of a Comb” 16 routes were designated. The pumper trucks, which were sent by request of Ishinomaki and Higashimatsushima, started operations. The first relief supplies were delivered to Rikuzentakata. Seiryu-maru (large dredger/oil recovery ship) left the Port of Nagoya. A kick-off ceremony for the TEC-FORCE formation was held. 232 members of 64 squads were sent to sites. The Bureau chief reported the status in the 11th MLIT Emergency Disaster Response Headquarters meeting (teleconference). | The Japan Meteorological Agency corrected the magnitude of the main shock of the earthquake to 9.0. The tsunami warning was downgraded to an advisory (7:30 JST). The tsunami advisory was called off (17:58). | |
| March 14 | “Teeth of a Comb” 14 routes were opened to traffic. The channel clearance works began in the Port of Hachinohe, Kuji, Kamaishi, Miyako, and Sendaii-Shiogama (Minato, Sendai). Hakusan (large dredger/oil recovery ship) began survey inside the Port of Miyako. The procurement team was organized. Notice of “suspension of ongoing works and operation” was sent out. “The Great East Japan Earthquake information site” was added on the website of the Tohoku Regional Development Bureau. | Hydrogen explosion occurred at Unit 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. | |
| March 15 | “Teeth of a Comb” 15 routes were opened to traffic. The squad of the TEC-FORCE (National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management) left Kurihama for the affected ports. Seiryu-maru (large dredger/oil recovery ship) came alongside the berth for discharging relief supplies in the Port of Kamaishi. | A fire broke out in Unit 4 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The Japanese Government ordered the residents within a radius of 30 km of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to stay inside. The debris clearance works on the 1,500 m runaway of Sendai Airport were completed. Operation of helicopters began. Japanese Emperor made a televised address to the nation. | |
| March 16 | The Bureau chief reported the status at the 16th MLIT Emergency Disaster Response Headquarter meeting (teleconference). Drainage in Sendai Airport began. The navigational channel survey to accommodate oil tankers began in the Port of Sendai-Shiogama (Minato, Shiogama). | The 1,500 m runway of Sendai Airport was reopened to limited traffic of relief planes of the JSDF, etc. | |
| March 17 | The channel clearance works began in the Port of Ishinomaki and Sendai-Shiogama (Minato, Shiogama). Kaisho-maru (large dredger/oil recovery ship) came alongside the berth for discharging relief supplies in the Port of Sendai-Shiogama (Minato, Sendai). | ||
| March 18 | Operation “Teeth of a Comb” was completed. 97% of Route 45 and Route 6 were reopened to traffic. The General Headquarter of the TEC-FORCE was formed. The channel clearance works in the Port of Onahama began. | The death toll exceeded 6,434, the number in the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake, according to the National Police Agency. | |
| March 19 | The Mizujiri Bridge, replaced by a temporary bridge, was reopened to traffic. A “Temporary Bulletin Board for the Affected Municipalities” was added to the website of the Tohoku Regional Development Bureau. | ||
| March 20 | The Bureau chief reported the status in the 20th MLIT Emergency Disaster Response Headquarters meeting (teleconference). The channel clearance works began in the Port of Ofunato | ||
| March 21 | An oil tanker entered the Port of Sendai-Shiogama. The Bureau chief sent letters to the leaders of the affected municipalities, encouraging use of available support of the MLIT; for instance, “tell our liaisons the needs of the municipalities for humanitarian support, daily necessities, materials, machinery, etc.” | ||
| March 22 | The Bureau chief sent letters to the leaders of the affected municipalities again. At the end of the letters, he added, “consider me a dealer of black market, not a Bureau chief”. English translation of the letters was uploaded on the page “Information related to the Great East Japan Earthquake” in the Tohoku Regional Development Bureau website. The members of other Regional Bureaus’ TEC-FORCE were getting appointed as liaisons. The Bureau chief reported the status in the 22nd MLIT Emergency Disaster Response Headquarters meeting (teleconference). Emergency provisions were distributed to all the staff. | ||
| March 23 | The channel clearance works were completed. 10 ports along the Pacific coast of Tohoku were ready to receive emergency relief supplies. 96 liaisons were dispatched to 31 municipalities in 4 prefectures (at its peak). | Spring Koshien, or the National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament, was held, with a slogan, “Ganbaro! Nippon” (means, “Let’s stay strong, Japan!”). | |
| March 25 | The death toll exceeded 10,000, according to the National Police Agency. | ||
| March 27 | The survey of the Port of Soma began. | ||
| March 28 | The Bureau chief reported the status in the 25th MLIT Emergency Disaster Response Headquarters meeting (teleconference). | ||
| March 29 | The 3,000 m runway of Sendai Airport was reopened to traffic. | ||
| March 30 | “Ganbaro! Tohoku” stickers started being used. | ||
| March 31 | The Soka Town Association made a donation of a number of school supplies and satchels for kids in Otsuchi (the Soka Town Association happened to notice the information posted on the “Temporary Bulletin Board for the Affected Municipalities” of the Tohoku Regional Bureau website.). The material and machinery supply project to the affected municipalities (the “dealer of black market” project) was completed. | ||
| April 1 | The earthquake was officially named “the Great East Japan Earthquake” by the Japanese Government. | ||
| April 4 | The Nijyuichihama Bridge, replaced by a temporary bridge, was reopened to traffic. | ||
| April 5 | The Bureau chief reported the status in the 34th MLIT Emergency Disaster Response Headquarters meeting (teleconference). | ||
| April 7 | A magnitude 7.2 aftershock, with a seismic intensity of 6 or greater, was registered in northern Miyagi Prefecture. | ||
| April 8 | The Bureau chief reported the status in the 37th MLIT Emergency Disaster Response Headquarters meeting (teleconference). | ||
| April 10 | Entire Route 45, including some detours, was reopened to traffic. | ||
| April 11 | Notice of possible restart of suspended construction works and operation was sent out. | The budget for the fiscal year 2011 was approved in the Diet. A magnitude 7.0 aftershock was registered. | |
| April 21 | The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency raised the level of severity of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster to “7”. | ||
| April 13 | Sendai Airport was reopened to commercial flights. The flights between each local airport including Haneda and Osaka Airports were resumed. | ||
| April 14 | The first Reconstruction Design Council of the Japanese Government was held. | ||
| April 16 | Ohata, the minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism, visited the disaster-stricken area. The rescue helicopter Michinoku was originally scheduled to fly the minister to the area, but could take off due to some trouble, perhaps because of long continuous operation for days; the minister took a substitute helicopter. | ||
| April 22 | Entire Route 6 in the restricted area was surveyed for the extent of damage. Detours for the affected sections were determined (2 days). | The area within a radius of 20 km from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was designated as a “restricted area” (Futaba, Okuma, Tomioka, Minamisoma, Namie, Katsurao, Tamura, Kawauchi, Naraha) The following areas were designated as a “deliberate evacuation area” (Iidate, Namie, Kawamata, Minamisoma, Katsurao). The stay inside order for the area within a radius of 20 to 30 km from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was lifted. | |
| April 25 | The Bureau chief reported the status in the 42nd MLIT Emergency Disaster Response Headquarters meeting (teleconference). | ||
| May 2 | The first supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2011 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| May 3 | The JSDF began searching for the missing in the area within a radius of 10 km from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. | ||
| May 6 | Traffic on Route 6 within the area affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was secured via a detour. | ||
| May 9 | “The Environmental Roundtable Conference for the Sanriku South Coast and Ishinomaki Seaside Area” was established, and the first conference was held (Miyagi Prefecture and the Japanese Government). | ||
| May 18 | The counterpart (the Tohoku Regional Bureau), who supports restoration and reconstruction of the affected areas in Miyako and Minamisanriku, started its operation (10 members became in charge of 32 municipalities in 3 prefectures; their activities were expected to increase in phases). | ||
| May 24 | TEPCO announced the risk of a nuclear meltdown in Unit 2 and 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. | ||
| May 30 | The Bureau chief reported the status at the 48th MLIT Emergency Disaster Response Headquarter meeting (teleconference). | ||
| Jun 4 | The dispatch of liaisons to municipalities was completed. | ||
| Jun 20 | The Basic Reconstruction Law was enacted. | ||
| Jun 25 | The “Reconstruction Design Council” submitted the “Proposals for Reconstruction” to the Prime Minister. | ||
| Jun 26 | Hiraizumi (Iwate Prefecture) was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site. | ||
| July 11 | The emergency restoration works of the total about 12 km severely affected river levee were completed. The “state of emergency” was downgraded to an “alert” in the Tohoku Regional Bureau. | ||
| July 16 - 17 | The Tohoku Rokkon Sai Festival was held. | ||
| July 23 | The Sendai Airport Line resumed its operations in some sections. | ||
| July 29 | The Basic Policy for Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake was established.(Reconstruction Headquarters in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake) | ||
| August | An “Industry and Distribution System Reconstruction Plan” was established in ports along the Pacific coast of Tohoku. (on August 3 in the Port of Ofunato, August 4 in the Port of Hachinohe and Kuji, August 5 in the Port of Miyako and Ishinomaki, August 8 in the Port of Shiogama, Soma, Onahama) | ||
| August 11 | The Basic Policy for Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake was revised.(Reconstruction Headquarters in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake) | ||
| August 15 | A traffic route and the locations of entry and exit of pending sections of the Reconstruction Road were determined. | ||
| August 31 | The detour of Route 6 (including the area affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster) was no longer required. | ||
| September 1 | The emergency restoration works of the total about 18 km severely affected coastal levee were completed. | ||
| September 2 | Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda formed his Cabinet. Takeshi Maeda was appointed as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, succeeding his predecessor Akihiro Ohata. | ||
| September 25 | The passenger terminal of Sendai Airport was fully restored (regular international flights resumed). | ||
| October 1 | The Sendai Airport Line resumed its operations for entire section. | ||
| October 19 | The design heights of the coastal levees in the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima were determined. | ||
| November 19 | The first ground-breaking ceremony for the “Reconstruction Road” was held in Minamisanriku. Subsequently, the ground-breaking ceremonies were held in Tanohata on November 20, Soma on November 26, and Hachinohe on December 11. | ||
| November 21 | The “Basic Strategy for Restoration and Reconstruction of the Ports and Harbors in Tohoku” was announced. | The third supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2011 was approved in the Diet. | |
| November 25 | The first Reconstruction Road Conference was held in Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures (the conference was held in Fukushima on November 26). “The Environmental Study Committee for the Restoration of River Mouth and Seaside Facilities in the Coastal Area of Miyagi Prefecture” was established. | ||
| November 26 | The reconstruction plans of each municipality in Iwate Prefecture were submitted. | ||
| December 9 | “The Environmental Study Committee for the South Seaside Area of the Port of Sendai” was established. | ||
| December 20 | The fourth supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2011 was approved in a Cabinet meeting. | ||
| December 28 | The reconstruction plans of each municipality in Miyagi Prefecture were submitted. | ||
| 2012 | |||
| January 29 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the South Sendai Bay Coastal Levee Restoration Project was held. | ||
| February 3 | A lane at the collapsed slope on Route 45 in Narita of Ishinomaki was reopened to traffic (alternating one-lane traffic). The detour of Route 45 was no longer required. | ||
| February 10 | The Law to Establish the Reconstruction Agency was enacted. The Reconstruction Agency was established. The Reconstruction Bureaus (Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima) were established. | ||
| February 14 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (ministerial level meeting) (the first meeting) | ||
| February 22 | The Great East Japan Earthquake Business Revitalization Support Platform was established. | ||
| February 26 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Bay Entrance Breakwater Restoration Project in the Port of Kamaishi was held. | ||
| March 2 | The amount of reconstruction subsidy (the first portion) was notified. | ||
| March 8 | The Bureau chief reported the status in the 50th MLIT Emergency Disaster Response Headquarters meeting (teleconference). | ||
| March 11 | The Memorial Service to Commemorate the First Anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake was held (National Theater). | ||
| March 18 | The “Tohoku Tourism Exhibition” began (held by March 31, 2013). | ||
| March 19 | The Reconstruction Promotion Commission (panel of experts) (the first meeting) was held. | ||
| March 22 | The survey and briefing were completed in all sections of the “Reconstruction Road” (total 18 sections). | ||
| End of March | The second Reconstruction Promotion Conference (in Fukushima Prefecture on March 21, Iwate Prefecture on March 23, and Miyagi Prefecture on March 26) was held. | ||
| March 24 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Offshore Breakwater Restoration Project in the Port of Soma was held. | ||
| March 27 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Yamamoto (Miyagi Prefecture) Coastal Levee Restoration Project was held. | ||
| March 30 | The Act on Special Measures for Fukushima Reconstruction and Revitalization was enacted (officially announced on March 31). | ||
| April 1 | The designation of the “restricted area” due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was lifted (the area was rearranged and designated as a preparatory area for lifting evacuation order (an area to which evacuation orders are ready to be lifted), and a residency-restricted area (an area in which the residents are not permitted to live)) (Kawauchi and Tamura). | ||
| April 5 | The budget for the fiscal year 2012 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| April 9 | The opening ceremony for the Minami-Sanriku National Highway Office was held. | ||
| April 16 | The designation of the “restricted area” due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was lifted (the area was rearranged and designated as a preparatory area for lifting evacuation order, a residency-restricted area, and a difficult-to-return area (an area where it is expected that the residents have difficulties in returning for a long time)) (Minamisoma). | ||
| April 21 | The ceremonies of driving the first pile were completed in all sections of the “Reconstruction Road” (total 18 sections). | ||
| April 24 | The Sanriku Coastal Road Site Liaison and Coordination Conference was established (MLIT, Iwate Prefecture, and 12 affected municipalities). | ||
| May 18 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (the second meeting) was held. | ||
| May 26 - 27 | The Tohoku Rokkon Sai Festival was held (in Morioka). | ||
| June 4 | Yuichiro Hata was appointed as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, succeeding his predecessor Takeshi Maeda. | ||
| July 13 | The Basic Policy for Fukushima Reconstruction and Revitalization was resolved in a Cabinet meeting. | ||
| July 14 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Bay Entrance Breakwater Restoration Project in the Port of Ofunato was held. | ||
| July 17 | The designation of the “deliberate evacuation area” due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was lifted (the area was rearranged and designated as a preparatory area for lifting evacuation order, a residency-restricted area, and a difficult-to-return area) (Iidate). | ||
| July 20 | Full-scale use of earthquake debris for the restoration of coastal levees was accelerated. | ||
| August 5 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Collective Relocation Promotion Project for Disaster Prevention was held in Tamaura-nishi district, Iwanuma. | ||
| August 8 | The first public housing for the disaster evacuees was completed (Soma, Fukushima Prefecture). | ||
| August 10 | The designation of the “restricted area” due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was lifted (the area was rearranged and designated as a preparatory area for lifting evacuation order) (Naraha). | ||
| September | The number of evacuees was reported to be 330,000 (*maximum 470,000). | ||
| September 4 | “The Governmental Approach to the Evacuees and Municipalities in the Evacuation Area Affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster” (Grand Design) was announced. | ||
| September 28 | The “2012 Fiscal Year Interim Report of the Reconstruction Promotion Commission” was released. | ||
| October 19 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (the third meeting) was held. | ||
| November 3 | The fast-track ground-breaking ceremony for the Sanriku Coastal Road (between Utatsu and Motoyoshi) was held (subsequently, the same ceremony was held on November 18 (between Miyako and Taro). It was the first construction in the post-earthquake projected sections of the Sanriku Coastal Road. | ||
| November 4 | The fast-track ground-breaking ceremony for the Kamaishi-Hanamaki Road of the Kamaishi-Akita Route of the Tohoku Odan Expressway (between Kamaishi and Kamaishinishi) was held. | ||
| November 9 | The first meeting of the Nuclear Disaster Reconstruction Promotion Team was held. | ||
| November 14 | The Basic Policy for the River Maintenance was prepared (the Kitakamigawa River, the Narusegawa River, the Natorigawa River, and the Abukumagawa River). | ||
| November 20 | The River Maintenance Plan was prepared (the Kitakamigawa River, the Narusegawa River, the Natorigawa River, and the Abukumagawa River). | ||
| November 22 | A “Report on the Reconstruction Status since the Great East Japan Earthquake” was prepared and submitted to the Diet. | ||
| November 25 | The opening ceremony for the Kamaishi-Akita Route of the Tohoku Odan Expressway (between Miyamori and Towa) was held. It was the first Restoration Support Road opened to traffic. | ||
| November 27 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (the fourth meeting) was held. | ||
| December 1 | The construction completion ceremony for the Sendai Port IC of the Sendai East Road was held. | ||
| December 7 | A magnitude 7.3 aftershock was registered. | ||
| December 10 | The designation of the “restricted area” due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was lifted (the area was rearranged and designated as a preparatory area for lifting evacuation order, a residency-restricted area, and a difficult-to-return area) (Okuma). | ||
| December 16 | The 46th Japanese House of Representatives election (Election Day) was held. | ||
| December 22 | A BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) service was launched in the JR Kesennuma line (between Yanaizu and Kesennuma). | ||
| December 26 | Prime Minister Shinzo Abe formed his Cabinet. Akihiro Ota was appointed as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourist. | ||
| 2013 | |||
| January 6 | A NHK taiga drama series “Yae no Sakura” began. | ||
| January 10 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (the fifth meeting) was held. | ||
| January 19 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Abukumagawa River Mouth Levee Restoration Project was held. | ||
| January 25 | The safety prayer ceremony for the Public Housing Construction Works for Disaster Evacuees in Ogaguchi district and Machiyashikimae district of Otsuchi was held. | The supplementary budget bill for the fiscal year 2012 was approved in a Cabinet meeting. The “Task Force for the Acceleration of Decontamination and Reconstruction” was formed. | |
| January 27 | The ground-breaking ceremony of the Old Kitakamigawa River Levee and Revetment Restoration Project was held. | ||
| January 29 | The ground-breaking ceremony of the Iwanuma Coastal Green Belt Restoration and Reconstruction Works was held. | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (the sixth meeting) was held. The budget bill for the fiscal year 2013 was approved in a Cabinet meeting. | |
| February 1 | The Fukushima Headquarters for Reconstruction and Revitalization was established. | ||
| February 9 | The ground-breaking ceremony of the Soma West Road of the Soma-Fukushima Road was held. | ||
| February 14 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Reconstruction Housing was held in Minamisanriku. | ||
| February 22 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Collective Relocation Promotion Project for Disaster Prevention was held in Rikuzentakata. | ||
| February 26 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Collective Relocation Promotion Project for Disaster Prevention was held in Minamisanriku. | ||
| March 2 | A BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) service was launched in the JR Ofunato line (between Kesennuma and Sakari). | ||
| March 3 | The Reconstruction Acceleration Council was held (Sendai). | ||
| March 7 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (the seventh meeting) was held. | ||
| March 10 | The opening ceremony for the Yanagawa Road of the Miyako-Morioka Odan road was held. | ||
| March 11 | The Memorial Service to Commemorate the Second Anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake was held. | ||
| March 16 | The JR Ishinomaki line (between Watanoha and Urashuku) and the JR Joban line (between Watari and Hamayoshida) resumed their operations. | ||
| March 23 | The construction completion ceremony for the coastal levees on the south Sendai Bay coast (the airport section) was held. | ||
| March 24 | The opening ceremony for the Kamikita Road of the Kamikita Expressway was held. | ||
| March 25 | Full-scale use of river and dame lake (reservoir) sediment for ready-mix concrete aggregate was accelerated. | ||
| March 27 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Taro-Iwaizumi section of the Sanriku Coastal Road was held. | ||
| April 1 | A NHK TV drama series “Amachan” began. | ||
| April 3 | The Minami-Riasu Line (between Yoshihama and Sakari) of the Sanriku Railway resumed its operations. | ||
| April 13 | The earthquake occurred near Awajishima island (the largest seismic intensity of 6 or less was registered: Awaji). | ||
| May 10 | The Act on Special Measures for Fukushima Reconstruction and Revitalization was revised. | ||
| May 15 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Kamaishi-Yamada Road of the Sanriku Coastal Road was held (the first in the Otsuchi section). | The budget for the fiscal year 2013 was approved in the Diet. | |
| End of May | The third Reconstruction Road Conference was held (in Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures on May 20, and Iwate Prefecture on May 21). | ||
| Jun 1 - 2 | The Tohoku Rokkon Sai Festival was held (in Fukushima）. | ||
| Jun 16 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Tonosumita-Tono section of the Kamaishi-Hanamaki Road was held (i.e. construction was started in all project sections of the Kamaishi-Hanamaki Road). | ||
| Jun 17 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Yamada-Miyakominami section of the Sanriku Coastal Road was held. | ||
| Jun 22 | Mt. Fuji was registered as a World Heritage site. | ||
| Jun 27 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Fudai-Kuji section of the Sanriku Coastal Road was held. | ||
| July 2 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (the eighth meeting) was held. | ||
| July 23 | The construction of the sixth Taro tunnel in the Miyakochuo-Taro section of the Sanriku Coastal Road was started. It was the first tunnel construction started in the newly projected sections (11 sections, 148 km) of the Sanriku Coastal Road. | ||
| August 10 | Restoration of the Port of Hachinohe was completed. | ||
| August 12 | The highest ever temperature of 41.0 degrees Celsius in the history of Japan was recorded at the Shimantogawa River in Kochi Prefecture. | ||
| August 30 | Special warning system was launched by the Japan Meteorological Agency. | ||
| September 7 | Tokyo was selected as host of the 2020 Summer Olympics. | ||
| September 12 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Samuraihama-Hashikami section of the Sanriku Coastal Road was held. | ||
| October 1 | “An increase in national and local consumption tax and associated action plans” were approved in a Cabinet meeting. | ||
| October 6 | The ceremony of driving the first pile for the Ryozen-Fukushima section of the Soma-Fukushima Road, or Route 115, was held. | ||
| October 7 | The second Reconstruction Acceleration Council was held (Sendai). | ||
| October 13 | The opening ceremony for the Fudai Road of the Sanriku Coastal Road was held. | ||
| November 3 | The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles won the Japan Championship Series in NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball). | ||
| November 7 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Tanohata Road of the Sanriku Coastal Road was held. | ||
| November 11 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Abukuma Higashi-Abukuma section of the Soma-Fukushima Road, or Route 115, was held. | ||
| November 18 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Okanyo-Fudai Road of the Sanriku Coastal Road was held. | ||
| November 21 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Miyako-Hakoishi Road of the Sanriku Coastal Road was held. | ||
| November 30 | The Odate Kita IC-Kosaka JCT section of the Nihonkai-Engan Tohoku Expressway opened to traffic. | ||
| December 24 | The budget bill for the fiscal year 2014 was approved in a Cabinet meeting. | ||
| 2014 | |||
| January 17 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (the ninth meeting) was held. | ||
| February 1 | The Third Reconstruction Acceleration Council was held (Sendai) | ||
| February 6 | The supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2013 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| February 7 | The Hirono IC-Joban Tomioka IC section of the Joban Expressway re-opened to traffic. | ||
| March 2 | The Okanyo Road of the Sanriku Coastal Road opened to traffic. | ||
| March 10 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (tenth meeting) was held. | ||
| March 20 | The budget for the fiscal year 2014 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| March 23 | The Takata Road (Rikuzentakata IC-Kayooka IC section) of the Sanriku Coastal Road was opened to traffic. | ||
| March 29 | The Ring Road Hachinohe Minami (Hachinohe JCT-Hachinohe Korekawa IC section) of the Sanriku Coastal Road was opened to traffic. | ||
| April 1 | The national consumption tax was increased from 5% to 8%. | ||
| April 5 | The Minami-Riasu Line of the Sanriku Railway resumed its operations between Kamaishi Station (Kamaishi) and Yoshihama Station (Ofunato). | ||
| April 6 | The Sanriku Railway resumed all line operations with the resumption of operations on the Kita-Riasu Line between Tanohata Station (Tanohata) and Omoto Station (currently, Iwaizumiomoto Station in Iwazumi). | ||
| May 7 | Sendai Kasen National Highway Office was moved to a new government building. | ||
| Mid May | The fourth Reconstruction Promotion Conference was held (in Iwate Prefecture/Miyagi Prefecture on May 16, Fukushima Prefecture on May 20). | ||
| June 29 | The ground-breaking ceremony for the Kesennuma Road "Kesennuma Bay Bridge (provisional name)" on Sanriku Coastal Road was held. | ||
| July 2 | The framework completion ceremony was held for a public plant (Miyako district) on Sanriku Coastal Road. | ||
| July 17 | The framework completion ceremony was held for a public plant (Kamaishi district) on Sanriku Coastal Road. | ||
| August 24 | The ground-breaking ceremony was held for the Hiratsuto-Matsukusa Road/Kuzakai Road of the Miyako-Morioka Odan Road. | ||
| August 31 | The completion/operation ceremony was held for a public plant (Miyako district) on Sanriku Coastal Road. | ||
| September 3 | The completion/operation ceremony was held for a public plant (Kamaishi district) on Sanriku Coastal Road. | The second cabinet reshuffle of the Abe Administration reappointed Ota as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. | |
| September 6 | The ground-breaking ceremony was held for the Hirono-Hashikami Road of the Sanriku Coastal Road. | ||
| September 16 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (eleventh meeting) was held. | ||
| September 27 | The fourth Reconstruction Acceleration Council was held (Sendai). | ||
| September 28 | The ground-breaking ceremony was held for the Ryozen-Fukushima section of the Soma-Fukushima Road. | ||
| October 31 | The establishment of government-managed memorial facilities (provisional name) in Rikuzentakata (Takata-Matsubara district), Iwate Prefecture and Ishinomaki (Minamihama district), Miyagi Prefecture was approved in a Cabinet meeting. | ||
| December 14 | The 47th Lower House general election day | ||
| December 24 | The third cabinet reshuffle of the Abe Administration reappointed Ota as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. | ||
| 2015 | |||
| January 31 | The fifth Reconstruction Acceleration Council was held (Sendai). | The bus substitution service was started that travels via Route 6 along 46 km between Haranomachi Station (Minamisoma) and Tatsuta Station (Naraha) on the Joban Line. | |
| February 6 | JR East, local municipalities, etc. agree to transfer operation of JR Yamada Line (Miyako-Kamaishi section) to Sanriku Railway. | ||
| February 7 | The supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2014 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| March 1 | The Joban Expressway (Joban-Tomioka IC-Namie IC section) was opened to traffic. | ||
| March 7 | Restoration work on JR Yamada Line was started. | ||
| March 10 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (twelfth meeting) was held. | ||
| March 14 | The Nagano Station-Kanazawa Station section on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line was opened. | ||
| March 21 | All Ishinomaki lines were resumed. | ||
| March 30 | The provisional budget for the fiscal year 2015 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| April 7 | The budget for the fiscal year 2015 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| May 10 | Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium (Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture) was closed. | ||
| Early June | The fifth Reconstruction Promotion Conference was held (in Iwate Prefecture on June 1, Miyagi Prefecture/Fukushima Prefecture on June 4). | ||
| June 24 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (thirteenth meeting) was held. | ||
| July 1 | Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium (Miyagino Ward, Sendai) was opened. | ||
| August 27 | A basic plan was drawn up for government-managed memorial facilities (provisional name) and reconstruction memorial parks (provisional name) in Iwate Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture. | ||
| September 10-11 | Heavy rainfall in the Kanto/Tohoku regions in September 2015 caused overflow and water leakage from the levee in several places along Kinu River near Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture; collapse of the levee on Shibui River, part of the Naruse River system, in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture; and flooding of Yoshida River and its tributaries, the Zen River and Takebayashi River in the towns of Tomiya and Taiwa. | ||
| September 18 | A major earthquake in Chile, South America caused a tsunami that measured up to 80 cm concentrated in the Pacific Ocean side of the Japanese islands. | ||
| October 4 | Ishinomaki-Onagawa IC and Ishinomaki-Onagawa prefectural road were opened. | ||
| October 7 | The third Abe Administration (first Cabinet reshuffle) appointed Ishii as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. | ||
| October 16 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (fourteenth meeting) was held. | ||
| November 20 | The Tohoku Regional Bureau Futsukamachi Government Office was closed. | ||
| November 24 | The new Tohoku Regional Bureau government office began operations (Administrative Affairs Dept., Planning Dept., Construction/Urban Planning Dept., River Dept., Road Dept., Government Building Dept., Land Dept.). | ||
| November 29 | The Yoshihama Road (Sanriku IC-Yoshihama IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. | ||
| November 30 | The new Tohoku Regional Bureau government office began operations (Port and Airport Dept.) | ||
| December 5 | Kamaishi-Hanamaki Road of the Kamaishi-Akita Route of the Tohoku Odan Expressway (Tono-Miyamori section) was opened. The Niisato construction area of Tono-Sumita prefectural road was opened. | ||
| December 6 | The Yagiyama Zoological Park Station-Arai Station section of the Sendai Subway Tozai Line was opened. | ||
| December 19 | The sixth Reconstruction Acceleration Council was held (Sendai). | ||
| December 25 | An agreement was made to fully restore JR Ofunato Line and JR Kesennuma Line (Ishinomaki, Minamisanriku) using BRT (third meeting of leaders of municipalities along the JR Ofunato Line). | ||
| 2016 | |||
| January 20 | The supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2015 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| March 5 | The construction completion ceremony for the South Sendai Bay Coast was held. | ||
| March 10 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (fifteenth meeting) was held. | ||
| March 11 | The basic policy for recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake during the reconstruction/revitalization period was approved in a Cabinet meeting. | ||
| March 12 | The Tonan-Kawame Road (Kawame IC-Tanosawa IC section) of Miyako-Morioka Odan Road was opened. | ||
| March 18 | A declaration was made to fully restore JR Kesennuma Line using BRT (Kesennuma). | ||
| March 26 | The Shin-Aomori Station to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station section on the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line was opened. | ||
| March 27 | Senen Road was turned into 4-lanes and Tagajo IC was opened on Sanriku Coastal Road. | ||
| March 29 | The budget for the fiscal year 2016 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| April 14 | The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake caused tremors that measured a seismic intensity of 7 in Mashiki (the fourth ever recorded), and forceful aftershocks following the earthquake ranging from a seismic intensity of 3 to upper 6. | ||
| April 16 | The Toyoma-Shizugawa Road (Tome-Towa IC-Mitakido IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. Mitakido municipal road was opened. | ||
| May 17 | The supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2016 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| Mid June | The sixth Reconstruction Promotion Conference was held (in Iwate Prefecture on June 13, Miyagi Prefecture on June 15, Fukushima Prefecture on June 14). | ||
| July 12 | The JR Joban Line (Haranomachi-Odaka Station section) resumed operations. | ||
| August 3 | The third Abe Administration (second Cabinet reshuffle) retained Ishii as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. | ||
| August 8 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (sixteenth meeting) was held. | ||
| August 30 | Typhoon No. 10 in 2016 was the first to directly land in the Tohoku region from the Pacific Ocean since statistics began being recorded in 1951, and caused major damage in Iwate Prefecture and Hokkaido from river flooding and collapsed levees. | ||
| August 31 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (seventeenth meeting) was held. | ||
| October 11 | The second supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2016 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| October 30 | The Toyoma-Shizugawa Road (Mitakido IC-Shizugawa IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. | ||
| December 10 | The JR Joban Line (Hama-Yoshida-Soma Station section) resumed operations. | ||
| December 17 | The seventh Reconstruction Acceleration Council was held (Sendai). | ||
| 2017 | |||
| January 31 | The third supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2016 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| February 25 | The construction completion ceremony for the Naruse River Mouth Restoration/Reconstruction Project was held. The construction completion ceremony for the Kitakami River Mouth Restoration/Reconstruction Project was held. | ||
| March 4 | The construction completion ceremony for the Abukuma River Mouth Restoration/Reconstruction Project was held. | ||
| March 5 | The ground-breaking ceremony was held for the Takatamatsubara Tsunami Reconstruction Memorial Park. | ||
| March 10 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (eighteenth meeting) was held. | ||
| March 19 | The ground-breaking ceremony was held for the Ishinomaki Minamihama Tsunami Reconstruction Memorial Park. The construction completion ceremony for the Ofunato Bay Entrance Breakwater Project was held. | ||
| March 20 | The Minamisanriku Road (Shizugawa IC-Minamisanrikukaigan IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. | ||
| March 22 | The ceremony for establishing a memorial monument at the former site of the Tohoku Regional Bureau Futsukamachi Government Office was held. | ||
| March 26 | The Abukuma Higashi Road (Soma-Yamakami IC to Soma-Tamano IC section) of Tohoku-Chuo Expressway was opened. | ||
| March 27 | The budget for the fiscal year 2017 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| March 30 | The Yamoto-Ishinomaki Road (Ishinomaki-Onagawa IC to Monou-Toyosato IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was turned into 4 lanes. | ||
| June 2 | Production of ready-mixed concrete was completed for a public plant (Kamaishi district) on Sanriku Coastal Road. | ||
| End of June | The seventh Reconstruction Promotion Conference was held (in Iwate Prefecture on June 19, Miyagi Prefecture on June 20, Fukushima Prefecture on June 27). | ||
| July 5-6 | There was heavy rainfall in northern Kyushu in July 2017. | ||
| August 3 | The third Abe Administration (third Cabinet reshuffle) retained Ishii as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. | ||
| August 8 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (nineteenth meeting) was held. | ||
| September 1 | The establishment of a government-managed memorial facility (provisional name) in Fukushima Prefecture was approved in a Cabinet meeting. | ||
| October 21 | The Tatsuta Station-Tomioka Station section on the Joban Line resumed operations. | ||
| October 22 | The 48th Lower House general election day | ||
| November 1 | The fourth cabinet of the Abe Administration reappointed Ishii as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. | ||
| November 19 | The Yamada-Miyako Road (Yamada IC-Miyako-minami IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. | ||
| December 3 | The construction completion ceremony for the Natori River Mouth Restoration/Reconstruction Project was held. | ||
| December 9 | The Minamisanriku Road (Minamisanrikukaigan IC-Utatsu IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. | ||
| December 16 | The eighth Reconstruction Acceleration Council was held (Sendai). | ||
| December 22 | Production of ready-mixed concrete was completed for a public plant (Miyako district) on Sanriku Coastal Road. | ||
| 2018 | |||
| February 1 | The supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2017 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| February 6 | Heavy snowfall in 2018 was concentrated in Fukui Prefecture. | ||
| March 9 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (twentieth meeting) was held. | ||
| March 10 | The Soma-Fukushima Road (Soma-Tamano IC-Ryozen IC section) of Tohoku-Chuo Expressway was opened. | ||
| March 15 | Construction for the Offshore Breakwater Restoration Project in the Port of Soma was completed. | ||
| March 21 | The Miyako-Taro Road (Taro Masaki Kaigan IC-Taro-kita IC section) and Taro-Iwaizumi Road (Taro-kita IC-Iwaizumiryusendo IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. | ||
| March 25 | The Motoyoshi-Kesennuma Road (Oyakaigan IC-Kesennuma-Chuo IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. | ||
| March 28 | The budget for the fiscal year 2018 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| End of March | Construction for the Kamaishi Bay Entrance Breakwater Restoration Project was completed. | ||
| April 9 | An earthquake in western Shimane Prefecture caused tremors that measured a seismic intensity of up to upper 5 in Oda, Shimane Prefecture. | ||
| April 21 | The unveiling ceremony was held following completion of the Offshore Breakwater Restoration Project in the Port of Soma. | ||
| April 30 | The construction completion ceremony for the Kamaishi Bay Entrance Breakwater Restoration Project was held. | ||
| June 18 | An earthquake in northern Osaka Prefecture caused tremors that measured a seismic intensity of up to lower 6 in Kita Ward in Osaka City, Takatsuki, Hirakata, Ibaraki, and Minoh in Osaka Prefecture. | ||
| June 22 | A ferry route linking Muroran, Hokkaido and Miyako was established. | ||
| June 28-July 8 | Heavy rains fell in July 2018. There were localized torrential downpours mainly in western Japan caused by Typhoon No. 7, a seasonal rain front, etc. recorded over a wide area throughout the country, including Hokkaido and the Chubu region. There were flooded rivers, flood damage, and landslides in many areas in western Japan, leading to a major disaster in which over 200 people died. | ||
| July 6 | A basic plan was drawn up for a reconstruction memorial park in Fukushima Prefecture. | ||
| July 14 | A basic concept was drawn up for a reconstruction memorial park in Fukushima Prefecture. | ||
| July 28 | The Karakuwa-Takata Road (Rikuzentakata-Osabe IC-Rikuzentakata IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. | ||
| August 11 | The Yoshihama-Kamaishi Road (Yoshihama IC-Kamaishi-minami IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. | ||
| September 4 | Typhoon No. 21 caused flooding due to a storm surge at Kansai International Airport. A tanker crashed into the bridge connecting the airport and land, rendering it useless, and approximately 3,000 people were stranded in the airport. | ||
| September 6 | The Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake caused tremors that measured a seismic intensity of the highest grade of 7 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale in Shikanuma in Atsuma, Hokkaido. | ||
| October 2 | The fourth cabinet reshuffle of the Abe Administration retained Ishii as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. | ||
| October 5 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (twenty-first meeting) was held. | ||
| November 7 | The supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2018 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| December 25 | Miyagi-Kenpoku Road (Nakada construction area) was opened. | ||
| 2019 | |||
| January 12 | The Kamaishi-Yamada Road (Otsuchi IC-Yamada-minami IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. | ||
| January 20 | The ninth Reconstruction Acceleration Council was held (Sendai). | ||
| February 7 | The second supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2018 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| February 16 | The Utatsu-Motoyoshi Road (Utatsu IC-Koizumikaigan IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. The Motoyoshi-Kesennuma Road (Phase II; Motoyoshi-Tsuya IC-Oyakaigan IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. | ||
| March 3 | The Tono Road (Tono-Sumita IC-Tono IC section) of Tohoku Odan Expressway was opened. | ||
| March 8 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (twenty-second meeting) was held. | ||
| March 9 | The Kamaishi-Yamada Road (Kamaishi-minami IC-Kamaishi-Ryoishi IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. The Kamaishi Road (Kamaishi JCT-Kamaishi-Sennintoge IC section) of Tohoku Odan Expressway was opened. | ||
| March 21 | The Karakuwa-Takata Road (Karakuwa-Koharagi IC-Rikuzentakata-Osabe IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. | ||
| March 27 | The budget for the fiscal year 2019 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| March 30 | The Miyako-nishi Road (Matsuyama IC-Neichi IC section) of the Miyako-Morioka Odan Road in the Iwate Prefecture construction section was opened. | ||
| April 25 | The grand opening of the Natori River Kawa Machi Terasu Yuriage was held. | ||
| May 1 | The new era was named "Reiwa." | ||
| June 9 | The Miyagi-Kenpoku Road (Tsukidate construction area) was opened. | ||
| June 18 | An earthquake centered in the sea off of Yamagata Prefecture An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred centering in the sea off of Yamagata Prefecture. In addition to an earthquake that measured a seismic intensity of upper 6 in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture, an earthquake was recorded measuring a seismic intensity of lower 6 in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, which is the biggest ever recorded in Yamagata Prefecture. | ||
| June 22 | The Kamaishi-Yamada Road (Kamaishi-kita IC-Otsuchi IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. | ||
| August 18 | Preliminary opening of the integrated Chuo 2-chome area levee in the Old Kitakamigawa River community development project. | ||
| September 11 | The fourth Abe Administration (second Cabinet reshuffle) changed the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism from Ishii to Akaba. | ||
| September 20 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (twenty-third meeting) was held. | ||
| September 22 | Partial use of the Takata Matsubara Tsunami Reconstruction Memorial Park begins. | ||
| October 12-13 | 2019 East Japan Typhoon The major, severe Typhoon No. 19 hit the Izu Peninsula bringing record-breaking heavy rain over a wide area concentrated in East Japan and causing considerable damage to various areas throughout Japan, including the collapse of levees in 2 rivers in Tohoku, the Yoshida River (Miyagi Prefecture) and Abukuma River (Fukushima Prefecture). | ||
| December 8 | The Tonan-Kawame Road (Tanosawa IC-Teshiromori IC section) of Miyako-Morioka Odan Road was opened. | ||
| December 19 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (twenty-fourth meeting) was held. | ||
| December 22 | The Soma West Road (Soma IC-Soma-Yamakami IC section) of Tohoku-Chuo Expressway was opened. | ||
| 2020 | |||
| January 18 | The tenth Reconstruction Acceleration Council was held (Sendai). | ||
| January 30 | The supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2019 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| February 24 | The Kesennuma Road (Kesennuma-Chuo IC-Kesennuma-Port IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. | ||
| March 1 | The Kuji-kita Road (Samuraihama IC-Kuji-kita IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. | ||
| March 10 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (twenty-fifth meeting) was held. | ||
| March 27 | The budget for the fiscal year 2020 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| March 30 | The Miyako-Hakoishi Road (Shimokawai section) of Miyako-Morioka Odan Road was opened. | ||
| April 30 | The supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2020 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| June 12 | The second supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2020 was approved in the Diet. ; | ||
| July | Heavy rainfall in July 2020 An aggressive seasonal rain front caused heavy rain in West and East Japan. In particular, record-breaking heavy rain fell from the 4th to 7th in Kyushu. Thereafter, the weather front stayed in the vicinity of Honshu and from the 26th to 29th heavy rain fell in the Tohoku region, including the Mogami River (Yamagata Prefecture). | ||
| July 12 | The Miyako-Taro Road (Miyako-Chuo IC-Taro Masaki Kaigan IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. The Miyako-Hakoishi Road (Miyako Port IC-Miyako-Chuo IC section) of Miyako-Morioka Odan Road was opened. | ||
| July 17 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (twenty-sixth meeting) was held. | ||
| August 2 | The Soma-Fukushima Road (Date-Koori IC-Koori JCT section) of Tohoku-Chuo Expressway was opened. | ||
| September 16 | The cabinet of the Suga Administration reappointed Akaba as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. | ||
| September25 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (twenty-seventh meeting) was held. | ||
| October 3 | The Onahama Port International Bulk Terminal opening ceremony was held. | ||
| October 31 | The construction completion ceremony for the Ishii flood gate at Old Kitakamigawa River was held. | ||
| November 21 | The Utatsu-Motoyoshi Road (Koizumikaigan IC-Motoyoshi-Tsuya IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. | ||
| December 5 | The Kuzakai Road (Kuzakai-Yanagawa section) of Miyako-Morioka Odan Road was opened. | ||
| December 12 | The Hirono-Hashikami Road (Hashikami IC-Hirono IC section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. | ||
| December 18 | The Reconstruction Promotion Council (twenty-eight meeting) was held. | ||
| December 19 | The Okanyo-Fudai Road (Tanohata-Kita IC-Fudai section) of Sanriku Coastal Road was opened. | ||
| December 20 | The eleventh Reconstruction Acceleration Council was held (Sendai). | ||
| 2021 | |||
| January 28 | The third supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2020 was approved in the Diet. | ||
| February 13 | An earthquake centered in the sea off of Fukushima Prefecture
An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 occurred centering in the sea off of Fukushima Prefecture. The earthquake was recorded measuring a seismic intensity of upper 6 in Zao, Miyagi Prefecture, Kunimi, Soma, and Shinchi in Fukushima Prefecture. | ||