The Rise of NGOs/NPOs in Emergency Relief in the Great East Japan Earthquake

Mayumi Sakamoto
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Mayumi Sakamoto: Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution

Japan Social Innovation Journal, 2012, vol. 2, issue 1, 26

Abstract: The Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) contributed remarkably to emergency relief activities during the Great East Japan Earthquake. The NGOs/NPOs were successful in coordinating with the government, private companies, the Council of Social Welfare and other NGOs/NPOs to provide substantial assistance to disaster survivors. The rise of the NGOs/NPOs in providing emergency relief assistance was a new phenomenon in Japan. This article attempts to analyze the reason behind such a rise.

Keywords: The Great East Japan Earthquake; NGOs; NPOs; Emergency relief; New public commons (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Y20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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