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When the Earth Roars: Lessons from the History of Earthquakes in Japan. By Gregory Smits . Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. xv, 209 pp. ISBN: 9781442220096 (cloth, also available as e-book). - Megaquake: How Japan and the World Should Respond. By Tetsuo Takashima . Translated and edited by Robert D. Eldridge . Lincoln, Neb.: Potomac Books, 2015. xxvi, 216 pp. ISBN: 9781612346656 (cloth).

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When the Earth Roars: Lessons from the History of Earthquakes in Japan. By Gregory Smits . Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. xv, 209 pp. ISBN: 9781442220096 (cloth, also available as e-book).
Megaquake: How Japan and the World Should Respond. By Tetsuo Takashima . Translated and edited by Robert D. Eldridge . Lincoln, Neb.: Potomac Books, 2015. xxvi, 216 pp. ISBN: 9781612346656 (cloth).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2017

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 76 , Issue 1 , February 2017 , pp. 230 - 232
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1 Takashima, Tetsuo, M8 (Tokyo: Shūeisha, 2004)Google Scholar; Tsunami (Tokyo: Shūeisha, 2005)Google Scholar.

2 The epilogue points to governmental reports available online in English as free PDFs. See, e.g., Central Disaster Management Council, Report of the Committee for Technical Investigation on Countermeasures for Earthquakes and Tsunamis Based on the Lessons Learned from the “2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake,” Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, 2011, http://www.bousai.go.jp/kaigirep/chousakai/tohokukyokun/pdf/Report.pdf (accessed December 23, 2016).