About JDGS
In the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the JDGS project launched two websites: one to support those who have lost loved ones, and the other to provide information on ambiguous loss.
１．”A website to support those who have lost a loved one”
It took six months to create this website after the Great East Japan Earthquake. The site was updated in December of 2011, and then relaunched in the fall of 2015. While the Japanese version was updated, the English version will be added in summer 2020.This website contains a variety of information that we feel those who have lost a loved one and those who support them should know.
○Website URL https://jdgs.jp/
○Site Content
What is grief?
For those who have lost someone important after a disaster
For supporters
For mental care professionals
Information
About JDGS
２）”Ambiguous loss information website”
This website was created a year and a half after the Great East Japan Earthquake. It was updated in October of 2012, followed by a renewal in the autumn of 2015. Another renewal was undertaken in 2020. This website contains a range of information about “ambiguous loss” that can occur when a family member is missing, when they are unable to return to their hometown, or when they have a family member with dementia.
Website URL https://al.jdgs.jp/e_top/
Site Content
What is ambiguous loss?
Leaving without Goodbye
Goodbye without Leaving
For supporters and professionals
Information
About JDGS
Project Member List (in alphabetical order)
| Inoue Vimara | The Mindful Life Institute Office Camel |
| Chikako Ishii | TELL Counseling Center / Ishii Supervison Office of Family Therapy |
| Masaya Ito | National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry |
| Keiko Komemushi | Kyoto Sangyo University |
| Kayoko Kurokawa | Ryukoku Junior College |
| Yukihiro Sakaguchi | Kwansei Gakuin University |
| Noriko Setou | Fukushima Medical University |
| Akemi Shirai | International University of Health and Welfare |
| Noriko Murakami | Kobe Red Cross Hospital |
| Satomi Nakajima | Musashino University |
| Satomi Takahashi | National Defense Medical College |
Project Advisor List (in alphabetical order)
【 Domestic 】
| Noboru Asukai | Medical Corporation Aoyamakai Aoyama Hospital |
| Yoko Hashimoto | Sanno Educational Research Institute |
| Mizuho Hayashi | Sendai City Health and Welfare Center |
| Masaru Horikoshi | National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry |
| Tadashi Ishii | Tohoku University |
| Tetsuo Kashiwagi | |
| Hiroshi Kato | Care Center in Hyogo Prefecture |
| Yoshiharu Kim | National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry |
| Seiko Konishi | Musashino University |
| Toshiyuki Kubodera | Seigakuin University |
| Mie Kurosawa | Trauma and Society |
| Soichiro Maruyama | Kobe Shinwa Women’s University |
| Koji Minamiyama | Seijo University |
| Sachie Miyabayashi | Tohoku Gakuin University |
| Shinichi Niwa | Fukushima Medical University Aizu Medical Center |
| Satoko Ohara | Miyagi Mental Health Welfare Center |
| Hideki Onishi | Saitama Medical University International Medical Center |
| Tomoko Suzuki | National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry |
| Keiko Takagi | Sophia University Grief Care Institute |
| Ryuhei Tatara | Osaka Municipal General Medical Center |
| Hisako Watanabe | |
| Kunio Yanagita |
【 Overseas 】
|
Pauline Boss |
University of Minnesota |
|
Colin Murray Parkes |
St Christopher’s Hospice |
|
Katherine Shear |
Columbia University |
Cooperation and cooperative organizations
| Japan | |
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UK |
JDGS Secretariat
Noriko Setou (Fukushima Medical University)
Ambiguous loss case-study meeting
【Main planner / Lecturer】
Chikako Ishii (TELL Counseling/Ishii Supervision Office of Family Therapy)
Kyoko Kurokawa (Ryukoku University Junior College)
Noriko Setou (Fukushima Medical University)
【Collaborators】
Hiroshi Shojima (Fukushima University)
Satomi Nakajima (Musashino University)
Tomoko Ogasawara (Kanazawa University)
Hiromi Tsujii (National Center for Child Health and Development)
Shizuka Nakamura (Fukushima University)
Satoshi Aoki (Taisho University)
Akio Namekawa (Sendai-city Hospital)
Japanese Association of Family Therapy
Victim Support Center of Fukushima
NPO Sendai Grief Care Study Group
NPO Children’s Grief Support Station
Fukushima Center for Disaster Mental Health
Miyagi Disaster Mental Health Care Center
※In addition, many other people and support organizations that have offered support
Website creator / Administrator
Noriko Setou (Fukushima Medical University)
【2012 this website collaborators】
Ayaka Nagayama (Kwansei Gakuin University)
Isamu Saeki (Konan Women’s University)
Yoko Kaji (Konan Women’s University)
【2015 this website collaborators】
Isamu Saeki (Konan Women’s University)
Marina Kaji (Konan Women’s University)
Chihiro Fujimoto (Konan Women’s University)
Kaede Matsumoto (Konan Women’s University)
【2016 this website collaborators】
Isamu Saeki (Konan Women’s University)
Kaeko Imazawa (Konan Women’s University)
Yukie Sasaya (Konan Women’s University)
【2020 this website collaborators】
Kunihiko Nakai (r923)
Chikako Ishii (TELL Counseling/Ishii Supervision Office of Family Therapy)
Mikiko Yamaguchi (English translation checker)
L.G. Lubeck (English proofreader)
The JDGS Project (Japan Disaster Grief Support Project) was organized soon after the Great East Japan Earthquake by “grief” experts in the country to support those bereaved by the disaster.
The loss of a loved one is often painful both emotionally and physically, but when it happens all of a sudden, especially in a disaster, the pain defies words. This loss can be accompanied by shock, fear, and despair.
Immediately after the disaster, many people experience difficulty in expressing sadness due to evacuation and trying to rebuild their lives, and they do not feel like talking about their loss and grief. Therefore, some grief experiences are able to develop into serious problems almost unnoticed.
Grief support after a disaster can go on for years. Through this bereavement project, we try to find out how to best provide long-term bereavement support after disasters. This will help us to prepare for possible future disasters. By utilizing related materials and bringing together the wisdom and experience of many domestic and foreign experts, we are conducting the following practical activities.