Kōtoku Wamura

Kōtoku Wamura (Japanese: 和村幸得, Hepburn: Wamura Kōtoku; February 21, 1909 – October 18, 1997) was a Japanese mayor, who is credited with creating the wall that saved the village of Fudai, Iwate from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Wamura was the mayor of Fudai from 1945 to 1987.[7]

References

  1. ^ "和村 幸得｜いわて復興偉人伝｜岩手県立図書館". www.library.pref.iwate.jp.
  2. ^ "'Have conviction and finish what you start': Kotoku Wamura's words offer us all a moral lesson". Northern Times. August 17, 2025.
  3. ^ "The man who stopped the tsunami - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. October 1, 2011.
  4. ^ "大津波から村を守った水門 元村長の強い意志". 日本経済新聞. April 29, 2011.
  5. ^ "How one Japanese village defied the tsunami". NBC News. May 13, 2011.
  6. ^ "Once-belittled floodgate saved Japanese town". Spokesman.com. May 15, 2011.
  7. ^ Sienra, Regina (September 5, 2024). "How One Japanese Mayor Defied Naysayers and Built a Floodgate That Then Saved His Village From a Tsunami".


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