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Table 2

Programs including land acquisition elements

Program	Program aim	Legal framework	Beneficiary	Eligibility requirements
(Small) residential area improvement	To develop infrastructure and improve housing	Residential Area Improvement Act	・ Home/landowner ・ Lessees, renters	・ Delinquent housing rate of 80% or more ・ Housing density of 80 units/h or more ・ Including former residents in the area, landowners and lessees who are difficult to rebuild on their own
Tsunami recovery base development	To develop commercial and public facilities that have been determined by city planning as tsunami disaster prevention base	Act on Tsunami Disaster Prevention Communities	・ Home/landowner ・ Lessees, renters Business Owners	・ The area affected by tsunamis is 20 h or more, and the number of impacted buildings is 1,000 or more
Group relocation for disaster mitigation	To facilitate collective relocation from disaster-risk land	Article 39 of the Building Standards Act (designation of Disaster Risk Areas)	・ Home/landowner ・ Lessees, renters	・ Households live in disaster risk areas and a minimum of five households in a group
Fishery community disaster mitigation enhancement	To improve the living environment for fishing ports and fishing villages, including drainage and irrigation water facilities	Act on GEJET Recovery Special Zone	・ Home/landowner but fishery ・ Lessees, renters	・ Fishing villages with a population of 300 or more and 5,000 or less (may be relaxed to 50 or more and 5,000 if the requirements are met)

Program	Program aim	Legal framework	Beneficiary	Eligibility requirements
(Small) residential area improvement	To develop infrastructure and improve housing	Residential Area Improvement Act	・ Home/landowner ・ Lessees, renters	・ Delinquent housing rate of 80% or more ・ Housing density of 80 units/h or more ・ Including former residents in the area, landowners and lessees who are difficult to rebuild on their own
Tsunami recovery base development	To develop commercial and public facilities that have been determined by city planning as tsunami disaster prevention base	Act on Tsunami Disaster Prevention Communities	・ Home/landowner ・ Lessees, renters Business Owners	・ The area affected by tsunamis is 20 h or more, and the number of impacted buildings is 1,000 or more
Group relocation for disaster mitigation	To facilitate collective relocation from disaster-risk land	Article 39 of the Building Standards Act (designation of Disaster Risk Areas)	・ Home/landowner ・ Lessees, renters	・ Households live in disaster risk areas and a minimum of five households in a group
Fishery community disaster mitigation enhancement	To improve the living environment for fishing ports and fishing villages, including drainage and irrigation water facilities	Act on GEJET Recovery Special Zone	・ Home/landowner but fishery ・ Lessees, renters	・ Fishing villages with a population of 300 or more and 5,000 or less (may be relaxed to 50 or more and 5,000 if the requirements are met)

Source(s): Authors based on Reconstruction Agency in Japan (2013) and MLIT in Japan (2023)