### Chart. 19 Overview of airport utilization (in the Tohoku region) for cargoe

Note: 1 Hub airports (state-administered)-Sendai Airport

2 Hub airports (under special administration by municipality)-Akita & Yamagata Airports

3 Municipality- administered airports- Aomori, Hanamaki, Ohdate-Noshiro, Shonai & Fukushima Airports

Chart. 20 Changes in travelers utilizing airports in the Tohoku region

Source: "Status Report of Airport Administration" of MLIT

Note: 1 Hub airports (state-administered)-Sendai Airport

2 Hub airports (under special administration by municipality)- Akita & Yamagata Airports

3 Municipality- administered airports- Aomori, Hanamaki, Ohdate-Noshiro, Shonai & Fukushima Airports

Source: “Status Report of Airport Administration” of MLIT

(Decline in tourism)

Tourism declined drastically after the Disaster and even though it is on a recovery path, the situation still remains difficult. In terms of the number of overnight guests from other prefectures, Fukushima experienced a drop of some 60% from the same month of the previous year in March 2011, and the number was still some 20% down in December compared with a year ago. The number for Miyagi also hovers generally below the same month of the previous year.

Chart. 21 Comparison of the numbers of overnight guests from other prefectures received by the prefectures in the Tohoku region (2011 vs. 2010)(Mainly at facilities catering to tourists)

Note: Of the overnight guests, this information was created based on those facilities responding that 50% or more of their guests visiting for sightseeing purposes were from other prefectures.

Source: Developed from "Statistical Survey of Overnight Trips" of Japan Tourism Agency

## 2 Steady recovery and reconstruction of infrastructure and transportation systems

Steady recovery and reconstruction is being promoted for various public facilities administered by MLIT. According to the present timetable;

- Measures for coasts: Most sections that have Sendai Airport and such facilities as waste water treatment plants that are vital for recovery and reconstruction in the backlands will be fully restored by the end of fiscal 2012 and other sections will be generally restored in five years.

- Measures for rivers: Sections of levees administered by the national government will be fully restored by the flush period of 2012 (about June) except some portions. Measures against liquefaction will be completed within fiscal 2012. In areas where tsunami are assumed to occur, construction of levees of the necessary heights is scheduled to be generally completed in approximately five years.

- Sewage: Normal treatment is scheduled to start by the end of fiscal 2012 in all the relevant plants except one large-scale treatment plant, while promoting coordination with reconstruction plans of municipalities of various areas.

- Roads: (1) Expressways will be fully restored by the end of fiscal 2012 except in the caution zones, (2) state-administered roads will be fully restored by the end of fiscal 2012 (regarding such places severely damaged as bridges of Route 45, recovery will be moved forward with due consideration given to the recovery plans of the affected areas), and (3) in terms of roads for reconstruction and those for supporting reconstruction, new projects for 224 kilometers covering 18 sections were approved under the supplemental budget of fiscal 2011. Out of the sections where construction projects have already started, Hachinohe Minami Road (5.3km), Fudai By-pass (4.2 km), and Kamaishi-Akita Line of the Tohoku Throughway (24.0km between Miyamori and Towa) will be available for use in fiscal 2012.