Q&A English

Q1 Was there no time to evacuate? 

Q2 Was there no place to evacuate to?

Q3 What is the triangular area we headedtoward in an attempt to evacuate?

Q4 Was there no information that a tsunami was approaching?

Q5 How many teachers were there?

Q6 Should we not trust hazard maps?

Q7 Why is the Okawa Elementary School building being preserved?

Q8 Why is the inside of the school building so clean?

Q9 Could that tsunami have been predicted?

Q10 Was Okawa Elementary School the only one with a high number of casualties?

Q11 Why did you stay on the school grounds for 50 minutes?

Q12 Why did they head toward the river as the tsunami approached?

Q13 Isn’t it understandable to make a judgment error when a massive tsunami is approaching?

Q14 Doesn’t the court ruling place an excessive burden of responsibility on schools?

Q15 Is it not possible to enter the school building?

Q16 How do the court judgments in the first and second trials differ?

Q17 Why did the gymnasium walkway collapse toward the ocean?

Q18 What was the area around Okawa Elementary School like before the earthquake?

Q19 How high was the tsunami that reached Okawa Elementary School?

Q20 Didn’t Okawa Elementary School have a tsunami evacuation manual?