Aguoru, D.2021-12-292021-12-292013ui_inbk_aguoru_japanese_2013In: Torrance, R. (ed.) Rhetoric and Region Local Determinants of Literary Expression, Proceedings of the Association for Japanees Literary Studies 14, pp. 272-280http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/5753Writings on natural disasters reflect tragic experiences of peoples and the nostalgic cravings after it. This study examines the portrayal of earthquakes, storms and tsunamis as a national concern in Japanese literature. The portrayal of the theme, which has remained a topical issue, is psychological, and sociological. The portrait of personal and communal loss is a reflection of the perspectives and survival strategies that emerge after such disasters occur. This study examines two narrative accounts and a poetry piece written to capture the magnitude and effect of the earthquakes at different periods in Japan. The study examines these writings vis-a-vis media accounts of the recent 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, and the Fukushima Daichi nuclear disaster.enBook chapter