Tectonic plate movement forces the Japanese archipelago to be pushed off the continental shelf. The event is discovered with only about three years warning.

The novel's focus is on the reaction of the scientists, the government and the people of Japan to the imminent demise of their culture, history and future.

Individual reactions are mixed with the collective reaction of society. Perhaps it is an idealized view of how people would react in the face of a A well written, somber disaster epic.

Perhaps it is an idealized view of how people would react in the face of a disaster, but the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan depicted events and reactions very similar to those in this novel written in s.

This is less an epic of survival and more an epic of grief. It left me wondering how my country and I would react to such an event.

Japan Sinks is sort of the literary equivalent of the big disaster movie, like The Day After Tomorrow, or The cause of the catastrophe is a force of nature, and the story focuses primarily on how humanity responds to the destruction, in this case the literal sinking of Japan.

In particular, the focus is somewhat on how Japan would respond to a catastrophe like this one, and also how the international community would respond, considering Japan's cultural xenophobia and how spectacularly Japan Sinks is sort of the literary equivalent of the big disaster movie, like The Day After Tomorrow, or In particular, the focus is somewhat on how Japan would respond to a catastrophe like this one, and also how the international community would respond, considering Japan's cultural xenophobia and how spectacularly Japan had managed to PO large portions of the international community in the past.

My complaint with the book is due to its length, it never really spends enough time on any of those points - the personal tragedies, the societal response, or the diplomatic response.

Sep 23, Montgomery Webster rated it liked it Shelves: scifi , japan. However, neither the prose nor the story structure are very strong.

Only the story concept is interesting. But what good is a concept without the execution? Certainly don't read this book before going to Japan for the first time Jul 24, Jaime rated it really liked it Shelves: thriller , science-fiction.

I picked this up in Disney World several years back. I think it is an overlooked gem of realistic science fiction.

Imagine, the Japanese nation disappearing because the island nation is threatened by natural disasters. The resulting need to move the population adds to the layered disaster.

The science is real and the heroes are noble in this great novel. Sep 30, Steve Joyce rated it it was amazing. The pace of and interest in Japan Sinks increases considerably as the chapters move through scientific discovery of the possible upcoming tragedy, international negotiations for mass emigration and the ultimate sinking of the archipelago itself.

Way more than a "disaster" tale; actually very touching and insightful. Jan 30, Fishface rated it liked it Shelves: science-fiction , disaster.

Fun disaster story about the worst-case scenario: what would happen if they didn't get a break between all those cataclysmic earthquakes in Japan?

It's no "Poseidon Adventure" and I have to say I was a little annoyed at the schlocky romance stuck in there to give it some human interest, but the idea of Japan sinking into the ocean, never to be seen again, makes for a rousing read.

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About Sakyo Komatsu. Sakyo Komatsu. After graduating, he worked at various jobs, including as a magazine reporter and a writer for stand-up comedy acts.

Komatsu's writing career began in the s. In , he entered a science-fiction writing competition: "Peace on Earth" was a story in which World War II does not end in and a young man prepares to defend Japan against the Allied invasion.

Komatsu received an honourable mention and yen. He won the same competition the following year with the story, "Memoirs of an Eccentric Time Traveller".

His first novel, The Japanese Apache, was published two years later and sold 50, copies. At the time of publication, his apocalyptic vision of a sunk Japan wiped out by shifts incurred through geographic stress worried a Japan still haunted by the atomic devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

In , Komatsu served as a technical consultant for a live concert in Linz, Austria by Japanese electronic composer Isao Tomita.

This was the first Worldcon to be held in Asia. Komatsu died shortly after the destruction that followed the themes of his first and hugely successful novel.

In the issue of his quarterly magazine published on July 21, Komatsu said he hoped to see how his country would evolve after the catastrophe.

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The arrow that hits Go is stopped by the portable game system he had stored in his travel pack, saving his life. The attacker and store owner, Kunio, comes out to help Go and to apologize; the elderly man allows the group to stay the night in his store and fixes Go's game system as a storm rages outside.

KITE informs the group that a nearby nuclear plant has failed and its fallout is contaminating the rain; the next day, he informs the group that the ground around them is unstable and that they need to leave.

As the group is preparing to leave, another earthquake strikes, and Kunio offers them the use of his truck.

They escape the collapsing mountainside and head toward Shan City, only to discover as they drive that the topography has changed dramatically and their maps have become unusable.

Along the route, Mari picks up an eccentric English hitchhiker, Daniel; when Kunio, who holds resentment towards foreigners, objects to Daniel's joining them, Mari reveals that she is Filipino.

The group arrives at Shan City, where they are welcomed warmly and allowed to bathe and eat at the cafeteria, leading Haruo to disclose to the group that he watched his mother be crushed to death in their home during the earthquake.

Kunio is revealed to be a morphine addict suffering from withdrawal. Ayumu notices that the cut on her shin has become infected.

The Mutoh family tries to adapt to life in Shan City, with Go and Ayumu trying out the local school and Mari and Haruo working in the city's marijuana plantation.

Ayumu is later sent to care for a wounded mute man at the community hospital. They soon find that the settlement is built around Kanae Murota, whom the community calls "Mother"; the leader of the community, she is a medium who speaks with the dead using objects formerly used by the deceased.

Kunio takes an interest in Mother's son, Daichi; he seems to believe that Daichi is his missing grandchild and begins plotting to rescue him.

While attempting to disprove Mother's power, KITE inadvertently proves her ability when she delivers Ayumu a message from Nanami through Haruo's glasses.

The injured mute man tries to communicate to Ayumu in Morse Code that a small earthquake is about to strike, but she attributes the earthquake and the man's behavior to coincidence.

When a partygoer tries to assault Ayumu, she attacks and defeats him in front of a marijuana-intoxicated KITE, who finds the altercation funny.

The next morning, after learning that Daniel is a survivor of the Yugoslav Wars , Mari tearfully opens up to Ayumu about Koichiro's death while cutting her hair.

Meanwhile, Kunio enacts his plan to kidnap Daichi, only to pass out due to the effects of morphine withdrawal and crash into the front gate. Still suffering from morphine withdrawal, Kunio is imprisoned in an underground cell after his failed kidnapping attempt.

Mother decides to spare his life while the celebration of Daichi's birthday is underway. Ayumu, realizing that her patient is trying to communicate with her through Morse Code, provides him with an translation app and learns that he is Onodera, a submarine pilot who had predicted the imminent apocalyptic earthquake and subsequent sinking of Japan.

Go discovers Kunio has been imprisoned and passes the information to KITE, who decides to rescue him. That night, Ayumu and Mari try to warn the people during festival that an earthquake is coming, but no one believes them, while KITE ignites a fire as a distraction and finds Kunio.

As predicted, another earthquake strikes, and the big statue around which the settlement is built begins to collapse.

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Want to see. Aug 08, Six years later, the sunken islands of the Japanese archipelago begin to resurface, as Onodera predicted, and civilization has been fully rebuilt; Onodera himself Merkur Magie Download Pc working with KITE to Bayern Borussia public memories of pre-disaster Japan. Click'n'Load all episodes! Source: aniSearch.