When religious organizations of all types mobilized relief efforts in the wake of the 17 January 1995 Great Hanshin/Awaji earthquake in western Japan, their contributions failed to translate into favorable media coverage. By contrast, religious aid responses after the 11 March 2011 Great East Japan earthquake disasters attracted a largely positive mainstream media response. This article surveys Japan’s major daily newspapers, popular books, academic reports, and other published treatments of religious responses to these two major disasters to assess a shift in recent post-disaster “religion” media narration. It suggests reasons for a change in tone from skepticism to support and points to questions about an evolving selection process that determines which religious actors fit and which are left out of a burgeoning post-2011 media picture.

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吸取的教训：1995 年和 2011 年日本灾难后，追踪宗教和宗教援助动员媒体介绍的变化

1995 年 1 月 17 日日本西部阪神/淡路大地震后，各类宗教组织动员救援工作，但他们的贡献未能转化为媒体的积极报道。相比之下，2011 年 3 月 11 日东日本大地震灾难后的宗教援助反应吸引了主流媒体的积极响应。本文调查了日本的主要日报、通俗书籍、学术报告和其他已发表的宗教对这两大灾难的反应的处理方式，以评估最近灾后“宗教”媒体叙述的转变。它提出了从怀疑到支持的语气变化的原因，并指出了关于不断演变的选择过程的问题，该过程决定了哪些宗教演员适合，哪些被排除在 2011 年后迅速发展的媒体图片之外。