DISASTER PREP: Village unscathed by tsunami – thanks to mayor’s ‘crazy idea.’ “Wthe mayor of the Japanese coastal village of Fudai ordered a 51ft-high wall built in the 1970s to protect his people from the potential ravages of a tsunami, he was called crazy, foolish and wasteful. But after Fudai survived the monster wave that followed the 11 March earthquake unscathed, he is now regarded as a saviour.”