The purpose of this paper is to organize aspects of life along a temporal axis and on the basis of their constituent elements after the occurrence of the disaster; the Great East Japan Earthquake. Based on this arrangement, the author aims to investigate issues in life risk management when a disaster occurs. The content was based on the accounts of victims the author interviewed in areas stricken by the earthquake. The results revealed that life adapted to the disaster conditions (life resources place conditions on life values) is a process that causes agency to gradually recover (regulation by life values). Furthermore, when this transformation of life is re-perceived from the perspective of life risk management, at least six issues could be identified.