IISEE Newsletter
Jan 29 2014
Number 105

In This Issue• Greetings to AllReaders• Global SeismologicalObservation Course
Starts on Jan. 21• JICA Educational
Project onEarthquake Resistant
Buildings in China

International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering BRI Japan
1 Tachihara Tsukuba Japan 305-0802

Greetings to All Readers

By Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, IISEE Director

Dear IISEE Newsletter Readers,
When you read this Newsletter, almost a month of 2014 will have gone quickly.
I wish you, your families and colleagues a Happy New Year. May it be aprosperous year, and may we see IISEE
carrying the training program forward in2014.

• Letter from Exparticipants• IISEE Training
Schedule in 2014
• IISEE Publications &Websites

Dr.Yokoi, IISEE Director

IISEE Net andTraining

tel+81-29-879-0678 facsim+81-29-864-6777

Last year the earthquake disasters havetaken place in Iran, China, Pakistan andPhilippines. We would like to express
our deep sympathy with the people in
the affected area. These catastrophes
made us reconfirm the necessity to keep
IISEE’s high mission through ourtraining courses for mitigating earthquake disasters and for making people
living earthquake-prone countries safelyand peacefully.

The year 2014 holds many promises and challenges for IISEE. Our present
course started in October, 2012 and will terminate inevitably in September,
2015, according to a general rule of JICA (Japan International CooperationAgency) that limits the duration of all the courses within three years. The
course scrutiny and the request survey in developing countries to restart new
three years programs will be carried out by JICA this year. We need yoursupport and cooperation to continue this incomparable training program.

IISEENETWe are planning our new activities of IISEE to facilitate the communication andinformation exchange with the readers of the News Letter, the ex-participants
and the people working in the field of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering.
Please pay attention to the notices providing in the News Letter.

IISEE-UNESCO Lecture
Note

Finally I would like to add a word of grateful acknowledgment to you all foryour kindness and attention to IISEE again.

IISEE E-learning

With best wishes for 2014.

Synopsis Database
Bulletin Database

Global Seismological Observation Course Starts onJan. 21
By Yoriko Iiba, Head of IISEE Administration Division

The Opening Ceremony of the Global
SeismologicalObservation
Training
Course was held at the BRI Hall from11:30 to 12:00 on Tuesday, January 21.
9participants
fromBolivia,Fiji,Myanmar, Nepal (2), Pakistan (2), Papua
New Guinea and Thailand came to IISEEand joined the ceremony.

Earthquakes
The 2011 off the Pacificcoast of Tohoku
Earthquake
Reports of Recent
Earthquakes
Utsu Catalog
Earthquake Catalog

Call for Papers
IISEE Bulletin is now
accepting submissionsof papers for the seismol og y, ea rt h qu akeengineering, andtsunami. Developing
countries are targeted,but are n ot limited.
Your original papers
will be reviewed by theeditorial members andsome experts.
NO submission fee isneed.

In the ceremony, we had two special
guests, Mr. W. Randy Bell, Director ofthe International Data Centre (IDC) Division of the Provisional Technical
Secretariat of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-TestBan Treaty Organization (CTBTO) from Vienna, Austria, and Mr. Yasushi
Noguchi, Director of Arms Control and Disarmament Division, Disarmament,
Non-Proliferation and Science Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan(MOFA).
Mr. Bell

The Global Seismological Observation Training Course has the special
aim to develop human resourceshaving acquired the skills necessary for detecting nuclear tests
applying seismological knowledge.
To carry out the course, we need
the support and cooperation withCTBTO, MOFA, JICA and Japan
Meteorological Agency.
Opening Ceremony
After the guests’ addresses, Dr.
Yuzo
Sakamoto,
BRI
Chief
Executive and Ms. Rika Uemura, Deputy Director General of JICA Tsukuba
made their welcome speeches.
Finally, as the representative of the participants, Mr. Lok Bijaya Adhikari from
Nepal gave an address in reply. The course period is short, just 2 months.
We hope they will have the expected skills in IISEE and a good memory inJapan. We also wish to give them the welcome words, “Where there's a will,there's a way.”

Try to challenge!!

JICA Educational Project on Earthquake Resistant
Buildings in China
By Dr. Matsutaro Seki, Visiting Research Fellow, IISEE,
Former JICA Long Term Expert in China

After Wenchuan Earthquake, May2008,
China,
thefouryears
educational project on earthquake
resistant buildings in China wasperformed by JICA from May 2009. As
oneofactivities,
72
Chinesestructuralengineers,
university
professors and public building officials
came to Japan and got the technicaltraining at IISEE.

Participants in the WS, Beijing, March 2013.

After coming back to China, they reported that they were quite impressed byexcellent IISEE lectures, warm hospitality of IISEE staffs and high technique ofbuilding construction in Japan, etc. At present they are contributing to themany activities, such as establishing the new national codes and the leaders on
many educational events on earthquake disaster mitigation in overall China as
well as increasing of personal technical career.

Enjoy, Now

Letter from Ex-Participants✑✉Dr. Alexandru Octavian ALDEA:Professor, Technical University of Civil Engineering-Bucharest (UTCB)(Romania, 1999-2000 E course)

Contact Us
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Dr. Aldea has sent us his edited textbook entitled “Seismic motions. Examplesof application in earthquake engineering,” which presents the results from the2002-2008 JICA Project in Romania named “Seismic risk reduction for buildings
and structures,” implemented by the NCSRR, UTCB, INCERC in Romania andBRI and NILIM in Japan. He said the textbook’s publication in 2013 is marking
5 years after the successful completion of the JICA project in Romania and alsoa symbolic Romanian-Japanese small contribution to honor the 90th
commemoration of the Great Kanto earthquake of the 1st of September, 1923.
It was published by the MATRIX ROM Bucharest 2013.

IISEE Training Schedule in 2014
☆Seismology, Earthquake Engineering andTsunami Disaster Mitigation Courses

January 6 (Mon)January 27 (Mon)- February 7 (Fri)February 18(Tue)Resumption of the Lectures
GRIPS’s Intensive Lectures

International Friendship Party andGeneral Meeting
Study Tour to Kansai Area
General Meeting
Individual Study* April 15(Tue)-18(Fri)May 30(Fri)
June 2 (Mon)- September 3 (Wed)July 17(Thu)-18(Fri)Interim Presentation
August 21(Thu)-22(Fri) Final Presentation and General Meeting* August - September
Courtesy Call to the MLIT Minister (one-day)
September 11(Thu)IISEE Closing Ceremony
September 12(Fri)GRIPS Graduation Ceremony☆Global Seismological Observation Course

January 21(Tue)Opening Ceremony
February 6(Thu)-8(Sat) Study Tour to Kansai Area
February 18(Tue)International Friendship Party
March 14(Fri)Closing Ceremony*Tentative schedule☆Publications
We bring out the following publications periodically.
(1) IISEE Annual Report (in Japanese)-----------Once a year
It is a yearly report from September to October next year to release our training activities to thepublic. The history, the list of participants and lecturers, training schedule, curricula, the themes ofindividual studies, the organization chart. etc. are included. The issue number of 39 is now printing.
(2)Bulletin of IISEE (in English)-------------------Once a year
It is published annually in order to exchange knowledge and techniques related to seismology,
earthquake engineering and tsunami. It is distributed to the organizations concerned. The articles
contain the topics in the above fields in developing countries. The categories expected for contribution are synopses of master papers, original research papers, technical notes, reviews andreports. We always welcome your contributions. The issue number of 48 is now printing.
(3)YearBook (in English)----------------------------Every other year
It is issued every second year to facilitate the network of the training participants and distributed to
the limited members. The main purpose of IISEE is Japan’s dedication to the earthquake-prone
developing countries by human development in the fields of seismology and earthquake engineering.
It is a valuable source of information of between IISEE and participants. The issue number of 31
has issued in 2012. .

☆Websites
We go public a database of earthquake and training information through the website (http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/).
(1) IISEE Net---- (http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/net/)IISEE Net (Information Network of Earthquake Disaster Prevention Technologies)
releases the information of earthquake disastermitigation of buildings. It accumulates technicalinformation (seismic design code, seismic network and activities, seismic damage, and microzonation) from mainly developing countries.
(2) BRI Strong Motion Observation------ (http://smo.kenken.go.jp/)
It provides the recent strong motion observation data from more than 70 strong
motion stations throughout Japan. BRI
has been conducting the strong motion
observation for building structures since1957.

IISEE Net

(3) Others
IISEE-UNESCO Lecture Note -----------------------------(http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/lna/)
IISEE E-learning ------------------------------------------------------(http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/el/)Synopsis Database ---------------------------------------------------(http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/syndb/)
Bulletin Database -----------------------------------------------------(http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/bltndb/)
Reports of Recent Earthquakes ------------------------------------(http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/quakes.htm)
Utsu Catalog (Catalog of Damaging Earthquakes in the World) ---(http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/utsu/index_eng.html)
Earthquake Catalog ----------------------------------------------(http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/eqcat/Top_page_en.htm)
IPRED (International Platform for Reducing Earthquake Disasters) (http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/?p=ipred)