Dispatching of experts and technical assistanceactivities in the event of a disaster1. Introduction
The NILIM, which researches various fields related
to housing and public capital provision, responds toan accident or disaster by dispatching experts tosurvey the state of the damage and to provide
technical assistance with recovery and restoration.
And it responds in various other ways: NILIM
TEC-FORCE deployment, conducting surveys in
response to requests from the regional development
bureaus or local governments and as required by law,and carrying out its own independent surveys as partof research to contribute to disaster prevention anddisaster damage mitigation.
2. NILIM TEC-FORCE
After a particularly large-scale disaster occurs andwhen ordered to do so by the Director of theGovernment
Headquarters
forDisaster
Countermeasures of the Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the NILIM
dispatches experts in various fields as the Advanced
Technology Guidance Team of the Technical
Emergency Control Force (TEC-FORCE) to the scene,
where it surveys the state of the damage, evaluates thesafety of facilities, and provides technology assistanceto prevent secondary disasters.
In FY2013, experts were dispatched to the sites ofdisasters immediately after they occurred to provide
technological assistance: the earthquake with its
hypocenter near Awaji Island and an accident at theKyoto Jukan Expressway extension work site (roadfield) in April, the Chugoku region torrential raindisaster (sewage systems field) in August, and to thesediment disaster (sediment control field) on Izu
Oshima caused by typhoon 26 in October.

3. Other technological assistanceIn the event of an accident or disaster, experts withadvanced technology expertise in many fields aredispatched to the scene in various roles, to conduct
surveys in response to requests from regional
development bureaus or local governments in thedisaster region, or in compliance with the Sediment
Disasters Prevention Act or a directive from the
Director of the River Improvement and Management
Division. The experts who are dispatched carry out
field surveys according to the state of occurrence ofthe disaster and at the same time, provide required
technological assistance to officials on the scene andto ministry headquarters in preparation for emergency
and permanent restoration. And they accumulate highprecision data and other information immediately
after the disaster and conduct research in order topropose future revisions to technology standards andnew policies for disaster prevention.
In FY2013, torrential rainfall and sedimentdisasters struck throughout the archipelago—Niigata
in July, Akita and Iwate in August, Fukui, Kyoto andelsewhere in September—then again in September,disastrous tornadoes struck the Kanto Region. Aftereach event, the NILIM dispatched experts in sedimentcontrol, building construction, rivers and so on.
And when a storm surge disaster caused byTyphoon 30 struck the Philippines, the NILIM sent anexpert as part of an international emergency rescue
team and expert team (early recovery). It also sent
JICA experts in response to a disastrous earthquake,also in the Philippines. They gave technologicaladvice to Philippine government bodies to assist withthe clarification of the damage mechanisms andsupport recovery and reconstruction.

Table. Dispatch of Experts in 2013 (December 2013)
Disaster
Hurricane
Sandy

Day
dispatchedFeb 24 toMarch 2

Place dispatched
U.S. *Reason
the Hurricane Sandy
Survey Team

Personnel dispatchedDirector-General: KAZUSA Shuhei
Research Center for Disaster Management
Research Coordinator for Earthquake Disaster
Prevention: UNJOH Shigeki
River Department, Coast Division
Head: SUWA Yoshio
Research Center for Disaster Management,
Flood Disaster Prevention Division
Head: ITO Hiroyuki
Earthquake Disaster Prevention Division:
Senior Researcher: MABUCHI ToshiakiＴＥＣ‐ＦＯＲＣＥ
DisasterHeavy raincaused by low
pressure fromApril 6Day
dispatched
April 8

Place dispatched

ReasonTokyo Adachi Ward
Kawaguchi and Toda Cities
in Saitama Pref. (Arakawa
River in Arakawa RiverSystem)

Survey under
directive from theDirector of the River
Improvement andManagement
Division

River Department, River Division
Head: HATTORI Atsushi
Senior Researcher: MORI Hirotosh

Request from the
Building Guidance
Division of the
Housing Bureau
TEC-FORCE

Research Center for Disaster Management
Research Coordinator for Disaster
Mitigation of Building: OKUDA Yasuo

Strong wind
on April 7

April 11

Tsu and Iga cities in Mie
Pref. (damaged wind powerfacility)

Earthquakewithhypocenter
near
AwajishimaIsland (April13)

April 16

Sumoto City in Hyogo Pref.
(Sumoto Bridge) *April 16 to17

Sumoto City etc. in Hyogo
Pref.

Independent survey

Kyoto Jukan
Expresswayextension
work site
accident
Heavy rainstarting July17

April 24

Kyotango City, Kyoto Pref.

TEC-FORCE

Aug. 1 to 2

Nagaoka City in Niigata
Prefecture(Moriage, Teradamari)Hagi City, Yamaguchi Pref.
(Susa Purification Center) *Request fromNiigata Prefecture

Aug. 5 to 6

Hagi City and Yamaguchi
City in Yamaguchi Pref.
(Susa, Atohtokusa)

Independent survey

Aug. 10

Senboku City Akita Pref.
(Kuyobutsu District)
Iwate Pref. (Nationalhighway 46) *Request from Akita
Pref.

Aug. 5 to 6

Heavy rainfall
from Aug. 8

Tornado on
Sept. 2

Sept. 2 to 3

Koshigaya City, MatsubushiTown, Saitama Pref
Noda City, Chiba Pref. *Heavy rain bya front on
Sept. 4

Sept. 10

Nagoya City, Aichi Pref.
(Shonai River on the ShonaiRiver System)

Typhoon 18

Sept. 18 to
19

Obama City, Wakasa Town,
Mihama Town in Fikui Pref.

Sept. 18 to
19

Kyoto City andFukuchiyama City in Kyoto
Pref.
Takashima City in Shiga
Pref.

TEC-FORCE

Request fromTohoku Regional
Development
BureauRequest from the
Building Guidance
Division of the
Housing Bureau

Survey under
directive from the
Director of the River
Improvement andManagement
Division
Request by FukuiPref.
Independent surveyPersonnel dispatched

Road Department, Bridge and Structures
Division
Head: TAMAKOSHI Takashi
Senior Researcher: SHIRATO Masahiro
Researcher: MIYAHARA Fumi
Housing Department, Housing Production
Division
Senior Researcher: NAKAGAWA
TakafumiRoad Department
Research Coordinator for Road Structures:
MIZUTANI Kazuhiko

Research Center for Disaster Management,
Erosion and Sediment Control Division
Researcher: HAYASHI Shinichiro
Water Quality Control Department
Research Coordinator for Wastewater
System Restoration; OZAKI Masaaki
Research Center for Disaster Management,
Flood Disaster Prevention Division
Senior Researcher: YAMAMOTO Akira
Researcher: ONAMI Hiroyuki
Research Center for Disaster Management,Erosion and Sediment Control Division
Head: KANBARA Junichi

Building Department, Standards andAccreditation System Division
Head: ANDO Koji
Researcher: KABEYASAWA Toshikazu
Housing Department, Housing Production
Division
Senior Researcher: NAKAGAWA
Takafumi
River Department, River Division
Head: HATTORI Atsushi
Senior Researcher: MORI Hirotoshi

Research Center for Disaster Management,
Erosion and Sediment Control Division
Head: KANBARA Junichi
Research Center for Disaster Management,
Flood Disaster Prevention Division
Senior Researcher: YAMAMOTO Akira
Researcher: ONAMI Hiroyuki

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DisasterTyphoon 26

Earthquakewithhypocenternear thePhilippines(Oct. 15)
Typhoon 30

Daydispatched
Sept. 20

Place dispatched

ReasonRitto City in Shiga Pref.
(Anyoji)Request by Shiga
Pref.

Sept. 24

Fukuchiyama City andMaizuru City in Kyoto Pref.

Sept. 27

Kyoto City in Kyoto Pref.

Request by theRiver Improvement
and Management
Division of theWater and Disaster
Management
BureauIndependent survey

Oct. 16 toNov. 2(rotationsystem)

Oshima Town, Tokyo Pref. *TEC-FORCE

Nov. 18 to22

Philippines*

JICA experts

Dec. 2 to 15

Philippines

International
emergency rescue
team and expert
team (earlyrecovery)

Personnel dispatched
Research Center for Disaster Management,
Erosion and Sediment Control DivisionSenior Researcher: MIZUNO Masaki
River Department, River Division
Head: HATTORI Atsushi
Senior Researcher: MORI Hirotoshi

River Department, Coast Division
Head: SUWA Yoshio
Research Center for Disaster Management,
Flood Disaster Prevention Division
Head: ITO Hiroyuki
Earthquake Disaster Prevention Division:
Senior Researcher: MABUCHI Toshiaki(All the Hurricane Sandy Survey Team)
Research Center for Disaster Management

Research Coordinator for Sediment-related
Disaster Prevention: WATANABE Fumito
Erosion and Sediment Control Division
Head: KANBARA Junichi
Senior Researcher: UCHIDA Taro
Researcher: HAYASHI Shinichiro
Researcher: OKUYAMA Yuki
Research Center for Disaster Management,Earthquake Disaster Prevention Division:
Senior Researcher: MABUCHI ToshiakiRiver Department
Research Coordinator for Water
Environment: FUKUHAMA Masaya
Research Center for Disaster Management
Research Coordinator for Earthquake
Disaster Prevention: KUSAKABE Takaaki※ This table presents only emergency responses immediately following a disaster: it does not include technology support for emergency
restoration and final restoration undertaken continuously after the emergency response.
※ Persons dispatched include only staff of the NILIM (Post and rank at time of dispatch)※ For dispatch cases marked with [*], see related articles in the report.