IISEE NewsletterDec 28 2017
Number 152

In This Issue Dialog with Former
Minister of theRepublic of ElSalvador
 Lectures aboutDisasterManagement Policy

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Dialog with Former Minister of the Republic ofEl Salvador
By Mr. Yoshihiro IITAKE, Head of Administration Division,IISEEOn November 29th, Mr. GersonMartínez (Expert on Climate Change Participation in theAdaptation and Former Salvadoran2017 annual meeting Minister of Public Works,of JAEE
Transportation, Housing, UrbanDevelopment) and Mr. Emilio Martín
Ventura Díaz (Director of Adaptation toClimate Change and Strategic Risk
Management in the Salvadoran Ministry
Public Works · Transportation ·IISEE Net and ofHousing · Urban Development) from El
Training
Salvador and Ms. Martha Lidia
Zelayandía (Ambassador of theIISEENET
Republic of El Salvador) visited Building
IISEE-UNESCO Lecture Research Institute(BRI) and exchanged
Notetheir opinions on the current situation
IISEE E-learningand future efforts of earthquake
resistant projects with officers of BRI
Synopsis Databasesuch as President Dr. Midorikawa.
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Mr. Emilio Martín Ventura Díaz isa former training
participant whocompleted theEarthquake
Engineering courseof 2006-2007. HeEarthquakes
was appointed ViceThe 2011 off the Pacific Minister of Public
Works on December
coast of Tohoku
1st in El Salvador.
Earthquake

Visit to BRI：
From left: Mr.Ventura, Dr.Midorikawa,
Mr. Martínez

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Dialog between Dr.Midorikawa and Mr. Martínez and Zelayandía

Call for Papers
IISEE Bulletin is now
accepting submissionsof papers for the seismology, earthqu akeengineering, andtsunami. Developingcountries are targeted,but are not limited.

Lectures about Disaster Management Policy
By Mr. Yoshihiro IITAKE, Head of Administration Division,IISEEAs One-Year Training Course held at the International Institute ofSeismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE) is cooperating with theNational Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), it is possible toobtain a master’s degree.

Training participants who are aiming to acquire the master’sYour original papers degree of disaster management policy of GRIPS moved from Tsukuba towill be reviewed by the Tokyo and took professional lectures on disaster management policy
editorial members and from November 27th to December 8th.
some experts.

NO submission fee isneed.
Try to challenge!!

Enjoy, Now

In addition to lectures by GRIPS professors, they made aninspection tour of disaster prevention efforts of Roppongi Hills, Tokyo
Skytree and Kanegafuchi area of Sumida-Tokyo. They also madepresentations and discussions about disaster management policy by
being divided into each group.

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Participation in the 2017 annual meeting of JAEE
By Dr.Tatsuya AZUHATA, Chief Research Engineer,IISEEThe 2017 annual meeting of Japan Association for Earthquake
Engineering was held at Tokyo University on 9th and 10th of November.
The E-course participants of the IISEE attended the international session
in this meeting and observed some exhibitions by Japanese privatecompanies. Also, Dr. Yokoi, Mr. Inukai, and Dr. Azuhata presented theirresearch achievements in this meeting, respectively.
The international session dealt with research topics which someIISEE participants are now researching, such as a non-linear behavior ofmasonry walls and ductility estimation of reinforced concrete structures.
In the exhibition, they could hear explanations about products orsoft wares for building constructions from Japanese engineers directly.
Also, they could exchange various information with international
students staying in Japan. By attending this meeting, they were able tohave a significant time.