JSCE Newsletter No.27, November 2008

Japan Society of Civil Engineers
International Activities Committee

Newsletter
No. 27, November 2008
Contents

June 2008- May 2009
President
KAYAHARA Hideo
Vice-Presidents
INAMURA Hajime
OTSUKA Hisanori
KUSAKABE Osamu
TANIGUCHI Hiroaki
HOSHINO Mitsuru

Report of International Activities -------------p.3
Report of Study Tour Grant --------------------p.6
Report of Domestic Chapter -------------------p.8

Project Report from Japan -------------p.10
Student Network -------------------------p.11
Information -------------------------------p.11

Civil engineering - Closest discipline to sustainability

Executive Director
FURUKI Moriyasu
International Activities
Committee
Chair
KUSAKABE Osamu
Vice-Chair
KAMIYAMA Makoto

HANAKI Keisuke
Director on International Affairs, JSCE
Professor, The University of Tokyo

Secretary General
KOHNO Shigeyuki
Deputy-Secretary
GeneralFUKUDA Atsushi
Committee Member /Secretary
KOBAYAKAWA Satoru
SADAMURA Hirofumi
TAKEDA Shinichi
NODA Masaru
HORIKOSHI Kenichi
MATSUSHIMA Kakuya
YAMAGUCHI Eiki
International Chapter
Taiwan Section
Der-Her Lee
Korea Section
Kook Il Kim

The concept of sustainability is a key to any discussion of thescience, technology, and economics of the 21st century, the Century of theEnvironment. Sustainability science is a rather new, transdisciplinary
discipline destined to play a fundamental role in addressing critical global
issues and developing visions that can lead to a sustainable global society.
Sustainability science concerns itself with global systems
comprising resources, energy, and ecosystems that support human life;social systems comprising national economies, governments, industries, andtechnological structures; and human systems comprising individual
lifestyles, health, security and safety, and human values. Given that today's
global problems arise from the close interaction among these three systems,
it is particularly crucial that sustainability science focus on the linkages
among these systems.

U.K. Section
SOGA Kenichi
Mongolia Section
Enkhtur Shoovdor
Turkey Section
Zeki HasgürIndonesia Section
Sutanto Soehodho
Thailand Section
Samart Ratchapolsitte
Philippines Section
Benit Morelos Pacheco
Yotsuya 1-chome,
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
160-0004 JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-3355-3452
Fax: +81-3-5379-2769
http://www.jsce-int.org
iad@jsce.or.jp

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Society towards global sustainability
Problems/issues

Future society

ClimatechangeLow-carbon society

Resource andwaste problems

Resource-circulating
society

ecosystem damage,
Loss of biodiversity

Nature-harmonious society

Practitioners of sustainability sciencemust therefore establish a transdisciplinary
academic framework that brings together thenatural sciences, social sciences, andhumanities, and define and structure problems
and academic inquiries to identify indicatorsand criteria for the sustainable restoration of
global, social and human systems and theirinteractions.
Typical issues our society faces are
climate change; resource and waste problem;and ecosystem damage and loss of biodiversity.
Society as a whole needs to be change to solvethese problems by forming low carbon society,resource-circulating society and natureharmonious society.
Sustainability science must also reachout to society at large. Disseminating theresults of our research to society and theindividuals that compose it would help achievea sustainable society.
Sustainability Science is an emerging
academic discipline that seeks to understandthe interactions within and between global,
social, and human systems, the complex
mechanisms that lead to degradation of thesesystems, and concomitant risks to human wellbeing and security. Being a problem-oriented
discipline, it aims at proposing methods forrestoring these systems and linkages, andvisions for global sustainability.

Open forum - challenge of civil engineering to climatechange (July 2008)

The novelty of sustainability sciencelies in its approach to many of the challenges
that existing disciplines have not addressed.
Among the various existing academic
disciplines, civil engineering is one of theclosest disciplines to the sustainability science.
Civil engineering has been developing andapplying technologies to infrastructure withconsideration of society and human being.
Overall land use planning, environmental andsocial improvement of life of people both in
the developed and developing world are also
the role of civil engineering.
However, the civil engineering itself
needs integration within its discipline. For
example, there used to be only 8 research andstudy committees in JSCE in 1964, but thisnumber has grown up to 29 now. Eachcommittee expands and deepens its study area
in order to meet the social needs. Thoughvarious information technology tools havebeen helping the information exchange among
these committees, amount of information far
exceeds the capability of individual person tounderstand the whole.
Synthesizing the activities within civilengineering is promoted in the topic of climatechange. This initiative is promoted by JSCE
former president Dr. Yumio Ishii by forming aSpecial Committee for Action Plans
Against Global Warming
Advisory Board

Subcommittee for
Mitigation Measures

Subcommittee for
Adaptation Measures

Subcommittee for
Impact Estimation

28 Existing Research Committees in JSCE

Structure of JSCE’s Special Committee for Action Plans against the Global
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Special Committee for Action Plans against
Global Warming in 2008. Impact, adaptationand mitigation of climate change are verymuch related with civil engineering.
Sea level rise would influence humansettlement and deteriorate coastal ecosystem invulnerable area. Water resource management
needs to take into account the future climatechange.
Not only the total amount ofprecipitation but also its seasonal pattern andextreme events will change due to the climatechange.
This will influence fundamental
design method based on the statistics of past
precipitation. Civil engineering needs to playmajor roles in the adaptation to this future
threat.
The mitigation of climate change,
namely reduction of greenhouse gas emission
is very much related with various fields of civilengineering. Though direct emission of carbon
dioxide during the construction stage is notlarge, consumed cement and steel during
construction causes induced emission ofcarbon dioxide. Transportation is one of the
major sectors of carbon dioxide in any country.
Waste and biomass utilization can reduce fossil
fuel consumption.
Renewable energy
development is also a key to reduce carbon
dioxide emission. These issues are all relatedwith the civil engineering.
Holistic view is very essential inevaluating the climate change impact, withinvarious adaptation methods, within various
mitigation options, and among impact,
adaptation and mitigation.
Intensive
discussion within civil engineering as well aswith outside people has been organized by
JSCE. The special committee is working now
toward a final report.

issues under a specific topic throughinformation exchanging and discussions. This
year’s theme was "Who Constructed It?" Civil Engineers' Revisualization of Goal andPublic's
Reacknowledgementof
Civil
Engineers' Achievements.”
Dr. KAYAHARA, President of JSCE,
opened the meeting with greetings andintroduced that aim. Then the overseas
participants gave a presentation in turn andexchanged opinions with each other.

Roundtable Meeting
Panel Discussion was carried out
under the theme of “Expectations andAssistance to International Students in Japan,”chaired by Prof. KAMIYAMA Makoto, ViceChair of the International Activities Committee.
5 panelists presented their views and opinions
and exchanged with the audience.

Panel Discussion

2008 JSCE Annual Meeting
The 2008 JSCE Annual Meeting washeld on September 10 through 12 at Tohoku
University, Kawauchi-Kita Campus, Sendai
city in Miyagi Prefecture. International
programs were officially announced in the
Annual Meeting program and drew attention
from attendees at the event.
The international programs, consistedof Roundtable Meeting as a main event, Panel
Discussion ACECC TC-8 Workshop and so on.
There were 53 participants from abroad
including 5 from JSCE’s overseas sections.
The details are given in the following.
The aim of the Roundtable Meeting is
to share information and to find out future
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Besides, “WFEO-JFES-JSCE Joint
International Symposium on Disaster Risk
Management” organized by the JFES and “the2nd Workshop on Harmonization of Design
Codes in the Asian Region” by the ACECC
Committee of JSCE completed successfully.
A welcome reception for our overseas
guests was held at the first night of the Annual
Meeting. The participants enjoyed meetingwith international colleagues in a friendly
atmosphere.
Now that a series of the international
programs are recognized as a part of Annual
Meeting officially, we have to make more
effort than before to enhance the programs to
be welcomed and satisfy foreign guests as wellas Japanese participants.
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Finally, we would like to express our
sincere thanks to all the participants, andespecially to the Organizing Committee ofAnnual Meeting, Tohoku Chapter of JSCE andTohoku University and all of the staff
members who kindly supported us.
Venue: Tohoku University, Kawauchi-Kita Campus,
Multimedia Education and ResearchComplexDate: 10th to 12th September, 2008
Participants from:
Overseas Organizations: KSCE, MACE, PICE, CICHE,ACECC, WFEO,
JSCE Overseas Sections: Taiwan, Korea Mongolia,
Indonesia, Philippines

Program(1) Roundtable Meeting
Topic: "Who Constructed It?" - Civil Engineers'
Revisualization of Goal and Public's
Reacknowledgement of Civil Engineers'
Achievements.”
Date: 10th September, 2008
Participants: 86(2) Panel Discussion
Topic: “Expectations and Assistance to International
Students in Japan”
Date: 10th September, 2008
Participants: 41(3) WFEO-JFES-JSCE Joint International Symposium
on Disaster Risk Management
Date: 11th September, 2008
Participants: 29(4) the 2nd Workshop on Harmonization of Design
Codes in the Asian Region
Date: 11th September, 2008
Participants: 50

By KOHNO Shigeyuki(Secretary General
International Activities Committee,
Shimizu Corporation)

ACECC Activity in Japan-2nd Workshop on Harmonization of
Design Codes in the Asian RegionThe 2nd Workshop on Harmonizationof Design Codes in the Asian Region was held
on September 11, 2008 at Tohoku University
during the 2008 JSCE Annual meeting.
Approximately 50 engineers and researchers
participated in the workshop from Korea,
Taiwan, Mongolia, Philippines, Vietnam,
Cambodia, and Thailand besides Japan.
JSCE has been taking the initiative forworking on the possible measures for the code
harmonization in the Asian region. A new
ACECC Technical Committee (TC-8) on“Harmonization of Design Codes in the AsianRegion ” was established at the ACECC
Executive Committee Meeting on June 25,
2007. The Chair of the TC-8 is Prof. Yusuke
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Honjo. The activity period was set at 3 years
from 2007.
Terms of references of the TC-8
include 1) creation of strong human networkon this issue, 2) sharing the latest informationon code development, and 3) creation ofglossary of terminologies for basis of design
with a new concept of the performance based
design.
The 2nd workshop was held for the
purpose of mutually sharing the informationand having discussions on international
strategy by the engineers/researchers who are
working on code formulation in different areasin civil engineering. We positioned the 2ndworkshop as the workshop for “Direction of
Future Design Code”, and had discussions
toward mutual understanding of theterminology for basis of design, which is basedon a new concept such as performance based
design. Since new members participated in theworkshop, the 2nd workshop also provided
them a place to share the information on theiractivities and strategies for formulating designcode. We are glad to report that it ended witha great success.
After presentations by each delegate,
the discussion session was chaired by Prof.
Honjo. The followings are the main summariesof the workshop:
1) The first draft of the glossary ofterminology for basis of design was
introduced by Prof. Honjo. The necessity
to create such glossary was approved by all
the participants. The draft will be postedon the website for opinions and comments.
2) It was again realized that several designcodes from different countries are used in amixed manner in some countries. The
participants realized the necessity for the
harmonization.
3) Performance Based Design can be an
important concept for the harmonization ofdesign codes in the Asian Region.
4) The governmental policy accelerates suchengineering society activity. Cooperation
with and/or assistance from governmentalside is very important.
5) It is important to invite young code
drafters to TC activities for the future ofcode development in each country and forthe creation of strong human network.
6) It was realized that some countries are very
interested in leveling up theirs codes, andthe performance based design concept may
be the best for leveling up. On the other
hand, it was also realized that somecountries need their daily design codes
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which can be used even from today. TC
activity should consider these aspects.
At the moment, the committee isplanning the next activity on April 2009 in
Vietnam during the ACECC Executive
Committee Meeting.
Finally we would like to thank to
Kajima Foundation for the financial assistanceto this workshop

Speakers and main participantsat the workshop
by HORIKOSHI Kenichi, Ph. D
Chair of ACECC Committee, JSCE
Secretary of ACECC TC-8
(Chief Research Engineer, Taisei Corporation)

Report of The Tenth International
Summer Symposium
The Tenth International Summer
Symposium organized by the International
Activities Committee of JSCE (Chair: Prof.
Osamu Kusakabe, Tokyo Institute ofTechnology) was held at the Headquarters of
JSCE, Tokyo, on September 18, 2008. The
symposium is held annually so as to provide an
opportunity to exchange information and ideas
associated with various aspects of civilengineering among international students andengineers, including Japanese. Anotherobjective of the symposium is to promoteinternational
exchange
andmutualunderstanding
betweeninternational
communities and Japanese students andengineers. The symposium started in 1999 andhas received high reputation as a valuable
opportunity for exchanges among students andengineers in English. From this year, a full
paper review process was introduced toenhance quality of paper. The Tenth Summer
Symposium was supported by the International
Scientific Exchange Fund, JSCE.
The number of attendants of thesymposium
was
100(international
students/engineers:
57;
Japanese
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students/engineers: 43). This year’s keynote
lectures were given by Prof. Tomoya
Shibayama, Yokohama National University,
titled “Risk Management in Coastal Area Protection against Tsunami and Storm Surge –“ and Prof. Hanbin Ge, Meijo University, titled“Inspection Activities on Damaged Bridges in
Seismic Region of Wenchuan Earthquake.”
These lectures served as a reference very muchfor the international students and help them
have a vision for future.

Keynote Lecture by Prof. GE
Moreover, there were a total of 60
technical presentations from 7 areas in civilengineering (i.e., A. Structural Mechanics andEarthquake Engineering: 12; B. Hydraulic,
Coastal and Environmental Engineering: 3; C.
GeotechnicalEngineering:
22;
D.
Infrastructure Planning and Management: 6; E.
Materials, Concrete Structures and Pavements:
6; F. Construction Management andEngineering: 6; G. Environmental Systems andEngineering: 5). The symposium was brought
to a close with the Reception where there were
lively exchanges between the participants. The"Certificate of Excellence" was awarded,
during this reception, to 13 speakers for theiroutstanding papers and presentations.
The award winners are:
Tamura Hiroshi(Yokohama National University)
Md. Abdur Rahman Bhuiyan(Nagoya University)
Suntoyo(Tohoku University)
Nguyen Hoang Giang(Saitama University)
Laddu Indika Nalin De Silva(University of Tokyo)
Karunarathna Anurudda Kumara(Saitama University)
Sanjay Kumar Jha(Saitama University)
Lee Jina(University of Tokyo)
Ahmed Ibrahem Mosa
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Matsunaga Takako(Saitama University)
Dorji Cheki(Yokohama National University)
Dinh Van Hiep
(Saitama University)
Sharif Moniruzzaman Shiraji(Saitama University)
This symposium was closed with apromise to meet again in the EleventhInternational Summer Symposium to be held
next year.

The award winners with Prof. Kusakabe
By YAMADA Hitoshi, Chair,
Organizing Committee of the TenthInternational Summer Symposium, JSCE

JSCE Study Tour Grant 2008

Michael, J. David
Recipient of JSCE Study Tour Grant, 2008
Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers
On 10 September 2008, I had thehonor of witnessing the amazing bridges andtunnel for which new technologies have beendeveloped in order to meet Japan's strict
maintenance requirements and traffic needs,
given the harsh physical conditions and thelimited routes available.
To emphasize the reason for
innovative technology, we refer to the damage
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wrought by the the Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku
earthquake on 14 June 2008. Iwate-Miyagi
inland earthquake damages include thecollapse of bridges and roads, and occlusion ofwaterways. With such devastating damage,there is thus a compelling need for bridges thatcan be constructed under adverse work
conditions, that can withstand the forces ofnature, be maintained on a very long-termbasis in such a severe, corrosive environment,
and that can provide safe and uninterrupted
smooth traffic.
To meet these requirements, Japan has,among others, the following:
1. Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge
Also known as “Pearl Bridge,” theAkashi-Kaikyo Bridge was completed in 1998,
and is the largest suspension bridge with centerspan of 1,991 meters (6,532 feet), spans at 960
meters at each side of the central span, and a
vertical clearance of 65.72 meters below. The
bridge was designed to withstand winds of 286
KPH, earthquakes measuring 8.5 on the
Richter Scale, and harsh sea currents. The twomain supporting towers rise 298 meters above
sea level, and due to temperature, the bridge
can expand up to 2.0 meters. The total cost of
construction is estimated at 500 Billion Yen.
For the bridge to last at least 200 years, atechnology has been developed using “dry air
injection system for main cables of suspension
bridges” in order to protect the main cablefrom corrosion by drying the inside of main
cable. To this date, there is no such similar
project in the Philippines.
2. Yahagi-Gawa Bridge for the new Tomei
Expressway
A hybrid cable-stayed bridge forming
part of the New Tomei Expressway, andcrossing Yahagi-Gawa River at 50km east of
Nagoya City, the Yahagi-Gawa Bridge is 820
meters long (175 + 2 @ 235 + 175 meters), hasmain span of 235 meters, and is 43.80 meterswide—making it the longest four-spancontinuous hybrid cable stayed bridge in theworld. Pylon height is 109.60 meters from thebearing level, and girder variable depth from
6.0 meters from pylon to 4.0 meters at thestandard section. For aesthetic reasons, thepylon has a curved shape, simulating a drop ofwater -- designed to create new landscapes byharmonizing the man-made structure withnature. The bridge was constructed in four
sections, with each section having been
executed in different scaffolding systems. The
superstructure was constructed in freecantilever method using a super-sized form
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traveler. The bridge was opened to traffic in
2005, and is the world's first PC-steel
composite
cable-stayed
bridgeusing
corrugated steel plate webs for PC girders. No
such similar bridge project yet exists in thePhilippines.
3. Meiko Triton on Isewangan Highway
The Ise Bay Coastal Highway links
with other regional expressways, and crosses
three wide channels of Nagoya Port (Meiko).
Three large span bridges, cable-stayed steel
bridges comprising of three spans each: theWest, Central, and East Bridges. On
completion of Meiko Central Bridge, it ranks
third longest cable-stayed bridge. The Central
Bridge has six lanes with central reserve. The
West Bridge is composed of two similar
bridges parallel to each other, and carries threelanes each. One of the parallel bridges wascompleted in 1985, and at the time was theworld's longest cable-stayed bridge span. The
Meiko Central Bridge, completed in 1995,
consumed 8,600 tons of steel. It has a towerheight of 190 meters. The East Bridge is thecontinuation of West and Central Bridges, andcompletes the Meiko Triton.
4. Wangan-Kisogawa Bridge at Mie
Prefecture.
This bridge is 275-meters long, andwas completed in 2001. It uses the technology
of extradosed bridges, and among PC Bridgesof the same scale, it is more economical than acable-stayed bridge.
5. Kajima Technical Research InstituteThis institute, owned by Kajima
Corporation and located in Tobitakyu2-chome,
Chofushi, Tokyo, performs extensive researchand development, mainly developing andutilizing machines/simulators and other suchtechnologies.
6. Shield Tunneling
Located in Tokyo and constructed by
Obayashi Corporation, it uses the Tunnel
Boring Machine, and has a length of 861
meters. The project was started in 2003 andwill be completed in 2012.
7.
Taisei Rotec Asphalt Plant andRecycling Plant
The plant has a capacity to produce a
maximum of 180 tons of asphalt per hour, 60%of which is derived from recycled materials,
and 40% from raw materials. Almost 100% of
the construction waste material can be recycled.
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I would like to express my deep
appreciation first and foremost to JSCE for thisextraordinary opportunity, and to the different
contractors and members of JSCE, who haveso generously provided me the opportunity to
get a glimpse of the results of Japan's
pioneering efforts both in the design andconstruction methods for bridges and tunnels.
It has been quite a privilege to have seen
firsthand the application of innovative
construction and management technologies inJapan, and with the cooperation of our
newfound friends, may this experience spur thegrowth of Philippine-Japanese long-spanbridge, tunnel projects and new technologies.

International Workshop on theofficial Tsunami Hazard Map held atAndalas University, Padang,Indonesia, 25-26 August 2008

By IMAMURA FumihikoProf. of DCRC, Tohoku
University

The series of earthquakes followed bytsunamis have widely generated in Indonesia
and other countries especially after the 2004
Sumatra earthquake and Tsunami. The seismic
activity in Indonesia should be still highbecause of seismic gaps remaining in Sumatra
and Java islands. The Padang city, regional
center in the west Sumatra with the highpopulation of one million, is located on coastal
area lying lower land in the front of one ofseismic gaps in the Sumatra. International
Workshop on the official Tsunami Hazard Map
in Padang and International Seminar on
Earthquake and Tsunami were held at Andalas
Univ., Padang Indonesia, 25-26 August 2008
organized by JSCE, Andalas Univ., MMAF,
Padang city, and NGO Kogami

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Many efforts in Padang are on
going in international/national and local level
to reduce the tsunami impacts, one of those isrisk assessment to know and understand thepotency of negative impacts caused by coastal
disaster. However, an official hazard map fortsunami is not yet finalized. Many parties andagencies produce different tsunami hazard map,causing confusions among the people. In thisworkshop, experts and professors invited fromIndonesia, Germany, USA, NZ and Japan
presented the state of the arts and discussed theissues. At the end, the following would havebeen achieved:
1. Information on the existing efforts,
intended applications, method, andapproach in tsunami hazard mapping for
Padang City including compilation of
agencies and contact persons
2. Experts analysis of challenges, gaps andrecommendations to develop an official
map.
3. User/local stakeholder and government
analysis and recommendations for the need
and application of official hazard map
4. Scenario on submarine earthquake(location,
magnitude),dislocation
parameter, and tsunami height based on
scientific input and analysis.

The DVD “Living in Cold Regions inJapan: Disaster-Prevention Measures
and Civil Engineering Technologies
played at G8 Hokkaido Toyako
Summit, 2008
JSCE Hokkaido Chapter
G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit washeld on July 7 to 9 this year and not only G8leaders but also media organizations andpersonnel came to Hokkaido. The host
prefectural government set up the publicprivate organization Hokkaido Toyako Summit
Preparation Council to welcome summit
participants. The Council opened “Hokkaido
Information Plaza” in the International Media
Center which provided media with necessary
facilities during the event. The Hokkaido
Information Plaza offered a wide range of
information about the local life and culture, inwhich eight zones were divided by theme such
as Relations with G8 Countries, Ainu Culture
and Winter. Of the eight zones, “Winter ZoneEnjoy Winter” exhibited the wisdom and ideasof people living in very cold and snowy areas,
and we the JSCE Hokkaido Chapter
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contributed the DVD “Living in Cold Regionsin Japan: Disaster-Prevention Measures andCivil Engineering Technologies” to be played
during the summit period from July 5 to 10.
This DVD, which we had produced tocommemorate its 70th anniversary, showedcivil engineers’ efforts and technologies to deal
with freezingly cold winters and heavy snow.
In 1956 “the Special-Measures Law
for Ensuring Road Traffic in Cold and/or
Snowy Regions, so-called the Snow and ColdLaw” was enacted in Japan. Since then, snow
removal machinery and technology have beendeveloped significantly and public snow
removal services have been provided inconsideration of people’s daily lives. The DVD
explains the establishment of the above law,
the snow removal machinery, technology,
devices and facilities developed in cold, snowy
areas, focusing on roads, railways and electric
power lines. It also introduces uniqueapproaches to snow-related phenomena such as
methods of leveling unevenness and heating
points on railways, measures and devices
against snow and ice accretion on power lines,
road surface checking systems, GPS locatorequipped with snow removal machinery,
facilities to provide drivers with theinformation of weather and road surface
condition.
Seeing positive reactions to the DVD
played during the Summit, we realized thatplaying it was effective to introduce the civilengineering technologies to protect people’ssafety in the cold, snowy areas, and hoped formore opportunities to show it so as to sharethose technologies with the people who live innorthern regions and countries with similar
climates to Hokkaido.

By NANASAWA Kaoru,
Secretary Genera of JSCE Hokkaido Chapter(Manager of Hokkaido)
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2008 JSCE -KSCE Joint Seminar
JSCE Seibu Chapter
2nd Joint Seminar 2008 between JSCE
Seibu Chapter and KSCE Pusan-UlsanKyungnam Sections was held at the 50th
Anniversary Memorial Auditorium on Kyushu
University Hakozaki Campus on August 28,
13:30 to 17:30.
Fifty students and researchers fromJapan and thirty from Korea participated inthat joint seminar. They presented their papers
and exchanged each other’s views andopinions, which showed their enthusiasm andcommitment to the civil engineering profession.
Through the discussions, they learned fromeach other, gained something useful, and also
were inspired to pursue further studies andresearches.
Following the discussions, a reception
was offered at a restaurant on the second floorof the auditorium. The symposium participants
enjoyed meeting old and new friends in a freeand relaxed atmosphere, which was quite
different from the atmosphere they had in thediscussions earlier. During the reception, the
JSCE and KSCE exchanged gifts: JSCE gave
KSCE fans, one of traditional Japanese crafts
and KSCE returned the other with a Pusan
local specialty the bottles of fruit wine. This
gift exchange might indicate the start of mutualcommunication beyond technical exchange
between these two parties. Both parties’
leaders promised to work together for
successful joint seminars in the future. Whenthe reception approached the end, Mr. Makoto
Uemori of Fukuoka- Kitakyushu Expressway
Public Corp. conducted the participants to do
hand clapping which was a Japanese custom toclose an event. They performed the handclapping in a style of Hakatashu Ippon in sync,
which sounded crisp and clear. The joint
symposium concluded at 20:00.

Next day, Friday, the 29th, thesymposium participants went on a field trip tovisit a few construction sites. They first went
to Kasegawa Dam Construction office of
Kyushu Regional Development Bureau,
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport andTourism and then to Mitsuse Ruveil Farm,
Donguri Village to take a lunch break. In theafternoon, they visited Mitsuse Loop Bridge,
which opened just a few months ago, and newbuildings of Hakata Station under construction
last. When exchanging farewells, the KSCE
party expressed kind thanks to the JSCE party
for their efforts and cooperation in this event.
That was the moment for the latter to becomeconvinced of the success of the event andbreathe a sigh of relief.
We greatly acknowledge Prof. of Lee
Dong-Uk of Pusan National University andProf. Kichiro Kimura of Kysuhu Institute ofTechnology for their advice and suggestions.
The efforts and assistance of Prof. Toshifumi
Mukunoki of Kumamoto University working
for Seibu Chapter International Activities
Section, Mr. Makoto Uemori of FukuokaKitakyushu Expressway Public Corp., Mr.
Shinobu Sano of Kajima Corp., Mr. Kakuji
Shinohara of West Japan Engineering
Consultants, Inc., Prof. Shozo Nakamura ofNagasaki University and Mr. Tsuneyoshi
Nishida of Daiichi Fukken Co., Ltd. areappreciated. We are deeply grateful to them all
for their support and cooperation. Thank you
again.

By ITO Keitaro, Head of International
Activities Section, JSCE Seibu Chapter(Assoc. Prof. of Kyushu Institute ofTechnology)

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Project Report
Fukutoshin Line of Tokyo Metro
Opened for Service
The 20.2-km Fukutoshin Line between
Wakoshi and Shibuya Station was opened forservice on June 14, 2008. This became theninth line operated by Tokyo Metro.
The Fukutoshin Line includes asection between Wakoshi and Kotake
Mukaihara stations, which opened in 1987. It
also includes a section from Kotake Mukaihara
Station to Shinsen Ikebukuro Station, whereoperation began as a quadruple section in 1994,
and the last section between Ikebukuro and
Shibuya stations. Construction on the lastsection, which is 8.9 km, started in June 2001.
Opening of the Fukutoshin Line allows
reciprocal through-service with the Tobu Tojo
Line at the Wakoshi station and with the Seibu
Yurakucho Line and Ikebukuro Line at the
Kotake Mukaihara Station. In 2012, the same
type of reciprocal through-service will be
provided with the Tokyu Toyoko Line at
Shibuya and, via this line, with the Yokohama
Minatomirai Line. In this way, a wide-area
network will be established, connecting thenorthwestern part of Tokyo and thesouthwestern part of Saitama Prefecture,through three sub-centers, to Yokohama in
Kanagawa Prefecture.
With construction completed on the
final section, the Fukutoshin Line begins at
Ikebukuro Station, runs directly under JR
Ikebukuro Station, Ward Road and Meiji Street,
finally reaching Shibuya station.

The just-completed section runs almost
parallel with the JR Yamanote Line and the
Saikyo Line, connecting major bustling areasof Tokyo. The new stations on the line are the
Zoshigaya Station, Nishiwaseda Station,
Higashishinjuku Station, Shinjuku 3-chome
Station, Kitasando Station, Meiji Jingu Mae
Station, and Shibuya Station. Among these, theZoshigaya and Nishiwaseda Stations wereconstructed according to the shield method,while the others were constructed according to
the cut-and-cover method. Meiji Street, theboulevard included in the work area, has anextremely large volume of traffic. So, work
there had to be conducted under severe
conditions. Various new technologies were
employed to reduce costs and alleviate theenvironmental burden.
The stations were designed with large
spaces and high ceilings or vaults to enhance
passenger enjoyment and comfort and to offer
a sense of openness. Elevators, escalators, andhorizontal escalators were also provided tomake movement of passengers in stations
easier. Platform doors were provided at all
stations, which reflected a policy assigning toppriority to the safety of passengers.

By MATSUYAMA Kenryo(Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd)

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Student Network-Voice from the StudentsInfrastructure Development in
Nepal: Learning from JapaneseTechnology

Name: Sanjay Kumar Jha
Country: Nepal
School: SAITAMA UNIVERSITY
Sustainable infrastructure development isa critical task for developing countries like
Nepal and in this regard, much can be learned
from Japanese technology and the way it canbe used in Nepal. The basic aspects that must
be considered for any type of civil engineering
construction works are its proper design,
appropriate technology and safety along withthe environmental and socio-economic
considerations; however, these aspects are notgiven sufficient importance in Nepal resulting
in failure of some projects. In Japan,
construction works are carried out giving highpriority to safety and sustainability. The
current highway and railway system in Japan isa very good example of sustainableinfrastructure development.
So far, many civil engineers haveobtained higher degrees from Japanese
universities and the broad thinking developedin them while studying in Japan will be usefulfor infrastructure development of Nepal.
Though the exact technology implemented in
more developed countries like Japan may not
be suitable for Nepal, the ideas of providing
safety, adequate design and modification oftechnology to suit Nepalese conditions can belearned from Japan. In this regard, few
Japanese construction companies are alreadyinvolved in Nepalese construction projects andmost of the projects have been successful.
As Nepal is a landlocked country, railway
transportation will be a better option to solve
the current transportation problem in Nepal.
Due to high traffic volume and unplanned
design, road transportation is not considered tobe safe in Nepal. Frequent landslides along the
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highways during rainy season result in a loss oflife and property every year. To solve thetransportation problem, to a great extent,
railway transportation seems a better option.
Currently, there is no railway transportation
system in Nepal (except a 27 km railway
system operated under the cooperation ofIndia). Though every Nepalese (in my opinion)
visiting Japan might have dreamt about having
a high speed bullet train (Shinkansen) in Nepal,
even a local train that operates in Japan will be
sufficient for Nepalese context. The
government of Nepal must think about theinitiation and expansion of the railway
transportation and, the technology and design
methods can be imported from Japan withsome modifications, if necessary. I do hopethat my study here in Japan will be a valuable
resource for my future career as well as incontributing towards the development of mynation.

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Event Calendar
JSCE 2009 Annual Meeting & 64th
Annual Conference
Date: September 2-4, 2009
Venue: Fukuoka Univ., Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Pref., Japan*For more information: http://www.jsce-int.org/.
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December 2008
10-14 Innovative world of Concrete 2008 (IWC'08)
Venue: India Expo Centre, Expo XXI
Greater Noida Express Way, New Delhi,
India
URL: http://www.ici-iwc08.com/

15-16 6th Asian Young Geotechnical Engineers'
Conference (YGEC)
Venue: JN Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of
Science Campus, Bangalore, India
URL: http://www.ici-iwc08.com/

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