○Handling of classes in the case of announcement of weather warnings, suspension of publictransportation, accidents/incidents, or ballistic missile launches
February 13, 2012
Approved by the Executive Vice President (Education)
The handling of classes (including end of term examinations) in the case of the announcementof weather warnings, suspension of public transportation, accidents/incidents, or ballistic missile
launches, shall be as follows.
Ch.1 The handling of cancellation of classes in the case of simultaneous cancellation of classes(including classes on Saturdays)
1.The simultaneous cancellation of classes without judgement by the Executive Vice President ofEducation and Peacebuilding (hereinafter referred to as “executive”)(1) When emergency warnings are issued from Hiroshima local meteorological observatory for
either Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City or Higashihiroshima City, all classes
in campuses in those cities shall be cancelled.

When only emergency warnings against storm

surge or high waves are issued in Higashihiroshima, simultaneous cancellation shall not beconducted.
(2) If a ballistic missile hits Hiroshima Prefecture, all classes on all campuses shall besimultaneously cancelled.
2. Simultaneous cancellation of classes with executive judgement
In the following cases, all classes at the campus on the day shall be cancelled if the executive
judges that it is difficult to hold classes at each campus. When all classes at Kasumi campus(Higashisenda campus) are cancelled because of the following (1) to (4) conditions, all classes at
Higashisenda campus (Kasumi campus) shall be cancelled also.
The guidance of the range of class periods and decision time of simultaneous cancellation ofclasses are as shown in 3.
(1) when any warnings of heavy rain, flood, heavy snow, storm or snow-storm are issued for either
Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City or Higashihiroshima City by Hiroshima
local meteorological observatory(2) when any warnings of heavy rain, flood, heavy snow, storm or snow-storm are expected to beissued for either Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City or Higashihiroshima City
because of an approaching typhoon(3) when public transportation including the JR Sanyo-line is cancelled due to accidents, heavy
rainfall and/or other natural disasters or strikes(4) when it is necessary to guarantee the safety of students and staff, such as when there is adanger of a ballistic missile or fragments of a destroyed ballistic missile dropping on regions
including Hiroshima Prefecture(5) when it becomes difficult for students or staff to commute to the university(6) when, due to other incidents or accidents, entering the university becomes forbidden.

3. Guidance on the range of class periods and decision time of simultaneous cancellation ofclasses
Range of class periods
Classes starting from 8:45 to 12:10
Classes starting from 12:50 to 17:05
Classes starting from 17:30 to 19:40

Decision time
By around 06:45
By around 10:50
By around 16:00

4. Special cases in which classes will be conducted during the simultaneous cancellation of classes
Special cases in which classes will be conducted during the simultaneous cancellation of classes
are as follows:(1) When the classes are not conducted in the campuses affected by the simultaneous cancellationof classes, such as internships, field work and volunteer activities, and when the head of
department decides that the safety of the students can be guaranteed, those classes can beconducted.
(2) When classes are conducted using an interactive system and only the campus to which theclass is delivered is subject to the simultaneous cancellation of classes, the classes on the campus
from which the class is delivered can be conducted if the head of department decides that there
will be no disadvantage to students by distributing the materials of the day to students or asking
them to submit reports.
(3) Online classes that fall under one of the following conditions, can be held at the discretion of
the dean (or the equivalent) of each department. In this case, teachers in charge shall communicate
any necessary information on such classes to the attending students so that they can avoid any
disadvantage.
・Interactive online classes in which all students have confirmed they are able to attend suchclasses at home,・On demand classes.
5. Rescission of the simultaneous cancellation of classes
If the executive judges that it is possible to conduct classes due to the lifting of weather
warnings, the securing of safety on campus, the resumption of public transportation, etc., thecancellation of classes shall be rescinded, and the executive shall decide the day and time whenclasses will resume.
Ch.2 Handling except for Ch.1
Based on the handling outlined in Ch.1, the head of department shall decide whether classes
should be cancelled or not, and promptly report the decision to executives.
Ch.3 Others
In spite of Ch.2, if the executive decides it is difficult to hold classes, classes will be cancelled.
Ch.4 Application
This handling shall be applied from January 23, 2024.