Summary● Opening Article
Transition of Urban Crisis Management and its Consideration
NODA Toshiyasu
Special Researcher,Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Center/Professor, Department of Law, Seinan Gakuin University
Recently, the crisis management system of Japan was transformed from response to natural disasters andaccidents toward response to all hazards including civil protection, although such shift is not well understoodby people. With regard to urban crisis management, priority is given to researches on natural disasters
and accidents while there are few studies on civil protection from armed assaults and other conflicts. In
the meantime, it is hard for city governments to simultaneously deal with the Disaster Countermeasures
Basic Law (decentralized) and the Civil Protection Law (Centralized), which have different policies. Moredecentralized crisis management system should be profoundly considered in the future.
Keywords: Disaster prevention and crisis management system, Civil defense, All hazards, DisasterCountermeasures Basic Law, Civil protection Law, Standardization of crisis management system (ICS)● Research Paper with Referee Reading
The Spatial Structure of Fukuoka Metropolitan Area and its Transformation-Based on Cluster Analysis Using Municipality and Subregion DataHIRAHARA Yuki
Master's Degree Program
Graduate School of Human Sciences
Waseda University
In this study, in order to clarify the spatial structure of the Fukuoka metropolitan area centered on Fukuoka
City, I performed cluster analysis using municipality and subregion data. As a result, a spatial structure
consisting of a “central part” as the center of business and an “outer part” characterized by a large numberof young people was shown. It was also shown that the areas where the tertiary industry is concentrated arelocated in the central part and in the radial part along the transportation network. Based on the results of myanalysis, I proposed policies in accordance with the socio-economic characteristics of each region type.
Keywords: Urban Model, Spatial Structure, Cluster Analysis

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● Research Report
Learning for Innovation- Insights from ICT Education, STEAM Education and Design Education KIKUSAWA Ikuyo
Chief Researcher
Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Center
Since the government announced the school closures due to COVID-19 on February 27, 2020, various
measures have been taken at schools nationwide to prevent children from stopping their learning andfeeling alienated due to lack of communication. Instead of merely returning to the normal life, it calls forbuilding a better society with a slogan such as “Build back better” from this pandemic. Similarly, diverse
learning measures can not only solve the current problems but also drive value creation. This paper
reviewed ICT education, STEAM education, and design thinking education, organizing the abilities andcompetence obtained through such learnings. It finally examines the impacts on social innovation. The result
demonstrates that although all the learnings have a high affinity for innovation creation, it is necessary tonurture the "interests to" issues in order to study responsibly and independently.
Keywords: Innovation, ICT use in education, STEAM education, Design thinking in education

A Study on the Re-larning Oppotunities for Working Adults through a Work Style Shift
NAKAMURA Yumi
Chief Researcher
Fukuoka Asian Urban Research CenterIn the 100-year life, the importance of re-learning of working people is recognized. However, re-learningof working has not progressing due to restrictions such as time and place. In this report, I summarized thechanges in people's working styles and how they use time seen in the coronavirus based on various surveys.
And I showed that the changes in the concept of time and place may be a new turning point for working
people to relearn. Moreover, I also reported that the increase in webinar recently has contributed to theprovision of educational opportunities.
Keywords: Re-learning of working people, Obstacles for re-learning, Flexible working, Webinar

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A Study on citizen-driven co-creation "Living Lab" for sustainable community development:-The case study by Fukuoka Directive CouncilKATATAE Yuka
Manager
Fukuoka Directive Council
This paper will organize the process from the living lab's formation to the self-propelled project and consider
the issues and solutions for introducing the living lab from the findings obtained from the Fukuoka Directive
Council's case studies. Now the method of Living Lab is expected to become more common because
communities are divided. Whereas there are still a few empirical studies on this field in Japan. Therefore, itis essential to systematize more cases and identify problems and success factors. In this paper's case, newservices are created by examining and verifying ideas based on awareness of citizens' real life in Living Lab.
This process is expected to foster civic pride and citizen's community involvement and enhance businessand regional sustainability.
Keywords: Living Lab, Regional revitalization, Open Innovation, Industry-Academia-Government-Citizens
Collaboration, community development

Future Aspects of the Disaster Prevention for Foreigners-Sharing the findings from the URC Urban SeminarKIKUSAWA Ikuyo
Chief Researcher
Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Center
The Fukuoka Asian Urban Research Center (URC) held a seminar in September 2020, on the theme of"Foreigners and Disaster Prevention” featured in the 2019 URC Comprehensive Research Report. The
seminar consisted of three sessions; findings sharing of the URC report, a special talk by Mr. Taro Tamuraof the Diversity Research Institute, and a dialogue session with Mr. Tamura to deepen discussions on
new findings in regard with COVID-19 and ever increasing issues on disaster prevention for foreigners. In
this paper, discussions comprise four factors: (1) grasping local conditions / risks, (2) organizing disaster
information and disaster prevention information, (3) multilingualization, and (4) reconsideration of thepositions of foreigners. By consolidating the arguments and adding new perspectives, this paper concludes
with the insights for disaster prevention for foreigners in the future.
Keywords: Disaster prevention, Foreigners, Multicultural society, Multilingualization

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