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General Incorporated Association

Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction
Network of academic societies related todisaster prevention and mitigation, and disaster recovery
in cooperation with Science Council of Japan
https://janet-dr.com/ : Japan academic comprehensive portal site of disaster reduction◆Academic societies relevant to natural hazards and disaster reduction gatheredand established Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction.
◆When large disaster occurs, this network works as emergency contact network
between academies, government and society.
◆This network aims for promoting interdisciplinary cooperation for disaster
reduction and disaster restoration.
Earthquake

TsunamiVolcanoFire
EarthObservation
Meteorology

Storm Flood

JANET-DRGeology
EnergyEconomyScience Council of Japan(SCJ)

Administration

City-Planning
DisasterPrevention

LandHistory

Water
Environment

MachineControl
Medical Care
Engineering

Representatives of Academic Societies and members of Science Council of Japan, 2023
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Natural hazards become harder, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, heavy
rains and typhoons. Now, we must prepare for next catastrophes！
Seismic activity of the Japanese archipelago is activated, Nankai Trough and Tokyo Metropolitan
Inland Earthquakes are feared. In global climate change, there is a tendency that disasters occur
more severely and more frequently in the world.

[Activities]① Annual Symposium with all academic societies of the network and occasional workshops

SCJ Forum on 100 years fromKanto Great Earthquake(8 July 2023)

SCJ Symposium on Population
declinesociety&Disaster reduction(25 March 2024)② When large disaster occurs, JANET-DR & SCJ collaborate with academic societies,
government and local governments, and disseminate information.
The Kumamoto earthquake happened on 14 and 16April 2016. SCJ and JANET-DR worked well forpromoting interdisciplinary collaboration and social
implementation of research.
18 April 2016, Joint press conference.
02 May 2016, "Urgent report meeting"
16 July 2016, "Three-month report meeting"
15 April 2017, "One-year report meeting" inKumamoto Prefectural Office“Kumamoto earthquake/ One-year report meeting” inKumamoto Prefectural Office on 15 April 20172

Torrents of rainfall and flooding battered awidespread area in western Japan in early July
2018 called “The Heavy Rain Event of July 2018”.
The rainfall reached 1025 mm in 48 hours at one
location and exceeded over 300 mm at many
locations. More than 230 people caught in floodand landslide died or missed.
JANET-DR had a quick meeting for researchers on
July 16 and announced “messages for people andsociety for caring against heavy rains” with Council
Members of Science Council of Japan on July 22.

More than 40 reporters of major newspapers andmagazines and NHK TV gathered to the announcement
meetingInterdisciplinary cooperation among academic societies
For prevention and mitigation of disasters, many
research fields are involved, such as earth
observation, meteorology, earthquake, tsunami,
oceanography, engineering, history, disasterprevention planning and emergency medicalcare. In academic world, specialization has been
progressed and integration has been weakened.
For protecting people’s lives and the land fromnatural disasters, we need comprehensive
platform beyond the boundaries. This network
aims to deepen mutual understanding acrossdifferent expertise.

③ Academic comprehensive portal site of disaster reduction including all academies’ news,
reports, calendar and introduction of disaster-related research groups.

General Incorporated Association
Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction
Introduction of research groups of each society on the portal site

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Municipality[History of establishment, Relationship with Science Council of Japan(SCJ)]
Great East Japan Earthquake occurred in March 11, 2011. The earthquake was exceeded ourexpectations and our science and engineering were not enough. After the Earthquake, the membersof Science Council of Japan became founders and 24 academic societies (later 30) relevant to disastermanagement gathered and established “Academic Society Liaison Association Corresponding to theGreat East Japan Earthquake “ in May 2011.
On July 2015, Science Council of Japan established new committee for promoting interdisciplinary
cooperation of disaster reduction and disaster restoration and strengthened to help our activities.
As the successor of this association, we established “Japan Academic Network for DisasterReduction” on January 9th, 2016. This network targets not only earthquake disasters but also natural
disasters in general.
Science Council of Japan and Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction will collaborate acrossacademies to promote multidisciplinary research for disaster reduction in the world.

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63 Members of Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction
Architectural Institute of JapanAssociation for Children’s Environment
Atomic Energy Society of Japan
Geographic Information Systems Association of Japan
Geological Society of Japan
Institute of Social Safety Science
Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering
Japan Association for Fire Science and Engineering
Japan Association for Planning and Public Management
Japan Association for Quaternary Research
Japan Association for Wind Engineering
Japan Association of Nursing Academies
Japan Cartographers Association
Japan Concrete InstituteJapan Emergency Management Association
Japan Geoscience Union
Japan Society for Disaster Information Studies
Japan Society for Disaster Recovery and Revitalization
Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science
Japan Society for Safety Engineering
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
Japan Society of Dam Engineers
Japan Society of Disaster Nursing
Japan Society of Earath Science Education
Japan Society of Engineering Geology
Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering
Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources
Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management
Japan Society on Water Environment
Japan Structural Consultants Association
Japanese Association for Acute Medicine
Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine
Japanese Geomorphological Union
Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture
Japanese Society of Public HealthPalaeontological Society of Japan
The Association of Japanese Geographers
The Association of Rural Planning
The City Planning Institute of JapanThe Japan Association for Regional Economic Studies
The Japan Landslide Society
The Japan Petroleum Institute
The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
The Japan Society of Seismic Isolation
The Japan Sociological SocietyThe Japanese Association of Safety Education
The Japanese Forest Society
The Japanese Geotechnical Society
The Japanese Society for Active Fault Studies
The Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering
The Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology
The Meteorological Society of JapanThe Oceanographic Society of JapanThe Remote Sensing Society of JapanThe Robotics Society of JapanThe Seismological Society of JapanThe Society of Environmental Instrumentation Control and Automation
The Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning and Sanitary Engineers of JapanThe Society of Instrument and Control Engineers
The Volcanological Society of JapanTokyo Society of Architects & Building Engineers
Transdisciplinary Federation of Science and Technology

日本建築学会
こども環境学会
日本原子力学会
地理情報システム学会日本地質学会
地域安全学会
日本地震工学会
日本火災学会
日本計画行政学会
日本第四紀学会
日本風工学会
日本看護系学会協議会
日本地図学会
日本コンクリート工学会
日本自治体危機管理学会
日本地球惑星科学連合
日本災害情報学会
日本災害復興学会
日本自然災害学会
安全工学会
土木学会
ダム工学会
日本災害看護学会
日本地学教育学会
日本応用地質学会
砂防学会
水文・水資源学会
廃棄物資源循環学会
日本水環境学会
日本建築構造技術者協会
日本救急医学会
日本災害医学会
日本地形学連合
日本造園学会
日本公衆衛生学会
日本古生物学会
日本地理学会
農村計画学会
日本都市計画学会
日本地域経済学会
日本地すべり学会
石油学会
日本航空宇宙学会
日本機械学会
日本免震構造協会
日本社会学会
日本安全教育学会
日本森林学会
地盤工学会
日本活断層学会
農業農村工学会
日本緑化工学会
日本気象学会
日本海洋学会日本リモートセンシング学会
日本ロボット学会
日本地震学会
環境システム計測制御学会
空気調和・衛生工学会
計測自動制御学会
日本火山学会
東京建築士会横断型基幹科学技術研究団体連合

Organization：General Incorporated Association - Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction

Organization Representative Directors : Ryosuke Uzuoka and Masako Yoneda
Deputy Directors: Koji Ikeuchi and Kimiro Meguro
Executive Director : Akira Wada
Managing Director : Kazuo Tamura
Directors : Akiko Sakai, Hisashi Nakamura, Ikumi Sasaki, Junji Miwa, Kayoko Yamamoto, Mamoru Koarai, Masayuki Nagano,Naoshi Hirata, Shinichi Matsushima, Tetsuo Tobita, Toshihiko Hashida, Toshimitsu Komatsu, Yasuhiro Otomo,
Yoshihiro Tachibana, Yukihiro Takahashi
Steering Committee :123 members which consist of two committee members from each academic society & 36 members
related to Science Council of Japan
Homepage: https://janet-dr.com/
Contact to : info@janet-dr.com +81-3-5876-8461

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