Indonesian's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) visited IRIDeS
and the 2011 Japan tsunami affected areas（2022/9/26-2022/10/1）
Theme: Disaster countermeasures, green infrastructure, gray infrastructure, town planning
Location: IRIDeS, tsunami affected areas in Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures, Tokyo metropolitan
URL: http://www.coast.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/satreps_bricc/
https://www.jst.go.jp/global//english/kadai/r0310_indonesia.html

IRIDeS members are among the main members of the newly started SATREPS project“Building Sustainable System for Resilience and Innovation in Coastal Community (BRICC)”
targeting Indonesia which is supported by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) andJapan Science and Technology Agency (JST). This project is led by Prof. Nobuhito Mori (KyotoUniversity) and co-lead by Prof. Taro Arikawa (Chuo University), Dr. Kojiro Suzuki (Port andAirport Research Institute) and Assoc. Prof. Anawat Suppasri (IRIDeS, Tsunami EngineeringLab). Indonesian's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) is one of the main membersof the SATREPS project. High level persons of BNPB (Secretary General, Inspector General,deputies and head) visited several locations in Japan to learn about various perspectives ofdisaster countermeasures in Japan and possible application to Indonesia.
BNPB and JICA members started their visit by visiting IRIDeS in the morning of the 26th
September including special lectures given by Prof. Fumihiko Imamura (Director of IRIDeS)
and Prof. Shunichi Koshimura (Disaster Geo-informatics Lab). After that Prof. Yuichi Ono(2030 Global DRR Agenda Office), Prof. Taro Arikawa, Assoc. Prof. Anawat Suppasri, Assoc.
Prof. Daisuke Sasaki (2030 Global DRR Agenda Office), Researcher (Specially Appointed)
Miwako Kitamura (International Research Collaboration Office) escorted the group to the 2011Japan tsunami affected areas in Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures including Sendai City, Sendai
International Airport, Onagawa Town, Ishinomaki City, Minami Sanriku Town, Kesennuma City,Kamaishi City, Taro Town and Fudai village during 26-29 September. The visit was covered in
the local news. The group visited other locations about disaster monitoring and emergency
response in Tokyo during 30 September and 1 October including Japan Meteorological Agency(JMA), Chuo University, Tokyo Metropolitan, and JICA Headquarter led by Prof. Nobuhito Mori.
At the JMA, the group hold a meeting with the Director General. BNPB learned about mitigation
effects of both green and gray infrastructures and their combination, emergency response,
town planning, storyteller in many perspectives. We expect that information earned from thisvisit will be adapted and implemented in Indonesia through this SATREPS project which will
be conducted over five years (2022-2026).

Report: Anawat Suppasri (Tsunami Engineering Lab),
Daisuke Sasaki (2030 Global DRR Agenda Office) andMiwako Kitamura (International Research Collaboration Office)(continues to the next page)

Several meetings (IRIDeS)

Memorial facility (Sendai)Sendai airport

Memorial facility (Ishinomaki)

Overturned building (Onagawa)

Storyteller (Minami Sanriku)

Memorial facility (Kesennuma)

Breakwaters (Kamaishi)

Seawalls (Taro)

Flood gate (Fudai)

Japan Meteorological Agency

Chuo University