Greetings
Nobuo Fukuwa

base for disaster mitigation studies

Further promoting collaboration as a

02 10Introduction of Members
Director of the Center / Professor
Resillience Co-Creation Division

Fukuwa finished Graduate School of Engineering,
Nagoya University in 1981. After working for aconstruction company, he came back to Nagoya
University to take the posts of Associate Professor,
School of Engineering in 1991, Professor, Cooperative
Research Center for Advanced Science & Technology in1997, and Professor, Graduate School of Environmental
St u d i e s i n 2 0 0 1 . Th e n hCentere to o k Directort h e c u r re nt
responsibility. His specialty is earthquake engineering
for soil and structures. Doctor of Engineering.
Structural design first-class registered architect.

Toshihiro Noda

Nobuo Fukuwa

Takeshi Sagiya

Professor
Research Cooperation Division

Deputy Director of the Center / Professor
Research Cooperation Division

Noda finished his later period of doctor's course at
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University in
1994. Before taking the current post, he was a research
associate at School of Engineering, Nagoya University
in 1994, and Associate Professor and Professor,
Graduate School of Engineering at the University in
1996 and 2008, respectively, and then the current
position. His specialty is civil engineering, particularly
geomechanics, geotechnical engineering, andanti-seismic geotechnical engineering. Doctor ofEngineering.

Yasuhiro Suzuki

Professor

Amid concerns over a Nankai Trough mega-earthquake and anotherResearchlse Bay Cooperation
Typhoon, ourDivision
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university
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Graduate
Geography,of Science,measuresforSchooldisasterofmitigation. In response to this situation,
ourGraduate
center wasSchool
provisionally
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University of Tokyo. Research associate at Nagoya
upinDecember
2010,
and
then
oﬃciallyinauguratedinJanuary
2012
with
the
assignment
serving Geographical Information Authority of
University in 1991. Associate professorofat Aichi
Japan, he took the post ofpermanent
Associate professors.
Professor, Currently, various activities are
Prefectural
University
in 1993. Professor,
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Graduate School of Environmental
Studies,of Environmental
and Generalprofessors,
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appointed
researchers,Studies,
43 contract
University in April 2003. Professor of the same inManager of Disaster Management Office, Nagoya
researchers,
and nineto the center.
January 2008, and then thecurrent position.
Hiscooperative assistants attached
University
in 2004, and then the current position.
specialty is crustal movement
Doctorof after the centerʼs oﬃcial inauguration,
His specialty
includestectonic
Juststudy.
over sevenyears
its activities
aregeography,
showing a new
Science.
geomorphology
active fault
studies. Doctor ofdevelopment. The year before last, we establishedAichi・Nagoyaand
Resilience
Co-Creation
Science. University President Adviser.
Center in cooperation with administration and the industrial world, and newly established the
Resilience Co-Creation
Division. Accordingly, the collaboration betweenAssociateindustry,
Professor
Professor
Satoru Nishikawa
Nagae
Resilience
Co-Creationacademia,
Division andTakuya
Research Cooperation Division
government,
citizens is enteringa new stage.
cooperation
with the society, we haveconcluded
variousGraduate
After receiving master’ s degree from the GraduateRegarding
School of Engineering,
University of
Nagae
completed hisagreements
doctorate at the with
Interdisciplinary
Research
Consortium
linking
upofsix
Tokyo in 1982, he joined Japanese Governmentorganizations
service and has held varioussuch
positionsas
in the Tokai Disaster Mitigation
Schoolof Science andEngineering, Tokyo
Institute
Technology
the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport andTourism, United
Nations Department
2002. He Development
has served as a researchat multiple
national
universities
in the Tokai region, the Chubu inRegional
Bureau,scientist
the Aichi
of Humanitarian Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Asian Disaster Reduction
including one in the U.S. Since 2006, he has been
Prefecture
Disaster
Mitigation Oﬃce, the Nagoya Cityuniversities
DisasterOﬃce,
nineResearch
cities Center
Center, the Cabinet Office and Japan Water Agency.
He was appointed
to the present
working
at theManagement
Hyogo Earthquake
Engineering
andreduction
one town
in theUrban
Institute,
the National
position in April 2018. He is active in various disaster
fora, e.g. Memberof theWest Mikawa district, the Nagoyaof theNational
Research Institutefor Earth Research
Science and Disaster
UN Advisory Group on the post-2015 Frameworkfor Disasterfor
Risk Reduction,
Board
Prevention(independentadministrative
corporation). Nagae has
Institute
Earth Scienceand Disaster Prevention, theShizuokaPrefecture
Risk Management
Member of Institute of Social Safety Science, and Board Member of Business Continuity
been involved in many experimental projects based on
Division,andDisasterManagement
Library.
Furthermore,
wearepromoting
Advancement Organization. His scope of research includes, disaster reduction
E-Defense (a 3-D full-scale earthquake shakingregional
table). He has held
incontinuity
Hokusei, East Mikawa, and Westhis Owari
also 2014.
promotingadministration, international cooperation for collaboration
disaster reduction, businesscurrent districts,
post since and
SeptemberSpecializes inmanagement, and public awareness methodologies.
Doctor of Engineering.
constructionof anti-seismic
structures.
Doctor ofno
Engineering.
cooperation
between industry, government, academia,
and citizens,such
as “Honne
Kai(the meeting in real intention).”
Associate Professor
Specially-appointed Professor
On the research
front, there
is progressin cooperation between Resillience
diﬀerent researchﬁeldsDivision
Nagahisa Hirayama
Nobuo
Arai
Social Cooperation
Division
Co-Creation
through various projects. One such project is Research Project for Compound Disaster
In March, 2004, he completed
his Doctoratein
Arai aroundcompletedgeoscience at
Mitigationon the Great
Earthquakes and Tsunamis
thea masters
Nankaimajoring
Trough inRegion.
Environmental Engineering at the Kyoto University
the Graduate School of Science at Kobe University.
Anotherisformingcollaborative
researchbases
torealizeahierarchicalresilienceco-creation
Graduate School of Engineering. In 2004, he became a
He has worked in the technical research institute of
Senior Researcher at the Disaster
Reduction and Humana construction company, a think tank, and asociety.
Renovation Institution. In 2008,Also,
he joinedtheKyoto
meteorologicalinformation
provisioncompany. He
wehave
projects
sponsoredbythecross-ministerial
strategic
innovation
promotion
University Graduate School of Engineering as an Associate
has held his present post since April 2014.
such as region-based disaster mitigation
through
regionalregional
Professor. He entered his currentprogram
post in 2013(SIP)
after working
Specializesthink-tanks
in seismic disasterprevention,
as Senior Research Fellow at the
National Institutedisaster prevention,
natural disasterscience. Doctor
collaborationand forinformation sharing and the developmentof strategies
for disaster
Environmental Studies. His mitigation
specialties are
Sanitaryof Environmentology.
and
quick
recoveryinbroadregioneconomybythecooperation
betweenindustry,
Engineering, and Disaster Environmental Engineering. Mr.
government, and academia.
Hirayama holds a doctorate in engineering.
Last year, we started measures to promote disaster prevention and mitigation further. We
Specially-appointed
professor
Associateestablished thespecial fund “Disaster Mitigation Public Outreach Specially-appointed
Program for Protecting
ourProfessor
Masafumi Mori
Yuko Araki
Research Cooperation Division
Resillience Co-Creation Division
Future Generations” And we also set up the crowdfunding”Saving the Records and Memories
completed
her doctoral course at Department
Mori finished his doctor’ s course atofDepartmentof Architecture,
the Showa
Tonankai Earthquake Hidden by WWⅡAraki
for ourPosterity.”
Architecture,
School ofon
Engineering
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya
in 1991.
After
TheUniversity
Disaster
Mitigation
Research Building is the ofﬁrst
seismically Graduate
isolated buildingtheFaculty of Engineering, Kobe University in 2015.
working for a construction company for 15 years, he became an
Higashiyama
by opening
itsan
ﬁrst
and second
ﬂoorsoffice,to NGO
working atarchitecturaldesignassociate professor at Nagoya University’s Graduatecampus.
School of It oﬀers learning opportunitiesAfterof disasterrecoveryassistance,and others,
Environmental Studies from October
In January
2011,
he its roles as a base for carrying
the2006.
public,along
without disastermitigation
researchand shea tooktheattend
post dailyof principal
investigatorof Disasterbecame an associate professor atresponse
the Research
Cooperation
basein the case of a disaster. Visitors can also
Gallery Talk
lectures. Some
Reduction and Human Renovation Institution in
Division of the Nagoya University Disaster Mitigation Research
eventschildrenare organized during the summer2015,
holiday.
this buildingnow
hasJanuary
andMoreover,then the current
positionfrom
Center, before assuming his current
post. Hisfor
specialty
includesHer specialty
is area College.
rehabilitation
seismic engineering, building foundation,and earthquake
another roleas an executive oﬃce of the Disaster 2018.
Prevention
and Mitigation
The andsupporting
sufferers.
Doctordisaster prevention. Doctor of Engineering.
designDisaster Structural
Mitigation
Research Building has received morethan 70,000
visitors
in ofthePhilosophy,
roughly andqualified architect of the first class.
first-class registered architect.
ﬁve years since it opened. Various meetings of disaster strategy planning by national and local
governments
are also held there.
Specially-appointed
Associate Professor
Designated Assistant Professor
Kazumi Kurata
MENESES-GUTIERREZAngela(YoungLeader Cultivation
Resillience Co-Creation
Division
More than sevenyears after
the centerʼs oﬃcial inauguration,
it is graduallydeveloping
anProgram)environment
that
promotes
research,
response,andpreparation,
concentratingtheregion's
Kurata finished his master course at Department ofMeneses-Gutierrez is from Venezuela. She earned
eﬀorts inGraduate
one place.
currentdegree
activities,
including various
Environmental Engineering and Architecture,
SchoolInof the future, we plan to maintainherourbachelor'sin GeophysicalEngineering at
Environmental Studies, Nagoya University
in
2004.
He
developed
Simón Bolívar
University,
2010. Shesymposiums and seminars, the Disaster Prevention the
Academyand the“Gen-SciVenezuelaCafe” forinthe
Web GIS (geographical information system) at a software
finished her doctor course at the Department ofgeneralpublic,theDisaster
Mitigation
Manabi-ya,
ESPER
for
technicians,
NSL
study
sessions
development company, and was involved in the development ofEarth and Environmental Science, Graduate Schoolwith themedia,
disaster mitigation seminars for highschool students,
andNagoyainitiatives
todisaster prevention education/awarenesssystems
as a memberof Environmental
Studies,
University
inof collaborative research with Nagoya
University.
He tookthe2017.we
Beforethe current
post in April
develophuman
resources
for disaster mitigation. Also,
will moving
use the toDisaster
Mitigation
post of assistant professor of endowed research division of
she was a Program-Specific Researcher at the
Building
to explore ways of improving 2019,education
and awarenessof thetopic, Kyoto
Disaster Mitigation Research Center,Research
Nagoya University
and then
DisasterPrevention
Research
Institute,movingforward
together to realize a society that is resilient
to disasters.
the current position from April 2017.
His specialty
is earthquake
University.
Her specialty is geophysics. Doctor ofdisaster prevention. Doctor of engineering.

science.

May 1st, 2019

The Disaster Mitigation Research Building

Professor (visiting professor) /Masayuki
Takemura
MitsuoTsuzukiSocial Cooperation Division—a Basefor Research,
Response, andPreparedness

Associate Professor/
Social Cooperation Division

Takemura joined a construction company’ s technical research institute, after

Tsuzuki finished Graduate School of Science andcompany. He took the post of contract researcher ofDisaster Mitigation Research Center, Nagoya
University in 2016, and then the current position
from April 2017. His specialty is earthquake-resistantdesign of pipelines. Master of Engineering

His specialty includes infrastructure planning ang
management. Master of Engineering

his doctor’s coursetheat Graduate
School ofMitigation
Science, Tohoku University
Engineering,
University
1986. Currently
and panel exhibitions
for Waseda
learning
aboutindisasterprevention
Completed infinishing
March
2014,
Disaster
Research
in 1981. After working at the company’ s Kobori Laboratory, he took thehe is on loan from an electric power company. His
Building is theposition
firstbuilding
toKoborifeaturea baseisolationand mitigation,specialty
as wellis earthquake-resistantas aerial photographs
providing aof Deputy
Director of Takuji
Research Institutein 2010. Professor
engineering.
of Social Cooperation Division of Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Nagoya
Master of Engineering. First-class registeredstructure systemontheHigashiyama
campusof
Nagoyabird’s-eye
viewof
Nagoyaanditssurrounding
areas,
University from 2012. And then the present position from April 2018. He hasarchitect .
as Director of SeismologicalSocietyaof Japan,
Deputyfor
Chairmanof Japan
University. Theservedbuilding
providesbase
researchers
miniatures for learning about earthquake resistance
Association for Earthquake Engineering, Chairman of the Society of Historicalinvolved in theEarthquake
Disaster
ResearchCenterstructures, and a handcraft area for kids. In addition, theStudies,Mitigationand others. His specialty
is seismology. Doctorof Science.to carry
Disaster Prevention in the Energy Supply Area Endowed Research Divisionout leading researchondisaster
mitigation,while
functioning
building serves as a venue for the “Disaster Prevention(Chubu Electric Power Company)
as a base for social collaboration toward disaster mitigation.
Academy” and the “Gen-Sci Café”. On the second floor is alibrary where visitors Deputyof/ materials
In a world-first, the underground seismic
isolation
devices
Assistant
Professor/
Director aof range
the Center
Professor / andTakashiTashiro can browse
Risaand
Hirukawa
Social Cooperation
Division
Social Cooperation Division
rooftop laboratory of the Disaster
Mitigation
Research
information systems.
Tashiro completed the doctoral course at Graduate School of
2010, toshecarry
graduatedfrom the Nagoya
University. that
Building can beIn
used
out oscillation
experiments
Once disasters
occur,at thea afterbase forEngineering
Nagoyabuilding
University. Hewill
took become
the current post
Currently she is on loan from an electric power
servingrelated
as a researchinstitutions
specialist at the Public
Researchto
Institute,
ConcreteIn
Structural
are conductedcompany.
by usingHer
thespecialty
entire isbuilding.
addition, an
the university andto Works
responddisasters
Japan and an assistant professor at the Graduate School ofEngineering. Ms. Hirukawa holds a masters degree
elastic base isolation
structure was used for the base isolationand to release Engineering,
information.
In preparation
for suchdisasters,
an associate
professor of the Graduate
Schoolofin Engineering.
Environmental Studies and then that of the endowed research
structure devices and sufficient design margins were
the building has
oneweek’ssupply
of
water
and
food,
division of the Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Nagoya
University.
He specializes
in river hydraulics,
river basin management,
ensured—making this building the safest in the region
large-scale private
power
generation
devices,terminals forecosystem science and engineering, and flood risk management.
against mega-earthquakes.
connection toAcademia-Industry
power supply
vehicles,propane-powered
Cooperation
Research Division(Toho Gas Co. Ltd.)
Preventions in the Ground and Lifelines Area
air-conditioningfor Disasterequipment,
and solar power generation
During ordinary times, this building serves as a base forresearch into disaster mitigation as well as for education anddevices. In addition, with the aim of sharing real-time disaster
Assistant Professor/ Industry - Academia
Associate The
Professor/
Industry-offers
Academia
human
resource development.
first
floor
variousinformation,
local authority
satellite
communications
Natsuki
Kitagawa
Atsushi
Suganuma
Social Cooperation
Division wereSocial Cooperation Divisionattractions: an experimentallaboratoryinwhich
long-period
established
with
Aichi
Prefecture,whilealong-distance
Suganuma finished his master course at Graduate
Kitagawa finished his master course at Graduate
Schoolof Engineering
Kyoto University
in 1992. He thatof Engineering Kyoto
in 2012.RegionalHeground motions
canbe simulated,
an exhibition
wireless LAN School
was establishedwith University
the Chubu
was engaged in technology development andwas engaged in construction of pipelines at a gas
combines detailed
geographic miniaturesand hazard
Development Bureau.
earthquake-resistantdesign of pipelines
at a gasmaps,
company. After then, he took the current position.

Fusao Rito

Professor /Social Cooperation Division

11 03

Masato Yamazaki

Associate Professor/
Social Cooperation Division

Yamazaki finished his later period of doctor's course
Rito graduated from Faculty of Engineering, Ehime University
at Department of Global Environmental Studies,in 1981. He obtained a PhD (Engineering) at Ehime University
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies,in 2002. He had worked at a geological survey company for 37
Sophia University in 2010. He took the present
years from 1981. He took the present position after having
position after having served as fellow at Safetyserved as the technical director of Tokyo Branch in 2003, the
Science Research Division, National Institute ofadviser and head of chief engineers’ office in 2014, and theAdvanced Industrial Science and Technology, anddirector chief engineer in 2016. His specialty is Geotechnicalpostdoctoral fellow, Ritsumeikan Global Innovation
Engineering. Doctor of Engineering, Professional Engineer
ResearchDisaster
Organization,
Ritsumeikan
University.
His(Civil Engineeringand Engineering
Management)
Disaster Mitigation Gallery
Mitigation
Library
for Research
Disaster Mitigation
Research
Building
specialty is simulation analysis of economy.
Disaster Mitigation Planning for Regional Society Endowed
By seeing and touching a variety of educational materials,
The
library exhibits newspaper articles, video
The first base isolationbuilding
on theDoctor ofEnvironmentology
Research
Division(OYOHigashiyama
Corporation)
visitors can understand the necessity of disaster mitigation,materials, books, materials relating to historicalcampus with its distinctive triangular figure thewhich encourages them actively take measures. In this way,earthquakes, hazard maps, histories of thebuilding is a facility that is designed to serve as a
the building contributes to disaster mitigation in themunicipalities, and other resources which have
Base for Research, Response, and Preparedness.
region. The building regularly functions as a venue for the
been collected for over a decade. It also provides
Prevention Academy”
and the “Gen-Sci
Café”.
theas
latestIn addition, 37 professor“Disasterin Nagoyauniversity
are appointed
aninformation
affiliatesystems for visitors to use.

professor for the center. The center also has 11 visiting researchers fromother research institute and 43 contract researchers from industry andgovernment. （As of May 1, 2019）

Isolation Structure Gallery

Environment to enable oscillation experiments using the entire building

Disaster response base

The gallery displays the base isolation structure devices. This
offers visitors the opportunity to learn about the technologies
behind isolation structure systems and vibration control
systems by seeing the actual devices. They can also learn
about various seismometers and recording devices.

By moving the building with a hydraulic jack, it is possible togenerate free oscillation in order to conduct experiments using
the entire building. In the rooftop laboratory, a range ofsimulation experiments can be conducted in which long-period
ground motion and virtual images are synchronized.

In addition to its elastic base isolation structure,
which provides a high degree of safety, the building
has an emergency power supply, a store of various
necessities, and facilities for communication withthe central and local governments.

Outline and Organization of Disaster Mitigation Research Center
Creating models to realize disaster mitigation by deepening many types ofcooperation in the whole region based on advanced disaster mitigation research
Build disaster mitigation models through interdisciplinary cooperation.
Realize a safe and secure society through regional collaboration.
Creation of "Intelligence" for Disaster Mitigation
Realize interdisciplinary cooperative research and regionally integrated
disaster mitigation research capitalizing on collective regional powers.
Take on roles of strengthened cooperation between researchers
inside/outside the University, liaisons between local communities,
information transmission, and the planning, coordination andpromotion of disaster mitigation research projects and regionallycooperative activities.

PrivateSectorNew communities
Enhanced awareness of disaster prevention
Regional cooperation

Expert Development

PeopleRealize human resource development projects strategicallyfor disaster prevention that support "new communities."
Academic→Systematized disaster prevention education and human
Sectorresource development through regional cooperation.
Disaster prevention education
04

Regional Cooperation

Research on disasters
Interdisciplinary cooperation

Promote framework building thathelps implement regional cooperation.
Interface research results through"visible" regional networks.

Expert development;
Coordination system

Industry
SectorRealization of Disaster Corporate
disaster prevention

Mitigation Society

ThingsGoods

Strategy;
Research;
Data

Training aid;
Information;
Technology

Business continuity
Technical development

Government
SectorInternational Cooperation

Risk assessment
Disaster relief
Wide-range cooperation

Transfer the best practice of regional
disaster mitigation strategy models tooverseas countries, so that such disastermitigation strategies will develop in
Asia.

Promoting advanced research into disaster mitigation and conducting research in collaboration with industry

Organization In order to achieve both of them, we have established three divisions: Research Cooperative Division, Social
Cooperative Division and Resilience Co-Creation Division

With the three pillars of the Research Cooperative Division, the Social
Cooperative Division and the Resilience Co-Creation Division, the Disaster
Mitigation Research Center at Nagoya University strives to conduct
research, disseminate information, and raise awareness of disastermitigation.
The Research Cooperative Division conducts leading research into
disaster mitigation, undertaking research in a diverse range of fields,from earthquakes and volcanos, to social infrastructures, construction
urban planning, and society.
The Social Cooperative Division comprises three divisions: Disaster
Prevention in the Energy Supply Area Endowed Research Division, Disaster
Prevention in the Soil and Lifelines Area Industry-Academia Cooperative
Research Division, and Disaster Prevention Mitigation Planning for

Regional Society Endowed Research Division. Together, they contribute tohuman resource development from the perspective of industry andcorporations to ensure safety and reassurance for the region.
The Resilience Co-Creation Division strategically promotes research anddevelopment and projects with cooperation between industry,
government, academia, and citizens, in order to maintain socio-economic
activities in Chubu area with a core of Nagoya, Aichi at the time of alarge-scale disaster.
Through the participation of-and exchange of opinions among-public
administrative bodies, citizens, mass communication organizations, andNPOs, we will be able to realize truly collaborative research thattranscends the various fields of study and the entities implementing themeasures.

Organization Chart of Disaster Mitigation Research Center
Director of the Center
Deputy Director of the Center
Visiting Professor

Steering Committee

Country

Incorporated Administrative Agency(such as research laboratories)
University

Company

Mass Media

Citizen

NPO and Others

Social CooperationPromotion Council

Local Government

Research Cooperation Division

Social Cooperation Division

Resilience Co-Creation Division

Toshihiro Noda; Yasuhiro Suzuki;
Takeshi Sagiya; Masafumi Mori;
Takuya Nagae

Nagahisa Hirayama

Nobuo Fukuwa; Satoru Nishikawa;Nobuo Arai; Yuko Araki;
Kazumi Kurata

Seismological andvolcanological researchSocial infrastructure-related
disaster mitigation research
Construction & city-related
disaster mitigation research
Human & society-related
disaster mitigation research

Disaster prevention in the
Energy Supply Area Endowed
Research Division(Chubu Electric PowerCompany)
Masayuki Takemura; Mitsuo Tsuzuki;
Risa Hirukawa

Disaster Prevention in the Soiland Lifelines Area
Industry-Academia
Cooperation Research Division(Toho Gas Company)
Takashi Tashiro; Atsushi Suganuma;
Natsuki Kitagawa

Disaster Mitigation Planning for
Regional Society Endowed Research
Division (OYO Corporation)
Fusao Rito; Masato Yamazaki

Contract Researcher

Research Development Division
Research・Bottleneck analysis of industrial
infrastructure
・Recovery with priority to infrastructure
・Information sharing, and others

Project Division
One-stop disaster prevention

・Establishment of consultation counter・Arrangement of opportunity to
exchange opinions

Support for industries

・BCP lecture meeting

DisasterManagement
OfficeAichi･Nagoya
Resilience
Co-Creation Center
Relateddepartments
Graduate
School ofEnvironmental
Studies
Graduate
School ofEngineering
Graduate
School ofMedicine

Support for prefectural inhabitants・Public awareness campaign by utilizing
the Disaster Mitigation Research Building

Administration support

・Training courses for government employees

Graduate
School of
Educationand Human
Development

Affiliate Professor

Aichi･Nagoya Resilience Co-Creation Center
Promoting research development and projects strategically with cooperation between industry, government and academia, inorder to maintain socio-economic activities in Chubu area with a core of Nagoya, Aichi at the time of a large-scale disaster. It
comprises two divisions: Research Development Division and Project Division. The Research Development Division promotes
bottleneck analysis of industrial infrastructure, recovery with priority to infrastructure and research of disaster information base.
The Project Division promotes one-stop disaster prevention (establishment of consultation counter and arrangement ofopportunity to exchange opinions), human resources development for industries (BCP course of lectures), human resources
development for citizens (enlightenment activities by utilizing the Disaster Mitigation Research Building) and human resources
development for administration (training courses for government employees)
Nagoya University: Nobuo Fukuwa; Satoru Nishikawa; Nobuo Arai; Yuko Araki; Kazumi Kurata; Shogo Hashitomi
Cooperative associates; Takuo Katsumata; Kenji Kobori; Jun Ito; Yuki Kawasaki; Yuki Arakawa; Takanori Kato; Tomoya Yamazaki; Toru Takahashi
Head of oﬃce: Yasuo Kanahara

Disaster Management Office, Nagoya University
The Disaster Management Oﬃce is the administrative support organization of Nagoya university for improving disaster prevention
and mitigation ability of the university. It promotes improvement of disaster management activity including disaster prevention
system within the university, business continuity plans and disaster prevention drills, while it promotes safety measure for buildings,
disaster information facilities and disaster prevention education. Nagoya Universityʼs Disaster Management Headquarters will beestablished in the Disaster Mitigation Research Building. Accordingly, drills and lectures are implemented by using the building while
it is maintained as the disaster prevention base. In June 2017, eight national universities in the Tokai region concluded an agreement
on large-scale disasters response and the system for disaster response in cooperation between universities is being prepared.
The Disaster Management Oﬃce will strive to enhance the disaster prevention capability of Nagoya University, a massive
organization with various education and research functions that encompasses more than 25,000 people, closely cooperating with theDisaster Mitigation Research Center.
Members of Disaster Management Oﬃce: Jun Tobita; Satoshi Iwasa; Naoko Inayoshi

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Research Projects

Disaster Mitigation Renaissance through improved regional capabilities
Every year, a single municipality is chosen anddesignated as a model area from among
municipalities in Aichi Prefecture that have
populations of 100,000 or fewer (a total of ﬁvemunicipalities chosen in ﬁve years). All of thedesignated municipalities diﬀer from one another interms of geography, geology, past experience of
natural disasters, natural disaster risk level, industrial
structure, and historical background. In the model
areas, documents are collected concerning regional
history and geography, the populationʼs ability torespond to disasters, and information on disasterprevention and mitigation based on the latest
scientiﬁc and technological research concerningseismic disaster prevention. Using these documents,
workshops are held by municipal oﬃce staﬀ, regional
companies, and residents to pave the way toward
implementation of appropriate disaster prevention
and mitigation countermeasures. After thecompletion of this project, we will aim to apply andwidely extend this studyʼs results to othermunicipalities that have geographical characteristics

that are similar to those of the ﬁve modelmunicipalities. (Business subcontracted by the
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology “Project for the study on support of local
disaster-damage prevention measure”)
In F.Y 2017, we have newly developed a uniquemulti stakeholder workshop methodology,
combining a huge ﬂoor map with portable projection
mapping system covering Aichi prefecture and its
vicinity. Emergency routes, pivotal disaster response
facilities, hazards generated by earthquakes areoverlaid, so that numerous experts can share thegeographical recognition and identify the bottlenecks
for emergency operations and recovery. On 26 Dec.
2018, disaster response & waterworks experts from 10
municipalities of Nishi-Mikawa region together with
Chubu Regional Bureau of MLIT, Aichi Pref., utility
companies and major companies conducted aworkshop with this mapping system to discuss ways
to cope with possible Nankai-trough earthquake
emergency.

Research and development of advanced educational materials for disaster management
08

We are developing educational materials that allow people toexperience realistic sensations of an earthquake, along withmaterials for learning about the results of seismic engineeringresearch. The "Koso Bururu" (High-rise Building Shaking
Earthquake Simulator) is a 4-layer construction with liner guiderails. It is a large-scale educational tool that allows users to easily
experience the diﬀerence in shaking according to height of thebuilding they are in, by locking and unlocking the joints between
the layers. "Bururu Glasses" combine a head mounted display and
3-D virtual room images to create a virtual reality that realisticallysimulates the damage caused by a massive earthquake. We also
developed equipment to overlay various spatial information onto
the high-deﬁnition aerial photographs of Nagoya city, using
projection mapping from the ceiling. This allows visitors tovisually understand the features of the terrain around their home
and workplace, and how they are connected to disaster risks.
The Disaster Mitigation Research Building BIM, makes use ofBIM (Building Information Modeling) construction technology, ina system that allows visitors to visualize the building as a 3-D
model, from its structure right through to the interior andexhibits. It gives visitors a virtual view of things that are normallyout of sight, such as the Disaster Mitigation Research Building's
seismic laboratory equipment.
Development of the "Bururu" series of experiential educational
tools for learning about disaster mitigation is ongoing. We havedeveloped the BiCURI (Bi-directional shaker and Computed
Ultra-Response Integration environment). The BiCURI system cansimulate the "shaking of a skyscraper" using a vibrating table that
reproduces the ﬂoor responses that result from an earthquake(long period ground motions,) together with videos of damaged
rooms synchronized with its movements. The rooftop laboratory
is able to shake the entire room at any given waveform, using an
actuator. The vibration of the laboratory is synchronized withvideo and audio so that visitors can experience the shaking of abuilding caused by an earthquake through all of their senses. For
detailed terrain models, 3-D visualization equipment which
projects hazard maps, etc. with image enhancement based on
altitude data, enables visitors to gain awareness of disaster risks
based on 3-dimensional information.
In addition, we are also progressing with development ofeﬀective materials that raise awareness about disaster risks, inconvenient formats. We are also developing educational
materials aimed at raising awareness. These include, cards, called"MAGIC Bururu" that change design according to viewing angle(lenticular printing), making it easy to see overlays of groundconditions and hazard maps. There are also the booklets, The
Story of The Sujikai Family, and The Story of The Takai Family,
which combine scenarios of what might happen to regularfamilies in the event of a disaster with information on disastermanagement. There is an accompanying web application basedon the same content called "escape" which allows users toexperience disaster scenarios.

"Koso Bururu"

Projection mapping (elevation)
onto an aerial photograph of Nagoya city

3-D image of theDisaster Mitigation Research Building BIM

2-dimensional long stroke shaking table,"BiCURI" and a 3-D visualization

Education Program Development for Disaster Prevention Experts
Disaster Prevention
Academies

The Disaster Mitigation
Research Center holds monthly
lectures related to disasterprevention for citizen who
supports disaster prevention activities. At such lectures, participants canhear easy-to-understand explanations on leading disaster mitigation
studies. Lectures attract as many as 100 participants each time.

Gen-Sci Café(A Learning Forum for Disaster Mitigation)“Gen-Sci Café” is an event where teachers with various areas of expertise
respond to questions from citizens
about natural disasters in aneasy-to-understand way through afacilitator. The monthly cafés focus onthemes related to disaster prevention
and mitigation. The short distance
between the facilitator and guest
speaker and the audience always
encourages vigorous discussions.

Training programs to cultivate disasterprevention experts
In December 2010, "Committee on What Should Be Done to Cultivate
Disaster Prevention Experts" was set up by volunteers representing
group members of "Aichi Disaster Prevention Cooperation Society
Promotion Council*," reviewing education programs for disasterprevention experts. In December 2011, the Committee worked out anew draft plan for "Education Training for Disaster Prevention Experts,"
which is scheduled to start in FY2012 as a model project. Disaster
Mitigation Research Center has proactively participated in this project,
and will continue to do so in the future.

Seminars on disaster prevention forhigh school students
These seminars target high school students with the aim of nurturing
future disaster prevention leaders who will contribute to enhancing thedisaster prevention abilities of schools and the region. A total of about 150
people from 30 high schools in the prefecture—several students andteachers from each school—have attended the seminars over two years.
Participants initially attend four days of lectures during a summer holiday,
acquiring knowledge on natural disasters and practical responses todisasters. After this, they implement their own original activities for disasterprevention promotion and implementation at their respective schools,
before presenting their outcomes during the winter holiday.

Exchange meeting for disaster prevention
These seminars gather disaster prevention leaders in the Chukyo
region. The disaster prevention leaders work on building collaboration
to prepare effective measures during ordinary times and during timesof disaster. There are also mini-symposiums in which participants hearstories from people who are involved in regional activities for disasterprevention. Participants can bring to their own communities theirlearning from the seminars—insights, lessons, efforts and examples ofingenuity. In this way, they can use the connections acquired throughthe seminars to promote future disaster prevention measures.

Training program for developing regional
human resources for disaster prevention
Many professors of Nagoya University have been involved in various
regional human resource development programs organized by prefecturesand municipalities, either for planning or as lecturers. Such programs include
the training of disaster prevention leaders at the “Aichi Disaster Prevention
College”, a course for training volunteer coordinators held by Nagoya City, etc.
In order to promote exchange among the participants who have completed
these courses and are now actively engaged in activities in their areas, in 2011
the center held the “Exchange meeting for disaster prevention”. The centerplans to continue promoting such exchanges among disaster prevention
human resources in the region and to build channels for information sharing.

Workshops for mass media:
In the Tokai area, in preparation for large-scale disasters caused bylarge earthquakes and other natural hazards, members from mass
media, researchers, administrative agencies, NPOs, and infrastructurecompanies (operating mainly in the area) started NSL (Network for
Saving Lives) in 2001 for the purpose of exchanging their opinions
and information. Teachers involved in Disaster Mitigation ResearchCenter proactively participate in the NSL workshops.

ESPER

Seminar for Professional(Extended)
Engineers and Researchers
The aim of this seminar is to help young engineers from a range of fields
to enhance their skills in leadership in the prevention of earthquake-caused
disasters so that they can support future disaster prevention measures in
the Chubu region. In addition, it aims to enhance the effectiveness of theregion’s abilities in terms of disaster prevention and mitigation through thepromotion of face-to-face collaboration among young engineers.

Lectures for students
Teachers involved in Disaster Mitigation Research Center offer classes
of "Be Ready for Imminent Earthquake Disasters" for liberal arts students,and "Comprehensive Disaster Prevention Theory I-IV" for postgraduates.
In cooperation with Japan Bousaisi Organization, Disaster Mitigation
Research Center provides a framework in which students who tookclasses of "Comprehensive Disaster Prevention Theory I-II" are granted
qualifications of candidacy for disaster prevention experts.

09Further promoting collaboration as a

Introduction of Members

base for disaster mitigation studies

Nobuo Fukuwa

Fukuwa finished Graduate School of Engineering,
Nagoya University in 1981. After working for aconstruction company, he came back to Nagoya
University to take the posts of Associate Professor,
School of Engineering in 1991, Professor, Cooperative
Research Center for Advanced Science & Technology in1997, and Professor, Graduate School of Environmental
St u d i e s i n 2 0 0 1 . Th e n h e to o k t h e Centerc u r re ntDirector
responsibility. His specialty is earthquake engineering
for soil and structures. Doctor of Engineering.
Structural design first-class registered architect.

Nobuo Fukuwa

Takeshi Sagiya

10 02

Greetings
Toshihiro Noda

Director of the Center / Professor
Resillience Co-Creation Division

Professor
Research Cooperation Division

Deputy Director of the Center / Professor
Research Cooperation Division

Noda finished his later period of doctor's course at
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University in
1994. Before taking the current post, he was a research
associate at School of Engineering, Nagoya University
in 1994, and Associate Professor and Professor,
Graduate School of Engineering at the University in
1996 and 2008, respectively, and then the current
position. His specialty is civil engineering, particularly
geomechanics, geotechnical engineering, andanti-seismic geotechnical engineering. Doctor ofEngineering.

Yasuhiro Suzuki

Professor

Research Cooperation Division
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Prefecturalin 1993.
Graduate
permanent professors. Currently, various
activitiesUniversity
are developed
byProfessor,
20 professors,
37 aﬃliate
Graduate School of Environmental Studies,professors,
NagoyaEnvironmental
and General
11 visiting researchers, School
seven ofspecialappointedStudies,
researchers,
43 contract
University in April 2003. Professor of the same inManager of Disaster Management Office, Nagoya
researchers,
and nine cooperative assistants
attached
to theJanuary 2008, and then the current position.
His
University
in 2004,
andcenter.
then the current position.
specialty is crustal movement study. Doctor
Hisoﬃcial
specialty
includesitsgeography,
Just ofover seven years after the centerʼsinauguration,
activities aretectonic
showing a new
Science.
geomorphology
fault studies.
Doctorofdevelopment. The year before last, weestablished andAichiactive
・NagoyaResilience
Co-Creation
Science. University President Adviser.
Center in cooperation with administration and the industrial world, and newly established the
Resilience Co-Creation Division. Accordingly, the collaboration
betweenindustry,
Professor
Associate
Professor
Satoru Nishikawa
TakuyaResilience Co-Creationgovernment,
Division
Research Cooperation Division
academia,
andNagae
citizens is entering a new stage.
Regardingcooperation with the society,
we haveconcluded
agreements Graduate
with various
After receiving master’ s degree from the Graduate School of Engineering, UniversityofNagae completed
his doctorate
at the Interdisciplinaryorganizations
such as the Tokai Disaster
Mitigation
ResearchTokyo
Consortium
linking up six
Tokyo in 1982, he joined Japanese Government service and has held various
positions in
School of
Science and Engineering,
Institute of Technology
the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, United Nations
Department universities in the Tokai region,in 2002.
He has served
as a Development
research scientistBureau,at multiple
national
the Chubu
Regional
the Aichi
of Humanitarian Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Asian Disaster Reduction
universities including one in the U.S. Since 2006, he has been
NagoyaDisasterManagementOﬃce,Centernine cities
Center, the Cabinet Office and Japan Water Agency. He was appointedPrefecture
to the present Disaster Mitigation Oﬃce, theworking
at theCity
Hyogo
Earthquake
Engineering Research
NagoyaUrban
Institute,
the National
Research
position in April 2018. He is active in various disaster reduction fora, e.g.and
Memberoneof the town in the West Mikawa district,of thethe
National
Research
Institutefor Earth Scienceand Disaster
UN Advisory Group on the post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction,
Board for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention(independentadministrative
corporation).
has
Institute
Prevention,
the Shizuoka
Prefecture
RiskNagae
Management
Member of Institute of Social Safety Science, and Board Member of Business Continuity
been involved in many experimental projects based on
Division,
Library.(a 3-D
Furthermore,
we shaking
are promoting
regional
Advancement Organization. His scope of research includes, disaster
reduction and Disaster Management E-Defense
full-scale earthquake
table). He has heldcollaborationin Hokusei, East Mikawa,
and West
Owari
districts,2014.
andSpecializes
also promoting
administration, international cooperation for disaster reduction, business
continuity
his current
post since
Septemberinmanagement, and public awareness methodologies. Doctor of Engineering.
constructionof anti-seismic
Doctorof Engineering.
cooperation between industry, government,
academia,
andstructures.
citizens,such
as “Honne no Kai(the meeting in real intention).”
Associate Professor
Specially-appointed Professor
On the research
front, there
is progress in cooperation
betweendiﬀerent research
Nagahisa Hirayama
Nobuo
Arai
Social Cooperation Division
Resillience
Co-Creation
Division ﬁelds
through various projects. One such project is Research Project for Compound Disaster
In March, 2004, he completed his Doctorate
in on the Great EarthquakesArai
in geoscience
Mitigation
andcompleted
Tsunamisa masters
aroundmajoring
the Nankai
Trough atRegion.
Environmental Engineering at the Kyoto University
the Graduate School of Science at Kobe University.
Anotherisformingcollaborative
researchbases
torealizeahierarchicalresilienceco-creation
Graduate School of Engineering. In 2004, he became a
He has worked in the technical research instituteofSenior Researcher at the Disaster Reduction and
Humana construction company, a think tank, and asociety.
Renovation Institution. In 2008, he joined theAlso,
Kyotowe have projects sponsored bymeteorologicalinformation
provisioncompany.
Hethe cross-ministerial strategic innovation promotion
University Graduate School of Engineering as an Associate
has held his present post since April 2014.
programdisaster inmitigation
think-tanks
through
regional
Professor. He entered his current post in 2013 afterworking (SIP) such as region-basedSpecializes
seismic disasterprevention,
regionalas Senior Research Fellow at the National Institutefordisasternatural disasterscience. Doctor
collaborationand information sharing
and prevention,
the developmentof strategies
for disaster
Environmental Studies. His specialties aremitigation
Sanitary and quick recovery in broad ofEnvironmentology.
regioneconomy by the cooperation between industry,Engineering, and Disaster Environmental Engineering. Mr.
government,
andacademia.
Hirayama holds a doctorate in engineering.
Last year, we started measures to promote disaster prevention and mitigation further. We
Specially-appointed professor
Specially-appointed
Associateestablished the special fund “Disaster Mitigation Public
Outreach Programfor Professor
Protecting our
Masafumi Mori
Yuko Araki
Research Cooperation Division
Resillience Co-Creation Division
Future Generations” And we also set up the crowdfunding”Saving the Records and Memories
Arakibycompletedherourdoctoralcourse at Department
Mori finished his doctor’ s course at Department of Architecture,of the Showa Tonankai Earthquake Hidden
WWⅡ forPosterity.”of Architecture,
Graduate
Schoolof Engineering
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University in 1991.
TheAfterDisaster Mitigation Research Buildingis the ﬁrst
seismicallyisolatedbuilding on the
Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University in 2015.
working for a construction company for 15 years, he became an
Higashiyama
campus. It oﬀers learningAfter
opportunities
its ﬁrst
andoffice,secondﬂoors toworking atby
anopeningarchitecturaldesignNGO
associate professor at Nagoya University’ s Graduate
School ofof disasterrecoveryand others, research
she took and aEnvironmental Studies from October 2006. In January
he along with its roles as a basethe2011,
public,for carrying
outassistance,
disaster mitigation
the post
principalof Disasterbecame an associate professor at the Research Cooperation
response base in the case of a disaster. Visitors
canofalso
attend investigator
daily Gallery Talk
lectures. Some
Reduction and Human Renovation Institution in
Division of the Nagoya University Disaster Mitigation Research
eventsforchildrenareorganized
duringthesummerholiday.
Moreover,thisbuilding
now has2015, and then the current position fromJanuary
Center, before assuming his current post. His specialty includes
Her specialty
is areaand Theseismic engineering, building foundation, and earthquake
another role as an executive oﬃce of2018.
the Disaster
Prevention
andrehabilitation
Mitigation College.
supporting
Doctorof Philosophy,
androughly
disaster prevention. Doctor of Engineering. StructuraldesignMitigation Research Building has
Disasterreceivedsufferers.
more than
70,000visitors in thequalified architect of the first class.
first-class registered architect.
ﬁve years since it opened. Various meetings of disaster strategy planning by national and local
governments are also held there.
Specially-appointed Associate Professor
Designated Assistant Professor
Kazumi Kurata
MENESES-GUTIERREZAngela(Young
Cultivationdeveloping
Program)Resillience Co-Creation Division
More than sevenyears after the centerʼs oﬃcial
inauguration,
it isLeader
graduallyanenvironment
that
promotes
research,
response,andpreparation,
concentratingtheregion's
Kurata finished his master course at Department ofMeneses-Gutierrez is from Venezuela. She earned
eﬀortsto maintainour current
activities,
includingatvarious
Environmental Engineering and Architecture, Graduate
School inof one place. In the future, we plan
her bachelor's
degreein GeophysicalEngineering
Environmental Studies, Nagoya University in 2004. Hesymposiums
developed
Simón Bolívar
University,
in 2010.
Shefor theand seminars, the DisasterthePrevention
AcademyandVenezuela
the “Gen-Sci
Cafe”
Web GIS (geographical information system) at a software
finished her doctor course at the Department ofgeneralpublic,theDisaster
Mitigation
Manabi-ya,
ESPER
for
technicians,
NSL
study
sessions
development company, and was involved in the development ofEarth and Environmental Science, Graduate School
the media, disaster mitigation seminars
for high Studies,school students,
and initiatives
todisaster prevention education/awareness systems aswith
a memberof Environmental
Nagoya University
inof collaborative research with Nagoya University. He
took the human resources for disaster2017.
Before Also,
movingtheusecurrent
post in April
developmitigation.
wetowillthe Disaster
Mitigation
post of assistant professor of endowed research division of
2019, she was a Program-Specific Researcher at the
Research
improvingeducation
and awarenessthe topic,
Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Nagoya University
and then Building to explore ways ofDisaster
Prevention
Research
Institute, of
Kyoto
moving forward together to realize a societythat Heris resilient
to disasters.
the current position from April 2017. His specialty is earthquake
University.
specialty
is geophysics. Doctor ofdisaster prevention. Doctor of engineering.

science.

May 1st, 2019

The Disaster Mitigation Research Building
Professor (visiting professor) /Mitsuo Tsuzuki
Social Cooperation Division—aMasayuki
Base for Takemura
Research, Response,and Preparedness

Associate Professor/
Social Cooperation Division

Takemura joined a construction company’ s technical research institute, after

Tsuzuki finished Graduate School of Science andcompany. He took the post of contract researcher ofDisaster Mitigation Research Center, Nagoya
University in 2016, and then the current position
from April 2017. His specialty is earthquake-resistantdesign of pipelines. Master of Engineering

His specialty includes infrastructure planning ang
management. Master of Engineering

finishing
his doctor’s courseMitigation
at Graduate School ofResearch
Science, Tohoku Universityand panel exhibitions for learning
Engineering,
WasedaUniversity
in 1986. Currently
about
disasterprevention
Completed in March 2014,
theDisasterin 1981. After working at the company’ s Kobori Laboratory, he took thehe is on loan from an electric power company. His
Building is the first building
to featurebase
aerial isphotographs
providingaposition of Deputy
Director of TakujiaKobori
Researchisolation
Institute in 2010. Professorand mitigation, as well as
specialty
earthquake-resistantengineering.
Social Cooperation Division of Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Nagoya
Master of Engineering. First-class registeredstructure system on the ofUniversity
Higashiyama
campusof
Nagoyabird’s-eye
viewof
Nagoyaanditssurrounding
areas,
from 2012. And then the present position from April 2018. He hasarchitect .
as Director ofaSeismological
Deputy Chairman of Japanminiatures for learning about earthquake resistance
University. The building served
providesbase Society
forof Japan,
researchers
Association for Earthquake Engineering, Chairman of the Society of Historicalinvolved in the Disaster Mitigation
Centerto carry
Earthquake Studies,Researchand others. His specialty
is seismology.
Doctor of Science. structures, and a handcraft area for kids. In addition, theDisaster Prevention in the Energy Supply Area Endowed Research Divisionout leading research on disastermitigation,while
functioning
building serves as a venue for the “Disaster Prevention(Chubu Electric Power Company)
as a base for social collaboration toward disaster mitigation.
Academy” and the “Gen-Sci Café”. On the second floor is aa rangeof ofmaterials
In a world-first, the underground seismic isolation
devices
Assistant
Professor/library where visitors can browseDeputy
Director
the Center and/ Professor /Takashi Tashiro
Risa Hirukawa
Social Cooperation
Social Cooperation Divisionand rooftop laboratory of the Disaster Mitigation
ResearchDivisioninformation systems.
Tashiro completed the doctoral course at Graduate School of
In 2010,
graduatedexperimentsfrom the Nagoya
University.
Building can be used to carryoutsheoscillation
thatOnce disasters occur, thebuilding
willUniversity.
becomea baseforpost afterEngineeringat Nagoya
He took
the current
Currently she is on loan from an electric power
serving as a researchto
specialistat the Public
Research Institute,company.
specialtyInisaddition,
Concrete Structural
are conducted by using theentireHerbuilding.
anthe university and related institutions
respondto Works
disasters
Japan and an assistant professor at the Graduate School ofEngineering. Ms. Hirukawa holds a masters degree
elastic base isolation structure
was used for the base isolationand to release information.Engineering,
In preparationsuchdisasters,
an associate forprofessorof theGraduate School ofin Engineering.
Environmental Studies and then that of the endowed research
structure devices and sufficient design margins were
the building has one week’s
supply
of
water
and
food,
division of the Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Nagoya
He specializes
in river hydraulics,
river basin for
management,
ensured—making this building the safest in the region
large-scale private power University.
generation
devices,terminals
ecosystem science and engineering, and flood risk management.
against mega-earthquakes.
connection to power supply
vehicles,propane-powered
Academia-Industry
Cooperation
Research Division (Toho Gas Co. Ltd.)for Disaster Preventions in the Ground and Lifelines Area
air-conditioning equipment,
and solar power generation
During ordinary times, this building serves as a base forresearch into disaster mitigation as well as for education anddevices. In addition, with the aim of sharing real-time disaster
Professor/ Industry - Academia
Professor/
Industry- Academia
humanresourceSuganuma
development. The Associate
first floor
offersvariouslocalKitagawa
authority satelliteAssistantcommunications
wereDivision
NatsukiAtsushi
Social Cooperation
Social Cooperation Divisioninformation,
attractions: an experimentallaboratoryinwhich
long-period
established
with
Aichi
Prefecture,whilealong-distance
Suganuma finished his master course at Graduate
Kitagawa finished his master course at Graduate
of Engineering
Universitythat
in 1992. Hewireless LAN was established
School ofwith
Engineering
Kyoto University
in 2012. Heground motions can beSchool
simulated,
an Kyoto
exhibition
the Chubu
Regional
was engaged in technology development andwas engaged in construction of pipelines at a gas
combines detailed geographic
miniatures andhazardmaps,at a gasDevelopment Bureau.
earthquake-resistantdesignof pipelines
company. After then, he took the current position.

Fusao Rito

Professor /Social Cooperation Division

03 11

Masato Yamazaki

Associate Professor/
Social Cooperation Division

Yamazaki finished his later period of doctor's course
Rito graduated from Faculty of Engineering, Ehime University
at Department of Global Environmental Studies,in 1981. He obtained a PhD (Engineering) at Ehime University
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies,in 2002. He had worked at a geological survey company for 37
Sophia University in 2010. He took the present
years from 1981. He took the present position after having
position after having served as fellow at Safetyserved as the technical director of Tokyo Branch in 2003, the
Science Research Division, National Institute ofadviser and head of chief engineers’ office in 2014, and theAdvanced Industrial Science and Technology, anddirector chief engineer in 2016. His specialty is Geotechnicalpostdoctoral fellow, Ritsumeikan Global Innovation
Engineering. Doctor of Engineering, Professional Engineer
Research
Organization,
Ritsumeikan
University. His(Civil Engineeringand Engineering
Management)
Disaster
Mitigation Gallery
Disaster
Mitigation
Library
for Research
Disaster Mitigation Research
Building
specialty is simulation analysis of economy.
Disaster Mitigation Planning for Regional Society Endowed
By seeing and touching a variety of educational materials,
The librarynewspaper articles, video
The first base isolation building on Research
the Higashiyama
Doctor exhibitsof Environmentology
Division (OYO Corporation)
visitors can understand the necessity of disaster mitigation,materials, books, materials relating to historicalcampus with its distinctive triangular figure thewhich encourages them actively take measures. In this way,earthquakes, hazard maps, histories of thebuilding is a facility that is designed to serve as a
the building contributes to disaster mitigation in themunicipalities, and other resources which have
Base for Research, Response, and Preparedness.
region. The building regularly functions as a venue for the
been collected for over a decade. It also provides
Preventionin
Academy”
and theuniversity“Gen-Sci Café”. are appointed
the latest information
systemsfor visitors to use.
In addition, 37“Disaster
professor
Nagoyaas anaffiliate

professor for the center. The center also has 11 visiting researchers fromother research institute and 43 contract researchers from industry andgovernment. （As of May 1, 2019）

Isolation Structure Gallery

Environment to enable oscillation experiments using the entire building

Disaster response base

The gallery displays the base isolation structure devices. This
offers visitors the opportunity to learn about the technologies
behind isolation structure systems and vibration control
systems by seeing the actual devices. They can also learn
about various seismometers and recording devices.

By moving the building with a hydraulic jack, it is possible togenerate free oscillation in order to conduct experiments using
the entire building. In the rooftop laboratory, a range ofsimulation experiments can be conducted in which long-period
ground motion and virtual images are synchronized.

In addition to its elastic base isolation structure,
which provides a high degree of safety, the building
has an emergency power supply, a store of various
necessities, and facilities for communication withthe central and local governments.

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March 2020