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IAC News No.80
JSCE-ASCE Joint Research for Infrastructural Resilience
With the passing of the Heisei era, the new era of Reiwa has now begun. Japan has
experienced numerous natural disasters on a scale that is difficult to describe -examples
being the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and the 2011 earthquake off the
Pacific coast of Tōhoku . In the year of 2018 alone, several disasters including theNorthern Osaka Earthquake, the Western Japan Floods, the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi
Earthquake, and Typhoon Jebi occurred. Through the Heisei era, we civil engineers
were reminded again of the necessity of the strengthening our country against recurring
natural disasters. Such national strengthening can only be achieved through thegathering together of its expertise, including its civil engineering technology with all Kiyoshi Kobayashi
its associated knowledge and understanding. Financial resources will also be required 106th JSCE President
in this endeavor.
The aim of such strengthening is to achieve a state of "resilience". As a Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE)
Special Presidential Project, the author has launched a joint project on infrastructural resilience to be undertaken
in collaboration with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Here resilience is defined as "the ability,
in responding to disaster hazards producing effects at all scales, from the local to the national, both to limit theoccurrence of damage and, in the unfortunate event that any such damage occurs, to realize a swift recovery."
The national infrastructure, like a system of lifelines, constitutes a huge and complex system. Infrastructuralresilience refers to the ability to secure the sustainability of this infrastructural system.
In the event that a disaster strikes, swift recovery of that critical infrastructure forming the lifelines for the city
is of vital importance. In particular, socio-economic losses resulting from delays in restoration of supply systems
such as for water, gas, and electricity, as well as transportation facilities including railways, roads, ports andairports can be immeasurable. The connecting bridge to Kansai Airport, rendered impassable as a result of
Typhoon Jebi on September 4, 2018, was completely restored by April 8, 2019. This connecting bridge wasalready partially re-opened only 20 days after the disaster. Although the speed of restoration of Japan's
infrastructure is internationally renowned, this is no "miracle", as is often reported by overseas media. It isrealized through the availability of hard and soft recovery infrastructure, which includes technology, humanresources, financial resources, and systems, all aimed towards bringing about a rapid restoration.
On the other hand, even with the infrastructure restored, and the reconstruction processes on track, it takes anextremely long time to rebuild completely the lives of the victims and to regenerate the community. Disastervictims struggle with various problems including those relating to provisions and subsistence, residential housing,physical and mental health, rebuilding the community, childcare and nursing. These problems are collectively
linked to the process of livelihood recovery and are addressed through mutual cooperation in spaces for therebuilding of livelihoods. Furthermore, it should be remembered that, in regenerating a community, it is desirable1

to settle that local society’s general issues, such as the training of local leaders, amongst residents themselves.
This joint project of ASCE and JSCE aims to systematize hard and soft technologies to support infrastructuralresilience, while providing a single evaluation and management framework relating to the various activity-based
performance and governance which is involved. Through "visualization" of infrastructural resilience, the author
hopes for an opportunity to show the world the preparedness of Japanese society for disasters, the technologies
supporting this preparedness, and the direction for its future development.

【Reported by Kiyoshi Kobayashi, President, JSCE】

Introduction to Committee on Underground Space (Part 2)
1. Introduction
Established by the Japan Society of Engineers in FY1994, the Committee on
Underground Space carries out analysis and research activities aimed at the efficient
use and enhanced convenience of underground space for public use. In this second
part of the report, the Committee’s promotional activities are described in detail.
Following part one, I, Sakai, the Secretary-General of the Committee present thereport.The Committee’s activities cover a wide range of priorities. The details are
introduced in this two-part report.

Kiichiro Sakai（SecretaryGeneral, Committee on
Underground Space）

2. Seminars
The Committee proactively holds free seminars based on the results obtained in the

research activities to share the findings with the public. As shown in Table 1, the Subcommittee on Maintenanceof Underground Space has held Seminars on Underground Space Maintenance; the Subcommittee on Disaster
Prevention of Underground Space held Disaster Prevention and Disaster Reduction Seminars on UndergroundSpace; and the Subcommittee on Environmental Psychology in Underground Space held Seminars on
Underground Space Comfortable for Citizens across the country. Attendance at each of these seminars has been
extremely positive.
Table 1 List of Various Seminars
小委員会

名称
富山県土木部技術
職員研修
第3回福井県道路メンテナンス研修
メンテナンス講習会

開催日

開催場所
富山県教育文化文化会館
福井県鯖江丹生2015年9月1日
土木部

2015年8月28日

2015年10月1日 石川県庁

第1回地下空間維
2015年11月6日 長崎大学
持管理セミナー
第2回地下空間維持北海道立道民活
2016年9月30日
管理セミナー
動センター
維持管理 第3回地下空間維持
RCC文化センター
2017年6月9日
小委員会 管理セミナー(広島)
第4回地下空間維持2017年10月6日 ハーネル仙台
管理セミナー
第5回地下空間維持岐阜大学 サテライ
2017年12月20日
管理セミナー
トキャンパス
第6回地下空間維持愛知県産業労働2018年7月20日
管理セミナーセンター
第7回地下空間維持
金沢工業大学 扇
2018年8月24日
が丘キャンパス管理セミナー
第8回地下空間維持郡山市総合福祉2018年11月16日
センター
管理セミナー

小委員会

名称
地下空間の防災・減災セミナー①
地下空間の防災・減災セミナー②
地下空間の防災・減災セミナー③地下空間の防災・
防災
減災セミナー④
小委員会 地下空間の防災・減災セミナー⑤
地下空間防災，減災
セミナー⑥
地下空間防災，減災
セミナー⑦
地下空間の防災・減災セミナー⑧
人にやさしい地下空
間 セミナー①
人にやさしい地下空
間 セミナー②
人にやさしい地下空心理
間 セミナー③
小委員会 人にやさしい地下空
間 セミナー④
人にやさしい地下空
間 セミナー⑤
人にやさしい地下空
間 セミナー⑥

参加者

備考
自治体維持管
理関係者
メンテナンス関52
係者
自治体維持管
71
理関係者

44

58
70
48
88
88
88
155
95

2

開催日

開催場所
関西大学うめきた
ラボラトリ
関西大学うめきた2014年10月25日
ラボラトリ
中部大学名古屋2015年2月28日
キャンパス

参加者

2014年3月14日

2015年10月30日 土木学会講堂
関西大学うめきた
ラボラトリー
中部大学 名古屋2017年3月4日
キャンパス
関西大学梅田キャ2017年12月9日
ンパス
関西大学梅田キャ2018年12月22日
ンパス
2016年3月5日

2016年10月19日 NSRI ホール(東京)

89
110
44
66
60
72
73

2017年2月7日 土木学会講堂

61

2018年2月21日 土木学会講堂

91

2018年4月18日

浅草文化観光センター

2018年10月3日 土木学会講堂
2019年2月14日 土木学会講堂

備考

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The 8th Disaster Prevention and Disaster
Reduction Seminar on Underground Space

Article on the 8th Maintenance Seminar on Underground Space

3. Promotional Activities of Underground Space Utilizing the Mass MediaWe also focus on promotional activities utilizing various public media as an effective way of transmitting
information to society. Since the TV program Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was broadcast in collaboration with theCommittee in April 2008, underground space has attracted the public’s attention. Also, “Minna ga shiritai chikano himitsu (Secret of the underground space that everyone wants to know)”, which was written by the Committee
members and published by SB Creative in April 2010, drew much public interest, and is still selling more than
100 e-books annually. Since then, the Committee has received many requests from NHK and commercial TV
stations to collaborate on producing TV programs, and from various publishers to write and oversee books. A
Committee member is selected to respond to each of the diverse requests. A record of our collaboration with themass media is shown in Table 2.
Table 2 List of Collaborations with the Mass Media
日付局

2012年10月27日 フジテレビ

番組名「近未来予測テレビ ジキルとハイド」 ２時間
SPいま日本の地下がスゴい！！謎の大都市
地下空間，一挙大公開スペシャル「リアルスコープ」地下探検SP

2013年3月20日 NHK BS

BSプレミアム「探訪 東京地下迷宮」

2008年4月14日 テレビ朝日

2013年4月10日 NHK BS2013年4月18日

FMラジオ
J-WAVE2014年3月15日 TV神奈川
2015年7月20日 NHK
2015年8月5日 NHK
2016年12月1日 NKH

協力方法

日付
出版社
書籍名
協力方法
サイエンスアイ新書
2010年4月25日 ソフトバンククリエイティブ
執筆、出版「みんなが知りたい地下の秘密」
別冊宝島1995号「潜入！ TOKYO地下 編集協力
2013年5月11日 宝島社
ダンジョン」
インタビュー掲載
編集協力，記事
都市出版(株)
月刊誌「東京人」10月号 特集「東京アン2013年9月3日
執筆，親子見学
東京人編集室ダーグラウンド 地下に伸びる都市」
会取材「大きな写真と絵でみる 地下のひみつ」
第1巻：人類の地下活用の歴史
2015年2月28日 こどもくらぶ
第2巻：上下水道・電気・ガス・通信網
記事監修
第3巻：街に広がる地下の世界
第4巻：未来の地下世界
2015年12月1日 小学館
小学校１年生
記事監修

製作協力
出演

製作協力
製作協力
出演
「クローズアップ現代 広がる地下迷宮 都市 製作協力の地下開発最前線」
出演「JAM the WORLD 東京再考」

出演「みんなで参加・連携 新しい川づくりと地域 製作協力の安全のために」出演「ブラタモリ スペシャル 東京駅～巨大地下空 製作協力
間は歴史の生き証人!?～.」
出演「あさイチ」 「夏の自由研究 びっくり！地下 製作協力
ワールド」
出演
時論公論
製作協力

夏休み親子見学会記事

見学会参加

2017年5月13日 朝日新聞

毎年

日刊建設通信社「be on saturday」地下特集

記事協力

2018年11月16日 小学館

こども大百科 もっと大図解

記事監修

日本の地下街執筆中

2018年 ミネルヴァ書房

Courtesy of Jiji Koron, NHK(Collaboration on Program Production)

Examples of Books Written Under the Supervision of the Committee34. Conclusion
Twenty-four years have passed since the Committee on Underground Space was established. Over the years, theenvironment surrounding the utilization of underground space in Japan has changed dramatically. The directionof improving underground space has also changed greatly due to the formulation of laws such as the Law on
Special Measures for the Public Use of the Deep Underground and the Act on Promotion of SmoothTransportation, etc. of Elderly Persons, Disabled Persons, etc. In recent years, the floor-area ratio has increased,
utilizing new systems such as Special Districts for Urban Regeneration and the multi-story road system, with alarge number of roads and buildings becoming multi-layered. Recent city plans involve the entire area of the
district, including the ground and surrounding buildings, as well as underground development. Development
beyond the traditional concept of underground space has started. However, Japan is prone to natural disasters,
and the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake of September 2018 is still fresh in our memory. Earthquakes
occurring directly beneath the Tokyo Metropolitan Area and earthquakes linking Tokai, Tonankai and Nankai
are predicted in the near future. In addition, underground inundation events caused by abnormal weather arereported across the nation. To minimize the damage of such events, not only hardware-side but also softwareside responses are essential. In the Committee on Underground Space, we would like to strengthen the idea of
disaster prevention efforts from the perspective of both sides so as to create underground space that people feelthey can use safely.
【Report by Kiichiro Sakai (Tekken Corporation), Secretary-General,
Committee on Underground Space】

Student Voice
Chang Hsiang-Chuan, Waseda University
I am Chang Hsiang-Chuan, now studying in the first year of my doctoral
course at Waseda University in Tokyo. I am from Taiwan and had myeducation from elementary school until university in Taiwan. I graduatedfrom Department of Engineering and System Science in National Tsing Hua
University with a bachelor degree. Then I went to U.S.A. for a two-year
master program in Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at
Florida Institute of Technology. However, now I belong to transportation
planning laboratory, and my research topic is related to Light Rail Transit Chang Hsiang-Chu(Waseda University)(LRT) and other public transportation systems.
Actually, it was a very difficult challenge to change my study place from U.S.A. to Japan. My grandfather andmy mother both obtained their doctoral degree in U.S.A., so they insisted that I should continue my study in
U.S.A. Nevertheless, I enjoy the life style in Asia more and I thought that Japan could also provide me with goodtime in not only research experiences but also intercultural experiences. As a result, I firmly decided to come to
Japan for my doctoral study. Now I feel the decision I made three years ago was a right and great choice.

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Firstly, I would like to share my university life in my laboratory
with members. Most members in the laboratory are Japanese
students; hence, it was difficult to get closer when I first joined
the laboratory since my Japanese was very poor when I came toTokyo. Although Japanese people are very shy and not so
willing to use English, they are very kind to foreign students

Mountain Takao

and help me a lot even carrying on communication in only
English or Japanese is not easy. So now, I have many friends inthe laboratory, we keep in contact and often get together even

Went to Vietnam for International Conference withMembers in Laboratory.

after their graduation. My professor is very kind to me and therelation among all the members is very good, that makes my life in the laboratory happy.
Another thing I would like to mention is Japanese language. Definitely, it wasa barrier when I first came to Japan because most staff in restaurants or stores
could not speak English well. Nevertheless, that situation made me evenfirmly decided that I should study harder for Japanese language, so I can havegood communication with Japanese people. Instead of giving up, I started totake some courses in the language center of Waseda University. In addition, I
tried to use Japanese language by all the opportunities I had. That is to say,when I talked to members in the laboratory or staff in stores, I used only
Japanese if possible. That helped me a lot improve my listening and speaking
skills. Although being still far from perfect, I can make many conversations
with Japanese people now.
The Japanese culture is very charming to foreigners. Although, in Taiwan,

Mountain Takao

most people also think that is important to be polite to other people, Japan stands at a higher level. Especially,
the service industry is impressive since their attitudes and services are always so well trained and great. The
Japanese festivals and other events are very interesting, too. The drinking party is another Japanese culture that
I like very much. Because I enjoy drinking very much, I often join drinking parties in the laboratory in which
students or graduate from the laboratory join. In addition, I often go drinking parties with friends in the laboratory.
In those drinking parties, I gain a great chance to practice Japanese and come close to Japanese people.
The last reason that I enjoy here is that my hobby alsofits well. Because I like travel very much, and Japan has
many good spots. The planning and information of travelindustry are always fantastic here, making it easier andenjoyable to travel in Japan. I am planning to complete
the goal of traveling around all the 47 prefectures inJapan. Another hobby I enjoy is watching baseballgames. I often went to baseball games in Taiwan and
U.S.A., but I have found there are some special andWith Beer Girl in Metlife Dome in Saitama

interesting baseball cultures in Japan. For instance, theways that baseball fans support their team are very special. There are many songs to support5each baseball player and there will be lucky seven events during 7 innings to sing a song and playballoons. In addition, cute girls selling alcohol at baseball stadiums make it more interesting toenjoy baseball games in those stadiums.
In conclusion, I think Japan is a great place if you have interests and opportunity to study abroad. Not only the
traditional Japanese culture, but Japan also has many international cities so you can enjoy the diversity of thedifferent culture here too. If you are a person really like intercultural life, do not hesitate to come to Japan!
【Report by Chan Hsiang-Chu (Waseda University)】

The Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council (ACECC)
36th Executive Committee Meeting in Tokyo
1. Overview
The 36th Executive Committee Meeting (ECM, the supremedecision-making body of the ACECC) was held at the JSCE Hallin Yotsuya, Tokyo on April 15, one day before the Civil
Engineering Conference in the Asian Region (CECAR) which isheld once every three years. After CECAR7 (held in Hawaii)
until CECAR8 (held this year in Tokyo), the ACECC had been
administered by the administrative organization in which Japan
Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) plays a leading role. The

Executive Committee Meeting

administrative organization is comprised of ACECC Chairperson
Osamu Kusakabe (president of the International Press-in Association), Secretary General Kenichi Horikoshi(Taisei Corporation), Planning Committee Meeting Chairperson Mitsu Okamura (Ehime University) andTechnical Coordination Committee Meeting Chairperson Masaaki Nakano (Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.). The 36th
ECM became their final ECM.
This article describes the main matters that were discussed and reported at the Planning Committee Meeting(PCM) and the Technical Coordination Committee Meeting (TCCM) and approved at the ECM.
2. Planning Committee Meeting (PCM)(1) Federation of Myanmar Engineering Society Joining ACECC
As the Federation of Myanmar Engineering Society (Fed. MES) expressed a wish to join ACECC, we invited
Fed. MES to attend the current ECM as an observer. At the PCM, the representative gave an overview of Fed.
MES and it was approved as a member organization representing the 14th country joining ACECC.
(2) Future Leader Activity
A plan for the Future Leader Forum (FLF), where young engineers from Asian countries come together to share
information and best practices and participate in ACECC activities, was drafted three years ago. However, due
to reasons such as personnel change of the person in charge, the FLF has not held its workshop in recent ECMs.
In the previous ECM held in Melbourne, Mr. Sohali Bashir of IEP (Pakistan) became the new leader, who will
be running the workshop henceforth. At the current PCM, it was reported that a framework is being considered6that can support substantial activities; and such framework may be created by, for example, establishing FLF asa permanent meeting like the PCM or TCCM. Regarding these matters, it was decided that practical plans will
be proposed and discussed at the next ECM.
(3) Tokyo Protocol
With regard to the final draft of the ACECC Tokyo Declaration 2019, which is signed by all presidents of themember academic societies and announced at the CECAR8, ACECC Secretary General Horikoshi provided
explanations. This declaration, signed at the Presidential Meeting which was held on the first day of CECAR8,
was made by JSCE President Kobayashi on the last day of CECAR8.
3. Technical Coordination Committee Meeting (TCCM)
At TCCM, the activities of all 11 committees that are currently under way were reported, and the contents of thereport were approved. Among those activities, a report on T16 (Technical Committee concerning ITS for
resolving

urban

city

traffic

problems)

and

TC21

(TechnicalCommittee

concerning

disasterreduction/prevention), in which JSCE plays a leading role, was delivered.
At this year’s ECM, “ACECC Technical Committee on the guidance of civil infrastructure practitioners in thedesign and construction of stabilized pavements in the Asia-Pacific region” was proposed (by the Engineers
Australia) as a successor to TC11 which had already ceased activities. This was approved as TC25.
At the end, TCCM Chairperson Nakano delivered a management report on the creation of guidelines for TC
activities that have been conducted during his 3-year term of office, website making for each TC, establishmentof the Technical Committee Activity Award in CECAR and a status summary of each TC, etc. Thanks to theefforts made by Chairperson Nakano, there have been signs that TC activities have become more active during
the past few years. The Committee on ACECC hopes to provide backup, so that the TCs led by JSCE cancontinue to carry out exemplary activities.
4. Executive Committee Meeting (ECM)
At ECM, renewed approval of ECM was confirmed concerning
the matters that had been approved by PCM and TCCM. A
general overview of CECAR8 was presented by Secretary
General Makoto Kimura (Kyoto University) of the Local
Organizing Committee for CECAR8.
With the end of CECAR8 the administrative role will transferredfrom JSCE to ICE, India. So, at the end of ECM, the newlyappointed ACECC Chairperson, PCM Chairperson and TCCM
Chairperson selected by ICE, India were introduced. Current

ACECC Chairperson Osamu Kusakabe Delivers
His Resignation Speech

ACECC Chairperson Osamu Kusakabe, (president of theInternational Press-in Association) made his resignation speech. He, PCM Chairperson Okamura and TCCM
Chairperson Nakano received "thank you" gifts from the ACECC Executive Secretariat.
5. Conclusion
The Committee on ACECC, which has conducted activities for about three years from the end of CECAR7 in
September 2016, will be reset for now along with the end of CECAR8. We will make efforts to create anenvironment where more substantial activities can be conducted. We will encourage young members and female
members to play leading roles while maintaining the sustainability of Committee activities on ACECC, and7

strengthen collaboration with the JSCE International Activities Center.

All Participants of Executive Committee Meeting【Reported by Jun Izawa, Secretary General, Committee on ACECC】

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