防災学術連携体 2016.0122

Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction
From May 2011 to December 2015, we had worked as’ Academic Society Liaison Association Corresponding to the Great East Japan
Earthquake’. We established ‘Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction' on January 9, 2016.

Network of academic societies related todisaster prevention and mitigation, and disaster recovery
in cooperation with Science Council of Japan

http://janet-dr.com/ : Japan academic comprehensive portal site of disaster reduction◆Academic societies relevant to disaster management gathered and establishedJapan 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.
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Representatives of 47 Academic Societies and members of Science Council of Japan, January 9, 2016
1Disaster external force increases, 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 severer andmore frequently in the world.
For prevention and mitigation of disasters, many research fields are involved, such as earth observation,meteorology, earthquake, tsunami, oceanography, engineering, history, disaster prevention planning andemergency medical care. In academic world, specialization has been progressed and integration has beenweakened. For protecting people’s lives and the land from natural disasters, we need comprehensive
platform beyond the boundaries. This network aims to deepen mutual understanding across different
expertise.

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Normal time: Communication and understanding between different academies, government and society
Emergency time: Emergency contact network between academies, government and society.

[Activities]①Annual Symposium with all academic societies of the network and occasional workshops②Academic comprehensive portal site of disaster reduction including all academies’ news,reports and calendar.
[Activities record](We worked as 30 Academic Society Liaison Association)

We held 11 serial symposiums of ‘How to protect people’s lives and national land from huge disasters’
from November 2011 to January 2016. Based on these activities, we presented Joint Statement of 30
Academic Societies “Proposal for Revision of Japanese Disaster Prevention and Reduction Policies” on
May 10, 2012. We also published a special feature in "Trends in the Sciences"March 2013.
In the 10th symposium, we declared “Joint Statement of 30 Disaster-Related Academic Societies of Japan,
Global sharing of the findings from the Past Great Earthquake Disasters in Japan ”, and published thebooklet of 30 academic societies’ international activities and initiatives against the great earthquakes.

The forum of ‘Establishment of Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction’ on January 9, 20162

The themes of Serial symposiums :1 : Prediction of earthquake and tsunami hazards for disaster reduction, December 2011
2 : For the next national land policy on the premise of great disasters, January 2012
3 : How to realize a disaster mitigation society, February 2012
4 : Preparedness for the next mega-quake, May 2012
5 : Direction of regional and urban planning after the big earthquake , June 2012
6 : How to re-create the energy policy from the accident of the nuclear power station, July 2012
7 : A New approach for making a resilient homeland after the Great East Japan earthquake, August 2012
8 : All-inclusive forum and prospective society collaboration, November 2012
9 : How should academic societies face the Nankai Trough earthquake? , December 2013
10: Global sharing of the findings from the past great earthquake disasters in Japan, November 2014
11: Establishment of Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction, as the successor of Academic Society
Liaison Association , January 2016

③When large disaster occurs, this network works as emergency contact network between
academies, government and society.
④Introduction of disaster-related research groups of each society on the portal site

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

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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, themembers of Science Council of Japan became founders and 24 academic societies (later 30)
relevant to disaster management gathered and established “Academic Society Liaison
Association Corresponding to the Great East Japan Earthquake “ in May 2011.
On July 2015, Science Council of Japan established new committee for promotinginterdisciplinary cooperation of disaster reduction and disaster restoration and strengthened tohelp our activities.
As the successor of this association, we established “Japan Academic Network for DisasterReduction” on January 9th, 2016. This network targets not only earthquakes but also natural
disasters in general.
Science Council of Japan and Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction will collaborate
across academies to promote multidisciplinary research for disaster reduction in the world.
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Members of Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction
Volunteer members of Science Council for Japan

日本学術会議会員・連携会員

Architectural Institute of Japan
Association 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 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 Disaster Nursing
Japan Society of Engineering Geology
Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering
Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management
Japan Society on Water Environment
Japanese Association for Acute Medicine
Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine
Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture
Palaeontological Society of Japan
The Association of Japanese Geographers
The City Planning Institute of JapanThe Japan Association for Regional Economic Studies
The Japan Landslide Society
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
The Japan Sociological Society
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 Meteorological Society of JapanThe Oceanographic 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 JapanTransdisciplinary 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
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
日本災害看護学会
日本応用地質学
砂防学会
廃棄物資源循環学会
日本水環境学会
日本救急医学会
日本集団災害医学会
日本造園学会
日本古生物学会
日本地理学会
日本都市計画学会
日本地域経済学会
日本地すべり学会
日本機械学会
日本社会学会
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
日本気象学会
日本海洋学会
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
日本火山学会横断型基幹科学技術研究団体連合

Organization
Representative Directors：Akira Wada, Noriaki Hirose
Deputy Directors: Teruhiko Yoda, Koji Tokimatsu
Directors: Yasushi Asami, Yuichi Koido, Toshimitsu Komatsu, Kazuo Takahashi, Yukihiro Takahashi,Kazuo Tamura, Yukihiro Tsukada, Ikuo Tohata, Hironori Hudeyasu, Kimiro Meguro,Kayoko Yamamoto, Masako Yoneda
Auditor: Hiroshi Yoshino
Managing Director: Masako Yoneda, Yukihiro Tsukada
Steering Committee: 96 members which consist of two committee members from each academic
society & 20 members from Science Council of Japan
Secretariat：Japan Society of Civil Engineering, Yoshihiro Katsuhama TEL +81-3-3355-3435
Homepage: http://janet-dr.com/Contact to : info@janet-dr.com

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