The 15th JOINT WORKSHOP HELD IN TSUKUBA, JAPAN
5th to 9th February, 2016
The 15th Joint Workshop for the technology and policy research of Road and Transport washeld in Tsukuba by NILIM, Japan and IRE, Indonesia* with sister organizations on 5th to 9thFebruary 2016.
(*) IRE, Indonesia : the Institute of Road Engineering, Indonesia
The activities of 15th Joint Workshop are as follows;
1) Discussion and Site visit for Michinoeki2) Discussion and Site visit for pavement (AsButon Research Project)

The 15th Joint Workshop at NILIM

Member for AsButon Research Project

The 15th Joint Workshop at PWRI

Discussion for AsButon Research Project1. Schedule・5th February
Site Visit of mixture test laboratory for Guss Asphalt (private company)
Discussion for AsButon Research Project・8th February
Discussion for AsButon Research Project
Site Visit for PWRI experiment facilities
・9th February
Site Visit for "Michinoeki MOTEGI" at Tochigi Prefecture
Site Visit of material test laboratory for Asphalt (private company)
2. Contents
・About pavement (AsButon Research Project)
Discussion session and site visit session were conducted.
At the discussion session, the outcomes of the “AsButon research project and chemical
property of AsButon” was reported by Dr.SASAKI, PWRI. In addition, the presentation about“AsButon for maintenance material” was delivered by Dr.KAWAKAMI, PWRI.
Also, Dr.MADI from Indonesia reported “Bitumen Rheology and Mixture Performance ofAsButon” and “Characteristics of Hot Mix AsButon”
Based on these reports, NILIM and IRE discussed future research plan of AsButon.
At the site visit session, they looked over “Accelerated pavement test facility” and “Earthstructure laboratory” located PWRI. Also they visited a material and mixture laboratory byprivate company.

Site Visit for Guss Asphalt Test・About Michinoeki
At Japan and Indonesia joint workshop in February 2016, they looked over the “Michinoeki”
in Japan.
Mr. Herry VAZA, the head of IRE and IRE staff visited “Michinoeki MOTEGI” in Tochigi
prefecture with NILIM’s staffs. They got a lecture by the staff of Motegi town, its founder.
A unique point of “Michinoeki MOTEGI” comparing to the other Michinoekis is that itprovides information, evacuation space, goods for emergency use etc. to the users just after
serious natural disasters happen.
This site visit has given IRE side a new idea that Michinoeki has a vital role in not only
ordinary days but also post-disaster period. Same as Japan, Indonesia is one of the natural
disaster prone areas in the world so that this site visit could give some hints to think overfunctions with which a Michinoeki in Indonesia should be equipped.

Site Visit for "Michinoeki MOTEGI" in Tochigi Prefecture

3. Reference (History of the Cooperation)
The National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (NILIM) and the Instituteof Road Engineering (IRE) signed cooperation arrangement in Indonesia, February 2014.
Under this memorandum, NILIM and IRE have been continually sharing research
information by, for example, jointly holding technical seminars and actively exchanging
researchers to strengthen links between NILIM and Asia and to form international humannetworks, thereby providing technical supports for the growth in Asia.
2009.06

Pre-meeting in Jakarta and Bandung2009.11

Tsukuba, MoU agreed in general

2010.03

Bandung, (1st Joint Workshop for targeting the themes)

2010.06

Tsukuba, joint meeting for Bali coming symposium2010.10

International Symposium in Bali
(2nd Joint Workshop to declare the strategy for cooperative researches)

2011.01

Jakarta, (3rd Joint Workshop to make the Road maps(1) )2011.06

Sulawesi,(4th Joint Workshop to make the Road maps(2) and site observation

2011.09

Technological Tour in Japan for modernizing experimental Equipments andFacilities of RDCRB (IRE)2011.10

Lombok, (5th Joint Workshop / Bilateral Seminar)

2012.03

Jakarta and Bandung,(6th Joint Workshop including River and Water Resource issue)

2012.06

Batam, (7th Joint Workshop Road maps (Bridge/Tunnel) and Open Seminar(Long Span Bridge and Tunnel Technology))

2012.06

Trilateral Workshop for the Interim Report in Tsukuba

2013.01

Jakarta, (8th Joint Workshop Road maps (Road Environment/ IPT/ TrafficSafety/ Pavement/ Tunnel)

2013.08

Padalarang-Bandung, (9th Joint Workshop Road maps (IPT/ Traffic Safety/Pavement/ Tunnel))2013.11

Tokyo, (10th Joint Workshop Road maps (Tunnel/ Pavement))

2014.02

Jakarta, Labuan Bajo and Denpasar, (11th Joint Workshop Road maps
(Road Side Station of Corridor 5/ Road Environment/ IPT/ Tunnel/Pavement))

2014.03

Tsukuba, (12th Joint Workshop Road maps(Michinoeki/ Pavement))

2014.10

Jakarta, (13th Joint Workshop Road maps (Tunnel))

2014.11

Bali, Flores and Buton, (14th Joint Workshop discussion for Road
environment/ Road Side Station/ AsButon)(International Research Division)