Kazuyoshi Z. Nanjo

Project Professor
Natural Disaster Research Division, Global Center for Asian and Regional Research, University of
Shizuoka
3-6-1, Takajo, Aoi-Ku, Shizuoka 420-0839, Japan
Tel: +81-54-245-5600 Fax: +81-54-245-5603
E-mail: nanjo@u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp
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EducationDoctor of Science in Geology, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Japan, 2001

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Master of Science in Geology, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Japan, 1998

Bachler of Science in Geoscience, Department of Geoscience, Shizuoka University, Japan,

1996
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Books

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楠城一嘉, 尾池和夫, 織原義明, 鴨川仁, 草野かおる, 小山真人, 長尾年恭, 吉本充宏, 地
震と火山と防災のはなし, 成山堂書店, https://www.seizando.co.jp/book/10541/, ISBN:
9784425514915, 2022.

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Journal Articles[Refereed]

K. Z. Nanjo, Y. Yamamoto, K. Ariyoshi, H. Horikawa, S. Yada, N. Takahashi, Earthquake
detection capacity of the Dense Oceanfloor Network system for Earthquakes and Tsunamis(DONET),

JournalofSeismology,

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2307.15281,

https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3375761/v1, 2024 (revised).
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D. Iwata, K. Z. Nanjo, Adaptive estimation of the Gutenberg–Richter b value using a state
space model and particle filtering, Scientific Reports, 14(1), 4630, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-02454576-x, 2024.

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K. Z. Nanjo, Y. Yukutake, T. Kumazawa, Activated volcanism of Mount Fuji by the 2011
Japanese large earthquakes, Scientific Reports, 13(1), 10562, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-02337735-4, 2023.

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K. Z. Nanjo, J. Izutsu, Y. Orihara, M. Kamogawa, Changes in seismicity pattern due to the 2016
Kumamoto earthquake sequence and implications for improving the foreshock traffic-lightsystem, Tectonophysics, 822, 229175, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2021.229175, 2022.

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K. Z. Nanjo, A. Yoshida, Changes in the b value in and around the focal areas of the M6.9 and1

M6.8 earthquakes off the coast of Miyagi prefecture, Japan, in 2021, Earth, Planets and Space,73(1), 176, DOI: 10.1186/s40623-021-01511-3, 2021.
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K. Z. Nanjo, Were changes in stress state responsible for the 2019 Ridgecrest, California,
earthquakes?, Nature Communications, 11, 3082, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16867-5, 2020.

K. Z. Nanjo, Capability of Tokai strainmeter network to detect and locate a slow slip: First
results, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 177, 2701-2718, DOI: 10.1007/s00024-019-02367-1,
2020.

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K. Z. Nanjo, J. Izutsu, Y. Orihara, M. Kamogawa, and T. Nagao, Changes in seismicity pattern
due to the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes identify a highly stressed area on the Hinagu fault
zone, Geophysical Research Letters, 46(16), 9489-9496, DOI: 10.1029/2019GL083463, 2019.

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J. Izutsu, K. Z. Nanjo, M. Kamogawa, Y. Orihara, and T. Nagao, Visualization of geophysicaldata by Digital Earth for earthquake prediction, Bulletin of Institute of Oceanic Research &Development, Tokai University, 41, 1-15, 2019 (in Japanese with English abstract).

K. Z. Nanjo, K. Miyaoka, K. Tamaribuchi, and A. Yoshida, Related spatio-temporal changes in
hypocenters and the b value in the 2017 Kagoshima Bay swarm activity indicating a rise of
hot fluids, Tectonophysics, 749, 35-45, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2018.10.023, 2018.

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K. Z. Nanjo and A. Yoshida, A b map implying the first eastern rupture of the Nankai Troughearthquakes, Nature Communications, 9, 1117, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018- 03514-3, 2018.

D. Schorlemmer, N. Hirata, Y. Ishigaki, K. Nanjo, H. Tsuruoka, T. Beutin, and F. Euchner,
Earthquake detection probabilities in Japan, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America,
108(2), 702-717, DOI: 10.1785/0120170110, 2018.

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K. Z. Nanjo and A. Yoshida, Anomalous decrease in relatively large shocks and increase in thep and b values preceding the April 16, 2016, M7.3 earthquake in Kumamoto, Japan, Earth,Planets and Space, 69, 13, DOI: 10.1186/s40623-017-0598-2, 2017.

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K. Z. Nanjo, J. Izutsu, Y. Orihara, N. Furuse, S. Togo, H. Nitta, T. Okada, R. Tanaka, M.
Kamogawa, and T. Nagao, Seismicity prior to the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, Earth, Planets
and Space, 68, 187, DOI: 10.1186/s40623-016-0558-2, 2016.

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K. Z. Nanjo, A fiber-bundle model for the continuum deformation of brittle material,
International Journal of Fracture, 204 (2), 225-237, DOI: 10.1007/s10704-016-0175-x, 2016.

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K. Z. Nanjo, S. Sakai, A. Kato, H. Tsuruoka, and N. Hirata, Time-dependent earthquake
probability calculations for southern Kanto after the 2011 M9.0 Tohoku earthquake,
Geophysical Journal International, 193 (2), 914-919, DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt009,2013.

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J. G. Anderson and K. Z. Nanjo, Distribution of earthquake cluster sizes in the western UnitedStates and in Japan, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 103(1), 412-423, DOI:
10.1785/0120100212, 2013.

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A. Talbi, K. Nanjo, K. Satake, J. Zhuang, and M. Hamdache, Comparison of seismicity

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declustering methods using a probabilistic measure of clustering, Journal of Seismology, 17(3),1041-1061, DOI: 10.1007/s10950-013-9371-6, 2013.
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A. Talbi, K. Nanjo, J. Zhuang, K. Satake, and M. Hamdache, Inter-event times in a new alarmbased earthquake forecasting model, Geophysical Journal International, 194 (3), 1823-1835,
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt194, 2013.

Y. Ogata, K. Katsura, G. Falcone, K. Z. Nanjo, and J. Zhuang, Comprehensive and topicalevaluations of earthquake forecasts in number, time, space and magnitude, Bulletin of the
Seismological Society of America, 103(3), 1692-1708, DOI: 10.1785/0120120063, 2013.

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K. Z. Nanjo, N. Hirata, K. Obara, and K. Kasahara, Decade-scale decrease in b value prior to
the M9-class 2011 Tohoku and 2004 Sumatra quakes, Geophysical Research Letters, 39,
L20304, DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052997, 2012.

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K. Z. Nanjo, H. Tsuruoka, S. Yokoi, Y. Ogata, G. Falcone, N. Hirata, Y. Ishigaki, T. H. Jordan, K.
Kasahara, K. Obara, D. Schorlemmer, K. Shiomi, and J. Zhuang, Predictability study on theaftershock sequence following the 2011 Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku, Japan, earthquake:First results, Geophysical Journal International, 191(2), 653-658, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365246X.2012.05626.x, 2012.

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K. Yamashina and K. Z. Nanjo, An improved relative intensity model for earthquake forecast
in Japan, Earth, Planets and Space, 64(8), 683-691, DOI: 10.5047/eps.2011.02.002, 2012.

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H. Tsuruoka, N. Hirata, D. Schorlemmer, F. Euchner, K. Z. Nanjo, and T. H. Jordan, CSEP
Testing Center and the first results of the earthquake forecast testing experiment in Japan,
Earth, Planets and Space, 64(8), 661-671, DOI: 10.5047/eps.2012.06.007, 2012.

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K. Yamasaki, K. Z. Nanjo, and S. Chiba, Symmetry and entropy of one-dimensional legal cellular
automata, Complex Systems, 20(4), 351-362, DOI: 10.25088/ComplexSystems.20.4.351, 2012.

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A. Talbi, K. Nanjo, K. Satake, J. Zhuang, and M. Hamdache, Testing inter-event times moments
as earthquake precursory signals, Proceedings of the 15th World Conference on Earthquake
Engineering,Papernumber1970,

http://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/wcee/article/WCEE2012_1970.pdf, 2012.
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K. Yamasaki and K. Z. Nanjo, Symmetry and entropy of acoustic-emission patterns in a rockfracture experiment, In Theory and Uses of Acoustic Emissions (Editor: Justin K. Burnett),
Nova

SciencePublishers,pp.

149-162,https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=18319, 2012.
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K. Z. Nanjo, Earthquake forecasts for the CSEP Japan experiment based on the RI algorithm,
Earth, Planets and Space, 63(3), 261-274, DOI: 10.5047/eps.2011.01.001, 2011.

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K. Z. Nanjo, H. Tsuruoka, N. Hirata, and T. H. Jordan, Overview of the first earthquake forecast
testing experiment in Japan, Earth, Planets and Space, 63(3), 159-169, DOI:
10.5047/eps.2010.10.003, 2011.

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K. Z. Nanjo, D. Schorlemmer, J. Woessner, S. Wiemer, and D. Giardini, Earthquake detection
capability of seismic networks in Switzerland, Geophysical Journal International, 181(3), 17131724, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04593.x, 2010.

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K. Yamasaki, K. Z. Nanjo, and S. Chiba, Symmetry and entropy of biological patterns: discrete
Walshfunctions

for

2D

image

analysis,

BioSystems,

103,

105-112,

DOI:

10.1016/j.biosystems.2010.10.010, 2010.
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K. Z. Nanjo, Earthquake forecast models for Italy based on the RI algorithm, Annals ofGeophysics, 53(3), 117-127, DOI: 10.4401/ag-4810, 2010.

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K. Z. Nanjo, T. Ishibe, H. Tsuruoka, D. Schorlemmer, Y. Ishigaki, and N. Hirata, Analysis ofcompleteness magnitude and seismic network coverage for Japan, Bulletin of the
Seismological Society of America, 100(6), 3261-3268, DOI: 10.1785/0120100077, 2010.

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K. Yamasaki and K. Z. Nanjo, A new mathematical tool for analyzing the fracturing process inrock: Partial symmetropy of microfracturing, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors,
173(3-4), 297-305, DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.01.010, 2009.

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K. Z. Nanjo, H. Tsuruoka, K. Kasahara, S. Sakai, N. Hirata, and K. Obara, Toward unifying
available earthquake catalogs for the Tokyo Metropolitan area: Quality characterization,
Bulletin of the Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 84, 145-152, 2009 (inJapanese with English abstract).

K. Kasahara, S. Sakai, Y. Morita, N. Hirata, H. Tsuruoka, S. Nakagawa, K. Z. Nanjo, and K. Obara,
Development of the Metropolitan Seismic Observation network (MeSO-net) for detection ofmega-thrust beneath Tokyo Metropolitan area, Bulletin of the Earthquake Research Institute,
University of Tokyo, 84, 71-88, 2009 (in Japanese with English abstract).

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Y. Nishiyama, K. Z. Nanjo, and K. Yamasaki, Geometrical minimum units of fracture patterns
in two-dimensional space: Lattice and discrete Walsh functions, Physica A, 387(25), 62526262, DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2008.07.014, 2008.

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K. Z. Nanjo, Rheology based on damage mechanics: Toward a new view of modeling the upper
crustal deformation, Zisin (Journal of the Seismological Society of Japan. 2nd ser.), 59(3),223-235, DOI: 10.4294/zisin.59.223, 2007 (in Japanese with English abstract).

K. Z. Nanjo, B. Enescu, R. Shcherbakov, D. L. Turcotte, I. Takaki, and Y. Ogata, Decay ofaftershock activity for Japanese earthquakes, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112(B08),
B08309, DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004754, 2007.

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K. Z. Nanjo, H. Nagahama, and E. Yodogawa, Symmetropy of earthquake patterns -Asymmetry
and rotation in a disordered seismic source, Acta Geophysica, 54(1), 3-14, DOI:
10.2478/s11600-006-0002-2, 2006.

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K. Z. Nanjo, J. B. Rundle, J. R. Holliday, and D. L. Turcotte, Pattern informatics and its
application for optimal forecasting of large earthquakes in Japan, Pure and Applied4

Geophysics, 163(11-12), 2417-2432, DOI: 10.1007/s00024-006-0130-2, 2006.
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K. Z. Nanjo, J. R. Holliday, C.-c. Chen, J. B. Rundle, and D. L. Turcotte, Application of amodified Pattern Informatics to forecasting the locations of future large earthquakes in thecentral Japan, Tectonophysics, 424(3-4), 351-366, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.03.043, 2006.

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K. Z. Nanjo, J. R. Holliday, C.-c. Chen, J. B. Rundle, and D. L. Turcotte, Forecasting locationsof future large earthquakes, using pattern informatics method: A review, Proceedings of theInstitute of Statistical Mathematics, 54(2), 281-297, 2006 (in Japanese with English abstract).

C.-c. Chen, J. B. Rundle, S.-C. Li, J. R. Holliday, K. Z. Nanjo, D. L. Turcotte, and K. F. Tiampo,
From tornadoes to earthquakes -Forecast verification for binary events applied to the 1999
Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake, Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 17(3), 503-516, 2006.

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K. Z. Nanjo, H. Nagahama, and E. Yodogawa, Symmetropy of fault patterns -Quantitative
measurement of anisotropy and entropic heterogeneity, Mathematical Geology, 37(3), 277293, DOI: 10.1007/s11004-005-1559-z, 2005.

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K. Z. Nanjo, D. L. Turcotte, and R. Shcherbakov, A model of damage mechanics for the
deformation of the continental crust, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110(B7), B07403, DOI:
10.1029/2004JB003438, 2005.

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K. Z. Nanjo and D. L. Turcotte, Damage and rheology in a fiber-bundle model, GeophysicalJournal International, 162(3), 859-866, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02683.x, 2005.

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J. R. Holliday, K. Z. Nanjo, K. F. Tiampo, J. B. Rundle, and D. L. Turcotte, Earthquake
forecasting and its verification, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 12(6), 965-977, DOI:
10.5194/npg-12-965-2005, 2005.

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C.-c. Chen, J. B. Rundle, J. R. Holliday, K. Z. Nanjo, D. L. Turcotte, S.-C.. Li, and K. F. Tiampo,
The 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake as a typical example of seismic activation andquiescence, Geophysical Research Letters, 32(22), L22315, DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023991,
2005.

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K. Nanjo, H. Nagahama, and E. Yodogawa, Symmetry in the self-organized criticality, The
Journal of the International Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Symmetry "Symmetry:
Art and Science 2004" (Editors: D. Nagy and G. Lugosi) ISIS-Symmetry, Budapest, Hungary,
302-305, http://www.mi.sanu.ac.yu/vismath/visbook/sydnanjo/, 2004.

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K. Nanjo and H. Nagahama, Fractal properties of spatial distributions of aftershocks and active
faults, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 19(2), 387-397, DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0779(03)00051-1,
2004.

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K. Nanjo and H. Nagahama, Discussions on fractals, aftershocks and active faults -Diffusionand seismo-electromagnetism, The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 29(2C), 147167, 2004.

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K. Nanjo, H. Nagahama, and E. Yodogawa, Symmetropy and self-organized criticality, Forma,516(3), 213-224, 2001.
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K. Nanjo and H. Nagahama, Spatial distribution of aftershocks and the fractal structure ofactivefault

systems,

Pure

and

AppliedGeophysics,

157(4),

575-588,

DOI:

10.1007/PL00001108, 2000.
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K. Nanjo, H. Nagahama, and E. Yodogawa, Symmetry properties of spatial distribution of
microfracturing in rock, Forma, 15(1), 95-101, 2000.

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K. Nanjo and H. Nagahama, Observed correlations between aftershock spatial distributions
and earthquake fault lengths, Terra Nova, 12(6), 312-316, DOI: 10.1046/j.13653121.2000.00329.x, 2000.

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K. Nanjo, H. Nagahama, and M. Satomura, Rates of aftershock decay and the fractal structureof active fault systems, Tectonophysics, 287(1-4), 173-186, DOI: 10.1016/S00401951(98)80067-X, 1998.

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楠城一嘉, 北海道・東北沖の地震サイズ分布(b 値)の時空間変化, 地震予知連絡会会報,111, 2024 (in press).

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楠城一嘉, 地震学習会「ジオパーク活動で使える地震学 6: 決定論的地 震予知から確率論
的地震予測への道のり」参加報告, 地震学会ニュースレター, 75(5), NL-5-21, 2023.

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楠城一嘉, b 値にもとづく大地震発生予測のモデルのレビュー, 地震予知連絡会会報, 105,489-492, 2021.

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K.

Z.

Nanjo,

Predicting

theunpredictable,

Impact,2020(6),35-37,

DOI:

10.21820/23987073.2020.6.35, 2020.
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楠城一嘉, 小さな地震が大地震を探るカギ？ – カリフォルニアの直下型大地震の解析から
異 常 を と ら え 、 防 災 に つ な げ る , academist journal, https://academistcf.com/journal/?p=14310, 2020.

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楠城一嘉, 大学・大学院時代の研究はかけがえのない事, IGPS 同窓会ニュース, 51, 7-8,
2020.

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楠城一嘉, 南海トラフ地震の予測に向けて, 10 年後の静岡を創るスーパーセミナー ~ 知の丘を往く~ デジタル版 (静岡県立大学, 静岡), http://www.u-shizuoka- ken.ac.jp/media/A405.pdf, 2018.

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楠城一嘉, b 値にもとづく全地球規模の大地震発生予測のモデル, 地震予知連絡会会報, 99,
459-462.

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楠城一嘉, 平田 直, 小原一成, 笠原敬司, 2011 年東北地方太平洋沖地震震源域の b 値の時空間変化, 地震予知連絡会会報, 86, 121-122, 2011.

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東京大学地震研究所(平田 直, 鶴岡 弘, 楠城一嘉), CSEP 日本の取り組みについて, 地
震予知連絡会会報, 85, 433-436, 2011.

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楠城一嘉, 鶴岡 弘, 平田 直, 笠原敬司, 地震発生予測システムの構築に向けて-統計物
理学者に望むこと-, 物性研究, 93(2), 125-142, 2009.

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執筆分担(楠城一嘉, 鶴岡 弘), 関東の地震カタログの整理, 首都直下地震防災・減災特別プロジェクト①首都圏でのプレート構造調査、震源断層モデル等の構築等(平成 22 年度)成果報告書, 文部科学省研究開発局 東京大学地震研究所, 13-14, 2011.

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楠城一嘉, 国際交流から改めて知ること ―白金台ロッジの交流促進行事を開催―, 東京
大学学内広報, 1420, 11, 2011.

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執筆分担(楠城一嘉, 鶴岡 弘), 関東の地震カタログの整理, 首都直下地震防災・減災特別プロジェクト①首都圏でのプレート構造調査、震源断層モデル等の構築等(平成 21 年度)成果報告書, 文部科学省研究開発局 東京大学地震研究所, 13-15, 2010.

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執筆分担(楠城一嘉, 鶴岡 弘), 地震活動の統計的解析, 首都直下地震防災・減災特別プ
ロジェクト①首都圏でのプレート構造調査、震源断層モデル等の構築等(平成 20 年度)成果
報告書, 文部科学省研究開発局 東京大学地震研究所, 33-34, 2009.

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K. Z. Nanjo, Testing earthquake forecasts -Recent progress for Europe and implication for a
first generation of Japanese testing center, －地震活動のモデルと予測に関する研究－統計数理研究所共同研究集会レポート 19-共研-5002, 169-175, 2008.

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平田 直, 楠城一嘉, 鶴岡 弘, 横井佐代子, 「地震予報」ができるかも？日本初の検証実
験に 91 モデル、「中規模」なら予測に見通しも, なゐふる, 84(3), 2-3, 2011.

N. Hirata, T. H. Jordan, H. Tsuruoka, and K. Z. Nanjo, Preface, Earth, Planets and Space, 63(3),157, DOI: 10.5047/eps.2011.02.011, 2011.

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平田 直, 酒井慎一, 蔵下英司, 中川茂樹, 楠城一嘉,「首都直下地震防災・減災特別プロジ
ェクト」序文, "首都直下地震防災・減災特別プロジェクト"論文集東京大学地震研究所彙報第84 号平成 21 年(2009)抜刷, 2010.

N. Hirata, T. H. Jordan, H. Tsuruoka, and K. Z. Nanjo, Call for Papers: Special Issue of Earth,Planets and Space (EPS) "Earthquake Forecast Testing Experiment for Japan", Earth,Planets and Space, 61(6), 805, DOI: 10.1186/BF03353187, 2009.

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楠城一嘉, 鶴岡 弘, 平田 直, 地震活動の評価に基づく地震発生予測研究グループ, 地震
発生予測検証実験に関する公募, 日本地震学会ニュースレター, 20(6), 7-10, 2009.

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平田 直, 酒井慎一, 蔵下英司, 中川茂樹, 楠城一嘉,「首都直下地震防災・減災特別プロジ
ェクト」序文, 地震研究所彙報, 84, 39, 2009.

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楠城一嘉, 鶴岡 弘, 遠田晋次, 平田 直, 地震活動評価に基づく地震予測研究：世界と日本の動向, 日本地震学会ニュースレター, 20(4), 16-20, 2008.

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楠城一嘉, 将来の地震の発生場所を予測する新たな手法：パターンインフォマティクス, 形の科学会誌, 20(2), 226-227, 2005.

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Presentations in International Conferences etc. (invited only)7

K. Nanjo and A. Yoshida, A b-value map and implication of the first eastern rupture of the
Nankai Trough earthquakes (SE06-30-39-A012), AOGS 15th Annual Meeting, Hawaii
Convention Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii (USA), 3-8 June 2018.

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K. Z. Nanjo and A. Yoshida, Is the b value of foreshocks an effective signature in the predictionof a large earthquake occurrence? (SSS05-09), JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017, Makuhari
Messe, Chiba (Japan), 20-25 May 2017.

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K. Nanjo, CSEP Results from Time-Dependent Earthquake Forecasts for the M9 Tohoku
Sequence, SCEC CSEP Workshop: Final Evaluation of the Regional Earthquake Likelihood
Models (RELM) Experiment and the Future of Earthquake Forecasting, Rancho Las Palmas
Resort, Rancho Mirage, CA (USA), 5-7 June 2012.

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K. Z. Nanjo, S. Yokoi, H. Tsuruoka, D. Schorlemmer, G. Falcone, N. Hirata, Y. Ishigaki, T. H.
Jordan, K. Kasahara, K. Obara, Y. Ogata, K. Shiomi, and J. Zhuang (2011), Collaboratory forthe predictability study of the aftershock sequence following the 2011 off the Pacific coastof Tohoku earthquake: A preliminary result, APEC Cooperation for Earthquake Simulation(ACES) Workshop on Advances in Simulation of Multihazards, Makena Resort in Kihei, Maui,
Hawaii (USA), 1-5 May 2011.

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K. Z. Nanjo, S. Yokoi, H. Tsuruoka, D. Schorlemmer, G. Falcone, N. Hirata, Y. Ogata, and J.
Zhuang, CSEP Earthquake Forecast Testing Experiment in Japan: Strategy and Preliminary
Results of Testing against the Aftershock Sequence of the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of
Tohoku Earthquake (SE73-D1-AM1-203B-001), AOGS 2011 8thAnnual Meeting, Taipei
International Convention Centre, Taipei, (Taiwan), 8-12 August 2011.

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K. Z. Nanjo, H. Tsuruoka, S. Yokoi, D. Schorlemmer, N. Hirata, and T. H. Jordan, The firstearthquake forecast testing experiment in Japan: Scope and recent progress, China-Japan
Joint Workshop on Inland Earthquakes: Toward understanding on occurrence mechanism ofinland earthquakes, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo (Japan), 2425 November 2010.

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K. Nanjo, H. Tsuruoka, N. Hirata, D. Schorlemmer, and F. Euchner, CSEP earthquake forecast
testing center for Japan: Primary scope and recent progress, International Symposium on
Earthquake Seismology and Earthquake Predictability, Beijing (China), 5-9 July 2009.

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K. Nanjo, J. R. Holliday, C. C. Chen, J. B. Rundle, and D. L. Turcotte, A modified Pattern
Informatics (PI) method -Application to forecasting the locations of future large earthquakes
in central Japan, American Geophysical Union 2006 Fall Meeting, Moscone Center, San
Francisco (USA), 11-15 December 2006.

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K. Nanjo, Statistical approach to understanding and forecasting earthquakes and faults,
Seminar of Swiss Seismological Service, ETH, Zurich (Switzerland), 21 March 2006.

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K. Nanjo, H. Nagahama, and E. Yodogawa, Symmetry in the self-organized criticality,

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'Intersections of Art and Science' The 5th ISIS-Symmetry Congress and Exhibition, Sydney(Australia), 8-14 July 2001.

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