IISEE NewsletterDec 28, 2020
Number 188

In This Issue• Participants’ arrivalin Japan• Face-to-face lecture(December 8) byProf. Satake at IISEEhall• Asian SeismologicalCommission General
Assembly 2021 (Online, 21-27 AUG.
2021)
• Activity Report of Exparticipants of 2017
Latin course• Lecture on Disaster
Management Policies
at GRIPS• Report on theremote IISEE
seminar (December15) by Prof. Tanioka• Introduction of
personal changes• Greetings from New
IISEE Staff

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Participants’ arrival in Japan

By Dr. Tatsuya Azuhata, Director of IISEE and Mr. Takahiro
Yamada, Head of Administration Division, IISEEIn the difficult situation of global infection of COVID-19, we had an
online opening ceremony of the training courses in Seismology,
Earthquake Engineering, and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation for young
researchers and engineers on Oct 2nd. IISEE One year training course
has started, and participants began coming to Japan one by one.
Seven participants from El Salvador, Chile, Bangladesh, Malaysia, andTimor-Leste began commuting to BRI on Nov 16th, followed by four
participants from Indonesia and Bhutan on Dec 7th.
They take both online lectures and face-to-face lectures. Whenparticipants in IISEE have class in person, participants in their country
take the online lecture.
From the middle of Dec, Tsukuba is getting colder. Because of theCOVID-19, they cannot travel during the holiday, but they’re working
hard in the lectures and homework.
Please do your best.

Face-to-face lecture (December 8) by Prof.
Satake at IISEE hall

By Dr. Bunichiro Shibazaki, Chief Research Scientist, IISEE, andDr. Yushiro Fujii, Senior Research Scientist, IISEEOn December 8th, Professor Kenji Satake, Director of the Earthquake
Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, gave a lecture entitled“Tsunami and Earthquakes.” The professor explained the basic conceptsof tsunami generation, propagation, tsunami warnings, etc., citing
studies of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and other earthquakes in theworld. The audience consisted of three from the tsunami disastermitigation course and six from the seismology course. Six participants
attended face-to-face lectures, and three trainees (Solomon, Philippines,Tonga) attended lectures remotely. The participants commented that

Prof. Satake’ s lecture was very clear, easy to understand, andcaptivating. The face-to-face lecture was conducted in alignment withguidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19, such as by widening thespace between seats.

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Asian Seismological Commission General Assembly
2021 (On-line, 21-27 AUG. 2021)
By Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Senior Fellow, IISEEASC(Asian Seismological Commission General Assembly) that was
postponed from 2020 to 2021 will beheld in the framework of IAGA-IASPEI 2021, 21-27 Aug. 2021, hosted
by CSIR-NGRI (National GeophysicalResearch Institute, Hyderabad, India). Influenced by COVID-19, it will
not be an in-person meeting inHyderabad but a fully On-line meeting.
Important Date:
15 Jan. 15 - Apr. 2021 Abstract Submission
15 Jan. 30 - Jun. 2021 Early Bird Registration
Registration Fee (Standard Delegate):
175 USD for Early Bird Registration
225 USD later than July 1st.
Please refer the following URL for the information more in detail:www.iaga-iaspei-india2021.inActivity Report of Ex-participants of 2017 Latin
courseBy Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Senior Fellow, IISEE

Enjoy, Now

The following
activity report has
been sent to IISEEby Prof. Yordy
Mieles, Ecuador.
We IISEE staffs arevery proud of theirrespectableactivity.
Ex-participants ofJICA training
courseThe scene of on-line training course“Improvement andDissemination ofTechnology for Earthquake-resistant Construction in Latin America” held
2017 in Japan, joined November 7 and 28, 2020 in an On-line training
course to 70 Master course students in Civil Engineering for “Housing ofSocial Interest” developed in the Technical University of Manabí,Ecuador.
The theme was related to the local experience in their respective
countries in the construction of social housing, the deficiencies and themeasures that are taken to reduce seismic risks.
The hostprofessors andthe exparticipants Prof.
Yordy Mieles andProf. StalinAlcívar
addressed thetheme of“EARTHQUAKERESISTANTCONSTRUCTIONORIENTED TO
SOCIAL
Presentation of Isabel san from Mexico
HOUSING”.
The following ex-participants performed the presentations from theirrespective countries:•Mr. Gustavo Coronel from Venezuela: SOCIAL HOUSING IN LATIN
AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: A VIEW FROM THE SEISMO-RESISTANTASPECTS.
•Ms. Magda Castellanos, from El Salvador: SOCIAL HOUSINGTECHNOLOGIES IN EL SALVADOR• Ms. María Isabel Díaz Solíz, from Mexico: HOUSING IN MEXICO AND
LATIN AMERICA

Call for Papers

IISEE Bulletin is now
accepting submissionsof papers for the seismolog y, ea rt h qu ake
engineering, andtsunami. Developingcountries are targeted,but are n ot limit ed.
Your original papers will
be reviewed by theeditorial members andsome experts.
NO submission fee isneeded.
Try to challenge!

Contact Us• Mr. Eduardo Hurtado, from Chile: BAKED BRICK MASONRY BUILDINGSIN CHILE•Ms. Tammy Villar, from the Dominican Republic: INFORMAL BUILDINGSIN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. REPORTS FROM VULNERABLE HOUSESThe experience and friendship acquired during the mentioned JICA
training course is benefiting a wide sector in Latin America, with thedissemination of the experiences acquired by ex-participants, and today
is used to improve living standards and social housing security.

Lecture on Disaster Management Policies at GRIPS
By Mr. Takahiro Yamada, Head of Administration Division, IISEE

Since 2005, the IISEE regular-course program has also been recognized
as the master course program of the National Gratitude Institute for
Policy Studies (GRIPS) based on the partnership between the BRI andthe GRIPS. Therefore, the IISEE regular-course participants can earn
their master's degree (Master of Disaster Management) from the GRIPS.
The GRIPS provides a two-week special lecture on disaster management
policies for this master course program. Not only the IISEE participantsalso other Japanese and international students from other programs
participate in this lecture.
The GRIPS remotely provided the lecture this year due to the COVID-19
issue. And the IISEE participants attended the class from their room at
the JICA Tsukuba International Center from Monday, November 20 toFriday, December 4. The GRIPS requested all students present natural
disasters in their country, countermeasures against them, and theirtasks relating to them and discuss their presentation in the lecture
session. They had a precious opportunity to learn disastercountermeasures in various countries and know each other well. Threeoutstanding presentations were selected based on student's mutual
votes, and the "Best Presentation Award" was given to winners. One of
the three winners was Nityam san from Bhutan, the IISEE participant.
In Japan, we will still have cold days for a while. But the daytime fromthe sunrise to the sunset is getting longer and longer. We hope they
overcome cold winter by changing the mood by participating in a shortmeeting held by the IISEE, enjoying Japanese new year's custom, etc.

The IISEE Newsletter isintended to act as a gobetween for IISEE andex-participants.
We encourage you tocontribute a report andan article to this newsletter. Please let us
know your current
activities in yourcountries.
We also welcome yourco-workers and friends
to register our mailinglist.
iiseenews@kenken.go.jp

Nityam san from Bhutan, Seismology course, received the“Best Presentation Award.”

Report on the remote IISEE seminar (December15) by Prof. Tanioka

By Dr. Bunichiro Shibazaki, Chief Research Scientist, IISEE, andDr. Yushiro Fujii, Senior Research Scientist, IISEEOn December 15th, a remote IISEE seminar was held by Professor
Yuichiro Tanioka of Hokkaido University for present and former
participants of the tsunami disaster mitigation course. The title of thelecture was “Recent Researches on Tsunami Forecasting Technology.”
The professor introduced recent research on the determination ofseismic source models for tsunami early warning systems in Central
America and Indonesia as well as a near-field tsunami warning systemusing an ocean-bottom pressure sensor network (S-net). Thirty-fivepeople attended the seminar in real time, and 29 were former
participants from Asia and Latin America. In addition, approximately six
people attended the seminar on demand later. After the seminar,To change
Shibazaki and Fujii reported on the status of the recent tsunami disasterregistered
mitigation course, then held an exchange meeting using Spatial Chat.
e-mail address We talked with Prof. Tanioka and the former participants about many
Please contact us when topics to deepen exchanges. This was the first attempt to hold an IISEE
you have adjusted your seminar remotely; we plan to continue the remote IISEE seminars tobuild an international network between former participants and IISEE on
e-mail address toearthquake and tsunami disaster prevention.
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Introduction of personal changes

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By Mr. Takahiro Yamada, Head of Administration Division, IISEE

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As of Sep 1st, Dr. Hiroto Nakagawa, a senior research engineer, wastransferred to IISEE from the department of Structure Engineering andon Dec 1st, Dr. Yuri Otsuka, a researcher, was transferred to IISEE fromthe department of Structure Engineering.

Greetings from New IISEE Staff

By Dr. Hiroto Nakagawa, Senior Research Engineer of IISEEMy name is Hiroto Nakagawa. I am very
honored to join the IISEE as a staff ofthe earthquake engineering course of theIISEE training program. Thanks to mymentors and colleagues, I haveexperience about:- Theoretical and numerical analyses(elastic, equivalent linear and elastoplastic analyses of soil as well as soilstructure systems)- Field measurements (microtremormeasurements, seismic observations)- Model tests (Shaking table tests of soil-Dr. Hiroto Nakagawa,Senior Research Engineerof IISEE

structure systems)
I am looking forward to having a great time with you all.

By Dr. Yuri Otsuka, Researcher of IISEEDr. Yuri Otsuka
Reseacher of IISEEMy name is Yuri Otsuka. I am the newresearch engineer of IISEE. I completed
the doctor course at Meiji University in
March 2019. And I used to work in theDepartment of Structural EngineeringGroup since April 2019. My research isevaluating the seismic response ofbuildings and the development of new RC
seismic structures. I want to do my bestin my research field and also new work inIISEE.