IISEE Newsletter
June 28 2019
Number 170

In This Issue Group of executiveofficer in charge ofconstructionengineering, theLatin AmericanEarthquake
Engineering course
closed Reports on Kansaiand Kumamoto
Study Trip of Latin
American Earthquake
Engineering course On the 60th
anniversary of theinternational training
courses of IISEE Activity of an exparticipant fromBolivia
 An ex-participantfrom Peru visited
IISEE

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Group of executive officer in charge ofconstruction engineering, the Latin American
Earthquake Engineering closed
By Mr. Takahiro Yamada, Head ofAdministration Division, IISEEOn Thursday, June 6th, a closing
ceremony of a group of executive officer
in charge of construction engineering,
Latin American Earthquake Engineeringcourse was held in JICA TSUKUBA.
Two participants presented theirAction Plan about the propulsion ofdisaster mitigation in construction
administration in their country and theconcrete plan of promotion of aseismic
which they learned through the training
course.
They received certificates from JICA
and IISEE. Mr. RIVERA Juan Ignaciofrom Chile and Mr. SANTISTEBAN VEGA
Joaquin Mario from Peru made a speech.
I hope they could make use ofexperiences in Japan and help to reduce
damage whenearthq
uakesoccur
in theircountry.

Mr. RIVERA Juan Ignaciofrom Chile

Mr. SANTISTEBAN VEGA
Joaquin Mario from Peru

Closing CeremonyReports on Kansai Study Trip of Latin American
Earthquake Engineering course

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By Mr. MENDEZ DUVAL Cesar David(DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) andMr. BENNETTS TOLEDO Felipe(Mexico)
The first impression of thetrip, it was that Japan is acountry of great contrasts,on the one hand, we canobserve a modern Japan
with large infrastructure
works and huge modernbuildings in large urban
areas at the same time andwithout going so far frommodernity , offers thattraditional part of ancient
Mr. MENDEZ DUVAL
Mr. BENNETTS
Japan with its temples andCesar David fromTOLEDO Felipe
traditional areas that enrich
Dominican Republicfrom Mexico
the cultural landscape forvisitors.
During trip, we could appreciate that here at Japan everything works in anorderly manner. In urban areas as well as in rural environments thecleanliness and conservation of its environment is taken into account.
Another thing that we could notice as a Latin American country participant,is the behavior and respect that the Japanese keep on the public road,sometimes becoming imperceptible to avoid disturbing their presence toothers. Last but not least, when traveling the country either on foot or by
any means of transport, it is carried out with great security. The culture ofrespect for the property of others and the integrity of people is enormous.
Talking about the technical part and development that Japan has inearthquake disaster prevention culture is indescribable. No need to travel
long distances to appreciate large buildings or infrastructure works resolved
with the best techniques in anti-seismic protection. The panorama that thistrip opened
is invaluable
for all of us
and it will
help us toappreciate
our countries
from anotherperspective
when wereturn.
Among theactivities
carried out,
we canhighlight thetalk about
theeducation ofAkashi Kaikyo Bridgeseismic

Earthquakes
The 2011 off the Pacificcoast of Tohoku
Earthquake
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Earthquakes
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Earthquake Catalog

disasters; where Dr. Fukuwa shows ona daily basis and at the same timewith a high technical level how tounderstand the earthquakes andtsunamis and how to reduce the risk
to them. In a complementary way, Dr.
Kurata accompanies us on aninteresting journey through Disaster
Mitigation Research Center of theNagoya University Disaster
Nagoya University. At Kobe Disaster
Mitigation Research Center
Reduction and Human Renewal
Institution you can go back in time to1995 and see the level of damage
caused by the great Hanshin-Awaji
earthquake and see a city that has
been rebuilt without forgetting. We
were able to observe the fault fracturethat occurred in 1995 (which remains
intact through time for the future
generations) and have an idea of theenergy released by the great HanshinAwaji earthquake at the Nojima Fault
Preservative Museum. We took aunique tour of the Akashi Kaikyo
Disaster Reduction and Human
Bridge, the world longest suspension
Renovation Institutebridge. In Kyoto, we were guided
through the meticulous techniques tomaintain their ancestral value of therepair that takes place in the Toji
Temple, a national treasure built by736.
We thank JICA and the IISEE, forbeing a great host and for showing usa small part of the great country thatis Japan. From this trip we will growth
as a people in both culturally andtechnically and above all we will takeNojima Fault Preservation Museum
a little bit of Japan to our countries,
hoping that it will be as profitable as possible for our own interests as wellas those of our countries.
Akashikaikyo Bridge: http://www.jbhonshi.co.jp/english/
Nagoya University Disaster Mitigation
Research Center:
http://www.gensai.nagoya-u.ac.jp/
Disaster Reduction and Human
Renovation Institute:
http://www.dri.ne.jp/enNojima Fault Preservative Museum:
http://www.nojima-danso.co.jp/
Toji: http://toji.or.jp/en/index.html

Toji

On the 60th anniversary of the international
training courses of IISEEBy Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Director of IISEEAs all of you, ex-participants know well, the training courses that IISEE
holds today had been started in 1960 in University of Tokyo. From 1962,IISEE that had been established newly in Building Research Institute has
been responsible for executing the training courses. The next year 2020 wewill celebrate the 60th anniversary. We are planning to conduct someevents in 2020, especially, at the period of 17th World Conference ofEarthquake Engineering that will be held from September 13 to 18, 2020 in
Sendai city, Japan, for example, a publication of the commemorative
document, presentation in an exhibition booth, IISEE alumni meeting, etc.
From June 2019, we will start asking ex-participants to send us
congratulatory address, essay, recent state information, old and new
photographs, etc. Please collaborate us to have a nice anniversary, when
we contact you.

Call for Papers
IISEE Bulletin is now
accepting submissionsof papers for the seismology, earthqu ake
engineering, andtsunami. Developing
countries are targeted,but are not limited.

Looking for old photographs.
Preparing for the 60th anniversary of the international training courses ofIISEE, we look for old photographs, especially those taken before in thedecade 60’s.
For example, the following is a scene in the opening ceremony of the firstcourse (July 6, 1960) that was found in the back number of the annual
report of Asian Association, the predecessor of Japan International
Cooperation Agency.

Your original papers
will be reviewed by theeditorial members andsome experts.
NO submission fee isneeded.
Try to challenge!!

From the second course, we keep the commemorative group photographsthat are printed in the Year Book.
Please send us scanned images, if you have photographs of site visits andfunny events during your stay in IISEE to share your memory among IISEE
alumni.

Activity of an ex-participant from Bolivia
By Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Director of IISEE
We have been informed that Mr. Gonzalo
Antonio Fernandez Marañon from Bolivia who isworking with San Calixto Observatory and has
attended Global Seismological Observation
Course of IISEE in 2013 has published ascientific paper entitled “Focal mechanism of the5.1Mw 2014 Lloja earthquake, Bolivia: Probing
the transition between extensional stresses ofthe central Altiplano and compressional stressesof the sub-Andes” in Journal of South American
Mr. Gonzalo Antonio
Earth Sciences. We are very glad in double
Fernandez Marañon
meanings: one for his high activity on thefrom Boliviaextension of what he had learned in IISEE andanother for his sharing the information with us.
We often lose contact with ex-participants after their leave and sometimes
find their name in co-author list of scientific or technical papers and/or inattendee’ roster of conferences.
Please don’t hesitate to share with us the information about your activities
that can encourage the next generation.
URL:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895981118303821

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An ex-participant from Peru visited IISEEBy Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Director of IISEEWe encourage you tocontribute a report andan article to this newsletter. Please let us
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Dr. Yokoi and
Dr. Mileyvi Selene Quispe
Gamero from Peru

Dr. Mileyvi Selene Quispe Gamero fromPeru who has studied in IISEE one year
course for Seismology (2009-2010)
visited IISEE May 21, 2019. Aftercompleting the one-year course, shereturned to her home country andworked at CISMID, UNI, Peru. In 2015,
she got a Ph.D. in Tokyo Institute ofTechnology under the supervision ofProf. Hiroaki Yamanaka. Now, she isconducting research projects with basein UNI and Andes. We, all the membersof IISEE are delighted for her visit andher high activities.
We always welcome the visit of exparticipants. Please don’t hesitate tocontact us when you get a chance tocome to Japan.