IISEE NewsletterOct 31 2018
Number 162

In This Issue• 2018-19 EarthquakeEngineering Training
Course has started• International
Disaster Prevention
Seminar and Visit toHonjo Life SafetyLearning Center• New participants of2018-2019• FacebookInternational Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering BRI Japan
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2018-19 Earthquake Engineering Training Course
had started

By Mr. Yoshihiro Iitake, Head of Administration Division, IISEEThe opening ceremony of Earthquake engineering training course foryoung researchers and Engineers were held at JICA, and the 1yearcourse has started.
This year 10 participants from 8 countries was chosen from 24
applicants from 10 countries and divided into Seismology course,
Earthquake Engineering course and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation course.
They are going to have specialized lectures of study.
We hope they have a fruitful training for each participant and spend
time in Japan with a lot of fans.
We appreciate your kind of continued support for this training course.

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EarthquakesMr. Masayuki Takahashi,
General Director of JICA Tsukuba
International Center

Dr. Mitsumasa Midorikawa
The President of BRI

Mr. Sunohara, Director of Disaster
Management Policy Program ofGRIPS

Mr. Michael Arturo
LINTHON ALVAREZ from Ecuador

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Earthquake
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Earthquakes
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accepting submissionsof papers for the seismol og y, ea rt h qu ake
engineering, andtsunami. Developing
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will be reviewed by theeditorial members andsome experts.
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Enjoy, Now

The opening ceremony at JICA Tsukuba

International Disaster Prevention Seminar andVisit to Honjo Life Safety Learning Center

By Mr. Sho Hamano, Administrative of Training and General
Affairs, Administration Division, IISEEOn October 12th, IISEE Participants joined an international disasterprevention seminar.
In the seminar, Dr. Toshio Koike,
Director of ICHARM(InternationalCenter for Water Hazard and Risk
Management),and Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Director ofIISEE, gave a lecture.
This seminar was held by ICHARMand IISEE to introduce the basic
policies and mechanisms ofLecture of Dr. Yokoi, Director of IISEEJapanese development assistance,and new topics of disaster prevention field to participants so that they
could deepen their understanding.
The participants attentively listened to the lectures of both directors andseemed to acquire new knowledge.
In the afternoon, we visited Life Safety Learning Center, so-called
Honjo-Bosai-Kan in Japanese in Tokyo Fire Department as part oftheir training program and had a variety of experiences such as strong
ground motion, submerged vehicle, firefighting
and heavy storm.
On the way back, they were glued by the incredible scene of Tokyo Sky
Tree when they passed by at the point-blank range.
We all hope this training course will be fruitful for them and allparticipants can enjoy their stay in Tsukuba as well as utilize
this chance to grade-up their skills and knowledge.

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