July 3, 2014

Japan Society of Civil Engineers
International Activities Center

IAC News No. 21
Farewell Message as the 101st JSCE President
I would like to look back the one year that I have spent as JSCE President.
2014 JSCE Annual Meeting was held at College of Industrial Technology, Nihon
University in Chiba. The featured meeting International Panel Discussion was held on
the theme on “Infrastructure Maintenance and Renewal for Achieving SustainableSociety.” The representatives of 9 Agreement of Cooperation societies (AOC) overseas
joined it and shared their views and opinions. Also the 15th International Summer
Symposium was offered for international students who were studying in Japan as
one of the annual meeting International Session. This symposium was a unique andimportant meeting in view of developing JSCE’s international network.

Kotaro HASHIMOTO
JSCE Immediate PastPresident

In August, I attended the 6th Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region (6th CECAR) held in Jakarta,
hosted by Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council (ACECC). JSCE was appointed the ACECC
Secretariat along with the election of the ACECC General Secretary during this conference.
Besides, I had several opportunities to meet overseas engineering professional societies such as American
Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Indonesia Society of Civil and Structural Engineers (HAKI), Institute of Civil
Engineers (ICE, UK), Korean Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE), Myanmar Engineering Society (MES), NepalEngineering Association (NEA), Royal Institute of Engineers in the Netherland (KIVI NIRIA), Vietnam
Federation of Civil Engineering Association (VFCEA), and Vietnam Bridge and Road Association (VIBRA). I
met the presidents of those societies and reaffirmed the friendship and cooperation with JSCE.
ASCE holds its annual conference in Panama to celebrate the Panama Canal centennial this year. Thatcelebration coincides with JSCE’s 100th Anniversary Celebration. I wish both ASCE and JSCE successful andwonderful celebrations.
Moreover I would like to mention that the IAC hosts the two interesting symposiums. One is IAC International
Symposium on Internationalization of Japanese Construction Industry 3 Series, and the other IAC Japanese
Civil Engineers the Global Leaders Symposium Series.
As for natural disaster response, JSCE took a swift action to respond to the disaster caused by Typhoon
Haiyan, which hit the central islands of Philippines on November 8, 2013. JSCE, in cooperation withPhilippine Institute of Civil Engineers, Inc. (PICE), formed a disaster survey and technical assistance team,and conducted disaster assessments in the affected areas from December 12 to 16.
JSCE marks its centennial in this November. The Society holds a commemorative ceremony, the 3rdRoundtable Meeting on Disaster Management, and International Forum on “Contributions of Infrastructure toLife of Affluence.”Last, I do thank all JSCE members who give continued support to IAC, and appreciate for further cooperation
and advice. I look forward to seeing that JSCE develops its international communication and cooperation.
Thank you very much.

2013 JSCE Annual Meeting International Guests at Welcome Reception,
College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University

Joint Company Information Session in Civil Engineering for International Students
IAC International Student Network Group held a Joint Company Information
Session in Civil Engineering for International Students at the JSCE HQ in Tokyo on
May 31. The objective of that Session is to provide international students who are
currently studying in Japan with information on Japanese construction companies
and job opportunities.

It was the second time for the Group to organize theSession following last year’s one. 12 companies participated this year and 9 out ofthose companies made presentations on their business activities. The 9 companies
also set up their booths at which they placed their brochures and met international
student in person. Total 47 students attended the Session mainly from universities
in the Kanto region.

Kohei NAGAIThe University of Tokyo
Int’l Student Network
Gr. Leader

The 12 Participating Companies are:Chodai Co., Ltd., Dai Nippon Construction, Eight-Japan Engineering Consultants Inc., KATAHIRA &ENGINEERS INTERNATIONAL, KATAHIRA & ENGINEERS Inc., KISO-JIBAN CONSULTANTS CO., LTD.,NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD., Nishimatsu Construction Co., Ltd., OBAYASHI CORPORATION, SHIMIZUCORPORATION, TAISEI CORPORATION and TODA CORPORATION
Each of the companies delivered a 10-minute presentation on its business, projects, and job opportunities forinternational students at the beginning of the session. Then, those students, after listening to the presentations,
moved to the companies’ booths and learned businesses details, job opportunities and others.

The Session consisted of a short company-presentation time and along company-student meeting time at booth, that was realized basedon the feedback collected from the questionnaire issued at the lastyear’s Session. This session structure helped the participants listen to
the presentations attentively in a limited time-frame and acquire theinformation what they wanted to spending some time at company
booths.

A company rep talks his company business

It was a good opportunity for both the companies and students tolearn each other. There are many Japanese companies which have
had little experience in hiring international students and not fully
developed working conditions and requirements like the level ofJapanese communication skills to hire international students so far.
Accordingly, almost all of the students at the Session had littleknowledge of the Japanese companies. The International StudentNetwork Group, being aware of these facts, plans to hold theSession on a regular basis, once a year possibly, considering aproper time, organization, and others to respond to the feedback
from the participants.

Int’l students meet company reps.

The Group strongly will make the Session

a major opportunity to liaise between the Japanese companies which look for qualified candidates and theinternational students who are interested in working in Japan.

2014 JSCE Award
JSCE International Award, Continuing International Contribution Award and International Collaboration Award
honored 4, 15, and 5 civil engineering professionals respectively at the JSCE Award ceremony held at JSCE
General Meeting on June 13, 2013
For further details, please visit http://www.jsce.or.jp/prize/prize_list/p2013.shtml （Japanese Only）*Affiliations as of the dates that the above awardees were nominated as candidates for the awards.
◆International Award
Name
Hajime IKEDA
Osamu KUNITA
Tadahiko SAKAMOTO
AHN, Hee-Do

Affiliation
NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD.
The Overseas Coastal Area Development Institute of Japan (OCDI)
Japan Commission on Large Dams (JCOLD), NIPPON KOEI CO., LTD.
Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (KIOST)◆ Continuing International Contribution Award
Name
Affiliation
Mikio ISHIWATARIJapan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Tomoki UMEDA
HAZAMA ANDOCORPORATION
Tetsuya OGUSHITOBISHIMA Corporation
Kazuya OSAKO
SHIMIZU CORPORATION
Takahiro OSHIMA
MAEDA CORPORATION
Michiya
OBAYASHI CORPORATIONSADAMATSU
Takuji SHIGEYAMASUMITOMO MITSUICONSTRUCTION CO.,LTD.
Seiichi SUZUKITokyo Electric Power
Company, Incorporated

Name
Shigeaki TANAKA

Affiliation
TAISEI CORPORATION

Satoru NITTA

SATO KOGYO Co., Ltd.

Tatsuo HARADA

African Development Bank

Shigeki MARUTAKA

KAJIMA CORPORATION

Tatsuya MIYAZATONIPPON KOEI CO., LTD.

Nobuyuki YAKUMARU

FUJITA CORPORATION

Yoichi WATABE

Port and Airport
Research Institute(PARI)◆ International Collaboration Award
Name
Affiliation
KO, Wu Te
Cheng Shiu University
Jorge MULLER
Oriental Consultants Co., Ltd.
SHIH, Wen-Hsioung
Ministry of Transportation and Communication, Taiwan
Phan Le BINH
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
SUN, Limin
Tongji University◆ JSCE Korea Section Prof. Lee, Honorary Member, and Taiwan Section Assist. Prof. Ko an JSCE
International Collaboration AwardeeProf. Lee, Dong-Uk , the JSCE Korea Section President (left) was
recognized with JSCE Honorary Member, and Assist. Prof. Ko, Wu-Te,
Secretary General of JSCE Taiwan Section (right) was with theInternational Collaboration Award for their dedication, achievements andcontribution to JSCE and the progress of civil engineering.

What’s Happening●2014/8/5・・・・IAC Japanese Civil Engineers the Global Leaders Symposium Series No.2 on “Hoover Dam
Bypass- Colorado River Construction at the JSCE HQ, Tokyo
http://committees.jsce.or.jp/kokusai/project_2（Japanese Only）●2014/8/26～28・・・・2014 HAKI Annual Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia●2014/8/28～29・・・・JSCE Seibu branch-KSCE Pusan-Ulsan-Kyungnam Sections-Taiwan Society & Public
Works Joint Seminar in Pusan, Korea

Updates

The summary of feature articles in the JSCE Magazine is available on the JSCE website.
http://www.jsce-int.org/pub/magazine

Concrete Committee International Newsletter No. 37
http://www.jsce.or.jp/committee/concrete/e/newsletter/Newsletter.htm

Journal of JSCE
The Journal of JSCE is the collection of research papers which can be viewed on the JSCE website.
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/journalofjsce

JSCE 100th Anniversary Postal Stamp will be released in September, 2014.
http://jsce100.com/node/250（Japanese Only）

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Y’s Murmuring
Prof. Lee of JSCE Korea Section and Assist. Prof. Ko of Taiwan Section received the JSCE Honorary
Membership and the International Collaboration Award respectively at the JSCE Award ceremony held theGeneral Meeting. When I heard that their names were introduced, I was so happy and couldn’t hold myself
from applauding them. They are not just distinguished engineers. They are wonderful, fun people to work with,good friends to us and irreplaceable liaison between JSCE and KSCE, and CICHE. Without them, I’m afraidthat we IAC had not built good communication with KSCE, and with CICHE. Well, I’m wondering if we aremaking effort as much as they do, taking actions to respond to their expectations, and moving ourselves
forward to see them. What do you think?

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