Engineering Defense Facility Technology throughIndustry, Academia, and Government Collaboration.

Cultivating New Military Engineers for the Future.

Japan Society ofDefense Facility Engineers

The Role of Japan Society of Defense Facility Engineers
The Japan Self Defense Forces and the United States Forces operate various facilities(i.e. airfields, port facilities, maneuvering area, etc.) in Japan, which support the undertakings
necessary to secure the National Security of Japan.
National Security and Facility Engineering is a comprehensive field which consists oftechnological applications not limited to construction, architecture, various engineering branches,natural sciences, and military engineering.
The Japan Society of Defense Facility Engineers (JSDFE) is the only non-profit association in
Japan who is dedicated to fields related to National Security and Facility Engineering Technology.

MissionWe aim to promote research and survey technology related to national security and facility
engineering to build a sustainable foundation which will advance professional development andacademia in the field.

History
National Security and Facility Engineering is a comprehensive field which consists of technologicalapplications not limited to construction, architecture, various engineering branches, natural sciences,and military engineering.
The Japan Society of Defense Facility Engineers is the only non-profit association in Japan who isdedicated to fields related to National Security and Facility Engineering Technology. Similarly in theUnited States of America, there is an association by the name of the Society of American MilitaryEngineers (SAME) (est. 1920),which shares a similar mission.
Our approach towards the research and surveying of National Security and Facility Engineering
Technology is dynamic, avoids constituting a specific concept from a single field, and integrates Risk
Management approaches. In recent years the changes in our global society and circumstances haveraised the demand and expectations toward technology related to National Security and FacilityEngineering. This change has made the field a vital part in the development and advancement oftechnology for the future.
In 1962, under the name “National Security and Facility Engineering Technology Research Group”,
engineers and researchers from various government sections were assembled. They gatheredwith hope of establishing a society which would advance technology related to National Securityand Facility Engineering. Since then, it has played an active role in disseminating the mission byestablishing 7 domestic district offices, assembling members totaling now over 700, facilitating andproviding research forums, symposiums, exhibitions, and publications for over 40 years.
In April 2004, to further extend the reach of it’s programs, the association re-established itself as the“Japan Society of Defense Facility Engineers”.
Furthermore, in March 2016, the association’s non-profit organizational status was successfullychanged to a “General Incorporated Foundation”, so those programs could be strengthened.
The JSDFE aims to continuously work not only alongside stakeholders in the government and publicsectors, but with also those engineers and researchers in the private business sector in related fields,to widen the scope and increase the activeness of it’s programs.

Core Programs➢ Implement promotional, surveying, and research activities.
➢ Launch research symposiums, lecture forums and field tours.
 ublish newsletters, special interest articles and otherpublications.
➢P➢ A dvoc ate awareness and under st anding toward defense
facilityrelated technology.

➢ Commission or aid development of defense facility technology.
➢ Support activities which align with the society’s aims.
Facilitate collaboration between members of the Industry, Academia, and Government➢ Improvement of technology and the cultivation of engineers and researchers
related to defense facility engineering.

➢ Advocate research related to the defense facility engineering.

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A c a de m ia
G ove rm e nt

International Exchange Programwith the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)■ P artnership➢

Established in 1920, SAME shares a similar mission and common values with the JSDFE.

➢ T hrough a collaborative ef for ts with SAME, the JSDFE succeeded in of fering interactions
amongstmembers of the Japan and US private industry level at events such as the Annual forum,
MilitaryEngineer Techno Fair, joint field tours.

JSDFE/SAME Joint Meeting

Executive personnel of JSDFE and SAME

SAME booth at METF

JSDFE Presentation on SAME’s
Okinawa Symposium by President Ohno

Organization Chart
Executive Committee
Board of DirectorsPresident
Vice President
Executive Directors

Advisement/ Counsel
Chairperson

Deputy Directors
AuditorConcrete Structures Repair Method Related Committee

Main Office

Rapid Construction Method Using Local Surplus Soil Related Committee
Hydro Technology Related Committee

Organizers

Explosion Proof Design Technology Related Committee

Research and Survey Division

Local Fracturing (Explosions & Collisions) Assessment Technology Related Committee

Technology Evaluation Division

Historical Architecture Preservation Technology Related Committee

Publication Division

Periodicals Related

Event Division

Research Symposium Related

Public Information DivisionRemarks)

1 The direction and policies of the JSDFE are decided at the General Members Meeting.
2 The Auditor is a member of the Executive Committee, but not the Board of Directors.
3 Organizers assist the Board of Directors by executing and implementing their decisions.

Energy Technology Related Committee
Environmental Protection Technology Related Committee
Disaster Preparedness Technology Related Committee
Firing Range Construction Technology Related Committee
Duct and Ventilation Technology Related Committee

Events

Engineer Techno Fair (METF: Annual - Summer)■ Military➢E xhibition of technology or their applications for defense facility engineering.
 ep. 6, 2017: 24 booths, approximately 500 attendees.
➢S➢ S pecial Lecture “21st Century Japan‘s Waymarks – From the side of the National Security”
Mr. Takashi Uto, Member of the House of Counci

Technical presentations

Exhibition booths

Mr. Takashi Uto, Member of theHouse of Councilors

Symposium (Annual Forum: Annual - Winter)■ Research➢

Presentation of academic research related to defense facility engineering.
➢ Feb. 7, 2018: Approximately 550 participants attended.
➢ Special Lecture “Security Environment Issue around Japan”
Senior Advisor to the Minister of Defense, Mr. Masanori Nishi

Tour (Twice a year)■ Field➢Research symposiumSpecial lecture by Mr. Masanori Nishi

JSDFE provides members an opportunity to tour various defense facility engineering related sites, which
include but not limited to, JSDF and USFJ bases and large-scale construction sites.

MLIT Yanba Dam Project

JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base

USAF Kadena Air Base

MLIT Underwater Tunnel Project(Photo by Mitsui E&S Co. Ltd. Chiba Works)

Publications■ J SDFE Annual Publication ”MIRAI” (Once a Year)MIRAI = Military - Industry - Research & Development Activities partnerships and International Network➢ J SDFE “MIR AI” is registered to the JST Database based on a request of the Japan Science &Technology Agency (JST).

➢ MIRAI 20th, Special Feature - Extension of life cycles of the infrastructure of JSDF Facilities.
Special Reports - Introduction to Corps of Engineers of JGSDF, Dr. Asami Jyohoji and theAir-Raid Shelter in the Imperial Palace, and more.

■ M IRAI-Annex – “New Technology for Defense Facility Engineers” (Once a Year)
DefenseFunctional Improvement

Management

Precast concrete undergroundammunition storage

Column-less construction
methodTemporary emergency
panel bridge

Border security Laser ribbon

Self-contained water treatment
facility-underwater
treatment system

Rapid repair method
for repairing floors

Vol. 7(Dec. 2015)➢ Facility Defense➢ F acility FunctionalImprovement➢ Facility Management
Introduction of newtechnology from thoseareas noted above

Committee Reports■ R ➢eports of the Research Division: Special Interest➢ L ocal Fracturing (Explosions & Collisions)
Assessment Technology Related Committee

April 2014
“Design guidelineson to the local failureof concrete structuresin response tohigh-speed collision (Draft)”.

 nvironmental Protection Technology
E
Related Committee
March 2015
”Guide for environmental
surveying andmeasurements ”

Membership Information
The JSDFE consists of Individual and Group (e.g. Company/Business Entity/Organization) Memberships.
We continually strive to disseminate our mission to others and support programs by holding activities torecruit new members.
Individual members range and are not limited to those in the fields of construction, architecture, and various
engineering branches, environmental and military technology, specialized academia or research groups, andcompanies and organizations who develop technology related to these areas.
The organization’s programs are made possible through the dues and donations collected from members. These include an annual
due of ¥4,000 for Individual Members and of ¥50,000 for Group Members.

Japan Society of Defense Facility Engineers: JSDFE
Mailing AddressOhi-BLDG 2F, 14-5, Yotsuya-Honjio-Cho, Shinjuku-Ku,
Tokyo, Postal code 160-0003, Japan

Phone 03-6273-0328
Fax03-3292-1485

URL

http://www.jsdfe.org/E-Mail gakkai@jsdfe.org(2018.10)