IISEE NewsletterDec 28, 2022
Number 212

In This Issue• Professional lectures
on disastermanagement policy• Symposium jointly
hosted by National
Graduate Institutefor Policy Studies(GRIPS) and Building
Research Institute(BRI) – January 16,2023

International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering BRI Japan
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Professional lectures on disaster management
policyBy Mr. Takahiro Yamada, Head of Administration Division, IISEEAs One-Year Training Course
held at the International
Institute of Seismology andEarthquake Engineering (IISEE)
is cooperating with the NationalGraduate Institute for Policy• Online IISEEStudies (GRIPS), it is possible toSeminar on Januaryobtain a master’s degree.
20th and February
6thTraining participants who areaiming to acquire a master’s• The final lecture by
Dr. Furumura,degree in disaster management
Lecture at GRIPS①
Earthquake Research policy of GRIPS attended
Institute, theprofessional lectures on disaster management policy conducted by
University of TokyoGRIPS from November 8th to 21st.
• Dr. Abdelkrim
In those lectures, GRIPS
Bourzam, a professor
professors gave lectures onat National
disaster management policies
Polytechnic School inAlgeria, visited IISEE
related to architecture, cities,infrastructure, etc., as well as• 2022 Meeting ofdamage caused by pastInternational
Platform fordisasters and recovery andReducing Earthquake
reconstruction.
Disasters (IPRED)
In addition, they made• Visit and exchange
inspection tours of Roppongiof views by aLecture at GRIPS②
Hills to observe urban
delegation from theredevelopment projects andKingdom ofdisaster preparedness efforts. They also made presentations andCambodia
discussions about disasters in their country, disaster management
policies, and their own relationship to disaster prevention, andthose were an opportunity for IISEE, ICHARM, and Japanesestudents to deepen their knowledge of disaster prevention in theircountries.
In Japan, a cold day will continue, but the daytime, from sunrise
to sunset, will be getting longer.
We hope all participants will overcome this cold winter with achange of pace by experiencing Japanese culture during the NewYear.
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) web：https://www.grips.ac.jp/en/IISEE Net andTraining
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Bulletin DatabaseSymposium jointly hosted by National Graduate
Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and Building
Research Institute (BRI) – January 16, 2023
A symposium jointly hosted by the National Graduate Institute forPolicy Studies and the Building Research Institute will be held on
Monday, January 16, 2023.
The outline of the symposium is scheduled as follows.
Volcanic eruptions have caused significant damage worldwide,such as the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami(HT-HH) in January 2022. Japan is one of the most volcanic
countries in the world, where volcanoes erupt frequently, andthere are concerns about the impact of the eruption of Mt. Fuji on
the Tokyo metropolitan area. In this symposium, we will exchange
information on domestic and international efforts andtechnological trends and consider issues that need to beaddressed in the future.
Date and time: Monday, January 16, 2023, 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Venue:
Online (ZOOM webinar) free participation fee
Language: Japanese/English (simultaneous translation)
Hosted by: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Building
Research Institute
URL:
https://www.kenken.go.jp/japanese/information/information/press/2022/557.pdf (Japanese)Program:
13:30-13:40 Introductory Remarks: Tatsuya AZUHATA (Director,Dept. of Structural Engineering, BRI)
13:40-15:20 Part 1 Tonga HT-HH Volcanic Eruption Disaster andPreparedness
15:20-15:30 Break
15:30-17:00 Part 2 Disaster prediction of Mt. Fuji Eruption andpreparedness
17:00 Closing
Application URL: ：https://grips-acjp.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YmD1A2FiTYyd_cv2H-_n5Q

Contact: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (e-mail:grips.dms@gmail.com)*The necessary parts of the application are written in both
Japanese and English. However, if characters on the application
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Online IISEE Seminar on January 20th andFebruary 6th
We are glad to invite you to online IISEE seminars by Prof.
Imamura at IRIDeS, Tohoku University, and Prof. Hoshiba at
Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency.
We look forward to your participation.
<Date & Time>
January 20th (Fri.), 8:50-10:00 (Japan Standard Time)<Content>
8:50-9:00 Introduction of recent IISEE activity (Zoom)
9:00-10:00 Lessons learnt from the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake andTsunami for Resilient society-Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
2015-2030 (Prof. Imamura) (Zoom)<Lecturer>
Prof. Fumihiko Imamura (Tsunami Eng. and director of IRIDeS,Tohoku University)

<Registration> Please fill the following form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSch1PGKQPwgtK7lDk1PsH1W3s-GeYzWkRvAMrU3iAthKpEZA/viewform

Call for Papers
IISEE Bulletin is now
accepting submissionsof papers for the seismolog y , ea rth qu ake
engineering, andtsunami. Developing
countries are targeted,but are n ot li mited.

<Date & Time>
February 6th (Mon.), 15:30-16:45 (Japan Standard Time)<Content>
15:30-15:40 Introduction of recent IISEE activity (Zooom)
15:45-16:45 Fifteen years’ experience of nationwide earthquake
early warning in Japan (Prof. Hoshiba) (Zoom)<Lecturer>
Prof. Mitsuyuki Hoshiva (Senior Director for Meterological Res.
Inst., JMA, Japan)<Registration> Please fill the following form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqBr_VTm32oJ1eNy3Your original papers will
be reviewed by the soKmH3HAjKIFndkHkdyNMjlswYs3pGg/viewform
editorial members andsome experts.
NO submission fee isneeded.
Try to challenge!!

<Host> International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake
Engineering, Building Research Institute
If you would like to watch the on-demand recorded video ofseminar, please check it in the application form.
Later we will inform you of the link and password of the ondemand seminar.
It will be highly appreciated that you could forward theinformation about the seminars to your colleagues and young staff
in your office.

The final lecture by Dr. Furumura, Earthquake
Research Institute, the University of Tokyo
By Mr. Takahiro Yamada, Head of Administration Division, IISEEProf. Furumura, Earthquake
Research Institute, The
University of Tokyo,
provided the final lecture atIISEE on December 15th(Thursday).
From the 2001-2002
course, Prof. Furumura has
been in charge of someGroup Photolectures on theory of seismic waves (Associate Professor in 2001).
For more than 20 years since then, he has contributed topromotion of understanding and dissemination of knowledge about
theory of seismic waves through his excellent lectures forengineers and researchers from developing countries. We greatly
appreciate his contribution to our training courses.

Dr. Abdelkrim Bourzam, a professor at National
Polytechnic School in Algeria, visited IISEEBy Dr. Toshihide Kashima, Research Engineer, IISEEDr. Abdelkrim Bourzam, aprofessor at National
Polytechnic School in Algeria,
visited IISEE in December
2022. Dr. Bourzam was aparticipant to the IISEE
course of 2001 to 2002.
During this visit, he gave a
special lecture on masonry
structure and had
discussions with IISEE andBRI research staff.

Dr. Abdelkrim Bourzam

2022 Meeting of International Platform forReducing Earthquake Disasters (IPRED)
By Dr. Yuri Otsuka, Research Engineer, IISEE
Enjoy, Now

We held the IPRED meeting (online) on the 8th and 10th of Nov.
2022 (Japan Standard Time). IPRED is a UNESCO project
implemented by IISEE and the leading organization of 10 countries,
which keeps a firm connection with IISEE through ODA-based JICA
projects and IISEE’s international training program.
On the 8th, representatives of El Salvador, Egypt, Chile, Mexico,and Peru, and on the 10th, representatives of Algeria, Indonesia,Japan, Kazakhstan, Romania, and Turkey gave presentations on thecurrent activities.
On the 10th, the Japan representatives* presented the report onactivities in Japan and the Masonry Experimental Database and theresearch results using this database. This database was compiledby the experimental data (543 specimens) on masonry walls
constructed by laying bricks and concrete units in Excel format. The
database data include from Japan and overseas, including countries

participating in this meeting. Figure 1 shows the number ofexperimental specimens collected presented by country.
From the analysis of this database, the structural characteristics
were the difference between these masonry walls and reinforced
concrete walls. Figure 2 shows the four types of masonry walls.
Note the Building Research Institute published the results ofanalyses and research using this database as Building Research
Data. Then the English version will be published by Building
Research Institute.
＊Japan representatives
Dr. Tatsuya AZUHATA
Director, Department of Structural Engineering, Building ResearchInstituteDr. Yuri OTSUKA
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https://iisee.kenken.go.jp/en/Figure 1 Number of Experimental Data by Country

Figure 2 Classification of Masonry Walls (4 types).

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Visit and exchange of views by a delegation fromthe Kingdom of Cambodia
By Mr. Takahiro Yamada, Head of Administration Division, IISEEBack Numbers
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On Thursday, November 24, wereceived a delegation of 19
members of the Ministry of Landand Infrastructure of theKingdom of Cambodia, mediatedby the International Affairs
Section of the Planning
Department, BRI.
The visit consisted of an
explanation of the research
Facility Tour of BRI
outline of the Building ResearchInstitute, a facility tour of theLarge Size Structure Laboratory
and the Full Scale Fire Test
Laboratory, and a training guideand exchange of views.
The Large Size Structure
Laboratory was explained by Dr.
Azuhata, the Director of theDepartment of StructuralEngineering, and the Full Scale
Fire Test Laboratory wasGroup Photo
explained by Dr. Noaki, SeniorResearcher of the Department of Fire Engineering. The training
guidance was guided by Dr. Shibazaki, Director of the IISEE, andDr. Suwada, Senior researcher of the IISEE.