IISEE Newsletter
Jul 31, 2023
Number 216

In This Issue• We are Looking for
the Activities of ExParticipants for ourNewsletter Articles• Interim
Presentations heldon July 3 and 7• IISEE Receives
JAPAN Construction
International Award International HumanResourceDevelopment
Program to Expand
Japanese Knowledge
Worldwide
Recognized• Visit by a Delegationfrom the Kingdom ofThailand andTraining Guidance byIISEE• Visit of ExParticipants fromIndonesia to theIISEE• Introduction ofPersonal Changes

International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering BRI Japan
1 Tachihara Tsukuba Japan 305-0802

tel+81-29-879-0678 facsim+81-29-864-6777

We are Looking for the Activities ofEx-Participants for our Newsletter Articles
By Dr. Bunichiro Shibazaki, Director of IISEE
Please send us a 300-word article on how the training helped youand what kind of work you are currently doing and include somephotos. We would like to publish examples of ex participants’
activities in our newsletter. We look forward to receiving yourarticles.

Interim Presentations held on July 3 and 7
By Dr. Bunichiro Shibazaki, Director of IISEEOn July 3 and 7, interim presentations were held for the E and ST
courses. At the interim presentations, all participants will present
their individual study results to date. The presentations also serve
as a confirmation of the progress of the master's report research aswell as a practice for the final presentation. The presentations weregiven by 5 participants in the E-course and 9 participants in the ST
course jointly. Participants who are conducting individual studies at
distant universities gave their presentations online. We hope thatthe participants will continue to work vigorously on their researchand take good care of their health so that their efforts will not be invain.

• GreetingMs. Nurul Nasuha Binti Md
Zin from Malaysia, E-course

Mr. MALODALI Joji Sakaraia
from Fiji, T-course

IISEE Receives JAPAN Construction InternationalAward -International Human Resource
Development Program to Expand Japanese
Knowledge Worldwide RecognizedIISEE Net andTraining
Synopsis Database
Bulletin Database
IISEE E-learning
IISEENETIISEE-UNESCO Lecture
Note

By Dr. Bunichiro Shibazaki, Director of IISEEThe Building Research Institute (BRI) received the 6th JAPANConstruction International Award (Pioneering Activity Category)from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
on June 20 in recognition of its Disaster Management Policy
Program as an international human resource development
program that spreads Japanese knowledge throughout the world.
The award recognizes construction projects that demonstrate
Japan's strengths, small and medium-sized construction-relatedcompanies that are leading the way overseas, and pioneering
activities that contribute to "high quality infrastructure" overseas.
https://www.mlit.go.jp/JCIA/en/
The Disaster Management Policy Program is a master's program
established by the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies(GRIPS), the Building Research Institute (BRI), the Public Works
Research Institute (PWRI), and JICA (2005-) for public officials,engineers, and researchers in developing countries. The program
was recognized for its activities that contribute to "high quality
infrastructure" overseas, such as research and development
projects and human resource development projects, and for its
strategic nature that goes beyond individual construction projects.

Earthquakes
Reports of Recent
Earthquakes
Utsu Catalog
Earthquake Catalog

At the award ceremony held on June 20, the Minister of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism presented the certificate ofcommendation to Dr. Shibazaki, Director of IISEE, and acommemorative photo was taken.

Visit by a Delegation from the Kingdom ofThailand and Training Guidance by IISEEBy Mr. Yasuhiko Akiba, Head of Administration Division, IISEEOn Wednesday, June 7, we received a delegation of 15 members,
including the Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Thailand,
mediated by the International Affairs Section of the Planning
Department, BRI.
The visit began with a greeting from Dr. Fukuyama, a vicepresident of IISEE, followed by an explanation of the research
outline of the Building Research Institute, a facility tour of the Fire
Research and Test Laboratory and the Building Materials
Laboratory, a training guidance, and exchange of views.
The training guidance was guided by Dr. Shibazaki, Director of theIISEE.

Training GuidanceGroup Photo

Visit of Ex-Participants from Indonesia to theIISEEBy Dr. Tatsuhiko Hara, Chief Research Scientist, IISEE

Enjoy, Now

The ex-participants, Mr. Iman
Fatchurochman (2010-2011
Seismology course), Mr. Arif
Nurokhim (2019-2020
Tsunami Disaster Mitigationcourse), and Ms. Kian Purna
Sinki (2020-2021 Tsunami
Disaster Mitigation course)from Indonesia visited theIISEE on the 8th in June.
They visited Tsukuba as apart of the counterpart
training of the JICA technical

The Photo of the Visit(second from the right front) Mr. Iman
Fatchurochman, (left front) Ms. Kian Purna
Sinki, (second from the left front) Mr. Arif
Nurokhim, (right front) Director Shibazaki

cooperation project “Capacity Development on Operation ofEarthquake and Tsunami Analysis and Warning Dissemination.”
We always welcome visits of ex-participants to the IISEE. Pleasecontact us when you have a chance to come to Tsukuba or its
surrounding area.

Contact Us
The IISEE Newsletter isintended to act as a gobetween for IISEE andex-participants.
We encourage you tocontribute a report andan article to this newsletter. Please let us
know your current
activities in yourcountries.
We also welcome yourco-workers and friends
to register our mailinglist.
iiseenews@kenken.go.jp
https://iisee.kenken.go.jp/en/Back Numbers
https://iisee.kenken.go.jp/en/newsletter/

Introduction of Personal Changes
By Mr. Yasuhiko Akiba, Head of Administration Division, IISEEOn July 1, Mr. Takahiro Yamada was transferred to National
Information Security Center. Yasuhiko Akiba from Peninsular
Areas Development Division, National Spatial Planning andRegional Policy Bureau transferred to IISEE as the head ofadministration division by turns.

Greeting
By Mr. Yasuhiko Akiba, Head of Administration Division, IISEEMy name is Yasuhiko Akiba and I
was assigned to head ofadministration office, IISEE as ofJuly 1st, 2023.
Until June, I was involved in thework of promoting the Peninsularareas. Although I am a licensed
assistant surveyor and am familiar
with geography and land-related
matters, this work is a completely new field for me. I am learning
every day in the work supporting participants from overseas. I will
do my best, and I look forward to working with you.