IISEE NewsletterMay 31, 2021
Number 193

In This Issue• Completion of groupprogram in the 2020-2021
IISEE regular course andstart of individual study• IISEE online seminar byDr. Fukuyama• Release the congratulatory
addresses for the 60thanniversary on IISEE HP• Study tour to Fukushima• Revision of free software
for the microtremor array
exploration

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Completion of group training program in the2000-2021 IISEE regular course and start ofindividual study
By Dr. Tatsuya Azuhata, Director of IISEEOn May 14, we completed the group training program for the 20202021 IISEE regular course. In the group training, the participants selectone from seismology, earthquake engineering, and tsunami disastermitigation sub-courses and spend about eight months attending
lectures in each field to acquire basic and applied knowledge.
The 2020-2021 course started with all 15 participants remaining in theirhome countries due to entry restrictions imposed by the global outbreakof coronavirus. As of May 2021, four participants are still in their homecountries. Due to the need for infection control, we had to conduct mostof the lectures online. We are pleased that all the participants could
complete the group training even under these severe conditions. I
would like to express my respect for all the participants' efforts and mysincere gratitude to all the instructors.
The individual training started on May 17. We will continue working on
the activities of the IISEE so that all participants can obtain research
results that can contribute to earthquake disaster mitigation in theirhome countries.

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IISEE online seminar by Dr. Fukuyama
Earthquakes
The 2011 off the Pacificcoast of Tohoku Earthquake
Reports of Recent
Earthquakes
Utsu Catalog
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By Dr. Tatsuya Azuhata, Director of IISEEOn April 26, we invited Dr.
Fukuyama, Vice president ofthe Building ResearchInstitute, to hold an IISEE
online seminar. First, we asked
Dr. Fukuyama to give alecture. His lecture title was"Our Earthquake Engineering Walk together towards
everyone's smiles -." HeDr. Fukuyama
Vice president of the BRI

introduced lessons learned and knowledge gained from past natural
disasters, such as the 1995 Kobe Earthquake and the 2011 Tohoku
Earthquake. And he presented his ideas on the direction of futureearthquake disaster prevention measures. After this lecture, theparticipants had a free discussion using Spatial Chat.
Ex-participants also attended this seminar. The breakdown of theparticipants is as follows.
Current participants andIISEE staff: 18 persons
Ex-participants: 20 persons(from 14 countries)
In addition, about 20 people
watched the video on demand.
After the seminar, we also
received comments from morethan 40 ex-participants,
including those who could notattend the seminar on that day.

Release the congratulatory addresses for the60th anniversary on IISEE HP
By Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Senior Fellow, IISEE

Enjoy, Now

Call for Papers

IISEE Bulletin is now
accepting submissions ofpapers for the seis-mology,
earthquake engineering, andtsunami.
Developing
countries are targeted, buta r e n o t l i m i t e d .
Your original papers will be
reviewed by the editorial
members and some experts.
NO submission fee is needed.
Try to challenge!

We released the congratulatory addresses of the various related
people for the 60th anniversary of IISEE training program on the IISEEHP (http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/). Please click on the yellow bannernamed “the 60th Anniversary”. These contributors are therepresentatives of all the people and ex-participants who havesupported IISEE for long time. We appreciate them from our heart.
Regretfully, the influence of COVID-19 Pandemic significantly delays
the publication of the commemorative booklet significantly. We will
open the 2nd and 3rd chapters on IISEE HP.

Study tour to Fukushima

By Dr. Tatsuhiko Hara, Chief Research Scientist, IISEEContact UsOn April 22nd, the study tourto Fukushima prefecture wasThe IISEE Newsletter isintended to act as a gocarried out. First, thebetween for IISEE and exparticipants of the threeparticipants.
courses (Seismology,We encourage you to
Earthquake Engineering, andcontribute a report and an
Tsunami Disaster Mitigation)
article to this news-letter.
visited the Iwaki 3.11
Please let us know yourMemorial and Revitalisationcurrent activities in yourcountries. We also welcome
Museum in Iwaki city. Iwaki
At the Iwaki 3.11 Memorial andyour co-workers and friends
City was severely damaged into register our mailing list.
Revitalisation Museum
the Great East Japaniiseenews@kenken.go.jp
Earthquake in 2011.
After the lecture by thestoryteller, the participants
observed panel exhibits on
the damages by theearthquake and tsunami,
To change registeredevacuation due to accident at
e-mail address
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear
Please contact us when you
Power Station, efforts forhave adjusted your e-mailrestoration andaddress to receive
reconstruction, etc.
IISEEnewsletter:iiseenews@kenken.go.jp
Next, the participants visited
At the Great East Japan Earthquake
the Great East Japanand Nuclear Disaster Memorial
Earthquake and Nuclear
MuseumDisaster Memorial Museum.
They observed exhibits in the museum on the accident at Fukushima
Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, the responses to the accident, theBack Numbers
following impacts, efforts for reconstruction in Fukushima, etc., with
http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/nld explanations by the museum staff member. The participants studyingb/in their respective countries viewed a part of this study tour with thekind permissions of the museums.

Revision of free software for the microtremor
array exploration
By Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Senior Fellow, IISEEThe revised versions of the software for the microtremor array
exploration were released on IISEE-NET HP.
SPAC2021:
http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/net/?mod=spac
CCA2021:http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/net/?mod=cca
Please take a look to the above mentioned URL、if interested.
The change from 2020's version is minor, but it became a little moreconvenient.