IISEE NewsletterDec 28 2018
Number 164

In This Issue• Reports on Tohokuand Niigata StudyTrip• Professional lectures
on disastermanagement policy• Snapshot of Tohoku
Study Trip
(Seismology Courseand EarthquakeEngineering Course)

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Reports on Tohoku and Niigata Study Trip

By Mr. Dhira PHADERA (Nepal, Earthquake Engineering Course)
The five days’ study trip to Miyagi andNiigata Prefectures is full of unique,unforgettable experiences. Miyagi was hit
by tragic event of the 2011 Great East
Japan Earthquake/Tsunamis and Niigata by
the 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake. Now both
places have almost revived fromAftermath.

We saw the recovery and rehabilitation
program conducted by local communities,
interesting groups in Ishinomaki City and
Yamakoshi District. The effort of every
individual is an essence to revitalize theircommunity after such disasters. We sawlots of preserved memorial things from catastrophe. It fosters a cultureof disaster-resiliency in societies even an incoming generation.

All the speakers in the tours who explain us are most hospitable, warm
and welcoming and most of them were the survivor from the disaster.
They explained disaster they faced, their immediate response, their stay
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and their effort in therecovery andBulletin Databasereconstruction as if ina real scenario. We
became nostalgic,
and they were amongsome of the mostEarthquakes
generous andinspirational people I
The 2011 off the Pacific
may ever meet.
coast of Tohoku
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We will try to convey
the lessons from thisReports of Recent
tour to our countries
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Ishinomaki
to build a disaster
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resilient society.
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By Mr. Robert Jay Nimer PANALIGAN (Philippines, Earthquake
Engineering Course)

Call for Papers
IISEE Bulletin is now
accepting submissionsof papers for the seismol og y, ea rt h qu ake
engineering, andtsunami. Developing
countries are targeted,but are n ot limited.

The JICA and BRI-IISEE organized a 5day Study Trip last November 5-9, 2018,
for the participants of the Seismology andEarthquake Engineering course to visit twoprefectures, the Miyagi and Niigata whosuffered two catastrophic disasters,
tsunami and an earthquake. In the first
three days of the trip, the group visited thecities of Ishinomaki, Sendai, and Arahama
in Miyagi Prefecture who suffered thetsunami caused by 2011 off the Pacificcoast of Tohoku Earthquake (Great EastJapan Earthquake). On the last two days,
the group visited Nagaoka City andYamakoshi District in Niigata Prefecture who both suffered 2004 Niigata
Prefecture Chuetsu Earthquake.

In this study trip, we learned that the importance of family bonding
and helping each other in a community is one of the keys to survive
such disasters, just like what the people of Yamakoshi did. After theearthquake struck the town, the area became isolated in many days
because of the landslide caused by the earthquake. Moreover, we
NO submission fee is acknowledged the importance of preserving the remains of the structureneed.
like the Arahama Elementary School and the two houses in Kogomo
Community that served as a memorial museum and a community center
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that will inform and educate the future generations.
Your original papers
will be reviewed by theeditorial members andsome experts.

For these, I would like to thank JICA and BRI-IISEE staff membersfor organizing this 5-day study trip and for giving us the opportunity tolearn more and explore Japan.

Matsushima
Enjoy, Now

Professional lectures on disaster management
policyBy Mr. Yoshihiro Iitake, Head of Administration Division, IISEEAs One-Year Training Course held at the International Institute ofSeismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE) is cooperating with theNational Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), it is possible toobtain a master’s degree.
Training participants who are aiming to acquire the master’s degree ofdisaster management policy of GRIPS moved from Tsukuba to Tokyoand took professional lectures on disaster management policy fromNovember 16th to 30th.
In addition to lectures by GRIPS professors, they attended to an
International Symposium on Water and Disasters, made inspection toursof disaster prevention efforts of Roppongi Hills, the construction site of
new Shinagawa station (tentative name) and Higashi Ikebukuro districtin Toshima Ward. They also made presentations and discussions about
disaster management policy by being divided into each group. In groupresearch, a group which made a presentation about the 2011
Christchurch earthquake was an award. In inspection presentation, agroup which made a presentation about Shinagawa disaster prevention
experience building (experience and observation of fire and disasterprevention) and Tokyo
tower was an award.
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We hope allparticipants enjoy thiscold winter withjoining Year-end party
held by IISEE andcoming into contact
with Japanese New
Year custom.

An inspection tour of the construction site of
new Shinagawa station (tentative name)Snapshot of Tohoku and Niigata Study Trip
(Seismology Course and Earthquake EngineeringCourse)

International Research Institute ofDisaster Science (Lecture by Prof.
Motosaka)

City tour of disaster reduction in Ishinonaki

Sendai MediathequeSendai 3/11 Memorial Community Center

former Arahama Elementary School(Tsunami Damaged Area)

Aore Nagaoka

Yamakoshi Branch Office

Nagaoka Earthquake Disaster Archive Center