IISEE Newsletter
October 28 2014
Number 114

In This Issue• IISEE Welcomes 23
Participants from 12Countries• GRIPS Entrance
Guidance andOrientation• Visit to Edo-Tokyo
Museum and Honjo
Life Safety LearningCenter• New Free Book forEarthquake
Engineers publishedby UNESCO• New Participants

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IISEE Welcomes 23 Participants from 12 CountriesBy Ms. Yoriko Iiba, Head of IISEE Administration Division

The IISEE opening ceremony of the 2014-2015 training course was held at JICA
Tsukuba from 16:00 to 16:30 on Friday, October 3. They are 7 participants ofSeismology Course, 10 participants of Earthquake Engineering Course and 6
participants of Tsunami Disaster Mitigation Course. For most of them it is thefirst time to come to Japan.
At the ceremony, Mr. Senichi Kimura,Director
GeneralofJICA
Tsukuba
International Center made an openingaddress. Next, Dr. Yuzo Sakamoto, BRI
Chief Executive made a welcome speech.
He told the new participants that the BRI
has been conducting the training program
over 50 years and he still felt sympathy
with the people suffered from earthquakes
and tsunamis. He hoped that they would
Dr. Sakamoto, CE of BRI
learn how people in the devastated areas
lives as well as natural disasters themselves. And, Dr. Shoichi Ando, Professorof National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) delivered acongratulatory address. In the middle of the ceremony, each participant madeself-introduction. Lastly, as the representative of the participants, Mr. Emilio
Adan Talavera Martinez from Nicaragua gave an address in reply.
Thankstothecooperation by theirrespective
governments
concerned and JICA
offices, 29 candidates
from12
countries
applied for the IISEE
training program thisyear.
Finally
23
participants from 12
countries have comeover to Japan.

New Participants and BRI and JICA Staff
Including the new oneyear course participants, the number of the participants is 1,121 from 81
countries. Counting this course, the participants of IISEE training program are1,676 from 99 countries altogether. We are now looking forward to seeing aparticipant from a country of the entry number 100.

Earthquakes
The 2011 off the Pacificcoast of Tohoku
Earthquake
Reports of Recent
Earthquakes
Utsu Catalog
Earthquake Catalog

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.
Your original papers
will be reviewed by theeditorial members andsome experts.
NO submission fee isneed.
Try to challenge!!

GRIPS Entrance Guidance and Orientation

By Ms. Yoriko Iiba, Head of IISEE Administration Division

The IISEE one-year training program is carriedout in collaboration with the National Graduate
Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS). While aparticipant enters the IISEE regular training
course, he/she is enrolled at the GRIPS’
master’s
degreeprograminDisaster
Management Policy.
A participant who has successfully achieved therequired credits in IISEE for one year andAt the GRIPS Hall
submitted a master’s thesis will be awarded amaster degree named Master of Disaster Management by GRIPSIISEE/BRI.

andOn Thursday October 2, the Entrance Guidance andOrientation was held in the GRIPS Soukairou Hall.
New 23 participants joined it. At the beginning,
Prof. Takashi Shiraishi, GRIPS President made aspeech of welcome.
After the entrance ceremony at the hall, Prof.
Shoichi Ando, Program Director of Disaster
Management Policy and Prof. Hitoshi Ieda gave theProgram Guidance
program guidance. Prof. Ando showed the general
information and Prof. Ieda made supplementary instructions of the intensive
lectures in GRIPS for two weeks from January to February. They plan to have astudy tour to Tokyo Metropolitan District and a group presentation anddiscussion program. Prof. Ieda brilliantly explained the content and made theparticipants of IISEE and ICHARM (International Centre for Water Hazard andRisk Management, Public Works Research Institute) into 3 groups. Those are“Disasters in Urban Areas,” “Disasters in Coastal Areas” and “Disasters inInland Rural Areas.”
Basically their lectures are carried out in Tsukuba. Through this new challenge
by the professors, we hope the participants have excellent experiences inGRIPS, Tokyo in two weeks.

Visit to Edo-Tokyo Museum and Honjo Life Safety
Learning Center, Octber 10, 2014
By Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Director of IISEE

Enjoy, Now

It was the first chance for the Seismology course and Earthquake Engineeringcourse participants to go to Tokyo Metropolis after they have come to Tsukuba.
In the morning at Edo-Tokyo Museum, they learned the geological history ofTokyo Low Land, namely, the formation of thicksoft soils in the eastern part of the metropolis
and also the damage due to the 1923 Kanto
Earthquake.
In the afternoon at Honjo Life Safety Learning
Center, they got experiences of “Evacuationfrom smoke and fire,” “Heavy storm and rain,”“Devastating Ground Shaking on Simulator”
and “Firefighting with fire extinguishers,”

Rainstorm Simulation

namely, they have gotten smoked, wet, shaken and finally have shout “Kajida!!!” I hope that they also had fun by the scenery of Tokyo Downtown on theway.

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and ex-participants.
We encourage you tocontribute a report andan article to this newsletter. Please let us
know your current
activities in yourcountries.
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New Free Book for Earthquake Engineers
published by UNESCO"New guidelines to improve the safety of informal buildings" by Prof. Anand S.
Arya (India), Prof. Teddy Boen (Indonesia) and Prof. Yuji Ishiyama (Japan) has
been published by UNESCO.
- See more at:
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/about-us/singleview/news/new_guidelines_to_improve_the_safety_of_informal_buildings/#.VA
T9a6OHh0o- Download (GRATIS!) at:
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002290/229059E.pdf

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Back Numbers
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nldb/Prof. Anand S. Arya, Prof. Emeritus of Earthquake Engineering in IIT Roorkee,
India, and the Chairman, Bureau of Indian Standards Committee on Earthquake
Engineering Codes, the Government of India, and has given lectures in IISEE asan UNESCO expert (1988-1993). Prof. Teddy Boen is a senior adviser for theWorld Seismic Safety Initiative and a former director of the International
Association for Earthquake Engineering who has participated in Earthquake
Engineering Course (1962-1963).
Prof. Yuji Ishiyama, Prof. Emeritus ofHokkaido Univ., Japan, has been Head of Earthquake Engineering, IISEE andfor many years giving lectures in Earthquake Engineering Course.

＊＊＊ New Participants 2014-15 ＊＊＊No.
CountrySeismology Course (7)NameAffiliation

Mr. Moad CHIKH

Researcher,
Seismic Hazard Division, National Center of Applied Research in EarthquakeEngineering

Mongolia Mr. Ganzorig DAVAASUREN

Researcher,
Department of Seismology,
Research Center of Astronomy and Geophysics of Mongolian Academy ofSciences

3Mongolia

Researcher,
Department of Seismology,
Research Center of Astronomy and Geophysics of Mongolian Academy ofSciences

4Mongolia Mr. Baasanbat TSAGAAN

Researcher,
Department of Seismology,
Research Center of Astronomy and Geophysics of Mongolian Academy ofSciences

5Myanmar Mr. Kyaw Kyaw LIN

Assistant Director,
National Earthquake Data Center, Seismological Division,
Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Ministry of Transport

1267Algeria

PeruMs. Baigalimaa GANBAT

Nadia Eda MACAVILCA
Ms.
ROJAS

Philippines Mr. Johnlery Pino DEXIMO

Research Assistant,
Planning and Disaster Mitigation Department,
Japan-Peru Center for Earthquake Engineering Research and DisasterMitigation
Science Research Assistant ,Seismological Observation and Earthquake Predictoin Division,
Department of Science and Technology, Philippine Institute of Volcanolgy andSeismology

Earthquake Engineering Course (10)1Bangladesh Mr. Md Shafiul ISLAMAssistant Engineer
Design Circle - 1,
Public Works Department

2

Bangladesh Mr. Md Jahidul Islam KHAN

Assistant Engineer,
Design Division - II,
Public Works Department

3

El Salvador Mr.

Gino Francisco CABALLEROMORALES

Project Manager,
Techiniacal Management,
Construction Service and Consultant

4

El Salvador Mr.

Nelson Alejandro
QUINTANILLA PINTO

Technician,Research and Development Direction,
Ministry of Public Works, Transport, Housing and Urban Development

5

Nepal

Civil Engineer,
Mr. Harish Chandra LAMICHHANE Urban Development Division,
Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City Office

6NepalMr. Nagendra Ray YADAV

7

Nicaragua Mr.

Peru8DULANTO GUTIERREZ
Pedro ManuelMary Criss SUAREZ
Ms.
ANTUNEZ

9Philippines Ms.

10Thailand

Kathrine Anne Malabuyoc
CAILING

Mr. Suppachai SINTHAWORN

Engineer, Gaur Rautahat Municipality OfficeTeacher,
Department of Construction, Faculty of Construction Technology,
National Engineering University
Research Assistant,
Structural Engineering Laboratory,
Japan-Peru Center for Earthquake Engineering Research and Disaster
Mitigation
Engineer Ⅱ,
Building Division, Bureau of Design,
Department of Public Works and Highways
Assistant Professor,
Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering,
Srinakharinwirot University

Tsunami Disaster Mitigation Course (6)Oceanographer Researcher 2,Marine Science Department,
Institute of Oceanography, Navy, Ecuador

1Ecuador

Ms. Patricia ARREAGA VARGAS

2EcuadorMs.

3Indonesia Mr. Fauzi

Staff,
Geophysic Division,Meteorological Climatological and Geophysical Agency

4Indonesia Mr. Urip Setiyono

Staff,
Center for Earthquake and Tsunami,
Meteorological Climatological and Geophysical Agency

5

Nicaragua Mr.

6

Karl Vincent Colobong
Philippines Mr.
SORIANO

Analyst Ⅲ-GIS Tecnician,Total 23 participants

Teresa Jacqueline VERA SAN
Situaton Room,MARTIN
Risk Management Office

Emilio Adan TALAVERAMARTINEZ

Director of Seismology,
General Direction of Geophysics,
Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies
Science Research Assistant,
Seismological Observation and Earthquake Predictoin Division,
Department of Science and Technology, Philippine Institute of Volcanolgy andSeismology