IISEE Newsletter
Febrary 26 2016
Number 130

In This Issue
 Study Trip toHiroshima, Kobe andKyoto (Feb 3-6,2016)–GlobalSeismologicalObservation Course
 IISEE International
Friendship Party The Association ofSiamese Architects
under Royal
Patronage (ASA)
from Thailand visitedJapan Lecture in JICA
training course for
the Central Asia andCaucasus Region
 Tenth PacificConference on
Earthquake
Engineering (PCEE)in Australia
 Letters from ex
participants.

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Study Trip to Hiroshima, Kobe & Kyoto (Feb 3-6,2016)- Global Seismological Observation Course (1) Ms. Lin TANG (China)

On a sunny afternoon, with embarked on
Shinkansen train, we began a four-day excursion.

aThe first place we visited is Hiroshima - a weatherbeaten city. After nearly 70 years of development,
damages from a nuclear explosion in Hiroshima haveregained vitality, vehicles and the crowd coming andgoing, we can't find anything past bleak. However,that the ruins in the A-Bomb Dome, that imperishable
torch, terrible photos and dilapidated relics in theHiroshima Peace Museum all speak to us whichhappened 70 years ago. A huge fireball dropped from the clouds, people whostayed in an area within one kilometer of the fireball instantly lost their lives.
Those who were a little away from the drop site watched their skin peeled off inhorror and felt quite helpless, pitifully groaned. It was completely devastatedeverywhere in Hiroshima turning into a hell on earth instantly. Every part of thehorrifying scenes seems to shout to us “Stop the nuclear war now! Humans
need peace!”.
What happened in Hiroshima was a man-made disaster, and then Kobe is astronghold of the natural disaster. During the major earthquake in 1995,
thousands of peoples displaced, shaking houses and screaming crowd were allover the places, fires and frequent aftershocks have intensified people’s fare.
Then, the tsunami attacked in 2011; the huge roaring waves rushed at theJapanese island, flooded farmland, destroyed homes, took away people's
lives ...
Facedwithall
thisdisaster, as the workers ofearth science, what is it weneed to do? Yes, we needto put all our energy into
practicing CTBTO treaty.
We also need to put all ourenthusiasm to strengthen
the earthquake disaster
reduction. For the peace of
the world, for the people
living and working aroundthe world, we need tocontribute our efforts.

In front of Atomic bomb Dome(2) Mr. Thakur Prasad KANDEL (Nepal)

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I got a memorable opportunity to observe the consequence of one of thehistorical atrocities in Hiroshima, the effect of the Great Hanshin-Awaji
Earthquake and sightseeing of Itsukushima Shrine, Kiyomizu and Golden
Pavilion Temple of Kyoto city, as a participant in Global
Seismological Observation 2015 program. I had always
thought that Hiroshima is quite different from otherJapanese cities. I was surprised to looking thedeveloped Hiroshima with green environment.
Anybody who visits the Atomic Bomb Dome andobserves the documentary of Peace Memorial Museum,victims’ mementos, photos and materials like melted
glass, charred clothing and people's shadows
imprinted into concrete, can feel and conclude that weshould destroy all nuclear weapons from the universe.
Anybody or country has an ego, but killing and destroying is not the solution for
the future generation.
Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake was the latest highly devastating, but looking thepresent situation of Kobe area, it is not easy to believe that devastating event
had occurred two decades before. Nojima Fault Preservation Museum in Awaji,
as well as DRI, imparts the status of destruction by the earthquake andTsunami through audio and visual, graphics and models, and physical artifacts.
Despite the sadness of the event, the museum serves to tell a positive story:
preparedness and togetherness help to save lives.

Call for Papers
IISEE Bulletin is now
accepting submissionsof papers for the seismology, earthqu ake
engineering, andtsunami. Developing
countries are targeted,but are not limited.
Your original papers
will be reviewed by theeditorial members andsome experts.
NO submission fee isneed.
Try to challenge!!

Nojima Fault Preservation Museum

At Miyajima

IISEE International Friendship Party
By Mr. Takashi Yamashita, Head of IISEE Administration Division
We had an international friendship party with the participants of the Global
seismological observation course, theSeismology course, The Earthquake
engineering course, the Tsunami
disaster mitigation course and IISEE
staff members at cafeteria on Feb 16th.
Dr. Sakamoto, The president of BRIand Dr. Nishiyama, the vice president
also joined us.
Although it was a short and small lunch
party, we were able to deepen ourfriendship in a relaxed environment.

The Association of Siamese Architects under Royal
Patronage (ASA) from Thailand visited Japan
By Mr. Takashi Yamashita, Head of IISEE Administration Division

Enjoy, Now

The Experts of The Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage(ASA) from Thailand visited Japan on 8th of Feb.
BRI was requested to give expert lectures from The Japan Institute ofArchitects (JIA) who has a close relationship with ASA.
Mr. Hiroto Kato and Dr. Yushiro Fujii delivered expert lectures.
The president of ASA sent letters of thanks to them.
The lecture details are as follows,
1. Mr. Hiroto Kato, Senior Research Engineer
Earthquake Damage of Buildings, Quake-resistant Engineering and Seismic
Design Code of Buildings in Japan
2. Dr. Yushiro Fujii, Senior Research Scientist
Earthquakes and Tsunamis - Case studies in Thailand and Japan

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Mr. Hiroto Kato (right side)

Dr. Yushiro Fujii (right side)

Lecture in JICA training course for the CentralAsia and Caucasus Region
By Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Director of IISEE
Feb. 3 in the morning Dr. T. Yokoi have collaborated for the training course"Earthquake Disaster Mitigation and Seismic Design" held by JICA and theBuilding Center of Japan. This training course is specially prepared for the four
countries in the Central Asia and Caucasus Region: Armenia, Azerbaijan,

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz. He gave a two hours lecture about the engineering
seimology based on the newest knowledge of observed strong ground motion
and seismology with full translation to Russian.

Tenth Pacific Conference on EarthquakeEngineering (PCEE) in Australia
By Dr. Toshihide Kashima, Senior Research Engineer, IISEETenth Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering (PCEE) was held in
Sydney, Australia from 6-8 November 2015. Dr. Nakagawa, a senior researchengineer of the structural engineering group and Dr. Kashima of IISEE
participated the conference and presented research results. The conference isheld every four years and treats wide topic in earthquake engineering. There
were more than 200 presentations by participants from 28 countries. Total
number of participants in the conference is estimated to be 300 to 400. Manystudies related to the 2010 Chile, the 2011 New Zealand and the 2011 Tohoku
Earthquakes were presented. Although we were not able to meet graduatesfrom IISEE in the conference, were able to spend significant time.

At the conference

Giving a presentation

Letters from ex-participants

Alkut Aytun (Turkey, 1965-66 Earthquake Engineering course)
Katibe Tutuncuoglu Aytun (Turkey,1972-73 Advanced course in Seismology)
We had a greeting from a couple who are both ex participants of IISEE.
Thank you for your letter, Alkut san and Katibe san.

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Krishna Gopal Bhatia (India, 1969-70 Advanced course in EarthquakeEngineering)
We had a mail from an ex participant who carry onenergetic activity.
He have authored a book “Foundations for IndustrialMachines”.
Also he conducts International Training Programs on
Machine Foundation in every year in India.
More information is in Meeting Calendar of IISEE
home page.
Thank you for your letter, Krishna san.

Krishna GopalBhatia From India