IISEE NewsletterDec 27 2019
Number 176

In This Issue• Professional lectures
on disastermanagement policy• Reports on Tohoku
and Niigata Study
trip• Attendance at SEE8
in Tehran and visit toNational ResearchInstitute of Armenia• A paper by Chief
Research Scientist
Dr. Bunichiro
Shibazaki, publishedin the Journal ofGeophysicalResearch: Solid
Earth on 21
November 2019.
• Snapshot of Tohoku
and Niigata study
trip

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Professional lectures on disaster management
policyBy Mr. Takahiro Yamada, Head of Administration Division, IISEEAs One-Year Training Course held at
the International Institute ofSeismology and Earthquake
Engineering (IISEE) is cooperatingwith the National Graduate Institutefor Policy Studies (GRIPS), it ispossible to obtain a master’s degree.
Training participants who are aiming
to acquire a master’s degree indisaster management policy of GRIPS
moved from Tsukuba to Tokyo andtook professional lectures on disastermanagement policy from November
25th to December 6th.

Lecture at GRIPS

In addition to lectures by GRIPS
professors, they made inspection
tours of Roppongi Hills, theconstruction site of the concentrated
urban area in Nakano Yayoi town, andShibuya station, where continues
development one after another. They
Inspection of underground storage
also made presentations andtanks to prevent flood damagearound the east exit of Shibuya
discussions about disaster
Stationmanagement policy by being divided
into each group. In group research, a group that made a presentation about
the 2018 Kerala Floods in India was an award. In inspection presentation, agroup that made a presentation about Climate change biz 2019 took placein the Tokyo Rinkai Disaster prevention park, and Tokyo Big site was anaward.
In Japan, a cold day will continue, but the daytime, from sunrise to sunset,
will be getting longer.
We hope all participants enjoy this cold winter with joining the Year-end
party held by IISEE and coming into contact with Japanese New Yearcustom.

Report on Tohoku and Niigata Study Trip

By Mr. OCTANTYO Ardian Yudhi from Indonesia, Seismology
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On November 11th to 15th, 2019, participants of “2019/2020 JICA
Seismology, Earthquake Engineering, and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation
Course” went on a study trip to visit the affected area of 2011 Great East
Japan Earthquake in Tohoku region and 2004 Niigata Ken Chuetsu
Earthquake in Niigata Prefecture.
Having lectures outside the class during a vacation
trip was an exciting experience. Learning about thedevastating effects of the earthquake fromdifferent perspectives between coastal andmountainous regions has widened our point ofview. Countermeasures action, as well as recovery
and reconstruction approachment due to thesedifferent types of damage, were other importantnotes for us.
The dedication of Japanese people was impressive
where the government, private sector, community,
and another society aspect like NGO could
integratedly working together hand in hand to
recover from significant disasters. I believe that it is not easy to recover fromsuch tragedies. Still, through the time of difficulties and sacrifices, Japan
successfully heals and builds better preparedness towards disasters that may
reoccur in the future.
This trip also gives us inspiration concerning the importance of educating thepublic, especially the younger generation, about earthquake hazards asstraightforward and attractive as possible so that it can be easily understood
without ignoring
the substances ofearthquake
hazards
andcausing excessivedreadin
themiddleofthecommunity.

Earthquakes
The 2011 off the Pacificcoast of Tohoku
Earthquake
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SendaiBy Mr. DALAIJARGAL Lkhagvadorj from Mongolia, Seismology
Course11-15 November 2019, All of the course participants visited Miyagi andNiigata prefecture to observe the consequences of the tsunami andearthquake. The Tohoku region suffered from devastating damages during,
and after the event, which was a gigantic
earthquake in Japanese history, on March 11,
2011. In Ishinomaki city and Arahama village
area, the process of the reconstruction alreadybeen in full swing, even though it hasn’t been fora long time since the event.
During this study trip, the lecturers we met werevictims survivors of such a destructive event.
They share their valuable experiences fromdisaster with the next generations, contribute
their effort to the society with their community
center as well. I am so delighted that we took
worthful lessons from them.
Moreover, we saw plenty of newly built
evacuation centers equipped with advanced technologies in tsunamiaffected areas. As well as, at Tohoku University, experiencing virtual earth
was the most exciting, and we traveled across the simulated earth andwent beneath the own countries. It was so impressed that we could see thesubduction zones, hypocenters, active faults, and hot spots. In this trip, I
acquired such useful approaches that can be implemented in my country toeducate our further generation.

By Mr. DELGADO RODRIGUEZ Carlos Hugo from Mexico,
Earthquake Engineering Course

Enjoy Now

This study trip is carried out in the prefectures ofMiyagi and Niigata, Miyagi with damage fromtsunamis and Niigata from earthquakes. Miyagi
prefecture is located in the central part of Tohoku,
facing the Pacific Ocean, and contains Sendai, thelargest city of Tohoku.
The earthquake of March 11, 2011, of magnitude
9.0, It’s sometimes called by different names likethe 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, the Great Sendai
Earthquake, the Great Tōhoku Earthquake, andthe 3.11 earthquake.Most of the damages inMiyagi was by the tsunami, despite the antitsunami walls, no one could imagine the amountof water that attacked the coast. In the prefecture of Niigata, on the otherhand, the most considerable damage was caused by the unpredictableearthquake on October 23, 2004.
We visited places like Arahama Elementary School, Ishinomaki, 3.11
Memorial Hall and Yamakoshi District. The people who attended us
explained their experiences kindly. Many of them were present at thecatastrophic events, and there was a word that stood out among them "donot forget".

During thisbeautiful trip, I
go with that
keyword "donot forget"
because you
can be resilientand get backup, but if you
forget thedisasters that
presented toyou, you arecondemned torepeat thepredicaments.
For these, I
Sendai mediathequewould like tothank JICA andBRI-IISEE staff members for organizing this 5-day study trip, and I will notforget it.

By Ms. Nwet Nwet Yi from Myanmar, Earthquake Engineering
CourseWe took a study trip to Miyagi and Niigata
Prefectures from 11th to 15th November in 2019.
This trip was an excellent experience for us. The2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
happened in Miyagi, and the 2004 Chuestu
Earthquake hit Niigata.
Those disasters caused massive damage to thecities and districts. People helped each other, andthey cooperated to repair the things that weredestroyed by disasters. Those actions are thebest ways to survive from catastrophe. The
government organized the agency forreconstruction and relocation. The rehabilitation
was conducted by the local communities and the agency. Now the places
have recovered from disasters. We learned the disaster management
policies and the countermeasures based on the lessons from the disasters.
We saw a lot of memorial things which preserved as a memory of disasters
for future generations. The people who survived the disasters are working
in community centers and museums. They share their knowledge andexperiences to the visitors. Their spirits and actions are full of nobility anddignity. They gave us the valuable messages that what we should prepare
and how we evacuate from disaster.
I wish to show my appreciation to JICA and BRI-IISEE staff for allowing us
to learn about the effects of two great earthquakes.

By Mr. GUTERRES JONES Felix Januario from Temor-Leste,
Tsunami Disaster Mitigation Course

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This is a Brief impression during a five-day visit toTohoku District. It was an extraordinary
experience and an honor for me. I saw with myown eyes the place where the disaster occurred,and I had a chance to talk to the victim andwitnesses of the tragedy in Japanese history. Theearthquake and tsunami that occurred in Tohoku
District on 11th of March 2011, were the mostdevastating disaster in Japanese history. It wipedout the area along the Tohoku coast, andcasualties of this disaster are more than eighteen
thousand victims. The economic losses are also
remarkable. The Japanese will never forget thedisaster, and the next generation will always
remember it. It is a reminder for all of us always to be alert on anemergency, both earthquake and tsunami, that might come at any time. It
is remarkable that only within eight years, the government and thecommunity were able to recover from such a disaster. They worked
together to rebuild the city which was affected by the earthquake andtsunami. Now there are safe area facilities for everyone, such as seawall
construction with a maximum high exceeding the old wall, the higher levelof every road along
the coastline, andsecure evacuationsites. Also, thecommunity willingly
participates intsunami-affecteddevelopment. They
are willing to berelocated to a safer
place provided by thegovernment. Tohoku
earthquake andtsunami arereferences to Japanand lessons for theMatsushimaisland countries which
are facing to the sea
trenches and located in the active volcanic zone. It is a must to prioritize
the safety of the community from any natural disaster.

Attendance at SEE8 in Tehran and visit toNational Research Institute of Armenia

By Dr. Tatsuya Azuhata, Chief Research Engineer, IISEE
Iranian societies relating to seismology and earthquake engineering held
the eighth International Conference of Seismology and Earthquake
Engineering (SEE8) on November 11-13 in Tehran. In 2017, they had a bigearthquake (Mw=7.3) in the western part of Iran. Therefore, lots ofContact Us
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researchers presented theirinvestigation results for this earthquakein addition to ordinal research topics atthe conference.
I attended the special session for "Postdisaster Need Assessment and Early
Recovery Planning" and introduced
Japanese methods for a quick inspection
and a damage classification of damagedbuildings. These technologies are
Presentation at the SEE8
essential to prevent secondary seismic
in Tehrandisasters and to promote the recovery
process after earthquakes. In Iran, also,
they have been carrying out researcheson those, and issued the guideline after
the 2017 Iran earthquake. I could know
their advanced knowledge based on theexperiences of earthquake disasters byattending the conference. I think suchexchanging of knowledge andinformation is significant for each otherto improve our disaster mitigation
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NSSP in Yerevan
After the SEE8, I went to Yerevan, thecapital city of Armenia. I visited theEarthquake Engineering Center of National Survey for Seismic Protection(NSSP) and introduced the training program of the IISEE. Also, I exchanged
recent information on earthquake engineering and discussed it with
Armenian researches of the NSSP. I think that we could build a dense
human network between the NSSP and the IISEE due to this visit.

A paper by Chief Research Scientist Dr. BunichiroShibazaki, published in the Journal ofGeophysical Research: Solid Earth on 21November 2019.
By Dr. Bunichiro Shibazaki, Chief Research Scientist, IISEEBack Numbers
http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/nldb/

Chief Research Scientist Dr. Bunichiro Shibazaki published a paper on slow
slip events in the Hikurangi subduction zone in New Zealand in the Journalof Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, on 21 November 2019. Recently,
various slow earthquakes have been discovered worldwide, including slow
slips and low-frequency earthquakes along subduction zones. This paper
investigated the interaction between slow slip events and large
earthquakes. Please inform Dr. Shibazaki (bshiba@kenken.go.jp) if you areinterested in this work.
Shibazaki, B., Wallace, L. M., Kaneko, Y., Hamling, I., Ito, Y., & Matsuzawa,T. ( 2019). Three‐dimensional modeling of spontaneous and triggeredslow‐slip events at the Hikurangi subduction zone, New Zealand. Journal ofGeophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018190

Snapshot of Tohoku and Niigata Study TripStone monument in Settai Taro,Miyako

Former Tarou Tourist Hotelin Miyako

TV Interview at breakwater inthe mouth of Kamakshi bay

Tsunami Stone in Yoshihama, Ohunato

Vertual earth experience at Tohoku
UniversityIshinomaki

Observation of Tsunami deposit
in Sendai Plain Area

former Arahama Elementary
School(Tsunami Damaged Area)

Matsushima

Ruins of the Great East Japan Earthquake: Sendai Arahama Elementary Schoolhttps://www.city.sendai.jp/kankyo/shisetsu/documents/mitsuori_arahamasyo_2.pdf
Miyagi Reconstruction Agency: http://www.reconstruction.go.jp/english/
Sendai Mediatheque: https://www.smt.jp/en/about/International Research Institute of Disaster Science: http://irides.tohoku.ac.jp/eng/Nagaoka Earthquake Disaster
Archive Center

Yamakoshi Revitalization CenterOrataru

Nagaoka city Crisis Management
andDisaster prevention headquarters

Kogomo Memorial Park

Aore Nagaoka
Nagaoka Earthquake Disaster Archive Center:
http://www.c-marugoto.jp/nagaoka/index.html(Japanese only)
Aore Nagaoka:
https://www.ao-re.jp/ (Japanese only)
Yamakoshi Village:
http://www.yamakoshi.org/ (Japanese only)
Kogomo Memorial Parkhttps://c-marugoto.jp/route/base07.html(Japanese only)