No. 1
Sunday, August 21, 2016.

IESO2016 begins
The first day of the IESO2016 has finally arrived.
The opening ceremony will be held at Mie
University, in the Tsu city, the capital of Mie
Prefecture. The 26 teams attending thecompetition this year are from Australia, Austria,
Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, Chinese Taipei,Czechia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy
Kazakhstan, Malawi, Norway, People's Republicof China, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Romania,Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Ukraine, USAand Japan. For People's Republic of China, this isthe first time to participate. Argentina is also
attending the IESO2016 as an observer.

Photo; Sign at the entrance
and teams at the Centrair
AirportBe a friend of me athttps://www.facebook.com/ieso2016MieToday's ScheduleScStudents

Mentor and Observers

06:30 - 08:00 Breakfast
08:10
Departure to Mie University
09:30 - 10:00 Disaster Prevention Program [Formal]
10:00 - 11:00 Opening Ceremony
11:00 - 11:45 Welcome Event
11:45 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00
Departure [T-shirt]
14:15 - 17:00 Cultural Trip to Iga Ueno
17:00
Departure to the Accommodation
18:30 - 20:00 Dinner (rotation)
20:00 - 21:00 Meeting (Team Introduction)

07:00 - 08:00 Breakfast (Room Ise)
08:00
Departure to Mie University
09:30 - 10:00 Disaster Prevention Program [Formal]
10:00 - 11:00 Opening Ceremony
11:00 - 11:45 Welcome Event
Return to the Hotel
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch (Room Ise)
14:00 - 15:00 Jury Meeting 1 (Room Aoi)
15:00 - 18:00 Review of written test (Room Aoi)
18:00 - 20:00 Dinner (Room Ise)
19:00 - 21:00 Translation of Written Tests

Weather Forecast
Today (21)

Monday (22)max 32 ºC (Tsu)max 35 ºC (Iga Ueno)
chance of rain 50%
after early evning
partly sunny to rain

rain to cloudy

min 27 ºC (Tsu)max 34 ºC (Tsu)chance of rain 50%
in morning

Tuesday (23)min 26 ºC
max 29 ºC (Tsu)chance of rain 90%
rainWelcome to the IESO2016 in Mie
Hello! My name is Ken-ichiro Hisada, the chairman of the Japan Earth
Science Olympiad (JESO) Committee. JESO had once planned to host the2012 International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO) in Tsukuba, Japan.
However, due to the aftermath of the tragic Tohoku earthquake on March
11th, 2011, we had to cancel unfortunately the plan. Today, with thesupport of many people including the international community, we canfinally host the IESO here, in Japan. When I think of the long way to here,in Mie, after 2011, I am overcome by deep emotion. Mie, the venue of theIESO, is well known for its UNESCO World Heritage sites and blessed by
an abundant nature and rich culture. I hope you will have a great
experience here in Mie.

Professor K. Hisada

Ninja
A Ninja was an agent who engaged in covert
activities such as espionage, guerilla attacks andassassination in ancient Japan. Origin and history ofNinja are not known very well, however the Iga Ueno
village you will visit today is considered thebirthplace of the Ninja, where the art of the Ninja(Ninjutsu) had been secretly developed. For theirsecret art, people have seen Ninja as mysterious
warriors and a lot of fiction stories have been createdover time.

Typical style of Ninja in fiction stories

LH

Today's QuizLL

Three typhoons are approaching now the JapaneseIslands (Typhoons are shown as T9 to T11 in themap). Guess the position that each typhoon will
have tomorrow morning (08:00 JST August 22).
Upload your plot on the FB page of “Chikyu Ninjya- ieso2016” today. Well supported forecasts will beappreciated; however, this quiz is not related to themedal competition.

HT11

T10
L

T93 AM, August 21, 2016 (JST)L
Weather map on the web page of Japan Meteorological Agency

Editor;Publisher

Kazutaka Mannen, Kentaro Tada andBogdan D. Enescu
Japan Earth Science Olympiad Committee
http://ieso2016.jp/