IDIReS hosted AIWEST Japan and Indonesia share many features: geography, topography, and frequent natural disasters. Furthermore, both Tohoku, Japan and Aceh, Indonesia have been affected by a mega quake and tsunami. With a mission to pass on disaster lessons, IRIDeS is carrying out academic exchanges with various institutions around the world, including those in Aceh. IRIDeS has academic exchange agreements with the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and the Tsunami Disaster ...

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The first World Bosai Forum (WBF) was held in 2017. WBF is an international platform where diverse specialists and citizens gather to share experiences and knowledge of DRR. WBF aims at advancing the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, producing concrete solutions for disaster risk reduction in the world.   “World Bosai Forum 2019,” the second WBF, was held at the Sendai International Center and Tohoku University Hagi Hall from November 9 to 12...

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At the ceremony In November 2019, IRIDeS launched the new Earthquake Disaster Prevention for Urban Areas (OYO Corporation) Endowed Research Division. This new division is headed by Prof. Shinji Toda (concurrently working at the Disaster Science Division) and includes Research Associates Yoko Yoshimi and Kimie Norimatsu. The new Division aims at studying major inland earthquakes in urban areas and proposing realistic disaster risk reduction measures.&...

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Disaster Medical Science DivisionProfessor Eiichi N. KodamaInfectious diseases as a disaster Most people probably think of earthquakes and tsunamis when they hear the word “disaster.” However, “infectious diseases” wherein viruses and germs that enter the human body multiply and cause sickness can also be viewed as a disaster. For example, some infectious diseases are highly lethal, such as the Ebola virus disease that caused enormous damage in Africa and other places, and some types o...

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Natural disaster has many aspects to consider, and it is important that researchers from various specialized fields cooperate to conduct disaster studies. As the prerequisites and techniques vary on the basis of the field of specialization, however, it is not easy to conduct interdisciplinary research, particularly in the case of research that integrates both humanities and sciences.   Since 2017, IRIDeS Assoc. Prof. Yuichi Ebina who is specialized in modern history ...

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