Assist. Professor Daisuke Sasaki Disaster Information Management and Public Collaboration Division   ▷Introduction 　It has been 75 years since the birth of the United Nations (UN) and their aim at promoting world peace and cooperation. The UN convenes its annual General Assembly at its headquarters in New York. In addition, it holds separate meetings as needed in order to resolve specific global issues. The UN reconciles the interests of each country at these ...

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Head, Public Relations Office Kiyoshi Ito Deputy Director and Professor of IRIDeS At last, the Olympic year 2020 has arrived. Japan will once again be filled with voices cheering and shouting “Ganbare, do your best!” in continuance of the emotional wave of last year’s Rugby World Cup held in Japan.    Frankly, I am not much of a fan of that expression. Long ago, I was preparing for university entrance exams for another year after gra...

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Introduction In January 2019, a project was launched at IRIDeS, tiled “Development of a supporting package for effective countermeasure planning against the rinji jōhō (special information)1) on the Nankai Trough earthquake.” The aim of this project is to contribute to the disaster risk reduction of the society by helping key players such as municipalities and enterprises so that society as a whole can act wisely. Supported by Secom Science and Technology Foundation, an interdisciplinary group...

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A meeting with pilot countries, UNDP, Fujitsu, and other corporate partners regarding disaster statistics (November 2019, IRIDeS)Introduction In March 2015, the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was held in Sendai, wherein the “Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030” (hereinafter SFDRR), global disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy was adopted. The SFDRR established seven global targets as its core aims, including “Substantially reduce global disaster ...

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Fumihiko Imamura, DirectorInternational Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) Tohoku University IRIDeS was established after the Great East Japan Earthquake with the aim of advancing disaster science and constructing practical research for disaster risk reduction. It has been eight years since IRIDeS was launched, and during this time, researchers from various fields have analyzed problems from disaster sites using techniques from their respective fields of expertise. We are...

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