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President Arthur and President Ohno stated their commitment to continuing research exchange, following the agreement of the previous five years.

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Workshops for five key themes were held on the 11th and 12th October as part of the event that saw 50 delegates come to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø from Tohoku University. The five themes were disaster science, data science, neuroscience, higher education and material science and spintronics.

The disaster science delegation (From left to right) Prof. Shinichi Kuriyama, Dr Katerina Stavrianaki, Dr Ilan Kelman, Ms Anna Shinka, Prof Tiziana Rossetto, Dr Joanna Faure Walker, Dr David Robinson, Assist. Prof. Shuji Seto, Prof Maureen Fordham, Ms Miwako Kitamura, Prof David Alexander, Assoc. Prof.ÌýAnawatÌýSuppasri

The disaster science delegation comprised representatives from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø IRDR, Tohoku University IRIDes (International Research Institute for Disaster Science), and Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø EPICentre. The workshop has helped form new collaboration opportunities building on the existing relationship between these research institutions. Our collaboration cincludes joint publications in earthquake stress transfer (e.g.Ìý), disaster fatalities (), andÌýtemporary housing (e.g.Ìý). We look forward to the next five years of working with all our colleagues at IRIDeS to enhance the field of disaster science.

The disaster science workshop included the following talks, which prompted discussions of further questions we would like to research together:

• Assist. Prof. Shuji Seto (IRIDeS)

  • New Research Project on the Fatality Process in the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake for Survival Study from Tsunami Disaster

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  • Disaster, Health, and Islands

• Prof. Shinichi KuriyamaÌý(IRIDeS)

  • Challenge of Public Health to Disaster - Using Public Health Approach and Artificial Intelligence Techniques

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  • Gender and Disasters

• Ms Miwako KitamuraÌý(IRIDeS)

  • Gender problems as seen from the oral history of the bereaved families of the deceased Tsunami in Otsuchi Town, during the Great East Japan Earthquake

• Ms Anna ShinkaÌý(IRIDeS)

  • A questionnaire study on disaster folklore and evacuation behavior for human casualty reduction - Case of Kesennnuma City, Miyagi Prefecture.

• Prof Tiziana RossettoÌý(Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø EPICentre)

  • Building response under sequential earthquakes and tsunami

• Assoc. Prof.ÌýAnawatÌýSuppasriÌý(IRIDeS)

  • Building damage assessment considering lateral resistance and loss estimation using an economic model "Input-Output table"

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  • A framework for Cascading Disasters

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  • Disaster Warning, Evacuation and Shelter

NHK, the largest broadcaster in Japan, reported the workshop with a focus on Miwako Kitamura and the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Gender and Disaster Centre:ÌýÌý

By Dr Joanna P Faure Walker

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