On Aug 26, faculty & students from SRM Institute of Science and Technology Civil Engineering, invited by Tokyo University of Science through #sakurascience, visited #NIED. They learned about NIED’s work and experienced a portable earthquake simulator and heavy rain at our rainfall facility.

Join us at #TsukubaConference2025! #NIED hosts a session on scaling up urban #disasterriskreduction in Asia-Pacific megacities. Experts from 🇯🇵, 🇲🇾, 🇵🇭 & 🇹🇭 share insights from research, policy & business. 📅Oct 2, 10:00–12:00 JST 📍Hybrid 🔗Register free: amarys-jtb.jp/tsukuba-confer…

Aug 18–20: #NIED hosted delegates from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), UiTM Official & NAHRIM 🇲🇾. They joined seminars on geotechnical engineering & #ASEAN-Japan collab, and toured NIED facilities. The visit strengthened mutual understanding & future research ties. For more👉bosai.go.jp/e/news/2025/20…

Join NIED’s hybrid session at #TsukubaConference2025 on Oct 2: Experts from 🇲🇾🇵🇭🇹🇭🇯🇵 share insights on disaster resilience in megacities. 📍 Tsukuba International Congress Center・Online 🎟️ Free For more👇 preventionweb.net/event/tsukuba-…

#NIED President Prof. Takara met with Politecnico di Torino Politecnico di Torino Leadership Italy Expo 2025 Osaka “AIRONE” event—celebrating the launch of the Japan Hub and future joint research. 🇯🇵🤝🇮🇹 #DRR See the article for full details👇 bosai.go.jp/e/news/2025/20…

On October 4, #NIED President Dr. Takara participated in RACC17 (Regional Action on Climate Change), an international symposium held in Kyoto 🇯🇵, discussing how #heatwaves and #heavyrain affect people’s lives and #foodsecurity. #ClimateChange #DRR

On October 5, #NIED President Dr. Takara met with the Philippine DOST Undersecretary DOST Philippines to discuss collaboration in disaster science and #technology. 🇵🇭🤝🇯🇵 #DisasterScience #DRR

On October 6, #NIED President Dr. Takara spoke at a concurrent session of the STS forum (Science and Technology in Society forum) STS forum held in Kyoto 🇯🇵, discussing disaster risk management in the Global South 🌏 #STSforum #DisasterRiskManagement #DRM #GlobalSouth

📢On Oct 2, #NIED hosted a session titled “Scaling Up Urban Disaster Risk Reduction in Emerging Megacities in the Asia-Pacific Region.” Tsukuba Conference 2025. Experts from 🇯🇵, 🇲🇾, 🇵🇭 and 🇹🇭 shared insights from research, policy, & business. Highlights👇 bosai.go.jp/e/news/2025/20…

From Oct 4 to Oct 7, #NIED participated in the STS forum and RACC17 held in Kyoto, 🇯🇵. For highlights, please see: bosai.go.jp/e/news/2025/20…

From 30 Sep to 1 Oct, #NIED conducted a joint survey with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) 🇲🇾 in the #Sanriku Region 🇯🇵 to explore utilization of #Geoparks 🏞️ as regional resources for #DisasterRecovery, revitalizing local economies, and addressing #Depopulation in regional communities of both countries.

/／ 📢The renewed E-Defense website is now live‼️ \＼ Check it out👉e-defense.bosai.go.jp/en/ E-Defense: ✅One of the world’s largest #shakingtable test facility ✅Capable of shaking full-scale structures weighing up to 1,200 tons🏠 ✅Capable of creating 3D seismic motions #DRR

Dr. Sakai and Dr. Matsuura from #NIED gave #DisasterScience lectures at the natl #SearchAndRescue WS hosted by #LQDTU in Hanoi 🇻🇳. They discussed future collaboration with LQDTU’s #GeotechnicalEngineering team✨ Many thanks to LQDTU for the kind invitation‼️ #JapanVietnam #DRR

🔎#NIED has shown research that #liquefaction damage from last year’s #NotoPeninsulaEarthquake is estimated at 19.21 km² across 34 municipalities in Ishikawa, Toyama, Niigata, and Fukui Prefectures 🗾 📰 Read more in the article below 👇 japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/noto-p…

At IASS 2025 in Mexico City 🇲🇽, Dr. Fujiwara & Dr. Nishi of #NIED presented a 2024 E‑Defense shake‑table test on large‑span building structures 🔍 Their study drew strong interest✨ #ShakeTable #IASS2025 For details, please see the article below 👇 e-defense.bosai.go.jp/en/2025/11/24/…

📢 The Science Council of Japan, co-organized with #JHoP & #NIED will host a forum “The Future of Global Disaster Risk Reduction”. 🗓️ Dec 9 📍 SCJ Auditorium / Online (JP/EN) 🎧 Simultaneous interpretation ✅ Admission free 🔗 Register here▶️ form.cao.go.jp/scj/opinion-03… ＃STI

#NIED’s Dr. Takeshi MAESAKA and Dr. Shohei MATSUURA joined the ASEAN Intervation Session in Manila 🇵🇭, presenting 🇯🇵’s latest #meteorological technologies, incl. #XRAIN, and exchanging views with #ASEAN partners on strengthening collaboration through the ASEAN #STI Platform 🌏✨

On Dec 10, #NIED welcomed Dr. Nuraini Rahma Hanifa of BRIN Indonesia, who introduced the 2024 Indonesian Earthquake Hazard Map🗺️& Dr. Endra Gunawan of @itbofficia lectured on Understanding Indonesia’s Earthquake Cycle and the Need for Collaboration in #DisasterRiskReduction✨

Productive discussions at the NIED–Esri Meeting on Dec 12 at the #NIED HQ in Tsukuba ✨✨ Grateful for our continued collaboration with Esri on GIS and disaster resilience 🤝 #GIS #DisasterRiskReduction

On Dec 10, #NIED welcomed visitors from the Korea Institute of Educational Facility Safety to Tsukuba HQ ✨ Dr. Fujiwara shared insights on E‑Defense, including recent shake table tests 🏘️ 🫨 #EDefense #ShakeTable #Earthquake #DRR See more at this link 👇 e-defense.bosai.go.jp/en/2025/12/17/…