International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University 東北大学 災害科学国際研究所

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東北大学災害科学国際研究所は、東北大学の附置研究所で、低頻度巨大災害に対して、災害科学を進化させ実践的防災学を展開することにより、対応し支援できる社会（レジリエンス社会）の構築を目的とする研究所である。 2011年に発生した東日本大震災を踏まえて、2012年4月に設立された。 東北大学青葉山新キャンパス内に所在する。

 

The center develops technologies to evaluate disaster risk - such as earthquakes, tsunami and floods in regional areas, control earthquake damages of building group, raise a high accuracy tsunami warning and analyze tsunami systems.

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Mayor of Sendai City shared the result of its own midterm review at the High-Level Meeting of the Midterm Review of the implementation of the Sendai Framework
Ms. Kazuko Kohri, Mayor of the Sendai City, participated at the Multi-stakeholder Panel 4 “A collective responsibility – Localising DRR, restoring context” held on 19th May 2023.
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GP2022 Ignite Stage: Importance of investment in disaster risk reduction by IRIDeS Tohoku University
On 25 May 2022, the “Importance of investment in disaster risk reduction” was presented by the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) Tohoku University during the Ignite Stage at GP2022.
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GP2022 Ignite Stage: Human capacity building that supports community disaster management by Sendai City
On 27 May 2022, the City of Sendai shared its disaster risk reduction initiatives at the Ignite Stage during GP2022 with a presentation titled “Human capacity building that supports community disaster management”.
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Nine years since the Great East Japan Earthquake - 2020 Sendai Symposium for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Future was held without an on-site audience -
This year marked nine years since the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) occurred in March 2011, and the City of Sendai held 2020 Sendai Symposium for DRR and the Future.

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Voluntary Commitments

The Sendai Framework Commitments (SFVC) online platform serves to incentivize stakeholders to inform the public about their work, to provide a vehicle for sharing commitments and initiatives and for motivation toward the implementation of the Sendai Framework. In turn, UNDRR can monitor and take stock of the progress and impact.

International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University 東北大学 災害科学国際研究所 is involved in the following commitments:

National (or local) - Japan
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Sendai City's Midterm Review of its own implementation of the Sendai Framework
Sendai City conducted its own Midterm Review of the implementation of the Sendai Framework, considering the importance of the local government level implementation of the Sendai Framework.
Global
Completed
World Tsunami Museum Conference
The World Tsunami Museum Conference is a series of conferences organized by multi-stakeholders to share experiences, good practices and lessons learned among existing disaster-related museums.
Global
Active
Smart Community Infrastructures: Disaster Risk Reduction (ISO/TC268/SC1/WG6)
We are a working group under the International Organization for Standardization’s ISO TC 268 SC1 Smart Community Infrastructure. Our working group focuses on the standardization of smart community infrastructure which could strengthen community resiliency against potential disasters.
National (or local) - Japan
Active
Seminars of the Sendai Framework for DRR for citizens in Sendai City
In cooperation with the International Research Institute of Disaster Science of Tohoku University (IRIDeS), Sendai City hosts “the Sendai Framework for DRR Seminar to provide the citizens” sink in, raise citizen’s awareness towards DRR, as well as to encourage voluntary commitment on DRR activities.
Global
Progress not updated
Global Centre for Disaster Statistics (GCDS)
The Global Centre for Disaster Statistics (GCDS) aims to support the monitoring and evaluation of progress in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, in its seven global targets.

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http://irides.tohoku.ac.jp/eng/index.html
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+381 112 741 101
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+381 112 282 911