[1] 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
By Dr. Takumi Hayashida, Senior Research Scientist of IISEE
The 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE) was held
in Santiago, the capital city of Chile from January 9 to 13. WCEE is
the
world’s largest international conference in the field of earthquake
engineering and is held once every four years.
Please see the Newsletter attached on page
1.
[2] Study Trip to Hiroshima, Kobe and Kyoto (Feb 1-4, 2017) Global Seismological Observation Training Course
(1)Ms. Deslone Yaninen LANBONG (Papua New Guinea)
In Hiroshima we visited the site of the Atomic Bomb Dome and
Peace Memorial Museum in the Peace Memorial Park.
Please see the Newsletter attached on page
2.
(2)Mr. Innocent Gibbon Masukwedza (Zimbabwe)
We visited Hiroshima Peace Memorial commonly called the Atomic
Bomb Dome or Genbaku Domu, in Hiroshima; which is part of the
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and was designated a UNESCO
World Heritage Site in 1996.
Please see the Newsletter attached on page
2&3.
[3] 7 Journalists from Latin American countries have visited IISEE
By Mr. Yoshihiro Iitake, Head of Administration Division, IISEE
A group of influential media journalists from 7 countries of Latin
America (7 people from Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Paraguay,
Peru, and Venezuela) who came to Japan with the invitation project
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have visited IISEE on Feb 1st.
Please see the Newsletter attached on page
3&4.
[4] IISEE International Friendship Party
By Mr. Yoshihiro Iitake, Head of Administration Division, IISEE
We had an international friendship party with the participants of the
Global seismological observation course, the Seismology course,
The Earthquake engineering course, the Tsunami disaster mitigation
course and IISEE staff members at cafeteria on Feb 7th.
Please see the Newsletter attached on page
4&5.
[5] PhD completion of Ex-JICA Participant
Dr. Riaz Ahmed Soomro
Manager Software development division
Micro seismic studies programme, Nilore, Islamabad
I am pleased to inform you that I have successfully completed my PhD
in seismology from Institute of Geosciences, Christian - Albrechts
University, Kiel, Germany in October 2015.
Please see the Newsletter attached on page
5.
