Japan-UNESCO/UNU Symposium on The Great East Japan Tsunami on 11 March 2011 and Tsunami Warning Systems: Policy Perspectives

16 – 17 Feb 2012, Tokyo, Japan

The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami on 11 March 2011 caused nearly 19,000 people to lose their lives. Since the event many national and international post-tsunami field surveys have been carried out. Performance analyses of tsunami early warning systems in place at the time of this event have also been done. Based on these surveys and performance analyses the symposium will offer a number of invited high level perspectives from decision makers and scientists and address topics including: - Event facts and analysis - Tsunami Warning Systems, Tsunami preparedness and event experiences - What has been learned from this event and policy implications. Venue and Date - United Nations University (Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan) - 16-17 February 2012 The symposium proceedings have been compiled into an Adobe Acrobat Portfolio pdf-document. It contains the following documents: • Symposium Statement • Program • Catalogue of Poster Abstracts • Welcoming remarks by His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Naruhito, Ms Irina Bokova (Director General of UNESCO) and Dr Konrad Osterwalder (Rector UNU) • Presentations • Transcripts of Symposium (English) • Transcripts of Symposium (Japanese) • List of Participants • Photos from the symposium The symposium proceedings (128 MB) can be downloaded as one file from here: Proceedings of the Symposium The individual documents from the symposium proceedings can also be downloaded by clicking on the “Documents” tab above. The Symposium Statement is the only document available in printed form. Please contact Thorkild Aarup (t.aarup@unesco.org) for hard copies.

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Location

Tokyo,
Japan

Organisers and Staff

Organisers
Dr Thorkild Aarup
Mr Bernardo Aliaga Rossel
Masahiro Yamamoto
Mrs Cornelia Hauke
2.2

Session 2_Suenaga_Implementation of Tsunami disaster education in schools and communities

2.3

Session 2_Iwata_Community preparedness near high potential earthquake and Tsunami source areas_The example of Shizuoka prefecture

2.4

Session 2_Natori_How to enhance public awareness at community level

3.1

Session 3_Satake_What was the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

3.2

Session 3_Yarai_Enhancement of tsunami warnings through the use of geodetic observations on land and on the bottom of the ocean

3.3

Session 3_Kamigaichi_JMAs response to the Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake and planned improvements of Tsunami warning

3.4

Session 3_Imamura_Linking international tsunami research and science with operational tsunami warning systems

5.1

Session 5_Michida_Current status of international coordinating structure of tsunami warning and mitigation systems_towards establishment of globally harmonized system

5.2

Session 5_Takeuchi_Recovery of the Tsunami affected areas and building a nature harmonious society

5.3

Session 5_Ejima_International cooperation and development partnership

1

Opening_Kusaba NHK_The Great East Japan Tsunami_Video Presentation

1.1a

Session 1_Sasaki_Major of Natori City_What happened at that time_Report from affected areas_Part1

1.1b

Session 1_Sasaki_Major of Natori City_What happened at that time_Report from affected areas_Part2

1.2

Session 1_Koshimura_The impact of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake tsunami - Lessons towards tsunami-resilient communities

1.3

Session 1_Yamaguchi_Retaining the essential services and functions in coastal municipalities

1.4

Session 1_Ikeuchi_MLITs emergency response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and recent policy changes regarding tsunami

1.5

Session 1_Ochi_Management and response actions by the government of Japan

2.1

Session 2_Sekiya_Tsunami evacuation from a socio-psychological point of view

Report Documents

Code Title
IOC/BRO/2012/1 Summary Statement of the Tokyo Symposium

Event Documents

Code Title
Opening_Kusaba NHK_The Great East Japan Tsunami_Video Presentation
Session 1_Sasaki_Major of Natori City_What happened at that time_Report from affected areas_Part1
Session 1_Sasaki_Major of Natori City_What happened at that time_Report from affected areas_Part2
Session 1_Koshimura_The impact of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake tsunami - Lessons towards tsunami-resilient communities
Session 1_Yamaguchi_Retaining the essential services and functions in coastal municipalities
Session 1_Ikeuchi_MLITs emergency response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and recent policy changes regarding tsunami
Session 1_Ochi_Management and response actions by the government of Japan
Session 2_Sekiya_Tsunami evacuation from a socio-psychological point of view
Session 2_Suenaga_Implementation of Tsunami disaster education in schools and communities
Session 2_Iwata_Community preparedness near high potential earthquake and Tsunami source areas_The example of Shizuoka prefecture
Session 3_Imamura_Linking international tsunami research and science with operational tsunami warning systems
Session 3_Satake_What was the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
Session 3_Yarai_Enhancement of tsunami warnings through the use of geodetic observations on land and on the bottom of the ocean
Session 3_Kamigaichi_JMAs response to the Off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake and planned improvements of Tsunami warning
Session 5_Michida_Current status of international coordinating structure of tsunami warning and mitigation systems_towards establishment of globally harmonized system
Session 5_Takeuchi_Recovery of the Tsunami affected areas and building a nature harmonious society
Session 5_Ejima_International cooperation and development partnership
Session 2_Natori_How to enhance public awareness at community level

Background Documents

Code Title
Tokyo Symposium - Audio recordings_English transcription
Tokyo Symposium - List of Participants
Tokyo Symposium_Welcoming speeches
Japan-UNESCO-UNU International Symposium - Poster Abstracts
Japan-UNESCO-UNU International Symposium - Final Agenda
Tokyo Symposium - Audio recordings_Japanese transcription
Photos from the Tokyo Symposium

Participant Stats:

Staff and organisers 4
Confirmed 0
Not Confirmed 0
Not-participating 0
Total 4
Groups: IOC , ITIC, TSR
Created at 11:37 on 19 October 2011 by Mrs Cornelia Hauke
Last Updated at 15:53 on 20 April 2012 by Mrs Cornelia Hauke
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