Report

Links to relevant sites

Japan Society of Civil Engineers

• Coastal Engineering Committee
  • The 2011 off the Pacific Coast of the Tohoku Earthquake Tsunami Information

• Integrated Research & Survey Team on Disaster Mitigation using Information
  and Communication Technology(Third Survey Team)
  • Summary of Urgent Recommendations- Disaster Mitigation (Disaster Prevention and Disaster Reduction) Using ICT - (PDF) (2011.10.14)

Reports by JSCE Members

• Prof. KONAGAI Kazuo, The University of Tokyo, Japan
  • Piles for RC/Steel-frame buildings pulled up by tsunami at Onagawa Town(PDF) (2011.4.20)
  • Down-hole seismometer arrays near liquefied Tokyo Bay Area and Landslides in the Upper-stream Reach of Abukuma River
    (Material for the JSCE briefing session at IIS on April 11th, 2011)(PDF) (2011.4.19)
  • Recon trip on March 20 and 21, Tohoku-Kanto Massive Earthquake of March 11, 2011 (K. Konagai/ T. Kiyota, IIS, Univ. of Tokyo) - Iwate, Japan
  • 2011 Tohoku Earthquake *The locations of the structures damaged by the earthquake and tsunami are marked on the map.

• Prof. Aydan Omer, Tokai University, Japan:
  • The damage to abandoned quarries and mines by the M 9.0 east Japan mega earthquake on March 11, 2011 and its lessons(PDF)
    (2011.4.19)
  • Shaking-induved damage to buildings by M 9.0 east Japan mega earthquake on March 11, 2011(PDF) (2011.4.19)
  • Liquefaction-induced damage caused by the M 9.0 east Japan mega earthquake on March 11, 2011(PDF) (2011.4.19)
• Prof. MOTODA Yoshitaka, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan:

  • Photo report of Taro-cho, Miyako City, Iwate Pref.(PDF)

• Assoc. Prof. KUMAGAI Kentaro, Kyoto University, Japan:
  • Tsunami-induced Debris of Freight Containers due to the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake

• Assoc. Prof. KUWATA Yasuko, Kobe University, Japan:
  •  The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake (Japanese only)
• Assist. Prof. GOTO Hiroyuki, Kyoto University, Japan:
  • Preliminary report of the structure damages during 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake

Related Institutes/ Organizations

• Architectural Institute of Japan
  • The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake

• Science Council of Japan
  • Statement of the Executive Committee of Science Council of Japan Disaster in Northeast Japan and Nuclear Emergency18 March 2011

• Public Works Research Institute(PWRI)
  • PWRI response to the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku-Kanto earthquake

• Building Research Institute(BRI)
  • The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake on March 11, 2011

• Port and Airport Research Institute(PARI)
  • Executive Summary of Urgent Field Survey of Earthquake and Tsunami Disasters by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake

•  American Society of Civil Engineers(ASCE)
  • ASCE Monitoring Situation in Japan; Members Seeking to Volunteer Can Submit Contact Info

• Institution of Civil Engineers(ICE)
  • ICE responds to Japan earthquake

Government

•  Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet
  • Countermeasures for 2011 Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake
  • PM's Office of Japan(Twitter)

• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
  • 2011 Tohoku district － off the Pacific Ocean Earthquake

 Universities

• The University of Tokyo
  • Earthquake Research Institute
    • 2011 Tohoku Earthquake