Research Departments
Center
Aiming to be a core research institution regarding science and technology for disaster resilience, NIED implements fundamental R&D through usage of its cutting-edge facilities and equipment and through linkages with external institutions.
Operation Management Center
Promoting stable and continuing projects
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Network Center for Earthquake, Tsunami and Volcano
Operation of an observation network for earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes to monitor what is happening every moment across the country
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Center for Comprehensive Management of Disaster Information
Concentrating knowledge (information), and becoming empowered by it
Center for Performance Assessment
Center for Performance Assessment to promote usage of intellectual property/social implementation through performance assessment using NIED’s cutting-edge facilities.
Research Program Center
Promoting innovative large-scale project research through outside funding.
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Center for Integrated Volcano Research
As a “General Hospital” to diagnose and treat Japan’s Volcanoes
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Research Center for Enhancing Metropolitan Resilience
A higher level of resilience for private companies and the Tokyo Metropolitan area
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Research Center for National Disaster Resilience
Contributing to “enhancement of national disaster resilience” through research and development for new technologies and their social implementation
Project
Promoting basic research and fundamental research and development regarding science and technology for disaster resilience across a wide range, from basis to application.
Research and development for real-time observation/prediction of disasters
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Advanced earthquake and tsunami forecasting technologies project
Mitigating Earthquake and Tsunami Damage through Cutting-edge Research Making Full Use of Observation Data
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Research into the Mechanism behind Occurrence of Mega-quakes
Concentrating wisdom to confront near-unprecedented “mega quakes”
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Research regarding multifaceted assessment for volcanic activities
Living with volcanoes by deeply knowing volcanoes.
Research and development to improve resilience of infrastructure
Fundamental research and development to mitigate disaster risk
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Developing technologies to predict water disasters based on multi-sensing
Pursuing more “reliable” information to predict wind/flood and landslide disasters!
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Research on combining risk monitoring and forecasting technologies for mitigation of increasingly diverse snow disaster
Visualizing Degree of Risk for all Snow and Ice Disasters in Real-time!
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Research regarding hazard risk assessment
Disseminating Hazard Risk Information Based on Scientific Insight
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Research regarding disaster countermeasures based on the use and application of information
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