Site Policy

Thank you for visiting the website of the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) website: http://www.bosai.go.jp.This site is managed for the purpose of providing information about NIED in accordance with the site management policy indicated below.Those who access and use this site are regarded as having agreed to this policy.
You may freely link to NIED Web site. In such case, please inform us via email at toiawase@bosai.go.jp for reference.

Copyright

Material on this website, including text and images, are protected by copyright.It may not be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded, posted, broadcast or transmitted in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial use.Prior written consent of the copyright holder must be obtained for any other use of the material.Copyright in all materials and/or works comprising or contained within this website remains with NIED and other copyright owner(s) as specified.No part of this site may be distributed or copied for any commercial purpose.

Such data may be quoted, however, for educational or other legally recognized purposes.In such cases, credit should be clearly indicated by identifying NIED as the copyright holder or as the information source.To obtain permission to use the available data for any commercial purpose,please contact the Strategic Planning Department, Outreach Division at (Tel. +81-29-863-7785).

NIED does not take any responsibility for any third party sites that have a link to the NIED website.

Disclaimer

NIED has tried to ensure that the information on this website is accurate.However, NIED will not accept liability for any loss, damage or inconvenience arising as a consequence of any use of or the inability to use any information on this website.NIED endeavors to provide a service of the highest quality; however, we cannot guarantee that our service will be uninterrupted or error-free.NIED does not guarantee that there will be no errors in the contents of this website, nor does it preclude the possibility of cyber-attacks that result in the altering of the content.We are not responsible for claims brought by third parties arising from the use of http://www.bosai.go.jp by any individual.

NIED provides links to further sources of information and advice.The inclusion of any link should not be taken as an endorsement of any kind by NIED of the linked website,and NIED has no control over the availability of the linked pages.

The URL address of this site maybe changed without advanced notice.

Conditions of Use of Site

The website also displays PDF files developed with Adobe Acrobat.If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader it can be downloaded from the following site,

PDFファイルをご覧いただくためには、Adobe Reader（無償）が必要です。Adobe ReaderはAdobe Readerのダウンロードページよりダウンロードできます。

Flash files have been included in this site. To view these files, you will need to use a Flash Player.If you do not have a Flash Player it can be downloaded from the following site,

このコンテンツをご覧いただくためには、Adobe Flash Player 7（無償）以上が必要です。Flash Playerは、Adobe Flash Player のダウンロードページよりダウンロードできます。

In order to get the best results from this website JavaScript must be enabled. NIED has attempted to make available this website for browsing even if JavaScript is not available. Unfortunately, the NIED website may produce unexpected results if JavaScript is not enabled. Please check the Internet Options settings on your browser to ensure that JavaScript is enabled.

This site has been designed to work with older web browser versions, however,it is recommended that the latest versions of available web browsers be used for best results.
Web Browser Compatibility: Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.

The NIED website is designed to be user friendly, so that our information is accessible to as many people as possible.

Proprietary Term

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