Information on the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake（East Japan Great Earthquake Disaster）

(1) Message from the Former President

(2) Earthquake News “On Gigantic Tohoku Pacific Earthquake in Japan” : I. Towhata, H. Goto, M. Kazama, T. Kiyota, S. Nakamura, K. Wakamatsu, A. Wakai, S. Yasuda, and N. Yoshida (ISSMGE vol 5 issue 2 April, pp.46-66)

(3) Geotechnical damage caused by the recent gigantic earthquake in Japan : Ikuo Towhata (Presentation at 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING FOR DISASTER MITIGATION AND REHABILITATION (GEDMAR) in Semarang, Indonesia, 17 May 2011)

(4) The 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake – After two months : Motoki Kazama, (Presentation at 14th Asia Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Ebgineering, 24 May 2011)

(5) Other research institutes and government-related information

• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
• Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency
• Japan Meteorological Agency
  The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake -Portal-
• Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI)
• Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo
  2011 Tohoku Earthquake
• Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
• Research Center for Prediction of Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
  The 2011 off the pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake
• Active Fault and Earthquake Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
• The Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI)
• East Japan Great Earthquake 2011

(6) We have published “Geo-hazards During Earthquakes and Mitigation Measures-Lessons and Recommendations from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake-“. You can download this publication.

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