AY 2022

The 1st

■ Date of event: June 30, 2022 ■ Theme (title): Aging bridges and safety: Is a structure that is over 50 years old dangerous? ■ Speaker: Yuichi Ito ■ Non-Faculty: Specially Appointed Professor, School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology

The 2nd

■ Date of event: November 29, 2022 ■ Theme (title): How to create rules for market competition: Fair competition on digital platforms and in the electricity and gas markets ■ Speaker: Kuninobu Takeda ■ Non-Faculty: Professor, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Osaka University

The 3rd

■ Date of event: January 11, 2023 ■ Theme (title): Some topics on teaching statistics and mathematics for data science ■ Speaker: Yusuke Fukui ■ Non-Faculty: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University

AY 2021

The 1st

■ Date of event: December 6, 2021 ■ Theme (title): Conservation and Sustainable Use of Fisheries Resources: Preserving Fish for the Future ■ Speaker: Yasuhiro Sanada ■ Non-Faculty: Guest Researcher , Organization for Regional and Inter-regional Studies, Waseda University

The 2nd

■ Date of event: December 22, 2021 ■ Theme (title): Learning from Middle East Conflicts to Combat Terrorism< ■ Speaker: Shingo Hamanaka ■ Non-Faculty: Professor, Faculty of Law, Ryukoku University

The 3rd

■ Date of event: January 19, 2022 ■ Theme (title): To convey the lessons of the disaster ■ Speaker: Koichi Sumida ■ Non-Faculty: Professor, Broadcasting Department, Osaka University of Arts: Former NHK announcer

AY 2020

The 1st

■ Date of event: December 25, 2020 ■ Theme (title): Introduction: Analytical Methods for North Korea ■ Speaker: Satoru Miyamoto ■ Non-Faculty: Professor, Faculty of Political Science & Economics, Seigakuin University

The 2nd

■ Date of event: January 19, 2021 ■ Theme (title): Countermeasures against Covid-19 and Management Decisions in ASEAN Companies ■ Speaker: Keisuke Haga ■ Non-Faculty: Representative Director, Growth Myanmar Co.,Ltd.

The 3rd

■ Date of event: March 18, 2021 ■ Theme (title): Countermeasures against Covid-19 and Practice of Art Project at the Mimihara General Hospital ■ Speaker: Shinji Okumura ■ Non-Faculty: Former Director of the Mimihara General Hospital

AY 2019

The 1st

■ Date of event: January 8, 2020 ■ Theme (title): Disaster information and evacuation behavior ■ Speaker: Naoya Sekiya ■ Non-Faculty: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, Tokyo University

AY 2015

The 8th

■ Date of event: October 7, 2015 ■ Theme (title): My thoughts on the structure of Safety Sciences ■ Speaker: Masao Mukaidono (Professor Emeritus, Meiji University)

The 7th

■ Date of event: August 5, 2015 ■ Theme (title): Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake (2011) on the Management Strategy of Global Companies ■ Speaker: Katsuyuki Kamei

■ Theme (title): Issues Surrounding the Disaster Volunteers ■ Speaker: Mashiho Suga

■ Theme (title): Issues and Outlook for Post 3.11 Disaster Reporting ■ Speaker: Seiji Kondoh

The 6th

■ Date of event: July 15, 2015 ■ Theme (title): Issues and New Activities for the Tsunami Disaster Prevention for the Preparation of the Next Great Earthquake ■ Speaker: Tomoyuki Takahashi

■ Theme (title): Compliance and Crisis Management in Corporations after the Great East Japan Earthquake (2011) ■ Speaker: Kazuhiko Takano

■ Theme (title): Risk Communication for Radioactive Material Contamination after the Fukushima Accident ■ Speaker: Shoji Tsuchida

The 5th

■ Date of event: July 1, 2015 ■ Theme (title): Recovery and remaining Issues of Lifelines ■ Speakers: Seiji Abe and Hiroshi Nishimura

■ Theme (title): Thoughts on Nuclear Disaster and Safety ■ Speaker: Emiko Karashima

■ Theme (title): Health Support Efforts for Victims of Large Earthquakes ■ Speaker: Toshio Takatorige

The 4th

■ Date of event: June 17, 2015 ■ Theme (title): Bad Reconstruction Policies of the Central Government / Disaster-affected Municipalities Since Immediately After the Great East Japan Earthquake (2011) ■ Speaker: Yoshiaki Kawata

■ Theme (title): Great East Japan Earthquake (2011) Disaster and Insurance ■ Speaker: Kinzo Kuwana

The 3rd

■ Date of event: June 3, 2015 ■ Theme (title): Liquefaction Damage Caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake (2011) ■ Speaker: Tomofumi Koyama

The 2nd

■ Date of event: May 20, 2015 ■ Theme (title): Legal Support for Victims ■ Speaker: Eiichi Yamasaki

■ Theme (title): Earthquake Science and Earthquake Disaster Prevention in a Post Earthquake Prediction Era ■ Speaker: Yoshinari Hayashi

The 1st

■ Date of event: April 30, 2015 ■ Theme (title): Verification of Data for the 5 Years After the Great East Japan Earthquake (2011) ■ Speaker: Shingo Nagamatsu

■ Theme (title): The Rebuilding of Houses in Areas Afflicted from Wide-ranging Massive Disasters and itse Impact on the Regional Reconstruction ■ Speaker: Kenji Koshiyama

AY 2014

The 9th

■ Date of event: December 17, 2014 ■ Theme (title): Transport Safety Transportation Safety Administration of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport - Current Situation and Issues - ■ Speaker: Norihiko Yogome ■ Non-Faculty: Professor, College of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

The 8th

■ Date of event: October 15, 2014 ■ Theme (title): Italy / L'Aquila Earthquake (2009) Incident and Risk Communication ■ Speaker: Kazuki Koketsu ■ Non-Faculty: Professor, Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo

The 7th

■ Date of event: October 1, 2014 ■ Theme (title): How public works should be conducted in the era of declining population ■ Speaker: Akihiko Matsutani ■ Non-Faculty: Professor Emeritus, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

The 6th

■ Date of event: July 16, 2014 ■ Theme (title): Paloma Incident and Lessons Learned - Technical and Governance Problems - ■ Speakers: Mamoru Ozawa and Seiji Abe

■ Theme (title): Relationship Among Fire-fighting Organizations Over the Holding of Resources ■ Speaker: Shozo Nagata

The 5th

■ Date of event: July 2, 2014 ■ Theme (title): Calculation of Social / Economic Damage Caused by a Mega Disaster ■ Speaker: Yoshiaki Kawata

■ Theme (title): Computer Simulation, using particles, of the Confusion Problem in Evacuation from an Exit - Computer Simulation for Safe / Rapid Evacuation - ■ Speaker: Toshihiro Kawaguchi

The 4th

■ Date of event: June 18, 2014 ■ Theme (title): The Role of Journalism in Disasters, Post 3.11 ■ Speaker: Seiji Kondoh

■ Theme (title): Consumer Safety Administration and Law ■ Speaker: Mayumi Akiyama

The 3rd

■ Date of event: June 4, 2014 ■ Theme (title): Disaster Education Seen from the View Point of Legal Scholars ■ Speaker: Eiichi Yamasaki

■ Theme (title): International Alignment on the Big Data Problem and Privacy Protection ■ Speaker: Kazuhiko Takano

The 2nd

■ Date of event: May 21, 2014 ■ Theme (title): Is Damage Insurance Effective for Disaster Prevention? ■ Speaker: Kinzo Kuwana

■ Theme (title): Torrential Rainfall and Landslides - Do Landslides occur Due to Torrential Rainfall? ■ Speaker: Tomofumi Koyama

The 1st

■ Date of event: May 7, 2014 ■ Theme (title): Issues in Evacuation Guidance for Railway Customers during Tsunamis ■ Speaker: Yoshinari Hayashi

■ Theme (title): The Effect on Disaster Victims of Support by Other Victims – an Empirical Study of the Case of Tagajo-shi ■ Speakers: Shingo Nagamatsu, Tadahiro Motoyoshi and Shinya Kaneko

AY 2013

The 7th

■ Date of event: October 2, 2013 ■ Theme (title): Universal Number Law and New Way of Privacy / Personal Information Protection ■ Speaker: Hisamichi Okamura ■ Non-Faculty: Lawyer and Visiting Professor, National Institute of Informatics

The 6th

■ Date of event: July 24, 2013 ■ Theme (title): Responsibility of Managers in Disaster Prevention ■ Speaker: Kazuhiko Takano

The 5th

■ Date of event：July 3, 2013 ■ Theme (title): Countermeasure for Disaster Risks: What Kind of Action is Effective in Encouraging Coping Behavior from Residents ■ Speaker: Yukio Hirose

■ Theme (title): Support Activities for Victims after the Great East Japan Earthquake (2011) ■ Speaker: Mashiho Suga

The 4th

■ Date of event: June 19, 2013 ■ Theme (title): Current Status and Issues of Tsunami Disaster Prevention in Japan, and International Community Contribution ■ Speaker: Tomoyuki Takahashi

■ Theme (title): Mega Disasters and Security of People’s Livelihood ■ Speaker: Shingo Nagamatsu

The 3rd

■ Date of event: June 5, 2013 ■ Theme (title): Disaster Prevention and Seismic Observation - What to use and what to ignore - ■ Speaker: Yoshinari Hayashi

■ Theme (title): Investigation of Factors Influencing Disaster Prevention Measures of Residents ■ Speaker: Tadahiro Motoyoshi

The 2nd

■ Date of event: May 29, 2013 ■ Theme (title): Japan's Hardship Due to Continuous and Complex Disasters Occurring in the Era of Disasters- About the beginning of the Nankai Megathrust Earthquakes and Mega Earthquake striking the Tokyo Area ■ Speaker: Yoshiaki Kawata

■ Theme (title): Approach to Spatial Tasks in Disaster Recovery ■ Speaker: Kenji Koshiyama

The 1st

■ Date of event: May 15, 2013 ■ Theme (title): Comparative Survey of Japan and the United States on Citizen's Behaviour in Response to Disasters ■ Speaker: Shoji Tsuchida

■ Theme (title): Frontline in Disaster Prevention Education - From Uni-directional to Bi-directional Education for Disaster Prevention - ■ Speaker: Hideyuki Shiroshita

AY 2012

The 10th

Date of event: January 30, 2013 ■ Theme (title): Aging Problems of the Transportation Infrastructure: Comparison Between the United States and Japan ■ Speaker: Hiroshi Nishimura

■ Theme (title): Public Safety and Organizational Compliance ■ Speaker: Nobuo Gohara ■ Non-Faculty: Lawyer, Gohara Compliance Law Office

The 9th

■ Date of event: November 17, 2012 ■ Theme (title): Confusion in Energy Policy and Nuclear Policy ■ Speaker: Hajimu Yamana ■ Non-Faculty: Professor, Kyoto University (the Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University )

The 8th (Societal Safety Sciences Career Seminar)

■ Date of event: October 31, 2012 ■ Theme (title): The Work of the Police Officers of Osaka Prefecture ■ Speaker: Nana Matsui ■ Non-Faculty: Police Officer Recruitment Center, Osaka Prefecture

■ Theme (title): Social Responsibility of Companies ■ Speaker: Masato Kato ■ Non-Faculty: CSR Department, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd.

■ Theme (title): What Human Resources are desired from Society? ■ Speaker: Kenji Yoshihara ■ Non-Faculty: Chief of the Secretariat, Career Center of Kansai University

The 7th

■ Date of event: October 27, 2012 ■ Theme (title): Emergency Responses to a Maritime Accident involving a Large Oil Spill and Attempts for Human Simulation ■ Speaker: Eiichi Nishikawa ■ Non-Faculty: Professor Emeritus, Kobe University of Mercantile Marine

The 6th

■ Date of event: July 14, 2012 ■ Theme (title): What Nuclear Researchers Can Do Now, In Response to the Accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station ■ Speaker: Masanori Aritomi ■ Non-Faculty: Director of Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology

The 5th

■ Date of event: July 7, 2012 ■ Theme (title): Possible Security Measures In the Case of Information Leaks ■ Speaker: Kazuhiro Kohno

■ Theme (title): Accidents and Insurance ■ Speaker: Katsuyuki Kamei

The 4th

■ Date of event: June 30, 2012 ■ Theme (title): Mathematical Models for Risk Analysis ■ Speaker: Eiki Yamakawa

■ Theme (title): Labor Conditions and Accidents ■ Speaker: Shinya Kaneko

The 3rd

■ Date of event: June 23, 2012 ■ Theme (title): Crowd Accidents and Safety ■ Speaker: Toshihiro Kawaguchi

■ Theme (title): Comprehensive Safety Education in the UK - Provision of Multi-layered Learning - ■ Speaker: Hideyuki Shiroshita

The 2nd

■ Date of event: May 19, 2012 ■ Theme (title): Technology Development and Responsibility of Engineers ■ Speaker: Mamoru Ozawa

The 1st (Research Presentation by Master's Degree Students)

■ Date of event: April 21, 2012 ■ Theme (title): Contemporary Issues and Recommendations on the Problem of Disparity Among Workers - A consideration of the Labor Law on the So-called Working Poor Problem - ■ Speaker: Yasuhiko Makimura

■ Theme (title): Current Situation and Safety Measures of Traffic Accidents Caused by Elderly People ■ Speaker: Ryoichi Kageyama

■ Theme (title): On Clarification of the Psychological Mechanisms of Customer Satisfaction (CS) in Service Industries ■ Speaker: Akio Kawashima

AY 2011

The 10th

■ Date of event: January 18, 2012 ■ Theme (title): End of Treatment Step 2 for Fukushima Nuclear Accident - The Actual State of Convergence and the Way to Decommission a Furnace, and Consideration of the Effects of Radiation on Daily Life ■ Speaker: Toshiyuki Yamasaki ■ Non-Faculty: Science and Culture Department, NHK News Bureau,

■ Theme (title): Current Situation and Issues regarding the Post Earthquake Reconstruction ■ Speaker: Kenji Koshiyama

The 9th

■ Date of event: December 21, 2011 ■ Theme (title): Public Health and Health Care in the UK ■ Speaker: Toshio Takatorige

■ Theme (title): The Forefront of Mental Health Measures ■ Speaker: Shinya Kaneko

The 8th

■ Date of event: October 22, 2011 ■ Theme (title): Paradigm for Response to a Major Disaster: Centrally Led Operations or a Self-Organizing, Emergent Response ■ Speaker: Arnold M. HOWITT ■ Non-Faculty: Executive Director, Ash Center for Democratic Governance, Harvard Kennedy School

The 7th

■ Date of event: October 17, 2011 ■ Theme (title): Things to Learn from the Great East Japan Earthquake (2011) and Preparation for the next Massive Earthquake ■ Speaker: Itsuki Nakabayashi ■ Non-Faculty: Specially-appointed Professor, School of Political Economics, Meiji University

The 6th

■ Date of event: July 25, 2011 ■ Theme (title): Midterm Presentation ■ Non-Faculty: Graduate School of Societal Safety Sciences, Master's Program Second Year

The 5th

■ Date of event: July 20, 2011 ■ Theme (title): Social Systems for Achieving Nuclear Safety ■ Speaker: Mamoru Ozawa

The 4th

■ Date of event: June 25, 2011 ■ Theme (title): Field Survey on Tohoku District Pacific Offshore Tsunami ■ Speaker: Tomoyuki Takahashi

■ Theme (title): Earthquakes and Logistics ■ Speaker: Hiroshi Nishimura

■ Theme (title): Disaster of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and the Public Health System - Its Reality and Issues - ■ Speaker: Toshio Takatorige

The 3rd

■ Date of event: June 15, 2011 ■ Theme (title): The Great East Japan Earthquake (2011) and Corporate Crisis Management ■ Speaker: Kazuhiko Takano

■ Theme (title): Psychological Impact on Disaster Victims ■ Speaker: Tadahiro Motoyoshi

■ Theme (title): Consumer's Stock-Piling and Restrainted Buying Caused by Earthquakes / Nuclear accidents ■ Speaker: Yukio Hirose

The 2nd

■ Date of event: May 21, 2011 ■ Theme (title): This Earthquake’s Disaster and Fire Prevention Administration ■ Speaker: Shozo Nagata

■ Theme (title): Issues in Housing Reconstruction and Regional Reconstruction ■ Speaker: Kenji Koshiyama

■ Theme (title): Reform Tasks of JapanTransport Safety Board ■ Speaker: Seiji Abe

The 1st

■ Date of event: May 14, 2011 ■ Theme (title): Thoughts on Earthquake Disaster and Safety ■ Speaker: Emiko Kanoshima

■ Theme (title): Issues in Tsunami Evacuation - From a Field Survey ■ Speaker: Yoshinari Hayashi

AY 2010

The 11th

■ Date of event: February 26, 2011 ■ Theme (title): Measures to Ensure Safety Accompanying the Development of Power Technology ■ Speaker: Mamoru Ozawa

■ Theme (title): Development of Compact Heating Type Steam Generator for Household Use - Aspects of Manufacturing ■ Speaker: Ryosuke Matsumoto ■ Non-Faculty: Faculty of Engineering Science, Kansai University

■ Theme (title): Trends in Nuclear Power Plant Troubles Seen in Newspaper Reporting ■ Speaker: Hisashi Umekawa ■ Non-Faculty: Faculty of Engineering Science, Kansai University

The 10th

■ Date of event: January 29, 2011 ■ Theme (title): Foot-and-mouth Disease Disaster and Challenges in Crisis Management ■ Speaker: Shingo Nagamatsu

■ Theme (title): Application of Particle Simulation to Pedestrian Flow Analysis ■ Speaker: Toshihiro Kawaguchi

The 9th

■ Date of event: December 11, 2010 ■ Theme (title): New Risks and Preparations for a Tsunami Disaster ■ Speaker: Tomoyuki Takahashi

■ Theme (title): Mathematical Programming and Risk Management ■ Speaker: Eiki Yamakawa

The 8th

■ Date of event: November 27, 2010 ■ Theme (title): Why “Participation-type” Disaster Prevention Learning is Now Required ■ Speaker: Hideyuki Shiroshita

■ Theme (title): Theories of Technology and Safety Issues ■ Speaker: Norifumi Saito ■ Non-Faculty: Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University

The 7th

■ Date of event: October 30, 2010 ■ Theme (title): What is Required for Urban Safety Design in the 21st Century? ■ Speaker: Kenji Koshiyama

■ Theme (title): One Aspect of Technology Development Seen from CO Poisoning Accidents ■ Speaker: Mamoru Ozawa

The 6th

■ Date of event: September 25, 2010 ■ Theme (title): Development of Citizen Activities Related to “Disaster reduction” ■ Speaker: Mashiho Suga

■ Theme (title): Implementation of a Communication Path with Difficult Identification of the Sender and Receiver ■ Speaker: Kazuhiro Kohno

The 5th

■ Date of event: September 18, 2010 ■ Theme (title): Disaster Recovery Planning in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province: Background, Process and Content ■ Speaker: Guofang Zhai ■ Non-Faculty: Nanjing University

The 4th

■ Date of event: July 30, 2010 ■ Theme (title): What is Being Asked Now: Differences in Risk and Safety Measures - From the Viewpoint of Accident Prevention Measures and Cleanup ■ Speaker: Emiko Kanoshima

■ Theme (title): Is a Pseudo Hazard Experience an Effective Safety Education Method? ■ Speaker: Takahiro Nakamura

■ Theme (title): Risk Perception Mechanism in Humans ■ Speaker: Shoji Tsuchida

The 3rd

■ Date of event: June 26, 2010 ■ Theme (title): Moving away from an Automobile-Centric Society, and Transport Policy ■ Speaker: Hiroshi Nishimura

The 2nd

■ Date of event: June 12, 2010 ■ Theme (title): Various Aspects of Social Risk Management Research ■ Speaker: Katsuyuki Kamei

■ Theme (title): Current Status and Issues of Compliance Activity in Corporations ■ Speaker: Kazuhiko Takano

The 1st

■ Date of event: May 15, 2010 ■ Theme (title): Current Situation and Issues of the Transportation Accident Investigation System ■ Speaker: Seiji Abe