The Tohoku region was extremely damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011. Since then, Tohoku University has been committed to research on disaster prevention and mitigation in order to share the knowledge gained from the 3/11 experience with the rest of the world and to apply it to the benefit of future generations. The following lectures will help you understand how far research on disaster prevention and mitigation has progressed, not only in the Tohoku region, but also in Japan and around the world

TFC Program Lectures

2021 Thematic Program: 2021 DIS POST 2011 Tohoku triple disaster: Lessons and their global application on multi-hazards and cascading disasters

2014 Thematic Program: 2014 DIS Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Future Strategies for Disaster Risk Reduction

Other Lectures

2019 Other Activities 災害科学の進化と国際戦略—巨大災害の時代を生き抜くために— The Evolution of Disaster Science and its Contribution to the International Society (Japanese) Delivered by: Humihiko IMAMURA (International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University)