MESSAGE

Hazards which put the nation at existential risk.

  • MESSAGE01

    Director

    Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology / Professor

    Yasuo NIHEI

    In 2024 an earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula on New Year’s Day, and it was followed by a tsunami, landslides, fires and other simultaneous disasters, causing extensive damage. Until now, disaster research has been divided among separate “hazards,” such as earthquakes, tsunamis and floods, but it is now essential to elevate this research into a systemic discipline that can deal with “multi-hazards” that occur simultaneously, as well as to create a comprehensive urban disaster prevention science that brings together various fields. Our goal is to develop and practice a new science focused on multi-hazard urban disaster prevention that will contribute to the creation of a safe and secure society which is sustainable, inclusive and respects diversity. Tokyo University of Science has many disaster prevention researchers specializing in various hazards (earthquakes, fires, floods, etc.), as well as many researchers in data science, material development, and other disciplines. We will capitalize on these strengths of the university to facilitate the creation and practice of a new science of urban disaster prevention which is driven by interdisciplinary collaboration involving “disaster prevention researchers of various hazards” and “integration of disaster prevention researchers with data science and materials researchers.”

  • MESSAGE02

    Vice Director

    Department of Global Fire Science and Technology,
    Graduate School of Science and Technology / Professor

    Ken MATSUYAMA

    Japan has faced many natural disasters in the past, including earthquakes, typhoons, floods and fires. Various measures are being implemented to minimize damage from these disasters, but most of these measures are targeted at individual hazards (i.e., disasters). However, when a large earthquake occurs, for example, it is not uncommon for multiple, different hazards to occur simultaneously, such as “earthquake and fire” or “tsunami and fire.” Furthermore, as our social environment changes and technology advances, the kinds of phenomena which occur are also expected to change. Thus, new and continual research from a multi-hazard perspective is needed, and, furthermore, it is important that experts from various fields come together to think about this issue across disciplines. I invite you to join with us as we pioneer a new field of study in multi-hazard urban disaster prevention.

  • MESSAGE03

    Vice Director

    Department of Physics, Faculty of Science DivisionⅠ / Professor

    Takahiro YAMAMOTO

    Tokyo University of Science has approximately 800 researchers. They encompass an extremely broad range of expertise that spans everything from pure mathematics and basic science to medical and life sciences. Of course, some among them are specifically pursuing research and development related to disaster prevention, but the university's greatest strength is its interdisciplinary collaboration. In this research center, researchers from a wide range of fields in the university work together around the keywords of “urban disaster prevention” and “multi-hazard” to tackle issues and challenges considered difficult to solve or to develop within any one, specific field. In addition to research, we will also contribute to the university’s important mission of human resource development by training urban disaster prevention facilitators. Furthermore, as a means of quickly implementing into society the new insights and technologies developed by this center, we will also focus on, for example, creating and utilizing university-based startups.

MEMBER

Disaster, statistics, life science...
bringing a multitude of minds together.

Name Job Title Affiliation
Yasuo NIHEI Director / Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology
Takahiro YAMAMOTO Vice Director / Professor Department of Physics, Faculty of Science DivisionⅠ
Ken MATSUYAMA Vice Director / Professor Department of Global Fire Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology
Takumi ITO Concurrent Faculty / Professor Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering
Yuji MIYAZU Concurrent Faculty / Associate Professor Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Technology
Aya ISHIGAKI Concurrent Faculty / Professor Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology
Takashi SEO Concurrent Faculty / Professor Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Science Division I
Jin KASHIWADA Concurrent Faculty / Junior Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology
Yoshitaka KATO Concurrent Faculty / Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology
Tomofumi MATSUZAWA Concurrent Faculty / Associate Professor Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology
Asanao SHIMOKAWA Concurrent Faculty / Associate Professor Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science Division II
Yoshifumi OHMIYA Concurrent Faculty / Professor Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Technology
Kazunori KUWANA Concurrent Faculty / Professor Department of Global Fire Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology
Masayuki NAGANO Concurrent Faculty / Professor Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Technology
Hong LIU Concurrent Faculty / Assistant Professor Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Technology
Natsuhiko SAKIYAMA Concurrent Faculty / Assistant Professor Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering
Takashi NAKAJIMA Concurrent Faculty / Professor Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Advanced Engineering
Ryo INOUE Concurrent Faculty / Associate Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Isao SHITANDA Observer / Associate Professor Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology
Kozo TAKASE Concurrent Faculty / Associate Professor Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Technology
Munehiro TAKIMOTO Concurrent Faculty / Professor Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology
Shohei TAGA Concurrent Faculty / Assistant Professor Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology
Ryuta TAKASHIMA Concurrent Faculty / Professor Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology
Kazuya ITO Concurrent Faculty / Assistant Professor Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology
Kaori ITO Concurrent Faculty / Professor Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Technology
Seiya TAKAYANAGI Concurrent Faculty / Junior Associate Professor Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Technology
Hideki YAGINUMA Concurrent Faculty / Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology
Masaya FUJISAWA Concurrent Faculty / Associate Professor Department of Information and Computer Technology, Faculty of Engineering
Kaiyu SUZUKI Concurrent Faculty / Assistant Professor Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology
Naofumi ASO Concurrent Faculty / Junior Associate Professor Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Advanced Engineering
Makoto NAKAYOSHI Concurrent Faculty / Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology
Yasutaka MOTOMURA Concurrent Faculty / Associate Professor Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Research Division, Organization for Research Advancement
Masafumi HOSOKAWA Concurrent Faculty / Professor Department of Global Fire Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology
Nagate HASHIMOTO Concurrent Faculty / Junior Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology
Takako AKAKURA Concurrent Faculty / Professor Department of Information and Computer Technology, Faculty of Engineering
Yoshinori KAKINO Concurrent Faculty / Professor Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Technology
Shizu ITAKA Concurrent Faculty / Junior Associate Professor Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology
Sae OCHI Visiting Professor / Professor Laboratory Medicine, Jikei University
Hitoshi TAGUCHI Visiting Professor / Chief Research Officer National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience
Keigo NAKAMURA Visiting Professor / Director of the Water Environment Research Group Public Works Research Institute (PWRI)
Akemi OKAMOTO URA ─
Shinji UZAWA URA ─

RESEARCH

Everything necessary to protect
human life from disasters.

Research Team

Tokyo University of Science has many disaster prevention researchers specializing in various hazards (earthquakes, fires, floods, etc.), as well as many researchers in data science. We will capitalize on these strengths of the university to facilitate the creation and practice of a new science of urban disaster prevention which is driven by interdisciplinary collaboration involving “disaster prevention researchers of various hazards” and “integration of disaster prevention researchers with data science researchers.”

Laboratory experiments

Fire experiments at the Center for Fire Science and Technology, flood experiments at the Hydraulic Laboratory, etc.

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Metaverse experiments

Simulation in the metaverse based on real experiments

There are three research units: 1) Multi-Hazard Unit (Unit Director: Professor Ken Matsuyama, Department of Global Fire Science and Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology); 2) Disaster Prevention Informatics Unit (Unit Director: Professor Takahiro Yamamoto, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science Division Ⅰ); and 3) Regional Co-Creation Unit (Unit Director: Professor Takumi Ito, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering).

  1. 01

    Understand disasters from the perspectives of time and space.

    We will elucidate the mechanisms behind simultaneous, successive disaster occurrence and clarify what prevention and countermeasures are needed.

    Multi-Hazard
    Unit
    1. 01

      Scientific elucidation of multi-hazard phenomena connected in time and space

    2. 02

      Large-scale multi-hazard experiments

    Coming soon...

  2. 02

    Utilize information for disaster prevention.

    We will put in place disaster prevention and mitigation measures which make use of cutting-edge technologies, such as AI and the metaverse, as well as data and information science.

    Disaster Prevention
    Informatics Unit
    1. 01

      Multi-hazard simulator

    2. 02

      Damage assessment, evacuation guidance, medical support technology development

    Coming soon...

  3. 03

    Consider disasters from a local perspective.

    We will identify disaster prevention issues specific to each region and develop technologies and mechanisms to overcome them.

    Regional Co-Creation
    Unit
    1. 01

      Region-based research and development, problem solving

    2. 02

      Collaboration with local governments, private companies and citizens

    Coming soon...
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  • Architecture

    Civil engineering

    National
    research
    institutes

    Materials and information
    Disaster prevention

    Architecture/
    Civil engineering/
    Materials and
    information/
    Disaster prevention

  • National and local governments

    Government
    agencies

    Medical institutions

    National and
    local governments/
    Medical institutions

  • Universities

    Academic
    institutions

    Academic societies

    Universities/
    Academic societies

  • Medical institutions

    Media

    IT companies

    Private
    companies

    Construction companies, communications companies

    Automotive companies
    Power companies

    Medical institutions/
    Media/
    IT companies/
    Construction companies,
    communications companies/
    Automotive companies/
    Power companies

Our aim for the future is the creation of a networked research group of collaboration with external institutions, with this center as its hub.