(1)Ms. Lin TANG (China)

On a sunny afternoon, with embarked on a Shinkansen train, we began a four-day excursion.

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(2) Mr. Thakur Prasad KANDEL (Nepal)

I got a memorable opportunity to observe the consequence of one of the historical atrocities in Hiroshima, the effect of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and sightseeing of Itsukushima Shrine, Kiyomizu and Golden Pavilion Temple of Kyoto city, as a participant in Global Seismological Observation 2015 program.

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By Mr. Takashi Yamashita, Head of IISEE Administration Division

We had an international friendship party with the participants of the Global seismological observation course, the Seismology course, The Earthquake engineering course, the Tsunami disaster mitigation course and IISEE staff members at cafeteria on Feb 16th.

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By Mr. Takashi Yamashita, Head of IISEE Administration Division

The Experts of The Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage (ASA) from Thailand visited Japan on 8th of Feb.

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By Mr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Director of IISEE

Feb. 3 in the morning Dr. T. Yokoi have collaborated for the training course "Earthquake Disaster Mitigation and Seismic Design" held by JICA and the Building Center of Japan.

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By Dr. Toshihide Kashima, Senior Research Engineer, IISEE

Tenth Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering (PCEE) was held in Sydney, Australia from 6-8 November 2015.

Please see the Newsletter attached on page 4.

Please see the Newsletter attached on page 4.