By Mr. Yoshihiro Iitake, Head of IISEE Administration Division,
Dr. Bunichiro Shibazaki, Chief Research Scientist, IISEE

The Closing Ceremony of the Global Seismological Observation Training Course which
started on January 17 was held in BRI on Friday, March 10, 2017.

Please see the Newsletter attached on page 1&2.

By Mr. Innocent Gibbon Masukwedza (Zimbabwe)

Dr. Yuzo SAKAMOTO, President of Building Research Institute-BRI,
Mr. Noriaki NAGATOMO, Deputy Director General of Japan International Cooperation
Agency-Tsukuba Center - JICA, Dr. Toshiaki YOKOI, Director of International Institute of
Seismology & Earthquake Engineering-IISEE, Distinguished guests and fellow
participants here present.

Please see the Newsletter attached on page2&3

By Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Director of IISEE

Mar. 10, 2017 IISEE held the closing ceremony of the program “Global Seismological
Observation” that was its 22th round. From 1995 this two months’ program has been
held every year and contributed the dissemination of the seismological observation
technology, especially for distant earthquakes together with the discrimination
technique for nuclear test ban.

Please see the Newsletter attached on page 3&4.

By Dr. Takumi Hayashida, Senior Research Scientist, IISEE

Director Yokoi and I visited Nepal from February 10 to 18 (Director Yokoi visited
from February 11 and 21) as part of a Science and Technology Research
Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) program.

Please see the Newsletter attached on page 4