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Outline of Depts

Research Strategy Center

While taking advantage of the expertise and nationwide network expanded since the establishment of the Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute, we ensure cooperation with a wide variety of research institutes and researchers across the country, strategically coordinate advanced research projects, and conduct research that creates safe and secure communities and realizes a society of coexistence. In addition, we disseminate our research results and the institute’s activities extensively at reporting sessions and through various media. We also organize symposiums and other events, using our network of researchers and research institutes both in and outside Hyogo Prefecture, in cooperation with mass media. By doing so, we are able to actively release necessary information nationwide. Moreover, we strive to reinforce the foundation for intellectual interaction, for example, by organizing a series of lectures to provide high-level learning opportunities, and promoting exchange of international students and researchers between universities in the Asia-Pacific region.

Major Projects

  • Research and Surveys
  • Making a comprehensive examination of the restoration from the Great East Japan Earthquake, and conducting research on policies for creating safe and secure communities to prepare for mega disasters, such as the expected Nankai Trough earthquake
  • Conducting research on policies for realizing a vigorous society of coexistence to address the increases in the declining birth rate, aging population, economic globalization, etc., and providing support for Hyogo Prefecture to establish appropriate policies
  • Research Subsidies
  • Providing subsidies for joint research conducted by research institutes and other organizations in HAT Kobe
  • Intellectual Interaction and Civilization Dissemination
  • Organizing the 21st Century Civilization Symposium
  • Organizing the Asia Pacific Forum,　Awaji Conference
  • Support for Organizing the National Conference for Local Government Disaster Preparedness
  • Dissemination of Research Results and Other Information
  • Issuing the research journal 21st Century Hyogo
  • Issuing the newsletter Hem21
  • Running a website
  • Promotion of Academic Exchange
  • Organizing the Hyogo Lectures
  • Promoting the concept Hyogo University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (HUMAP)
  • Compilation of the History of Hyogo Prefecture
  • Interaction Network
  • Expanding an interaction network involving the Hyogo Administrative Policy Studies Association and other related institutes

The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial
Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution

The Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute operates the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution, established in April 2002 by Hyogo Prefecture with support from the national government. The institution strives to inherit the experience of and lessons from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, cultivate a so-called “disaster culture,” enhance local communities’ capacity for disaster risk reduction, and provide support for developing policies for disaster risk reduction, thereby helping realize a society with fewer disaster risks.

As a disaster museum, we exhibit, collect, and preserve materials regarding the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. We also conduct practical research in, and foster human resources in, disaster risk reduction. Moreover, we serve as a global hub for disseminating information on reducing and mitigating disaster risks and networking-related organizations.

Major Projects

  • Exhibitions
  • Disseminating the experience of and lessons from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and information on disaster risk reduction to handle threats of flooding, tsunami, etc. at the West Building and the East Building, respectively, in an easy-to-understand way.
  • Material Collection and Preservation
  • Collecting materials on the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and disaster risk reduction, and organizing them into our database
  • Development of Specialists in Disaster Countermeasures
  • Providing special disaster countermeasure training programs to local governments to foster human resources who can play major roles in responding to disasters
  • Promotion of Practical Research in, and Development of Young Specialists in, Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Fostering specialists in disaster risk reduction by enabling young researchers to engage in practical and comprehensive research and surveys that will contribute to emergency responses to, reconstruction from, and restoration from disasters
  • Local Support for Disaster Responses
  • Sending human resources with practical and systematic knowledge of disaster responses to disaster response headquarters and related organizations in times of large-scale disaster, thereby providing necessary information and advice
  • Interaction and Networking
  • Providing support for the Disaster Reduction Alliance (DRA)
  • Providing support for Hyogo Safety Day and promoting efforts to increase public awareness of disaster risk reduction
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Hyogo Institute for Traumatic Stress

The Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute operates the Hyogo Institute for Traumatic Stress, established in April 2004 by Hyogo Prefecture based on measures　designed to provide mental care for those suffering from trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.

At the Hyogo Institute for Traumatic Stress, we engage in research, training, counseling, and medical examination regarding mental health, while organizing lectures based on a philosophy of “human care” for enhancing public awareness of the dignity of life and the joy of living.

Major Projects

  • Research
  • Conducting practical research on mental health by researchers (psychiatrists and certified clinical psychologists)
  • Human Resource Development and Training
  • Providing a wide variety of training programs for those working in fields related to mental care, such as health, medicine, and welfare
  • Providing residents of Hyogo Prefecture with lectures designed to implement and spread human care based on the philosophy of human care, and organizing lectures to foster music therapists as specialists in human care in Hyogo Prefecture
  • Counseling and Medical Examinations
  • Operating a counseling room to provide technical advice regarding mental care, while running a clinic where medical examination and treatment by psychiatrists are available
  • Dissemination of Information and Increase in Public Awareness
  • Organizing symposiums on mental care and issuing booklets, thereby disseminating research results and other information
  • Cooperation and Interaction
  • Ensuring cooperation with related organizations, while sending support teams to provide mental care when disasters, incidents, and accidents occur.
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