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Latest Newsletter
- No.69 (July 2023) Volume 18 No.2 NEW!
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Message from Executive Director
[Bandung Spirit]
Contribution to mainstreaming water-related disaster management through the UN 2023 Water Conference
Hosting the Science and Technology Panel in the 6th UN Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters
ICHARM's action commitment “Water Cycle Integrator” globally known through the UN 2023 Water Conference
ICHARM participated UNESCO's international conference and organized a side event
ICHARM presented with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award for its master's program
Development of OSS-SR for Digos City
Online Synthesis System Training in Davao
Plenary Meeting of Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters in the Philippines
Davao City Water Summit in the Philippines
The 70th ICHARM R&D Seminar
RRI model training and a conference in Tlemcen, Algeria
Introduction of ICHARM research projects
DENDA Masatoshi, Senior Researcher [Possibility of VR-driven risk communication as a water-related disaster education tool]
Educational program updates
Memorandum of Understanding on Research Cooperation with IHE DELFT extended
Participation in meetings of the Advisory Working Group and the Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction under the framework of Typhoon Committee
ICHARM Open Day 2023 held for local school students
Joint forum with GRIPS on social infrastructure comprehensive management
Comments from internship students
Personnel change announcements
Awards
Business trips
Visitors
Publications
Editor's Note
- No.68 (April 2023) Volume 18 No.1
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Message from Executive Director
[Building Process]
ICFM9 held in Tsukuba, and Tokyo, Japan
Participation in a World Bank workshop in Kerala, India
HyDEPP-SATREPS Philippines Project: Participation in ICFM9 and the World BOSAI Forum 2023
Introduction of ICHARM research projects
MATSUKI Hirotada, Director River Department, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management (Former ICHARM Deputy Director) [Disaster risk reduction cycle by dual governance (Local independence and interdependence)]
Educational program updates
Follow-up seminar for ICHARM graduates
Action Reports from ICHARM Graduates
Kowlesser Akshay Prakash, Land Drainage Officer (Civil Engineering) at the Land Drainage Authority, Government of Mauritius
Comment from a student: My field trip experience to Tsurumi River Basin center, Japan Meteorological Agency, and Arakawa Museum of Aqua
The 55th Annual Session of the Typhoon Committee
UN General Assembly President visits ICHARM to discuss water issues
Comments from participating doctoral course student
ICHARM delivers flood workshops for local schools
Public symposium "Can you survive unexpected floods?" held
Field surveys in the lower Stung Sen River in Cambodia
Annual Hanami lunch
Comments from internship students
Personnel change announcements
Business trips
Visitors
Publications
Editor's Note
- No.67 (January 2023) Volume 17 No.4
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Message from Executive Director
[Snowy regions are 'lightful' and wet air masses are lighter]
The 9th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM9)
Executive Director received the AGU Ambassador Award
HyDEPP-SATREPS Philippines Project Activity Report: The 3rd Joint Coordinating Committee in Manila and Training in Japan
UPLB’s IdSCW First International Conference on Interdisciplinary Water Studies Speaker
Training on Emergency Response for Local Government Officers by using “Collection of Critical Situations during Flood Emergency Response”
Introduction of ICHARM research projects
Abdul Wahid Mohamed Rasmy, Senior Researcher [Developing a system for the integrated management of water resources and disasters in poorly gauged basins]
Educational program updates
Comments from new doctoral course students
Comments from new master's program students
Action Reports from ICHARM Graduates
Norain Binti Osman, Senior Civil Engineer, Malaysia Public Work Department, PWD (Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia)
Hands-on training on RRI in JICA short-term training
The 69th ICHARM R&D Seminar
The 11th Annual Meeting of Working Group on Hydrology, ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee
The 1st face-to-face meeting of WMO RA II Coordination Panel for Hydrology
Participation in the stakeholder consultation meeting and preparatory meeting of UN 2023 Water Conference
ICHARM welcomed young visitors from Miyagi Prefecture Tagajo High School
A field survey in Thailand
Comments from internship students
Awards
Business trips
Visitors
Publications
Editor's Note
- No.66 (October 2022) Volume 17 No.3
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Message from Executive Director
[Roles of the science and technology community in transformation in society]
Revised ICHARM Programme
Strengthening international networks: Signature of Memorandum of Understanding between ICHARM and UMSS
ICHARM hosted the AWCI Session prior to the 15th AOGEO Symposium
Research trip to Argentine for a SATREPS project
World Bank project “Capacity Building for Drought Monitoring and Planning in Pakistan under Present and Future Climates”
The Second e-learning Courses of HyDEPP-SATREPS
ICHARM joins advanced studies of climate change prediction
Introduction of ICHARM research projects
NAITO Kensuke, Researcher [Unveiling rivers in the Peruvian Andes]
Educational program updates
Graduation Ceremony of the 15th ICHARM master's program
Outline of the Master's thesis and comment for the course by each student
A group from MJIIT visits ICHARM
Action Reports from ICHARM Graduates
Nikola Zlatanović, Ph.D student, Faculty of Civil Engineering, the University of Belgrade
ICHARM co-organized a session at the Stockholm World Water Week 2022
Information on the 9th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM9)
Comments from internship students
Business trips
Visitors
Publications
Editor's Note
- No.65 (July 2022) Volume 17 No.2
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Message from Executive Director [Autonomous, decentralized and coordinated society]
Report on the Kumamoto Summit: Roles of science and technology in transformation towards a quality-oriented society
Theme 1: Water and Disaster/Climate Change
Special Session "Showcase"
Integration Session: Science and Technology
Special contribution
ISHIWATARI Mikio, Board Director, Japan Water Forum [Regional leaders pledge their commitment to the Kumamoto Declaration]
6th ICHARM Governing Board Meeting was held
Malawian Ambassador in Japan visited ICHARM
Efforts to increase VFES’s public availability: An experiment at Kumamoto City to test the applicability of low-cost data from a commercial 3D city model and 360°cameras
ICHARM held the 68th R&D Seminar
The 2nd Joint Coordinating Committee Meeting of HyDEPP-SATREPS and UAV observation training for crop monitoring
Introduction of ICHARM research projects
Kattia Rubi Arnez Ferrel, Research Specialist [How does suspended sediment affect bed evolution in a suspended-load dominated river? Numerical simulations on a meandering river of the Bolivian Amazon basin]
Educational program updates
Action Reports from ICHARM Graduates
Mohammad Faiz Syed, Superintending Engineer, Central Water Commission, Govt. of India [Three-Day Advisory Flood Forecast System of Central Water Commission (CWC), Government of India]
Preparation for the 9th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM9)
ICHARM Open Day 2022 held for local school students
New functions for a quick search for ICHARM newsletter articles
Comments from internship students
Personnel change announcements
Awards
Business trips
Visitors
Publications
Editor's note
- No.64 (April 2022) Volume 17 No.1
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Message from Executive Director [Quality-oriented Society]
Greeting from new PWRI President FUJITA Koichi
Commemorative lectures of PWRI former president
ICHARM’s research projects under the next medium- to long-term plans of PWRI
Follow-up seminar for ICHARM graduates
"Integrated Research Program for Advancing Climate Models (TOUGOU)" research report of ICHARM
HyDEPP-SATREPS project updates: UAV training
Special contribution
OKADA Tomoyuki, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs [Progress and actions towards achieving SDGs]
Introduction of ICHARM research projects
Maksym Gusyev, Research Specialist [Combining hydrologic modeling with environmental isotopes to improve assessment of present and future water-related disasters in Asia]
Educational program updates
Action Reports from ICHARM Graduates
Islam Md Khairul, Chief Staff Officer (CSO) to Director General, Bangladesh Water Development Board
Pre-sessions for the thematic session “Water and disasters/Climate change” at the 4th Asia-Pacific Water Summit
The 54th Annual Session of Typhoon Committee
Introduction of the 9th International Conference on Flood Management
Results of Newsletter surveys (No.60 - No.63)
Personnel change announcements
Publications
Editor's note
- No.63 (January 2022) Volume 16 No.4
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Message from Executive Director [Resilience to Two Risks at Two Levels]
E-learning & Workshops for Strengthening Water-related Disaster Resilience and Achieving Sustainable Development under Climate Change by ALL
ICHARM hosted the AWCI Session prior to the 14th AOGEO Symposium
ICHARM held the 67th R&D Seminar
HyDEPP-SATREPS Project Updates: Webinar and Joint Coordination Committee (JCC)
Introduction of ICHARM research projects
KAWAMOTO Takatoshi, Senior Researcher [Japan’s strategies to expand its infrastructure systems and other technologies and expertise to overseas countries]
TAMAKAWA Katsunori, Research Specialist [Investigation of dam operations for effective flood control and hydro power generation]
Educational program updates
Comments from new doctoral course students
Comments from new master's program students
Action Reports from ICHARM Graduates
Robin Kumar Biswas, Superintending Engineer (Civil), Directorate of Planning-III, Bangladesh Water Development Board
Typhoon Committee 10th meeting of Working Group on Hydrology and 16th Integrated Workshop
"ICHARM Webinar 2021: Interaction with students and young researchers" was held
Public symposium at National Conference for Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction 2021
Participation in the 28th UNESCO-IHP Regional Steering Committee Meeting for Asia and the Pacific
Follow-up Seminar for ICHARM Graduates
The ICFM9 website is now open
New logo of ICHARM
Awards
Publications
Editor's note
- No.62 (October 2021) Volume 16 No.3
- No.61 (July 2021) Volume 16 No.2
- No.60 (April 2021) Volume 16 No.1
- No.59 (January 2021) Volume 15 No.4
- No.58 (October 2020) Volume 15 No.3
- No.57 (July 2020) Volume 15 No.2
- No.56 (April 2020) Volume 15 No.1
- No.55 (January 2020) Volume 14 No.4
- No.54 (October 2019) Volume 14 No.3
- No.53 (July 2019) Volume 14 No.2
- No.52 (April 2019) Volume 14 No.1
- No.51 (January 2019) Volume 13 No.4
- No.50 (October 2018) Volume 13 No.3
- No.49 (July 2018) Volume 13 No.2
- No.48 (April 2018) Volume 13 No.1
- No.47 (January 2018) Volume 12 No.4
- No.46 (October 2017) Volume 12 No.3
- No.45 (July 2017) Volume 12 No.2
- No.44 (April 2017) Volume 12 No.1
- No.43 (January 2017) Volume 11 No.4
- No.42 (October 2016) Volume 11 No.3
- No.41 (July 2016) Volume 11 No.2
- No.40 (April 2016) Volume 11 No.1
- No.39 (January 2016) Volume 10 No.4
- No.38 (October 2015) Volume 10 No.3
- No.37 (July 2015) Volume 10 No.2
- No.36 (April 2015) Volume 10 No.1
- No.35 (January 2015) Volume 9 No.4
- No.34 (October 2014) Volume 9 No.3
- No.33 (July 2014) Volume 9 No.2
- No.32 (April 2014) Volume 9 No.1
- No.31 (January 2014) Volume 8 No.4
- No.30 (October 2013) Volume 8 No.3
- No.29 (July 2013) Volume 8 No.2
- No.28 (April 2013) Volume 8 No.1
- No.27 (January 2013) Volume 7 No.4
- No.26 (October 2012) Volume 7 No.3
- No.25 (July 2012) Volume 7 No.2
- No.24 (April 2012) Volume 7 No.1
- No.23 (January 2012) Volume 6 No.4
- No.22 (November 2011) Volume 6 No.3
- No.21 (July 2011) Volume 6 No.2
- No.20 (April 2011) Volume 6 No.1
- No.19 (January 2011) Volume 5 No.4
- No.18 (October 2010) Volume 5 No.3
- No.17 (July 2010) Volume 5 No.2
- No.16 (April 2010) Volume 5 No.1
- No.15 (January 2010) Volume 4 No.4
- No.14 (October 2009) Volume 4 No.3
- No.13 (July 2009) Volume 4 No.2
- No.12 (April 2009) Volume 4 No.1
- No.11 (January 2009) Volume 3 No.4
- No.10 (November 2008) Volume 3 No.3
- No.9 (August 2008) Volume 3 No.2
- No.8 (April 2008) Volume 3 No.1
- No.7 (January 2008)
- No.6 (October 2007)
- No.5 (July 2007)
- No.4 (March 2007)
- No.3 (December 2006)
- No.2 (August 2006)
- No.1 (March 2006)
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