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29 July 2025 9th ICHARM Governing Board meeting was held NEW!
16 July 2025 ICHARM Receives the Long-Term Contribution Award from UNESCO NEW!
23 April 2025 ICHARM’s real-time snow analysis platform wins Judges' Special Award from NEDO
23 April 2025 The 57th Annual Session of the Typhoon Committee
6 January 2025 The 19th Integrated Workshop of the Typhoon Committee
18 December 2024 ICHARM welcomed Deputy Director-General of Hydrology Department of Ministry of Water Resources, China
18 December 2024 The 13th Annual Meeting of the Working Group on Hydrology of the Typhoon Committee
19 November 2024 Visit by water ministers from seven African countries
6 November 2024 Local students visited ICHARM
11 October 2024 Typhoon Committee: The workshop on “Capacity Building/Knowledge Sharing in DRR”
11 October 2024 ICHARM welcomed MJIIT members from Malaysia
16 August 2024 ICHARM welcomed young visitors from Tsinghua University, China
23 July 2024 ICHARM Executive Director received the title of the first GEWEX Lifetime Contributions Award
22 July 2024 Participation in meetings of the Advisory Working Group and the Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction under the framework of the Typhoon Committee
22 July 2024 The 3rd Face-to-Face Meeting of the WMO Regional Association II Coordination Panel for Hydrology and 1st KIHS Workshop
9 July 2024 8th ICHARM Governing Board meeting was held
2 July 2024 The activities of ICHARM Team at Understanding Risk Global Forum 2024 (UR24)
6 June 2024 Second High-Level Meeting of the Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters in Indonesia
6 June 2024 ICHARM participated in the UNESCO C2Cs symposium
15 May 2024 The 5th Plenary Meeting of the Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters in Sri Lanka in Colombo
12 April 2024 The 1st Plenary Meeting of “Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters in Thailand” in Bangkok
12 April 2024 ICHARM activities on flood monitoring, forecasting and early warning activities in Sri Lanka with support from JAXA and DIAS projects
12 April 2024 Typhoon Committee: The 56th Annual Session
12 April 2024 The DPWH delegation visited ICHARM for effective collaboration
26 March 2024 ICHARM signed an MoU on joint research with DSSC and DOST XI, the Philippines
18 March 2024 ICHARM held the 71st R&D Seminar
8 March 2024 ICHARM held a follow-up seminar for former and current students of its graduate programs
7 March 2024 ICHARM Webinar FY2023 was held after a two-year gap
1 March 2024 ICHARM held an online seminar with the World Bank
23 January 2024 World Bank officials visited PWRI
26 December 2023 Outreach program about water-related disasters for fifth-grade students
26 December 2023 Dutch professionals visited PWRI
11 December 2023 ICHARM Executive Director received the title of Honorary Professor by IWHR
5 December 2023 Invitation to ICHARM Webinar FY2023
28 November 2023 ICHARM concludes an Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Water Resilience and Disasters with VNMHA
15 September 2023 7th ICHARM Governing Board meeting was held
1 September 2023 "Report on The 9th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM9)" (only in Japanese) updated
18 July 2023 Memorandum of Understanding on Research Cooperation with IHE Delft extended
4 July 2023 ICHARM’s action commitment “Water Cycle Integrator” globally known through the UN 2023 Water Conference
30 June 2023 ICHARM presented with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award for its master's program
30 June 2023 Joint forum with GRIPS on social infrastructure comprehensive management
26 May 2023 The 70th ICHARM R&D Seminar
26 May 2023 ICHARM participated UNESCO's international conference and organized a side event
16 March 2023 The report on the 9th International Conference on Flood management (ICFM9) is updated.
1 March 2023 UN General Assembly President visits ICHARM to discuss water issues
27 December 2022 Executive Director received the AGU Ambassador Award
3 October 2022 ICHARM hosted the AWCI Session prior to the 15th AOGEO Symposium
14 September 2022 MJIIT visited ICHARM
28 June 2022 6th ICHARM Governing Board meeting was held
22 June 2022 Malawian Ambassador to Japan visited ICHARM
12 May 2022 ICHARM held the 68th R&D Seminar
28 April 2022 ICHARM’s contribution to the 4th Asia-Pacific Water Summit
25 April 2022 ICHARM Open Day 2022 on Zoom Online discussion with Takezono High School and Namiki Secondary School
27 December 2021 "ICHARM Webinar 2021: Interaction with students and young researchers" was held
14 December 2021 ICHARM held the 67th R&D Seminar
6 December 2021 Special website for ICFM9 has just been launched
17 November 2021 E-learning & Workshops for Strengthening Water-related Disaster Resilience and Achieving Sustainable Development under Climate Change by ALL
5 November 2021 ICHARM hosted the AWCI Session prior to the 14th AOGEO Symposium
28 October 2021 Announcement of ICHARM Webinar 2021
13 October 2021 The opening ceremonies were held for the master’s and doctoral programs
29 September 2021 The closing ceremony for the master's program and the graduation ceremony for the doctoral and master's programs were held
8 September 2021 Joint research agreement between Tsuruoka City and ICHARM has been concluded
11 August 2021 ICHARM signed an MoU on joint research with WRRDC, Nepal
26 July 2021 The kick-off meeting of HyDEPP-SATREPS in the Philippines was held online
30 June 2021 ICHARM organized the Science and Technology Panel at the 5th UN Special Thematic Sessions on Water and Disasters
18 June 2021 The Start of the Project under Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) in the Philippines
14 May 2021 5th ICHARM Governing Board meeting was held
2 April 2021 ICHARM holds the 66th R&D Seminar
10 March 2021 ICHARM hosted the AWCI Session prior to the 13th AOGEO Symposium
26 February 2021 ICHARM was given “Dr. Roman L. Kintanar Award 2020” from ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee
17 December 2020 ICHARM holds the ICHARM Webinar 2020 -Interaction with Students and Young Researchers-
7 December 2020 ICHARM holds the 65th R&D Seminar
30 November 2020 ICHARM Executive Director KOIKE Toshio was given the 2020 GEO Individual Excellence Award
29 October 2020 Announcement of ICHARM Webinar 2020
19 October 2020 Opening ceremonies were held for the master’s and doctoral programs
20 August 2020 Publication of Collection of Critical Situations during Flood Emergency Response (Main Content: local government response and Appendix: local government response under COVID-19)
7 July 2020 ICHARM organized a webinar: “ICHARM’s efforts for addressing flood disasters considering the prevention of COVID-19 infection”
9 June 2020 4th ICHARM Governing Board meeting was held
19 March 2020 “Orientation Seminar on Climate Change Adaptation” was held in Surakarta City, Indonesia
3 March 2020 ICHARM organized the Follow-up Seminar and the Plenary Session of the Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters under IFI in Sri Lanka
21 February 2020 Revised agreement on ICHARM between the government of Japan and UNESCO has been signed
5 February 2020 ADBI-ICHARM Policy Dialogue Water-related Disaster Resilience under Climate Change
2 December 2019 ICHARM held a technical session and poster presentation at the World BOSAI Forum 2019
15 November 2019 ICHARM held the AWCI session at the 12th AOGEO Symposium
7 October 2019 ICHARM Director Toshio Koike Awarded the Chinese Government Friendship Award
30 September 2019 ICHARM will organize a technical session at the World Bosai Forum 2019
23 August 2019 ICHARM co-convenes a session “Strengthening Governance to Address Asia’s Water Challenges” at 9:00-10:30 on August 28 at Asia Focus in Stockholm World Water Week 2019.
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14 June 2019 ICHARM Open Day 2019 held with local school students
26 April 2019 ICHARM held a technical session on “Water and Disasters - Toward Building Resilient Society under Climate Change -” at the CECAR8
1 April 2019 Third Plenary Meeting of the Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters held in Quezon, Philippines
27 February 2019 3rd Plenary Session for the Platform on Water Resilience and Disasters in Sri Lanka
12 February 2019 ICHARM holds a special lecture, “Global trend and Japan,” by Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, the eighth director-general of UNESCO
24 January 2019 Director Toshio Koike received the International Science Cooperation Award 2018 from the Chinese Academy of Science
6 November 2018 ICHARM holds a session at the 11th GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposium