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[International Research Institute of Disaster Science] Disaster Prevention Education and Practice Lab
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The lab works across disciplines to build disaster-resilient communities and people.
AboutAbout the lab
Building disaster-resilient communities and people.
The lab conducts practical research aimed at building disaster-resilient communities and people.
Drawing on foundational knowledge of urban and architectural studies, the lab works with a wide range of fields, including education, sociology, economics, science, and medicine.
It aims to produce new results through interdisciplinary integration and to implement them in society to create a society with reduced disaster damage.
In the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, the lab supports school disaster management and the rebuilding of disaster prevention education for children.
Key terms
- Disaster mitigation
- An approach that accepts disasters cannot be completely prevented and aims to keep damage as small as possible
- Social implementation
- Turning research results and technologies into forms that are actually used and useful in society
- Stranded commuters
- People who cannot get home from their workplace or elsewhere because a disaster has halted public transportation
NewsLab news
"Bosai Jimotogaku," to which Prof. Sato and others contributed as authors, won the Publishing Culture Award of the Japan Association for Geography Education
A paper co-authored by Prof. Sato and others won the JDR Award for the Most Downloaded Article 2025
A doctoral student won the Encouragement Award for Academic Achievement from the Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science
ResearchResearch themes
Drawing on foundational knowledge of urban and architectural studies within engineering, the lab conducts practical, cross-disciplinary research for building disaster-resilient communities and people. Through interdisciplinary research with fields such as education, sociology, economics, science, and medicine, it aims to implement new results in society and create a society with reduced disaster damage.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the lab consist of faculty, visiting faculty, researchers, secretaries, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakeshi Sato
- ProfessorAiko Sakurai
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “1933 Long Beach earthquake damage 1” W.L.Huber, USGS / Public domain (cropped)
- Evacuees of the Great East Japan Earthquake: “VOA Herman - Temporary Houses for Japan Disaster Survivors” Steven L. Herman / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Regional Planning and Resilience Planning Lab): “E5 Series Shinkansen and the X-shaped Bridge viewed from AER” neuropower / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Architectural Space Lab): “Sendai Mediatheque 2009” scarletgreen from Japan / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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