Professor Hiroaki Maruya and Assistant Professor Tetsuya Torayashiki of the International Research Institute for Disaster Science, Tohoku University, and others went to companies, etc. due to the "2016 Kumamoto Earthquake" that occurred in Kumamoto Prefecture on April 4, 14. On April 28, 2016, we released a document that cites corporate websites and newspaper articles about the impact of the above, and divides it into "damage / impact" and "response / future outlook".
The International Research Institute of Disaster Science, to which Professor Marutani and others belong, is a research organization newly established after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. We aim to promote the world's most advanced research on natural disaster science in cooperation with universities and research institutes.
災害科学国際研究所では、2016年4月14日21時26分に熊本県熊本地方を震源とするM7.3の地震が発生したことをうけ、その約2時間後、23時20分から災害科学国際研究所のHPに｢平成28年（2016年）熊本地震｣の特設ページを立ち上げ、この地震災害に関する解析･調査の情報を随時公開している。
The materials released by Professor Marutani and others include information on what kind of damage the Kumamoto earthquake has caused to companies such as Toyota Motor Corporation, Aisin Seiki, and Honda Motor Co., Ltd., and which factories in other regions will be affected by the damage. In addition, information on future measures and prospects as of April 2016, 4, 18:15, excerpted from newspapers and corporate websites, is summarized.Details of the materials can be viewed on the special page of the "00 Kumamoto Earthquake" on the website of the International Research Institute of Disaster Science.
