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Yuichi Ono

Section

International Research Institute of Disaster Science

Job title

Professor

Degree

Ｐｈ．Ｄ．（ケント州立大学）
修士（教育学）（宇都宮大学）
Ｍ．Ａ．（ケント州立大学）

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https://researchmap.jp/7000004480

J-GLOBAL ID

201301007404039704

Research History 10

2023/04 - Present

東北大学災害科学国際研究所副所長
2018/12 - Present

一般財団法人世界防災フォーラム　代表理事
2012/11 - Present

東北大学災害科学国際研究所　2030国際防災アジェンダ推進オフィス　教授
2014/03 - 2016/03

京都大学防災研究所　水資源環境センター　客員教授
2009/10 - 2012/10

国連アジア太平洋経済社会委員会　本部　防災課課長
2007/06 - 2009/09

国連国際防災戦略事務局　本部　プログラム・オフィサー
2004/06 - 2007/06

国連国際防災戦略事務局　早期警戒事務所　所長補
2003/02 - 2004/02

国連国際防災戦略事務局　本部　プログラム・オフィサー
2002/01 - 2003/02

世界気象機関（スイス・ジュネーブ）　気象観測部　アソシエート・エキスパート
1997/01 - 2000/02

米国ケントステイト大学　非常勤講師

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Education 2

ケントステイト大学大学院　地理学研究科

1989/04 - 2001/12
Utsunomiya University

1985/04 - 1989/03

Committee Memberships 13

ADRC GLIDE運営委員会運営委員会議長

2021/06 - Present
世界防災研究所連合（GADRI）理事

2019 - Present
国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構（SATREPS）　地球規模課題対応国際科学技術協力プログラム防災分野評価会国内領域別評価会委員

2018/04 - Present
日本学術会議　土木工学・建築学委員会IRDR分科会

2013/06 - Present
Expert Team on Cataloguing of Weather, Water, Climate, Environmental and Space Weather Hazardous Events (ET-CHE)

2024 - 2028
国際風工学会　国際風関連防災グループ議長

2019 -
2020世界災害語り継ぎフォーラム　2020世界災害語り継ぎフォーラム実行委員会

2018/05 -
日本学術会議　科学技術を生かした防災・減災に政策の国際的展開に関する検討委員会

2018/04 -
日本学術会議　国際委員会防災・減災に関する国際研究のための東京会議分科会

2014/04 -
日本地理学会　交流専門委員会

2013/04 -
国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構　国際科学技術協力基盤整備事業国際科学技術協力推進委員
国立研究開発法人科学技術振興機構　「日本‐米国研究交流」推進委員会主査
国際連合　気候変動枠組条約・ワルシャワ国際メカニズム・損失と損害・執行委員会

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Professional Memberships 4

地域安全学会
日本風工学会
アメリカ地理学会
日本地理学会

Research Interests 6

早期警報システム
竜巻災害
国際防災政策
台風
防災
災害、防災、台風

Research Areas 2

Social infrastructure (civil Engineering, architecture, disaster prevention) / Disaster prevention engineering /
Humanities & social sciences / Geography /

Papers 36

Measurement of Disaster Damage Utilizing Disaster Statistics: A Case Study Analyzing the Data of Indonesia Peer-reviewed

Daisuke Sasaki, Makoto Okumura, Yuichi Ono

Journal of Disaster Research　15　(7)　970-974　2020/12/01
Publisher: Fuji Technology Press Ltd.
DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2020.p0970 　

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The Global Centre for Disaster Statistics (GCDS) in Tohoku University was established in April 2015. One of its main missions is to support the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR) in the monitoring and evaluation of progress by providing support at a national level for building the capacity to develop nationwide statistics on disaster damage and by establishing an improved global database for such statistics. The objective of this study was to find clues for the effective measurement of disaster damage utilizing disaster statistics. In disaster loss databases, we often encounter so many observed variables that it is difficult to establish how severe each disaster was in total. Thus, it was considered that introducing a whole new compound indicator to estimate the scale of each disaster properly would be beneficial. In this context, the authors conducted a principal component analysis (PCA) to introduce new compound indicators. The material data for the analysis were retrieved via the global disaster-related database (GDB) provided by the GCDS. Consequently, it was posited that the score of the first principal component, calculated by a PCA, could be an effective indicator to estimate the specific impact of a disaster. We believe that the findings and proposal of a new indicator in this study will contribute to the literature in that new clues to establish an evidence-based criteria and threshold of disaster data collection are provided.
Hidden Common Factors in Disaster Loss Statistics: A Case Study Analyzing the Data of Nepal Peer-reviewed

Daisuke Sasaki, Kana Moriyama, Yuichi Ono

Journal of Disaster Research　13　(6)　1032-1038　2018/11/01
Publisher: Fuji Technology Press Ltd.
DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2018.p1032 　

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This study aims to examine common hidden factors in disaster loss statistics and identify clues for verifying the fitness of the global targets of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR) to rule countries’ effort in reducing disaster risks. In this study, we first conducted an exploratory factor analysis (EFA), followed by a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using structural equation modeling (SEM). As a result of the EFA, we were able to extract three factors, namely Housing, Casualties or Education, and Relocation. In the analysis of SEM, we assumed three latent variables based on the results of the EFA. The relationship between the latent and observed variables was established in a manner that conformed to the implications of the EFA. According to the SEM results, we eventually identified three latent variables, namely Housing, Education and Relocation, as hidden common factors. Based on this identification, our judgment indicates that the latent variables appeared to be related to the following global targets of SFDRR: (b) those concerning the number of affected people and (d) those concerning damages to infrastructure and disruptions to basic services. It was found that relationships between variables could be clearly illustrated by using the path diagram. This study can be considered as a good example of introducing SEM to visualize hidden common factors and their relationships in an intelligible manner. Based on the results, we propose a starting point for discussing the fitness of SFDRR’s global targets by utilizing EFA and CFA (SEM) techniques. The path diagram can indicate the extent to which the indicators contribute to global targets that will be represented as latent variables. In the end, explicit reference should be made to the material data’s limitations in the disaster loss statistics. An effort to elaborate the input data themselves must be made in the near future.
Special Issue on World BOSAI Forum 2023 / IDRC 2023 in SENDAI

Fumihiko Imamura, Yuichi Ono, Daisuke Sasaki, Yuta Hara

Journal of Disaster Research　19　(3)　487-488　2024/06/01
Publisher: Fuji Technology Press Ltd.
DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2024.p0487 　

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The World BOSAI Forum 2023 (WBF2023), held in March 2023 in Sendai, Japan, was successfully convened as a global platform for practical discussion of disaster risk reduction issues in a free and dynamic manner, in contrast to the United Nations, where national interests collide, or academic conferences where experts gather. In particular, we aimed to disseminate the knowledge and lessons learned from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (GEJET) to the world and share the knowledge and lessons with Japan. We would like to take this opportunity again to express our heartfelt gratitude to all those who participated in the sessions, exhibitions, posters, and flash talk presentations, as well as to the many locals who attended the event. According to the World BOSAI Forum [1], the WBF2023 was attended by 5,412 people over 3 days, including 1,335 pre-registrants from 40 countries and regions, on-site registrants, and EXPO participants. It included 30 oral sessions, 7 conferences, 50 poster sessions, 33 flash talk presentations, and 33 exhibition booths, where tangible solutions for disaster risk reduction were discussed through dialogue among international organizations, governments, academia, the private sector, NGOs, and citizens. At the forum, Tohoku University hosted 4 sessions and co-hosted 10 sessions, which introduced the role of Tohoku University and the International Research Institute of Disaster Science as well as their contributions to the processes of recovery and reconstruction from the 2011 GEJET. Finally, the forum came up with recommendations for a Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework 2015–2030 (MTR SF). In May 2023, the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the MTR SF was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York [2]. The guest editors are pleased to publish this special issue in the Journal of Disaster Research, which comprises six articles sharing the research advancements presented at the WBF2023. We hope that this special issue on the WBF2023 will contribute to the literature on disaster science and further advance disaster risk reduction. References: [1] World BOSAI Forum, “WBF2023 Report,” 2023. https://worldBOSAIforum.com/2023/en/report/ [Accessed May 18, 2024] [2] UNDRR, “High-Level Meeting on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework,” 2023. https://sendaiframework-mtr.undrr.org/high-level-meeting-midterm-review-sendai-framework-disaster-risk-reduction-2015-2030 [Accessed May 18, 2024]
Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction Toward a Society Wherein All People Can Choose How They Live: A Report from a Panel of World BOSAI Forum 2023

Yuta Hara, Takashi Izutsu, Eiko Narita, Koichi Tanaka, Natsuki Soda, Rika Sugata, Daisuke Sasaki, Yuichi Ono

Journal of Disaster Research　19　(3)　539-549　2024/06/01
Publisher: Fuji Technology Press Ltd.
DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2024.p0539 　

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This report is summary of a panel discussion at the World BOSAI Forum held in Sendai in 2023. We invited panelists with diverse backgrounds from the inclusion and diversity frontlines and were able to document their experiences. The panel included a mental health specialist, an employee of a UN agency, working on sexual and reproductive health, a musical producer, persons with disabilities working for the independence of disabled people (a local NGO staff), and a young undergraduate student. First, it was shared that the protection and safety of persons with disabilities in times of disaster is already deemed a responsibility to be implemented by each country as per the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2006. Second, to realize “no one will be left behind,” including women, sexual minorities, and children, three issues, i.e., who is assisting, the importance of human dignity, and the values of arts and culture, as well as two key approaches, i.e., mainstream and targeted actions, were presented. Additionally, the importance of reflecting on the above in national and regional planning during times of normalcy was clarified. All citizens, especially those engaged in the sector of disaster risk reduction, need to learn the frontline of discussions and initiatives on human rights and welfare as well as to reflect on policy and regional planning. This is essential for reducing vulnerability to disasters and building a resilient society.
Transition of the World BOSAI Forum: Looking Back at the Past Three Forums

Soraya Ono, Daisuke Sasaki, Yuta Hara, Yuichi Ono

Journal of Disaster Research　19　(3)　512-522　2024/06/01
Publisher: Fuji Technology Press Ltd.
DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2024.p0512 　

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The World BOSAI Forum (WBF) is a biennial conference on disaster risk reduction (DRR) that has been held in Sendai, Japan, since 2017. The WBF aims to implement the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR), which advocates for diverse participation of stakeholders in DRR. This study examines the efforts and outcomes of the WBF in fostering diverse participation, especially from civil society, in DRR. This study analyzes the transitions in attitude toward diverse participation, participant attributes, and externally dispatched issues over the past three WBFs. It adopts a mixed-methods approach, combining quantitative and qualitative data from various sources, such as official documents, in-depth interviews, and text mining. The study finds that the WBF has three main objectives: to disseminate the concept of BOSAI, promote the SFDRR, and encourage the diverse participation of stakeholders, especially civil society, in DRR. The results show that the WBF is gradually increasing its commitment to diverse participation and achieving positive results in encouraging non-expert citizen participation. It is suggested that a detailed analysis of the WBF would contribute to forming a platform with diverse participation, including the participation of non-expert citizens. Conversely, challenges remain in women’s participation, and content analysis is required to choose a platform that promotes diverse forms of participation.
How Does the Central Government Make a Remark in the International Arena of Disaster Risk Reduction? Focusing on the Frequency of Statement Publication at the UN Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction Peer-reviewed

Yuta Hara, Daisuke Sasaki, Yuichi Ono

Journal of Disaster Research　18　(5)　475-483　2023/08/01
Publisher: Fuji Technology Press Ltd.
DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2023.p0475 　

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This study aims to clarify the attitudes of each member state on disaster risk reduction (DRR), and the issues that need to be addressed in the international arena of DRR, to move forward with the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR). To this end, we focused on the last three United Nations meetings of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) after the agreement on the SFDRR and analyzed the frequency of publication of official statements by each member state. In addition, the status of these official statements was analyzed in terms of the actual geographical distribution of disaster risk. We clarified that (1) the GPDRR is not necessarily aware of the situation and opinions of all member states; (2) the trends between the frequency of official statement publication and the actual amount of risk are not always closely related; (3) the member states in the Asian and Pacific Ocean region were more active in presenting official statements than those of other continents; in other words, the attitudes of Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and some African member states, which also have high disaster risks, were shared less frequently in the international arena; (4) some least-developed member states are actively making official statements and expressing their intentions despite the limited human and financial resources. The results of this study would be helpful for member states that have not yet made official statements in the past GPDRR to advance their official statement publication and situations in the international arena.
Memorialization Tools for Systematically Expanding Disaster Risk Reduction Across Space and Time Peer-reviewed

Reid Basher, Yuichi Ono

Journal of Disaster Research　17　(4)　526-531　2022/06/01
Publisher: Fuji Technology Press Ltd.
DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2022.p0526 　

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Taking a systems perspective, we ask how the experience and lessons of a specific event at one place and one time, such as the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, can be systematically and proactively expanded to other places and maintained into future decades, in order that actors anywhere in the world can access and draw on the intense realities of far distant or long past disasters in their own disaster risk reduction efforts. The idea of “memorial,” defined in the broad sense as something “to preserve remembrance,” provides a conceptual basis to underpin such a systematic expansion. The concept of “memorialization” can thus apply not only to physical monuments but also museums, archives, local markers, media tools, myths, anniversaries, conferences, international mechanisms, and legal and institutional tools. This paper briefly examines the role of each of these for supporting disaster risk reduction efforts.
The Role of Museums in Telling Live Lessons Peer-reviewed

Yuichi Ono, Marlene Murray, Makoto Sakamoto, Hiroshi Sato, Pornthum Thumwimol, Vipakorn Thumwimol, Ratchaneekorn Thongthip

Journal of Disaster Research　16　(2)　135-140　2021/02/01
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DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2021.p0135 　

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This paper summarizes a discussion of the role of disaster-related museums in passing down memories and lessons-learned to future generations through storytelling. The 135-minute discussion was held as a breakout session entitled “The Role of Museums in Telling Live Lessons” during the 2020 International Forum on Telling Live Lessons from Disasters in Kobe, Japan. On 25 January 2020, representatives of five museums (one still under construction) engaged in disaster storytelling activities. They discussed various issues, including how to engage local communities and improve the relationship between storytelling and sustainable museum management. The participating museums were the Pacific Tsunami Museum in Hawaii, U.S.A., the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (DRI) in Kobe, Japan, the Museum of the Mount Bandai Eruption in Fukushima, Japan, the International Tsunami Museum in Khaolak, Thailand, and the Ban Namkhem Memorial and Museum in Thailand (under construction). Museums are important venues that develop and continue disaster storytelling. All the participating museums digitally archive images, which creates the permanent inheritance of collective memory. All the museums focus on children. On the other hand, human and economic resources are required for museums to carry out their activities. The need for a museum network engaged in disaster storytelling is also discussed.
Disaster Storytelling and Volcanic Eruptions Caused by Debris Avalanches on Mt. Bandai in Aizu and Mt. Unzendake and Mt. Mayuyama in Shimabara Peer-reviewed

Hiroshi Sato, Yuichi Ono

Journal of Disaster Research　16　(2)　141-145　2021/02/01
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DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2021.p0141 　

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People tend to forget the past. For example, nine years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011, and memories of the disaster have begun to fade even in the disaster-stricken areas. People who have experienced disasters directly have tried to spread the memories of those events in various ways because they do not want their children and grandchildren to endure what they did. One of the most impressive ways of sharing these memories is for witnesses of disasters to communicate how they directly experienced them. There is a challenge in handing down these stories because people directly affected by the disasters will die within the next ten years. This paper takes up two examples of volcanoes in Japan, and examines how stories of these disasters were passed on to people who have not experienced them directly. We proceed by investigating common points in these stories and comparing them, and also by exploring the activity of passing how these disaster stories have been passed down after more than 100 years since its occurrence when there are no more survivors who have any direct memory of it.
Special issue on disaster storytelling, in commemoration of 2020 tell-net forum, Kobe, Japan Peer-reviewed

Shingo Nagamatsu, Masahiro Sawada, Yuichi Ono, Naoto Tanaka, Mayumi Sakamoto, Ryoga Ishihara, Masaru Sakato, Shosuke Sato, Elizabeth Maly

Journal of Disaster Research　16　(2)　125-126　2021

DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2021.p0125 　

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Recent Progress Achieved by the Global Centre for Disaster Statistics (GCDS) Peer-reviewed

Daisuke Sasaki, Yuichi Ono

Journal of Disaster Research　15　(7)　913-918　2020/12/01
Publisher: Fuji Technology Press Ltd.
DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2020.p0913 　

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This study aims to clarify the recent progress made by the Global Centre for Disaster Statistics (GCDS) as presented at the GCDS session of the World Bosai Forum/International Disaster Risk Conference 2019 (WBF2019) and the subsequent expert meeting and to discuss the next step for the GCDS. The authors also attempt to grasp the position of the GCDS among the disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities worldwide to find a clue for evaluating the recent progress made by the GCDS so far. First, the authors describe a fact regarding the session and the expert meeting followed by an observation focusing on their output in a qualitative manner. Second, the authors adopt a text mining technique to position the GCDS in relation to the other global DRR activities. The results suggest that the GCDS has steadily progressed in its activities, which were evaluated positively by the stakeholders at the GCDS session of the WBF2019 and the subsequent expert meeting. At the same time, some new challenges that the GCDS should cope with in the coming years were pointed out. Furthermore, the results of text mining that examined the corpora composed of the descriptions regarding the Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVCs) of the global DRR activities support the notion that the GCDS has been conducting its activities in a relatively common and less biased manner, which are also aligned with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR). Thus, it can be concluded that the GCDS should keep moving forward with the current momentum that has contributed to the achievement of the recent progress.
Implementation of evacuation measures during natural disasters under conditions of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic based on a review of previous responses to complex disasters in Japan International-journal Peer-reviewed

Masashi Sakamoto, Daisuke Sasaki, Yuichi Ono, Yuko Makino, Eiichi N. Kodama

Progress in Disaster Science　8　100127-100127　2020/12
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI： 10.1016/j.pdisas.2020.100127 　

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We aimed to investigate how evacuation measures could be effectively implemented in the event of multiple disasters caused by natural hazards under conditions of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) pandemic, which is rapidly spreading worldwide. We conducted a review of literature focusing on complex disasters, entailing natural disasters in combination of outbreaks or endemics of infectious diseases. Using the Google Scholar search engine, we identified and reviewed 24 papers sourced from academia, governments, and concerned organizations, and associated data on such disasters, commencing with the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, which occurred in 1995. In light of our review, we developed a summary of correspondences and problems linked to compound disasters involving conjunctions of outbreaks/endemics and natural disasters that could offer insights for developing measures to deal with natural disasters that occur in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. We subsequently attempted to differentiate the characteristics of evacuation measures relating to COVID-19 from those relating to other infectious diseases using three sets of extracted keywords: (1) surveillance and information sharing, (2) evacuation center environment and stockpiled supplies, and (3) community disaster risk reduction and community leadership. We identified issues relating to evacuation measures that would need to be explored further to improve disaster management and preparedness in the future.
Main features of the existing literature concerning disaster statistics Peer-reviewed

Daisuke Sasaki, Kana Moriyama, Yuichi Ono

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction　43　101382-101382　2020/02
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI： 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101382 　

ISSN： 2212-4209
Special issue on the second world bosai forum Peer-reviewed

Yuichi Ono, Anawat Suppasri, Elizabeth Maly, Daisuke Sasaki

Journal of Disaster Research　15　(7)　821　2020

DOI： 10.20965/JDR.2020.P0821 　

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Mini special issue on the development of disaster statistics part 3 Peer-reviewed

Yuichi Ono, Daisuke Sasaki, Anawat Suppasri

Journal of Disaster Research　15　(7)　969　2020

DOI： 10.20965/JDR.2020.P0969 　

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Special issue on the development of disaster statistics part 2 Peer-reviewed

Yuichi Ono, Daisuke Sasaki

Journal of Disaster Research　14　(8)　1009　2019/11

DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2019.p1009 　

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Overview of the Special Issue on the Development of Disaster Statistics Part 2 Peer-reviewed

Daisuke Sasaki, Yuichi Ono

Journal of Disaster Research　14　(8)　1010-1013　2019/11/01
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DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2019.p1010 　

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A year has passed since the first special issue on the development of disaster statistics was published in the Journal of Disaster Research. The attempt to improve and utilize disaster statistics throughout the world is still in progress, although it is steadily moving forward. Under such circumstances, the Global Centre for Disaster Statistics (GCDS) at Tohoku University has also made advances in this area. The Centre participates in the Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) launched by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). This second special issue on the development of disaster statistics aims to publish the research results from the latest studies related to this topic. For the SFVC, the GCDS has committed to publishing this special issue of the Journal of Disaster Research towards the development of disaster statistics as for academic contributions. In addition, the publication of the special issue itself has a positive impact on the acceleration of research activity at the GCDS. In this issue, there seems to be two main categories of research questions; namely “development of the existing disciplined-based research,” and “analyzing various issues by means of questionnaire surveys.” Under the umbrella of the development of the existing disciplined-based research by means of disaster statistics, two disciplines are covered: river engineering, and international studies. The large number of studies based on questionnaire surveys acts as an excellent reminder of the effectiveness of a questionnaire survey when adopted as a methodology of disaster statistics. The guest editors hope that this second special issue on the development of disaster statistics would also contribute to the literature of disaster statistics and accelerate their development.
Special Issue on the First World Bosai Forum Peer-reviewed

Fumihiko Imamura, Yuichi Ono, Daisuke Sasaki

JOURNAL OF DISASTER RESEARCH　13　(7)　1233-1233　2018/12

DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2018.p1233 　

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Overview of the world bosai forum public cultural event: “Pre-wbf festival – learning from the disaster, bridging to the future: Held in partnership with the science agora” Peer-reviewed

Natsuko Chubachi, Yuichi Ono, Kiyoshi Ito, Fumihiko Imamura

Journal of Disaster Research　13　(7)　1234-1246　2018/12

DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2018.p1234 　

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Proposed Requirement Definition Method for Developing Global Disaster Database Based on Various Means of Data Collection Peer-reviewed

Hidemi Tanaka, Daisuke Sasaki, Yuichi Ono

Journal of Disaster Research　13　(6)　1015-1023　2018/11/01
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DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2018.p1015 　

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Even typical system development models considered to be optimal for individual conditions are not always flawless. It is preferable to have clearly defined requirements of the end users when constructing a system. However, to construct the present Global Database (GDB) system, it was necessary to identify these requirements while conducting a status survey and analysis of the country that provided the data and drawing up suitable response guidelines, and to carry out system development at the same time. In this environment of continually changing system requirements, we selected the spiral model, which is used for system development, and applied it to the present construction task. We recognized various issues during the construction of the GDB, including the granularity of the collected data, the validity of the computed results, and the need for data other than disaster data. It was thus necessary to adopt an approach, based on the spiral model, in which the requirements were identified from the prototype. To follow up this study, it will be necessary to consider matters such as securing more flexibility, storing various data types (realizing an “iron stomach”), examining the issue of data access rights, examining the contents of the GDB’s automatic computation function, and creating added value to personnel charged with disaster response in each country. It will also be necessary to verify the validity of the approach of digging up unknown requirements from collected data.
The Correlation Between Life Expectancy and Disaster Risk Peer-reviewed

Shinichi Egawa, Yasuhito Jibiki, Daisuke Sasaki, Yuichi Ono, Yayoi Nakamura, Tomomi Suda, Hiroyuki Sasaki

Journal of Disaster Research　13　(6)　1049-1061　2018/11/01
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DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2018.p1049 　

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A healthy community is a community resilient to disaster. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction considers disaster impacts on health and encourages the implementation of disaster medicine and access to mental health services. Life expectancy (LE) is a basic statistic that indicates public health achievements and social development, including the health system, infrastructure, and accurate vital statistics. Thus, we hypothesized that LE corelates with disaster risk and strategies to achieve long LE can help achieving disaster risk reduction. We compared the disaster risk obtained from Index for Risk Management (INFORM) with the LE of both genders at birth to identify which component of INFORM risk correlates with LE. A correlation analysis revealed that overall INFORM risk negatively correlated with LE. The natural hazard category did not correlate with LE, but the human hazard category, vulnerability, and lack of coping capacity negatively correlated with LE. In the vulnerability dimension, indicators of socioeconomic vulnerability, health conditions, and children U5 negatively correlated with LE. In the lack of coping capacity dimension, indicators of communication, physical infrastructure, and access to health care negatively correlated with LE. Japan has achieved the longest LE and a low INFORM risk because of its lower vulnerability and reduced lack of coping capacity, including healthrelated indicators. In a cluster analysis of LE and INFORM categories of risk, we divided countries into four clusters and found categories that could be improved. Compared with another global disaster risk index, the Word Risk Index (WRI), the INFORM risk index seems to represent the overall disaster risk better, though they have different aspects of risk evaluation. The WRI is also negatively correlated with LE, supporting our hypothesis. In conclusion, LE is an important indicator of disaster risk and strategies to achieve long LE can be effective and important strategies in disaster risk reduction.
Comparison of Global Databases for Disaster Loss and Damage Data Peer-reviewed

Kana Moriyama, Daisuke Sasaki, Yuichi Ono

Journal of Disaster Research　13　(6)　1007-1014　2018/11/01
Publisher: Fuji Technology Press Ltd.
DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2018.p1007 　

ISSN： 1881-2473

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After the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction is adopted, a global database as a tool to monitor disaster loss and damage databases is required. Several disaster loss and damage databases are in use globally. This paper aims to explore how the existing databases vary in three aspects of threshold, spatial resolution, and data quality control, as well as the limitations of the existing databases. We review previous studies comparing the existing global databases and extract the differences and limitations. The threshold of EM-DAT is clear, but its threshold results in ignoring small-scale disasters that DesInventar captures. The differences in disaster threshold create different pictures of disaster losses and/or risks. Regarding spatial resolution, only DesInventar provides disaster impact data at a municipal level, while others provide information at a country level. The limitations of the existing global database are categorized into four aspects, as follows: lack of disaggregated data, limited spatial coverage and resolution, insufficiency of completeness and reliability of data, and insufficient information on indirect loss. The implication from our findings is that, in order to complement the limitations of the existing disaster loss databases to use for decision making on disaster risk reduction, the following are required: cross-checking of data across different databases; complementary disaster loss data; and collection of an exhaustive and firsthand dataset with a transparent and internationally consistent methodology by policy makers.
Overview of the Special Issue on the Development of Disaster Statistics Peer-reviewed

Daisuke Sasaki, Yuichi Ono

Journal of Disaster Research　13　(6)　1002-1006　2018/11/01
Publisher: Fuji Technology Press Ltd.
DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2018.p1002 　

ISSN： 1881-2473

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At the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (UNWCDRR) held in March 2015 in Sendai City, Japan, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR), containing seven global targets, was adopted by 187 UN member states. With its outcome-oriented but non-numerical targets, quantitative approaches for monitoring disaster damage and loss by national governments became mandatory. The Global Centre for Disaster Statistics (GCDS) in Tohoku University was established in April 2015. The GCDS is expected to contribute to the evidence-based policy making by national and/or local governments. In addition, the GCDS aims at creating a synergy effect among academia, the UN organizations, and private companies in order to provide unprecedented values to all stakeholders worldwide. Under such circumstances, the special issue aims at publishing the research results obtained so far from the relevant studies that have been mainly conducted at the GCDS. The guest editors of the special issue are pleased to publish 13 valuable academic articles closely related to the activities of the GCDS, contributing to the development of disaster statistics. Based on the features of the 13 articles contained in the special issue, there seems to be three major categories of research questions. The first one is to investigate disaster statistics and/or global disaster-related databases. The articles of the first category contribute to the clarification of the characteristics specific to disaster statistics. The second one is to utilize disaster statistics in order to develop the existing discipline-based research. The articles of the second category are quite beneficial for establishing a new possibility of applying disaster statistics for the research so far. The third one is to analyze a variety of issues by means of questionnaire surveys. The articles of the third category are issue-oriented and interdisciplinary. Last but not least, the guest editors hope that the special issue would certainly contribute to the literature of disaster statistics and accelerate their development.
Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines: Qualitative analysis of institutional and political factors influencing the continuum Peer-reviewed

Yasuhito Jibiki, Yuichi Ono

Crisis Management Beyond the Humanitarian-Development Nexus　2018/09/27
Publisher: Routledge
DOI： 10.4324/9781351006828 　
Why did Rikuzentakata have a high death toll in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami disaster? Finding the devastating disaster’s root causes Peer-reviewed

Tadashi Nakasu, Yuichi Ono, Wiraporn Pothisiri

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction　27　21-36　2018/03
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI： 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.08.001 　

ISSN： 2212-4209
Forensic investigation of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami disaster A case study of Rikuzentakata Peer-reviewed

Tadashi Nakasu, Yuichi Ono, Wiraporn Pothisiri

DISASTER PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT　26　(3)　298-313　2017

DOI： 10.1108/DPM-10-2016-0213 　

ISSN： 0965-3562

eISSN： 1758-6100
Strengthening Governance on Disaster Risk Reduction Through Improved Disaster Damage Statistics Peer-reviewed

Takuya Ito, Masaaki Miyamoto, Yuichi Ono

Journal of Disaster Research　11　(3)　470-475　2016/06/01
Publisher: Fuji Technology Press Ltd.
DOI： 10.20965/jdr.2016.p0470 　

ISSN： 1881-2473

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The Global Centre for Disaster Statistics was established at the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in March 2015 in Sendai Japan. It aims to support the monitoring and evaluation of progress in implementing the conference’s outcome agreement, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, by providing support at country level for capacity building in developing national statistics on disaster damage and by establishing an improved global database of such statistics. The Centre is hosted at Tohoku University under a unique scheme of cooperation with the UN Development Programme and other partner agencies in Japan. In this paper we provide a short review on the current situation of disaster damage statistics in the world and outline the strategy of the Centre to develop better disaster damage databases and to strengthen the governance on DRR in local/national level through country-based support.
Evaluation of the Characteristics of Human Loss and Building Damage and Reasons for the Magnification of Damage Due to Typhoon Haiyan Peer-reviewed

Shuichi Kure, Yasuhito Jibiki, Maritess Quimpo, U. Nichols Manalo, Yuichi Ono, Akira Mano

Coastal Engineering Journal　58　(1)　1640008-1　2016/03
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI： 10.1142/s0578563416400088 　

ISSN： 2166-4250

eISSN： 1793-6292
Analysis of early warning systems: The case of super-typhoon Haiyan Peer-reviewed

Yasuhito Jibiki, Shuichi Kure, Miwa Kuri, Yuichi Ono

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction　15　24-28　2016/03/01
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI： 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.12.002 　

ISSN： 2212-4209
National disaster databases: An essential foundation for disaster risk reduction policies and disaster-related sustainable development goals and targets

Yuichi Ono, Masafumi Nagaishi

Disaster Risk Reduction for Economic Growth and Livelihood: Investing in Resilience and Development　241-258　2015/05/22

DOI： 10.4324/9781315739953 　
Awareness of disaster reduction frameworks and risk perception of natural disaster: A questionnaire survey among Philippine and Indonesian health care personnel and public health students

Motoki Usuzawa, Elizabeth O. Telan, Razel Kawano, Carmela S. Dizon, Bachti Alisjahbana, Yugo Ashino, Shinichi Egawa, Manabu Fukumoto, Takako Izumi, Yuichi Ono, Toshio Hattori

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine　233　(1)　43-48　2014

DOI： 10.1620/tjem.233.43 　

ISSN： 0040-8727

eISSN： 1349-3329
Design and adoption of household tornado shelters for Bangladesh

Yuichi Ono, Thomas W. Schmidlin

Natural Hazards　56　(1)　321-330　2011/01

DOI： 10.1007/s11069-010-9571-0 　

ISSN： 0921-030X
Tornado shelter-seeking behavior and tornado shelter options among mobile home residents in the United States

Thomas W. Schmidlin, Barbara O. Hammer, Yuichi Ono, Paul S. King

Natural Hazards　48　(2)　191-201　2009

DOI： 10.1007/s11069-008-9257-z 　

ISSN： 0921-030X
Synoptic circulation and stream discharge in the Great Lakes basin, USA

R. V. Rohli, A. J. Vega, M. R. Binkley, S. D. Britton, H. E. Heckman, J. M. Jenkins, Y. Ono, D. E. Sheeler

Applied Geography　21　(4)　369-385　2001

DOI： 10.1016/S0143-6228(01)00011-X 　

ISSN： 0143-6228
Surface and 700 hPa atmospheric circulation patterns for the Great Lakes basin and eastern North America and relationship to atmospheric teleconnections

Robert V. Rohli, Anthony J. Vega, Michael R. Binkley, Stephen D. Britton, Heather E. Heckman, James M. Jenkins, Yuichi Ono, Deborah E. Sheeler

Journal of Great Lakes Research　25　(1)　45-60　1999

DOI： 10.1016/S0380-1330(99)70716-1 　

ISSN： 0380-1330
Behavior of Vehicles during Tornado Winds

Thomas W. Schmidlin, Paul S. King, Barbara O. Hammer, Yuichi Ono

Journal of Safety Research　29　(3)　181-186　1998

DOI： 10.1016/S0022-4375(98)00014-0 　

ISSN： 0022-4375

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Misc. 10

成長のための防災レジリエンス : インクルーシブ防災の実現に向けて—特集中小企業の防災レジリエンス戦略

小野裕一

りそなーれ　21　(9)　7-10　2023/09
Publisher: 東京 : りそな総合研究所
仙台防災枠組達成と災害被害統計データの活用におけるデジタル技術への期待 : 世界初・自治体単位での評価実施を踏まえて

坂本壮, 小野裕一, 吉野賢

行政&情報システム　59　(4)　36-42　2023/08
Publisher: 東京 : 行政情報システム研究所
ISSN： 1882-0689
SPECIAL Interview 一般財団法人世界防災フォーラムのご紹介 : 代表理事の小野裕一がなぜ防災の世界に入っていったのか?

小野裕一

セキュリティ研究　25　(11)　8-11　2022/11
Publisher: 東京 : JSN日本セキュリティ情報サービス
ISSN： 1347-9210
トクシュウダイシンサイ 11ネン。キョウクンオミライエ

(195)　6-11　2022/03
Publisher: 東京 : 公明党機関紙委員会
被災時の博物館—Museums in times of disaster—ICOM京都大会2019特集

小野裕一

博物館研究 = Museum studies / 日本博物館協会編　55　(623別冊)　31-33　2020/04
Publisher: 東京 : 日本博物館協会
ISSN： 0911-9892
世帯別の避難情報提供で防災力を高めよ—特集命を守る防災・減災対策に総力

小野裕一

公明　(169)　16-21　2020/01
Publisher: 東京 : 公明党機関紙委員会
Process in Which Targets Were Incorporated in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Current Discussion on Setting Terminology and Indicators of the Framework, and the Linkage with Global Centre for Disaster Statistics

21　(3)　94-102　2016/03
Publisher: 日本学術協力財団
ISSN： 1342-3363
Comments on "unsafe at any (wind speed)? Testing the stability of motor vehicles in severe winds" [4] (multiple letters)

Robert G. Goldhammer, T. W. Schmidlin, B. Hammer, Y. Ono, P. S. King, L. S. Miller, G. Thumann

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society　83　(12)　1835-1840　2002/12

DOI： 10.1175/bams-83-12-1835 　

ISSN： 0003-0007
Comments on "unsafe at any (wind) speed? Testing the stability of motor vehicles in severe winds" [2] (multiple letters)

J. Golden, T. W. Schmidlin, B. Hammer, Y. Ono, P. S. King, L. S. Miller, G. Thumann

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society　83　(12)　1831-1833+1837　2002/12

ISSN： 0003-0007
Climatology of tornadoes in Bangladesh, 1990-1994

Yuichi Ono

Journal of Meteorology　22　(223)　325-331　1997/11

ISSN： 0307-5966

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Books and Other Publications 12

第1回世界防災フォーラムから『BOSAI』の知見を世界に発信 (特集震災7年、心・人間・経済の復興加速)

小野裕一

公明党機関紙委員会　2018/04
手記「防災先進国・日本」をめざして。 (震災六年 : 復興の針路。)

小野裕一

潮出版社、潮 (674)　2017/04
対談東日本大震災から5年「創造的復興」で東北を地方創生のモデルに : 日本の技術や経験で世界の防災・減災に貢献を (特集 3・11 : 集中期間後こその「心の復興」)

小野裕一、井上義久

公明党機関紙委員会　2016/04
仙台防災枠組における目標設定までの道のり, 用語・指標設定の現状, および災害統計グローバルセンターについて

小野裕一

公益財団法人日本学術協力財団　2016/03

DOI： 10.5363/tits.21.3_24 　
第三回国連防災世界会議で得られたもの強い決意で大幅な災害リスクの削減を目標に

小野裕一

公明党機関紙委員会、公明 (115)　2015/07
SOKA GLOBAL ACTION 仙台市で東北学生ミーティング : 学生震災意識調査結果を発表

小野裕一

第三文明社、第三文明 (666)　2015/06
東北を防災研究の国際拠点に。 (大震災から四年 : 東北復興のいま)

小野裕一

潮出版社、潮 (674)　2015/04
てい談 2015年3月・仙台での国連防災世界会議に向けて「人間の復興」を世界に発信

小野裕一

公明党機関紙委員会、公明 (95)　2013/11
兵庫行動計画に沿った早期警報のあり方と水文災害への取り組みについて (特集水問題への国際的な取り組み)

小野裕一

日本河川協会、河川 62(1)　2006/01
世界のトルネードを追って(3・最終回)

小野裕一

古今書院、地理 46(7)　2001/07
世界のトルネードを追って(2)

小野裕一

古今書院、地理 46(6),　2001/06
世界のトルネードを追って(1)

小野裕一

古今書院、地理46（５）　2001/05

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Presentations 2

Recent Progress of the Global Centre for Disaster Statistics (GCDS) International-presentation

Yuichi ONO

2019/11/11
Measurement of disaster damage utilizing disaster statistics: A case study analyzing the data of Indonesia International-presentation

Daisuke Sasaki, Makoto Okumura, Yuichi Ono

2019/03/13

Research Projects 5

環境調和型農園管理と災害脆弱性の軽減が連環発展可能な地域社会モデルの解明

原裕太, 永田淳嗣, 長坂健司, 佐々木大輔, 小野裕一

Offer Organization: 日本学術振興会

System: 科学研究費助成事業

Category: 国際共同研究加速基金(海外連携研究)

Institution: 東北大学

2024/09 - 2029/03
最後の一人を救うコミュニティアラートシステムのモデル開発および実装

小野裕一

Offer Organization: 科学技術振興機構

System: 戦略的な研究開発の推進社会技術研究開発事業

Institution: 東北大学

2021 - 2024

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災害を「自分事」化し、自助起点での共助・公助連携により、高齢者などの要支援者を取り残さないインクルーシブ防災を実現する。シナリオ創出フェーズにおいては、ピンポイントアラートのプロトタイプを開発し、その有用性・ニーズの検証を行った。ソリューションフェーズでは、災害リスク、経験、防災教育の観点を共助コミュニティーにおいて複合的に取り入れ、持続的な地域防災力の強化に資する包括的災害リスクアセスメント技術のパッケージ化を目指す。具体的には、防災科学リビングラボの展開を通じて、地域特性や課題に適した防災活動を、共助コミュニティー活動において、平常時からの活用を促す仕組み、アクターの育成や連携の仕組みを構築する。
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Policy Tools in Economic Recovery and Industrial Revitalization after the Great East Japan Earthquake

MASUDA Satoru

Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Institution: Tohoku University

2016/04/01 - 2021/03/31

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We have been studying the formulation and revision of recovery plans after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and have verified the impact of support measures such as group subsidies and interest subsidies on the level of corporate activity, demonstrating the existence of recovery acceleration effects. In addition, a questionnaire survey was conducted again in FY2021 to understand the business conditions and management status of companies in the affected areas after the reconstruction and creation period. This survey shows the new trends in economic recovery in terms of firms' reopening, closure, relocation, and new construction. Lastly, since the focus of national reconstruction policy has shifted to areas affected by the accident of nuclear power plant, we also began analyzing the processes of reconstruction and regional revitalization and the actual conditions of harmful rumors on agricultural products, referring to the experiences in Europe and Russia after the Chernobyl accident.
包括的な災害リスクのプロアクティブアラートに基づくインクルーシブ防災の実現

小野裕一

Offer Organization: 科学技術振興機構

System: 戦略的な研究開発の推進社会技術研究開発事業

Institution: 東北大学

2019 - 2021

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【解決すべき問題】災害時に行政が発表する避難指示は広範囲に及ぶ場合があり、人々が災害を自分事として捉えられず、実際の避難行動に結びつかないことが大きな問題となっている。特に高齢者・障がい者などの要支援者は、情報入手や迅速な避難が難しい。そのため、個人や世帯単位でピンポイントに被災リスク情報を伝える仕組みが必要である。【提案内容】本プロジェクトでは、これまで困難であった災害毎の防災技術シーズ(地震・津波・洪水・土砂災害のリスク評価、過去被害データおよび歴史記録・伝承)の統合を行い、地域の災害リスクを包括的に評価した上で、個人・世帯単位で予防的な被害予測・避難行動を促すアラートの仕組みを開発する。また、防災科学リビングラボとして自治体・民間などとのネットワークを活用した共助の仕組みにより要支援者へのアプローチを強化し、インクルーシブな防災の実現を目指す。本シナリオ創出フェーズにおいては、手法の開発、アラートシステムの実現性・効果の検証など、仕組みの検証を実施していく。
Exploratory analysis for building a new hypothesis on international norm diffusion: A case from "development of disaster statistics"

ONO YUICHI

Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Institution: Tohoku University

2016/04/01 - 2019/03/31

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This study aimed to study how an international norm “development of disaster statistics” is adopted domestically. Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) was adopted on March 2015, and almost 4 years have passed. Although the member states of the United Nations agreed with “development of disaster statistics”, it is hard to see substantial progress in each member state after 2015. We consider that 3 factors can explain why the new norm was not significantly disseminated. The first factor is caused by domestic situations. The second factor relates with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Climate Change issues. As of this reporting, all of the procedures for monitoring all of the indicators has not yet determined. It means that “development of disaster statistics” under SFDRR cannot be progressed separating from the SDGs elements. The third factor implies limited influence by the norm entrepreneur (the United Nations Development Programme).

Teaching Experience 3

Interdisciplinary Approach and Policy Development　Chulalongkorn University Postgraduate
変動地球共生学特別講義Ⅰ　東北大学卓越大学院 Postgraduate
日本の人道支援政策入門Ⅰ　International Christian University Postgraduate