By Dr. Tatsuya Azuhata, Director of IISEE On May 14, we completed the group training program for the 2020-2021 IISEE regular course. In the group training, the participants select one from seismology, earthquake engineering, and tsunami disaster mitigation sub-courses and spend about eight months attending lectures in each field to acquire basic and applied knowledge. Please see the Newsletter attached on page 1.

By Dr. Tatsuya Azuhata, Director of IISEE On April 26, we invited Dr. Fukuyama, Vice president of the Building Research Institute, to hold an IISEE online seminar. First, we asked Dr. Fukuyama to give a lecture. Please see the Newsletter attached on page 1&2.

By Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Senior Fellow, IISEE We released the congratulatory addresses of the various related people for the 60th anniversary of IISEE training program on the IISEE HP (http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/en). Please click on the yellow banner named “the 60th Anniversary”. Please see the Newsletter attached on page 2.

By Dr. Tatsuhiko Hara, Chief Research Scientist, IISEE On April 22nd, the study tour to Fukushima prefecture was carried out. First, the participants of the three courses (Seismology, Earthquake Engineering, and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation) visited the Iwaki 3.11 Memorial and Revitalisation Museum in Iwaki city. Please see the Newsletter attached on page 2&3.

By Dr. Toshiaki Yokoi, Senior Fellow, IISEE The revised versions of the software for the microtremor array exploration were released on IISEE-NET HP. Please see the Newsletter attached on page 3.