By Mr. Takahiro Yamada, Head of Administration Division, IISEE

The 2021 Global Seismology Observation course which started on January 14th, 2022 was closed on Friday, March 6th, 2022.
At the online graduation ceremony held by JICA Tsukuba, all the 10 participants from Bhutan, Egypt, India, Iran, Kenya, Nepal, Philippines,
Uganda received the certificates from Mr. Watanabe, Director general of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Tsukuba and
Dr. Midorikawa, the president of Building Research Institute (BRI).

Please see the Newsletter attached on page 1-3.

By Global Course. Ms. Hend Lofty Ali from Egypt

With a broken heart, I listened to the events of the Hiroshima catastrophe.
I can’t imagine how much pain these people suffered during facing this atomic bomb.
It is an incident, which is described as brutal and inhuman.

Please see the Newsletter attached on page 3-4.

By Dr. Yuri Otsuka, Research Engineer, IISEE

16 of IISEE course participants visited the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) on the morning of March 11th,
while the rest of the three took an online tour remotely from their home countries.

Please see the Newsletter attached on page 4.

By Mr. Takahiro Yamada, Head of Administration Division, IISEE

We have changed our website to Always-on SSL Encryption to ensure everyone can access and use our website more safely.

Please see the Newsletter attached on page 4.