| Petit-Forum in Kansai |
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Mar. 3-4, 2005 |
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TLarge-scale infrastructure projects and disaster prevention activities against earthquakes and tsunamis |
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Outline: |
Visited following 4 locations and inspected large-scale infrastructure projects in Osaka metropolitan district and disaster prevention activities against earthquakes and tsunamis in our country. |
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1. Kansai International Airport Second-phase works: deep-sea large scale grading on the soft seabed |
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2. Osaka District Meteorological Observatory: Earthquake and tsunami monitoring system |
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3. Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation: Site where the expressway crosses under existing railway lines by employing the cut and cover tunneling method |
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4. Akashi Kaikyo Bridge: Technologies used for the construction, operation and maintenance of the world's largest bridge. |
@Sites visited & the Organizations in charge:
@@@@PDKansai International Airport (Kansai International Airport
@@@@@@Land Development Co., Ltd)
 Kansai International Airport lecture scenery
@@@@QDOsaka District Meteorological Observatory (Osaka
@@@@@@District Meteorological Observatory)
 Meteorological observatory inspection scenery
@@@@RDThe Cut and Cover Tunnel Construction Site at the
@@@@@@crossing with KOBE Rapid Transit Railway line
@@@@@@iHanshin Expressway Public Corporation and
@@@@@@ KOBE Rapid Transit Railway Co., Ltd.j
 Hanshin public corporation inspection scenery
@@@@SDAkashi Kaikyo BridgeiHonshu-Shikoku
@@@@@@Bridge Authorityj
 Inspection scenery of Honsi public corporations
| Number of ParticipantsF |
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Embassies, Foreign private companies, Universities |
12 (10 countries) |
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Public corporations |
5 |
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International Policy Unit for Infrastructure, Policy Bureau, MLIT |
4 |
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Infrastructure Development Institute-Japan, interpreter |
6 |
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TOTAL |
27 |
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Petit-Forum in Kansai 
