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Petit-Forum in Kansai



Petit-Forum in Kansai
  Date: Mar. 3-4, 2005
 
  Theme: TLarge-scale infrastructure projects and disaster prevention activities against earthquakes and tsunamis
 
  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.
  1. Kansai International Airport Second-phase works: deep-sea large scale grading on the soft seabed
  2. Osaka District Meteorological Observatory: Earthquake and tsunami monitoring system
  3. Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation: Site where the expressway crosses under existing railway lines by employing the cut and cover tunneling method
  4. Akashi Kaikyo Bridge: Technologies used for the construction, operation and maintenance of the world's largest bridge.

 Sites visited & the Organizations in charge:
    1.Kansai International Airport (Kansai International Airport
      Land Development Co., Ltd)

Kansai International Airport lecture scenery
Kansai International Airport lecture scenery

    2.Osaka District Meteorological Observatory (Osaka
      District Meteorological Observatory)

Meteorological observatory inspection scenery
Meteorological observatory inspection scenery

    3.The Cut and Cover Tunnel Construction Site at the
      crossing with KOBE Rapid Transit Railway line
      (Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation and
       KOBE Rapid Transit Railway Co., Ltd.)

Hanshin public corporation inspection scenery
Hanshin public corporation inspection scenery

    4.Akashi Kaikyo Bridge(Honshu-Shikoku
      Bridge Authority)

Inspection scenery of Honsi public corporations
Inspection scenery of Honsi public corporations

Number of Participants:
  Embassies, Foreign private companies, Universities 12 (10 countries)
  Public corporations 5
  International Policy Unit for Infrastructure, Policy Bureau, MLIT 4
  Infrastructure Development Institute-Japan, interpreter 6
  TOTAL 27