Opening ceremony for the on-site satellite laboratory “International Laboratory for Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Prevention Studies” (iLETs) held at the National University of El Salvador

The opening ceremony for the on-site satellite laboratory “International Laboratory for Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Prevention Studies” (iLETs) was held at the National University of El Salvador on 12 may 2025. It will be positioned as a satellite laboratory of iLETs which opened at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 2024, and will conduct research activities in collaboration with the SATREPS (Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development) under Disaster Prevention and Mitigation for “Compound Disaster Risk Reduction associated with Large Earthquakes and Tsunamis” ​​ implemented in Mexico and El Salvador.

The Ceremony was attended by the Rector of the National University of El Salvador, Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, and Director of the JICA El Salvador Office. From the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Dr. Genta Nakano and Dr. Tomoaki Nishikawa attended the ceremony.

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