HE Ambassadors for Mexico and El Salvador attend an international symposium held at the Uji Campus

A joint international symposium was held at the Uji Campus, Kyoto University by the On-site Laboratory International Research Laboratory for Earthquake and Tsunami Risk Cognition and Reduction, and SATREPS’s  Project for Compound Disaster Risk Reduction associated with Large Earthquakes and Tsunamis. Twenty-one researchers from Japan, Mexico, El Salvador, and Peru presented their research findings on a wide range of topics, from earthquake mechanisms to earthquake and tsunami risk mitigation and evacuation.

H.E. Ms. Melba Pria, Ambassador to Mexico and and Salvadoran Ambassador H.E.Mr. Diego Alejandro Dalton Rosales, Ambassador to El Salvador attended the Opening Ceremony of the symposium.  They expressed their gratitude for the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University efforts to promote international collaborative research in both Mexico and El Salvador. They encouraged such further research developments in their respective countries.

The two ambassadors also attended a luncheon hosted by prof. Yusuyuki Kono, Vice-Director, Institute for the future of Human Society, and Prof. Tomoharu Hori, Director, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University.

• International Research Laboratory for Earthquake and Tsunami Risk Cognition and Reduction (iLETs), Kyoto University On-site Laboratory
• Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS), Compound Disaster Risk Reduction associated with Large Earthquakes and Tsunamis