This content describes disaster prevention activities in Japan, disaster management system, information support team (ISUT) for information sharing, Strategic innovation promotion program (SIP), and the case of remote sensing data sharing to ISUT in Typhoon No.19 (Hagibis).

1. Center for Research and Application for Satellite Remote Sensing
Yamaguchi University
Cases of Disaster Prevention
Activities in Japan

2. Reference
Cabinet Office: “Disaster Management in Japan”
http://www.bousai.go.jp/1info/pdf/saigaipamphlet_je.pdf
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Japan’s Disaster
Management System

3. The Basic Disaster Management Plan
• The Basic Disaster Management Plan (防災基本計画) is a comprehensive and long-term Disaster
management plan forming a foundation for the Disaster Management Operations Plan and Local
Disaster Management Plan (地域防災計画).
• It stipulates provisions for
• Establishment of the disaster management system
• Promotion of disaster management measures
• Acceleration of post-disaster recovery and reconstruction measures
• Promotion of scientific and technological research on disaster management
• The plan was revised entirely in 1995 based on the experiences of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (
阪神淡路大震災, 1995).
• Based on the lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake (東日本大震災, 2011), a new
chapter was created in December 2011, for Tsunami Disaster Countermeasures and changes were made
reflecting the study results by the Nuclear Regulation Authority (原子力規制委員会) respectively.
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4. Central Disaster Management Council (中央防災会議)
Central Disaster Management Council
Committees for technical investigation
Officers Meeting
Central Disaster Management Council
Outline of Organization of Central Disaster Management Council
● Minister of State for Disaster Management
and all members of the Cabinet
● Heads of Designated Public Corporations
● Experts (Academia)
Chair
Members
Prime Minister
Disaster Management Implementation Committees
Chair
Advisor
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis
Vice
Chair
Director General for Disaster Management
Cabinet Office
Deputy Manager of the Fire and Disaster
Management Agency
Secretary Relevant director-general of each ministry
and agency
Prime Minister
Minister of State for Disaster
Management
Inquiry
Report
Offer Opinion
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5. Cabinet Office, Related Ministries and Agencies
Outline of Cabinet Office , Related Ministries and Agencies for Disaster Management
Cabinet
Cabinet Secretariat
Ministry of Intern al
Affairs and Communications
Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology
Ministry of Health, Labour and
Welfare
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries
Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry
Ministry of Land,Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism
Ministry of the Environment
Fire and Disaster
Management Agency
National Public
Safety Commission
National Police Agency
Financial Services Agency
Consumer Affairs Agency
Agency for Cultural Affairs
Agency for Natural
Resources and Energy
Small and Medium Enterprise
Agency
Japan Coast Guard
Japan Meteorological Agency
Geospatial Information Authority
Ministry of De fense
Director General for Disaster
Management
Nuclear Regulation Authority
Cabinet Office
● Basic Policy Planning on Disaster
Management
● Basic Policy Planning and Overall
Coordination on Response to
Large-scale Disasters
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6. Disaster Management Planning System
• Basic Disaster Management Plan: 防災基本計画
• This plan is the highest-level plan and constitutes the basis for disaster management activities prepared
by the Central Disaster Management Council based on the Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act.
• Disaster Management Operation Plan: 防災業務計画
• This is a plan made by each designated Government Organization and Designated Public Corporation
based on the Basic Disaster Management Plan.
• Local Disaster Management Plan: 地域防災計画
• This is a plan made by each Prefectural and Municipal Disaster Management Council, subject to local
circumstances and based on the Basic Disaster Management Plan.
• Community Disaster Management Plan: 地区防災計画
• This is a disaster management activities plan at the Community Level which is established by residents
and businesses jointly on a voluntary basis. (started in 2014, on going)
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7. Outline of the Disaster Management System
■ Formulation and promoting implementation of the
Basic Disaster Management Plan
■ Formulation and promoting implementation of the
Prefectural Disaster Management Plan
■ Formulation and promoting implementation of
Municipal Disaster Management Plan
National
level
Prefectural
level
Municipal
level
†
Residents
level
Designated Public Corporations: 66 organizations including independent administrative agencies, Bank
of Japan, Japanese Red Cross Society, NHK, electric and gas
companies and NTT are designated.
Designated Government Organizations:
Prime Minister
Designated Government Organizations †
Designated Public Corporations††
Central Disaster Management Council
Governor
Designated Local Government
Organizations
Designated Local Public Corporations
Prefectural Disaster Management Council
Mayors of Cities, Towns and
Villages
Municipal Disaster Management Council
Residents and Enterprises
■ Formulation and implementation of
the Disaster Management Operation Plan
■ Formulation and promoting implementation of
Community Disaster Management Plan
††
24 ministries and agencies are designated
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8. Facilities for Disaster Response
Headquarters building (approx. 1.0ha)
Disaster management facilities (An operations room, headquarters
conference room and communications facility room for the
activities of the joint on-site disaster management headquarters')
Park facilities (Facilities to be used for disaster reduction exhibits
and education programs, etc. in the ordinary time)
Operation room
Base camp for core units (approx.
2.5ha)
Field operations control center for wide-
area support units
Heliport
(approx.2.6ha)
Area: Approx. 960 ㎡
Seating capacity: 186
300-inch monitor
(with split-screen
capability)
Local Headquarters
Conference Room
Videoconferencing using
monitors
Base camp for wide-area support units, etc.
(approx. 6.5ha)
Activity area and field operations control center for wide-area
support units and volunteers
Disaster medical support
(approx. 1.0ha)
Information exchange for collaboration between
SAR and medical activities
Headquarters Functions of the
Greater- Metropolitan Area
Disaster Management
The Main Wide-area Disaster Management Base Facility in the Tokyo Bay Waterfront area
(in the Ariake-no-Oka area, Koto ward, Tokyo)
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9. Facilities for Disaster Response
Back-up for the Disaster
Management Headquarters
Functions
Disaster Management Headquarters Backup Facility
(Tachikawa city, Tokyo)
Disaster Management Headquarters
Backup Facility
Setting up an emergency headquarters if the Prime Minister’s Office is
severely damaged
Backup communication control function of the Central disaster Management
Radio Communications System
Heliport (for two helicopters)
Tachikawa
Wide-Area
Disaster
Management
Base
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
Tachikawa Camp
Headquarters
conference room
Area: approx. 300㎡
Videoconference
capability through the
monitor
Operation room
Area: approx. 1280㎡
Metropolitan Police Department
Tokyo Metropolitan
Tachikawa District
Disaster Management
Center
Housing ffor
disaster
management staff
National Disaster
Medical Center
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10. (1) After a disaster has occurred, each disaster prevention related organizations such as national and local governments, etc. immediately
start the disaster emergency response measures activities based on the specific plan without waiting to grasp the full status of damage
and implement emergency response measures and activities smoothly and quickly.
(2) Commit the human and material resources held by Japan selectively and quickly to those areas where damage is expected to be
particularly serious.
Nankai Trough Earthquake according to specific plan estimates
(seismic intensity distribution, damage estimation)
On damage estimations for the Nankai Trough Earthquake (first report) August 2012, Working Group
for the Study of Nankai Trough Earthquake Countermeasures
Seismic intensity scale
7
upper 6
lower 6
upper 5
lower 5
4
3 or less
Human casualties (number of deaths)
If damage in Tokai region is large: 80,000 to 323,000 deaths
If damage in Kinki region is large: 50,000 to 275,000 deaths
If damage in Shikoku region is large: 32,000 to 226,000 deaths
If damage in Kyushu region is large: 32,000 to 229,000 deaths
Human casualties for each prefecture (median of 96 patterns)
Shizuoka
15,
000 deaths
Aichi
7,2
50 deaths
Mie
12,
000 deaths
Oita
4,
250 deaths
Miyazaki
1
5,500 deaths
Tokushima
8,95
0 deaths
Kagawa
1,05
0 deaths
Ehime
4,00
0 deaths
Kochi
19,0
Wakayama 26,000
deaths
Outline Plan for Specific Emergency Response Activities in the event of a Nankai Trough Earthquake
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11. Expected timeline for each activity after the occurrence of the Nankai Trough Earthquake
Collection of information on the
passage propriety situation of
emergency transport routes,
setting up diversions
Information sharing
Proclamation of disaster emergency, establishment of emergency disaster response headquarters,
preparation of a basic disaster response policy, dispatch of a government investigation team
Implement emergency
inspections
Maximum mobilization of the units
within affected areas, dispatch of
early dispatch teams of wide area
support units
Organization and mobilization
of wide area support units
Dispatch of DMAT
Rescue and
other
activities by
aircraft
(People adrift on the
sea due to a Tsunami,
isolated people, etc.)
12 hours
DMAT gather in affected areas,
Instruction about the prefectures they
are dispatched to
Gathering of long
distance DMAT to air
route gathering bases
Sequential arrival of wide
area support units,
activities go into full
swing
Rough clearing of wide-
area movement routes
Sequential
advance
and
arrival
Information
sharing
Sequential clearing
of roads
Sequential
inspections
Set up of SCU
Start of activities at disaster base
hospitals and SCU, etc.
24 hours
48 hours
72 hours
Continue if
necessary
Decision on the
implementation of push-
type support
Start of procurement of
supplies by relevant
ministries and agencies
Passage
restrictions etc. by
road administrators
Transport goods to wide
area supply bases
Start transportation of
procured supplies
Hospital support
On-site activities
Regional medical
transportation
Securing and recovery of
medical functions in the
affected areas
Transport supplies to
municipalities and shelters
[Disaster prevention related] Grasp a general overview of the damage situation by utilizing helicopters and cameras, etc.
Land routes Air routes Quantity adjustment
Confirmation of the acceptance
system for wide area supply
bases
Dispatch and activities of
the maximum force
including additional
dispatches from areas
where damage is small
Rough clearing of routes
within affected areas where
damage is serious
Information
sharing
Emergency
transport routes
Rescue, Emergency,
Firefighting Activities, etc.
Medical Services Supplies
Afterwards, early clearing of
routes to the entirety of affected
areas
Adjustment with the industrial sector
Securing necessary quantities
Transportation
adjustments
Information sharing
Information
sharing
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Rescue and other
activities by ship
(After the tsunami warning
has been lifted)
Medical services
by JMAT and the
Japanese Red
Cross Society
Wide area advance
bases
Advance bases
Day 4
SCU activities
In-flight activities
Expected time
(* Note: Might
change depending
on the time the
disaster occurs)
Establish wide area supply
transport bases
Set up bases for
rescue activities
Start of wide area
medical
transportation
Designation of
emergency traffic
route
Fuel
Put into effect the plan for oil
supply cooperation in the
event of a disaster
Establishment of a stable
supply system by BCP and
cooperation plans for company
groups
Designation of facilities for a
focused and continued supply,
maintaining the supply system
Continue supply including focused and
continued supply and priority supply
Confirm the operational status
of refineries and oil depots,
core oil stations
Designation
as
passable
routes
if
necessary
The above timeline was created as a case study for the activities of disaster prevention related organizations and it is necessary to note that there will be differences depending on the actual disaster situation.
Rough clearing of the access
routes to major affected
areas
Identification of priority
supply facilities, grasping
requests
Start supplying priority
supply facilities
Securing fuel transport and
supply system
National
government
Road
administrators
Line
units
MLIT
Crisis
Response
HQ
MLIT
Police
FDA
MOD
Prefectures
Prefectures
Police
Police
Road
administrators
Road
administrators
Road
administrators
Police
FDA
MOD
FDA
MSA
Prefectures
MHLW
MHLW
METI
METI
Crisis
Response
HQ
METI
Crisis
Response
HQ
MHLW
METI
FDA
MAFF
Private
sector
MLIT
Prefectures
Prefectures
Prefectures
MHLW
Prefectures
Prefectures
Prefectures
Crisis
Response
HQ
MHLW
MOD
FDA
FDA
MSA
MOD
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12. Outline of Disaster Emergency Response
• Set up the Initial Disaster Response
• In the event of a disaster, the national and local governments quickly collect and share disaster and
damage information, and secure communications to carry out effective emergency activities such
as emergency rescue and medical operations.
• The national government collects disaster information at the Cabinet Information Collection Center
24 hours a day.
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13. Outline of Disaster Emergency Response
• Based on such information, local governments set up disaster management headquarters and related
organizations establish their own operation mechanisms.
The Prefectural Headquarter of Disaster Response in Kumamoto
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14. Outline of Disaster Emergency Response
• When a large-scale disaster strikes, an emergency team composed of the director-generals of the respective
ministries and agencies gathers immediately at the Crisis Management Center in the Prime Minister's Official
Residence to grasp and analyze the disaster situation and report the results to the Prime Minister.
• Disaster Management meetings at the ministerial or high-ranking senior official level are held, as necessary.
Disaster Management meetings at the Prime Minister’s Official Residence 14

15. Outline of Disaster Emergency Response
• According to the level of damage, the government may establish
• The Headquarters for Major Disaster Management (headed by the Minister of State for Disaster
Management)
• The Extreme Disaster Management Headquarters (headed by the Prime Minister)
•to establish the policies for the disaster countermeasures, and to coordinate various emergency measures to
be taken by various organizations.
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16. Outline of Disaster Emergency Response
• In order to grasp the situation in the disaster area, a government investigation team headed by the
Minister of State for Disaster Management may be dispatched.
• If quick and swift actions are needed to be taken with overall coordination of emergency activities on
site, the government may establish the onsite headquarters for disaster management.
The Government’s Onsite Headquarter for Disaster Management in the Kumamoto Earthquake.
NIED Researcher briefs the damage situation of the earthquake to Mr. Khono,
the Minister of State for Disaster Management.
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17. Information Support Team
(ISUT) for information sharing
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18. Disaster Response and Information
• Disaster response activities need appropriate information.
• Disaster Preventing Information: Hazard maps, Evacuation maps, Evacuation Advisory Info, etc.
• Damage Situation Information: Collapsed buildings, Casualties, Damaged infrastructures, etc.
• Evacuation and Shelter Information: Location of shelters, Evacuees, Logistics, Water supply, etc.
• Recovery Status Information: Recovery of lifelines, food supplies, roads, telecommunications, etc.
Response
Normal
Emergency
Phase
（Acute Phase）
72hours 4days
~2weeks
Pre-disaster
Countermeasures
Emergency Response
Rescue and Life-saving
Support for victims
lives
Support for evacuee’s life
Recovery of infrastructure
Prevention Recovery and Reconstruction
Evacuation
Phase
（Subacute Phase）
Recovery
Phase
（Early Chronic Phase
）
Reconstruction
Phase
（Chronic Phase）
Disaster
Incident
2weeks
~ few months
few months
~ few years
Disaster Preventing Info.
Damage Situation Info.
Evacuation and Shelter Info.
Recovery Status Info.
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19. Fundamental Concept of Information sharing
• Purpose of “Disaster-Information Sharing”
• To build the common situational awareness of the disaster situation between various disaster response
organizations.
• “Common Operational Picture” is might be effective to consolidate the common situational awareness.
COP
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20. Information Sharing Support by NIED
Supported the information sharing among
the ministries and the prefectural governments
Contributed to the rescue and the searching by
establishing the common situational awareness
Kumamoto Earthquake 2016 The Northern Kyushu Heavy Rainfall 2017
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21. Information Support Team
• Established by Disaster Management, Cabinet office from Apr 2018.
• Mission is to build the common situational awareness of the disaster situation between various disaster
response organizations using GIS.
-> NIED is a main member of ISUT.
Web-GIS
Disaster response
agencies and
organizations
National
government
disaster response
headquarters
Various support
groups
Prefecture disaster
response
headquarters
Automatically
acquisition of NIED’s
and the relevant
organizations’ data
Create maps from collected
data by NIED experts
Printed Maps
Transform legacy information
into the standardized data
Collect legacy-style
disaster information
from prefectural gov.
Information Support Team (ISUT) works
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22. Shared Information Platform for Disaster Management: SIP4D
SIP4D is an information sharing platform that collects disaster related data
from various sources and distribute them as “ready-to-use” information to
disaster response organizations.
Core competence 1: “the mediate-operability”
Core competence 2: “the disaster information synthesis”
Consortium
infrastructure
meteorological
data
satellite data
geographical
data
MOWLAS J-RISQ X-Rain MP-PAWR
Cabinet
Office
MHLW MAFF
Other
ministries
Prefectural
governments
Designated
public
organizations
NIED Data Lake
Disaster Management Service Platform
Information Pipeline
Local
governments
Private
sectors
SIP4D: Shared Information Platform for Disaster Management
Research
activities
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23. System Overview of SIP4D
Automated
Data
Distribution
Automated
Data
Conversion
Automated
Data
Acquisition
Disaster
Response
Ongoing
systems
Forthcoming
systems
Collects data
from disaster
response
cites
Collects data
from
currently
cooperated
systems
Cooperates
with
forthcoming
systems
Information
Source Systems
Information User’s
System
Post disaster info.
●Road damages
●Land slides
●Shelters
････etc.
Sharable
Data
Information
Products
Point Info.
Line Info.
Polygon Info.
PUSH
PULL
Optional
format
line
point
polygon
text
CSV
XML
KML
HTML
GeoJSON
JSON
Excel
…
standardize
Information Synthesis
maximize
efficiency
…
…
maximize
effectiveness
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24. West-Japan Heavy Rainfall in July 2018
Rainfall amount for 6 hours [mm]
• Heavy rain occurred from 28 June to 9 July in western Japan.
• The torrential rain triggered landslides and flash flooding. 225 people died.
Source: NIED
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25. West-Japan Heavy Rainfall in July 2018
• ISUT member were dispatched to Hiroshima Prefectural Disaster Response Headquarters
(7 Jul - 6 Aug). Shared maps to various support groups through Web-GIS and Paper maps.
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26. Web map application shared by ISUT
Gathered and Shared Information
● Evacuation Shelter Status
● Road Closure
● Water outage area
● Blackout area
● Water supply spot
● Hospital status
● Communication possible area
● Relief Supply space
● Volunteer center status
● Disaster declaration
● Landslide Distribution
Index Map
Shelter Status Map
West-Japan Heavy Rainfall in July 2018
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27. Map for shelter supporters
• Evacuation Shelter Status + Road Closure
Shelter/ Evacuees
> 300
> 200-300
> 100-200
> 0-100
Road Closure
West-Japan Heavy Rainfall in July 2018
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28. Earthquake in Hokkaido, Eastern Iburi
Seismic Intensity
Estimated # of collapsed houses
• Heavy earthquake (Mj 6.7 / Mw 6.6) occurred on 6th September in Hokkaido (Northern Japan).
Due to landslide and collapse of houses, 41 people died.
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29. Earthquake in Hokkaido, Eastern Iburi
• ISUT member were dispatched to Hokkaido Prefectural Disaster Response Headquarters (6 Sep – 31
Sep). Shared maps to various support groups through Web-GIS and Paper maps.
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30. Web map application shared by ISUT
Gathered and Shared Information
• Evacuation shelter status
• Road closure
• Road traffic
• Water supply spot
• Hospital status
• Communication possible area
• Waste storage space
• Relief Supply space
• Landslide Distribution
• Movie by UAV
• Satellite images
• Aerial photographs
Earthquake in Hokkaido, Eastern Iburi
Estimated Seismic Intensity
Distribution Map
Estimated House Damage Map
(Each municipality)
Road Closure Map Road Traffic Map
Communication Possible Area Map
Evacuation Shelter Map 30

31. Evacuation shelters and mobile phone service areas
Earthquake in Hokkaido, Eastern Iburi
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32. Aerial Ortho Photos
Earthquake in Hokkaido, Eastern Iburi
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33. Satellite Images
Earthquake in Hokkaido, Eastern Iburi
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34. Reference
Cabinet Office: "Pioneering the Future: Japanese Science, Technology and Innovation 2018"
https://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/panhu/sip_english/sip_en.html
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Strategic Innovation
Promotion Program (SIP)

35. The Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program
• The Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI) takes the lead in allocating budgets that
cross the traditional framework of government ministries and disciplines.
• CSTI promotes innovation along the entire path from basic research to effective exit strategies
(practical application/commercialization), as well as taking on initiatives to reform regulations and
systems.
• Select a Program Director (PD) for each program
• PDs break through ministerial silos, managing
programs from a cross-ministerial perspective.
• Governing Board (comprised of executive
members of the Council for Science,
Technology and Innovation) provides
advice/assessment.
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36. SIP 2nd period
(2018-)
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37. • Overcoming national crises resulting from severe damage to the Japanese economy in
the event of a large-scale natural disaster by making optimal use of satellites, IoT, big
data, and other latest science and technology.
Program Director (PD)
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38. NR2
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39. ● Research background:
■ When a disaster occurs, it is extremely important to apprehend the damage situation rapidly and, over a wide area,
establish an appropriate initial motion system that leads to disaster response
■ Remote sensing data such as satellite data is effective as an observation means to rapidly and extensively determine
the damage situation
● Issue
■ Remote sensing data have not been shared/distributed in a manner that is easy to utilize nor according to the timing and
area desired by disaster response organizations.
● To establish an appropriate initial motion system at the time of a large-scale natural disaster that leads to disaster response;
● to conduct research and development on a system to instantly unify and share satellite data, so as to apprehend the
wide area damage situation immediately after a disaster using satellite data
● to develop technology to apprehend the damage situation and to predict wide-area disasters by conducting flooding,
volcanic ash fall, and fire simulations.
● Purpose of R&D:
Our proposal
Trigger Select Process Deliver Share
Indicating the location
and timing to shoot
Selection of
optimum satellite /
aircraft, etc.
Processing and
analysis of observed
data
Provision through
GIS data
Use for disaster
response
Conventional target
Development of an immediate sharing system for satellite remote sensing data for disaster
response (2018～2022) “SIP-NR2”
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40. Aiming for observation and analysis within 2 hours of disaster
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Before
Goal
t
2h
Rapidly providing observation data within 2 hours. Performing analysis and executing
simulations using the results. The results are shared promptly by distribution using SIP4D
Disaster 2h
t
After a disaster occurs, the observation area is decided, observation data are obtained and
analyzed, and the results are provided individually to users.
Determining the
observation area
after a disaster
Determination
Point
Data
Analysis Result
Simulation Result
Analysis
Simulation
Sharing
Delivering Data Separately
Sharing
Sharing
Observation
Predictive simulation technology is utilized for triggering information
and realizes satellite observation, analysis and sharing within 2 hours
after the disaster with best effort.
Disaster
Request observation before
disaster, based on estimated
disaster time from simulation
Determination
Point
Data
Sharing
Analysis Result
Analysis Sharing
Sharing data Rapidly
Observation

41. Earthquake
Tsunami
Flood and landslide
Volcano Etc.
Triggering
system
Estimating the occurrence of
earthquake-tsunamis,
floods/landslides, volcanic
disasters, and promptly
providing data to the selector
management system, based on
observation and forecast data
of the NIED and other research
items.
A system that can gather
observation conditions and status
of various satellites, aircraft,
drones, etc., and can manage
additional shooting adjustments,
progress management, etc.
• JAXA Satellite
• International
charter
• Sentinel Asia
• Small satellites
A system for selecting and
ordering satellites capable of
shooting and locations from
orbital information of earth
observation satellites all over
the world; and information on
the triggering system.
·Government
- Cabinet Office
- ISUT
- Ministries
- Agencies
· Designated publica agencies
·Prefectures
·Municipalities
Disaster response agencies
Yamaguchi prefecture,
Yokohama city, etc.
(partially adjusted)
Model municipality
ISUT: Cabinet Office Disaster Information
Gathering Support Team
NIED
Observation /
prediction data
Remote sensing
Data Provide
Cloud Platform
Aircrafts
Drones
Storing data of various
satellites, aircraft,
drones, etc.
Analyzing the damage
situation based on the
analysis program.
A cloud system provides
these results
instantaneously.
Observation /
prediction data
Disaster
occurrenc
e
estimation
informatio
n
Request
Observed data
· Remote
Sensing Data
(Satellite, plane,
drone)
· Analysis &
Simulation
results, etc.
- Web API
- GIS data Observed Data
Helicopters
Information
Products
Selector
management
system
Phase 2 SIP
research Theme
V Prediction of
Precipitation
VI Prediction of super
typhoon
Trigger Select
1-1 1-2 1-4
Observation request
Satellite
selector
system
Share
Process / Deliver
1-5
Damage situation Analysis
Analysis using AI, etc.
2-1
Volcanic ash fall simulation
Fire simulation
Flooding + simulation
3
4
5
Simulation of disaster situation
Building damage
2-2
Request / Observation
Development of an immediate sharing system for satellite remote sensing data for disaster
response (2018～2022) “SIP-NR2”
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Remote Sensing data
sharing to ISUT
in Typhoon No.19 (Hagibis)

43. Typhoon Hagibis (#19)
• Formed : 4 October 2019
• Dissipated : 20 October 2019
(Extratropical after 13 October)
• Highest winds
• 10-minute sustained: 195 km/h (120 mph)
• 1-minute sustained: 260 km/h (160 mph)
• Lowest pressure : 915 (hPa)
• Landfall : 17:30 (JST) on 12 October 2019
• Fatalities : 95 total, 5 missing
• Damage : > $9 billion (2019 USD)
NOAA-24
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44. Chikuma-gawa river
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45. Damage of river levee
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By Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Chikuma-gawa river
Abukuma-gawa river

46. 24h Precipitation (0:00 JST 12nd – 0:00 13th Oct)
By NIED: Storm, Flood and Landslide Research Division
mm
Chikuma-gawa river
Abukuma-gawa river
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47. Return Period 24h Precipitation (0:00 JST 12nd – 0:00 13th Oct)
By NIED: Storm, Flood and Landslide Research Division
Year
Chikuma-gawa river
Abukuma-gawa river
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48. Timeline
• 9 October
• Special Announcement about typhoon No.19 (by Japan Meteorological Agency)
• 10 October
• Disaster response headquarters meeting (by Cabinet Office, Disaster Management)
• Press conference (by Japan Meteorological Agency)
• 11 October
• Press conference (by Japan Meteorological Agency)
• 12 October
• Heavy rain and Landfall at Japan main island
• 13 October
• Established Major Disaster Management Headquarters (Chief: Minister for Disaster Management) (by Cabinet
Office)
• 18 meetings were held. (～ 11 Nov.)
• National government teams (with ISUT) were dispatched to 6 prefectural disaster management headquarters
(Miyagi, Fukushima, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama and Nagano)
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49. Typhoon #19 disasters in 2019 (Nagano, Fukushima and
Miyagi)
© JAXA
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50. Disaster response by SIP-NR2 team (1/2)
• JAXA, NIED and Yamaguchi Univ. activated International disaster charter. (11 Oct)
• In close cooperation with Cabinet Office and ISUT, some information products related with remote
sensing were offered.
• Image data: Satellite (SAR and Optical) 、Aerial and Drone Photographs (vertical and oblique) and movie
from helicopter
• Analyzed data: Flood area
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• Commercial EO satellite
company
• International Disaster
Charter
Web-GIS
Web-GIS
Server
(ArcGIS)
NR2 member
• Disaster Response
Organizations
Process
・JAXA/ALOS-2
Image & Flood area
・Image data
・Analyzed data
ID/Password
Deliver
Share
Deliver
Deliver

51. Disaster response by SIP-NR2 team (2/2)
©JAXA
Estimated Flooded area By
ALOS-2, JAXA
Commercial and Small satellite
©Airbus DS
/Spot Image
2019
Includes material
©2019 Planet.
Wide area flooded area detection by
Sentinel-1 SAR Data
The Number of Flooded buildings by
municipality
By Kokusai Kogyo Co., LTD.
By PASCO CORPORATION
Estimated Flooded buildings
Flooded buildings ratio
By NIED
Flooded Area by SPOT
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52. Sentinel-1 [13 Oct 5:41 (JST)]
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53. Flood area detection by Sentinel-1 [13 Oct 5:41 (JST)]
Color Composite
Detected area (Blue)
Red area -> flood
Analyzed by
Kokusai Kogyo
Using Pre and Post SAR
image, Subtracted image
are created.
Threshold was manually
decided by operator.
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54. Building shape (Polygon) are converted to Point data
© NTT Geospace 54

55. Detected Flooded building ●：No Flooded ▲：Flooded
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56. Aggregated by municipality
●：No Flooded ▲：Flooded
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57. Ranking by each municipality (# of Flooded Buildings）
# of flooded buildings Ratio
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58. Published as information products by Web-GIS
# of Buildings
# of Buildings／All Buildings
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59. Information Gathering Satellite [16, 17 & 23 Oct]
By Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office
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60. Aerial Photographs (by GSI Japan)
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•Nagano, Chikumagawa (16 Oct)
•Miyagi, Marumori (20,21 Oct)
•Saitama, Tokigawa (13 Oct)
•Ibaaki, Nakagawa, (17 Oct)
•Ibaraki, Kujigawa, (17 Oct)

61. Oblique Photos (by GSI Japan, PASCO & KOKUSAI Kogyo)
•Chikumagawa
•Higashi Murayama
•Sano, Akiyamagawa
•Nakagawa
•Hitachi Oomiya
•Abukumagawa（3 areas）
•Marumori（2 areas）
•Yoshidagawa 61

62. Major Flooded River
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63. Observed area by SAR (ALOS-2, Sentinel-1, Radarsat-2, TerraSar-X)
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64. Observed area [Optical Image ＋Aerial Photos] (SPOT, Planet/Dove, CBERS, Kanopus, IGS, GSI Japan)
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65. Observed area [Oblique photos ＋ movies]
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66. ALL observed area in Typhoon HAGIBIS
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67. Flood detected area [Nagano Chikuma-gawa river region]
• Interpretation from helicopter
• ALOS-2
• Estimated flood area by GSI 67

68. Flood detected area [Saitama and Tochigi region]
• Sentinel-1
• Estimated flood area by GSI 68

69. Flood detected area [Ibaraki region]
• Sentinel-1
• ALOS-2
• Pleiades
• Interpretation from helicopter
• Estimated flood area by GSI
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70. Abukuma-gawa river
Flood detected area [Fukushima region]
• Sentinel-1
• Estimated flood area by
GSI 70

71. Flood detected area [Miyagi region]
• Sentinel-1
• ALOS-2
• ASNARO-2
• Pleiades
• Estimated flood area by GSI
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72. Summing-up
• Japan is exposed to various disasters year by year.
• The government has made a great deal of effort to reinforce the resilient functions of society.
• However, the information sharing among the disaster response organizations has not been established
yet.
• NIED aims to build up the platform for disaster-information sharing that effectively works at the
time of great disaster.
• SIP4D is the first realized information-sharing platform for disaster management in Japan.
• ISUT is the first team for supporting information-sharing on-site.
• Remote sensing data is a big potential to grasp damaged area quickly and widely.
• The goal is to observe damaged area correctly and share remote sensing data & analyzed data rapidly to
the various support group such as national and local government and private sectors.
• SIP-NR2 aims to develop an immediate sharing and data analysis system using satellite remote sensing
data for disaster response
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