OKAZAKI, Kenji

• 
  • Position:
    Director of Disaster Prevention, Reconstruction and Risk Management Program; Director of Disaster Management Policy Program; Director of Disaster Management Program (doctoral); Professor
  • Degree:
    Ph.D. (Engineering), Kyoto University
  Specialty:
  - Disaster risk management (mainly earthquakes)
  - Housing, Architectural, and Urban Policy
• Current Research Interests:

  1.	Disaster Management Policy in developing countries
  2.	Earthquake mitigation policy for non-engineered construction
  3.	Earthquake risk perception

• Professional Career:

  1976	B.A. Engineering, Kyoto University and joined the Ministry of Construction
  1981	United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN/ESCAP), Bangkok
  1985	International Cooperation Officer, Ministry of Construction
  1988	Director General, Urban Development, Tsuchiura City
  1993	Director, Housing Division, Fukuoka Prefecture
  1996	Secretariat for International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (UN/IDNDR), Geneva
  2001	Director, Building Disaster Prevention Office, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
  2002	Coordinator, United Nations Center for Regional Development (UNCRD) Disaster Management Planning Hyogo Office
  2003	Visiting Professor of Kobe University, Lecture of Kyoto University Graduate School, Lecture of Nagoya Institute of Technology Graduate school
  2004	Dr. (Engineering), Kyoto University
  2005	Professor, GRIPS

• Selected publications:

  �E	�gRADIUS - Risk Assessment Tools for Diagnosis of Urban Areas against Seismic Disasters�h (translated in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Arabic), International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (UN/IDNDR), 2000.
  �E	Kenji Okazaki, �gAchievement of RADIUS�h, Earthquake Hazard and Seismic Risk Reduction, 2000, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  �E	Kenji Okazaki, Rajib Shaw, �gEmpowerment of Local People for Sustainable Disaster Mitigation�h, Regional Development Dialogue (RDD), Vol.24, No. 1, United Nations Centre for Regional Development, Nagoya, Spring 2003.
  �E	Kenji Okazaki, Rajib Shaw, �gA User�fs Guide - Sustainable Community Based Disaster Management (CBDM) Practices in Asia�h, United Nations Centre for Regional Development, 2004.
  �E	Kenji Okazaki, �gStudy on motivation and management for sustainable earthquake disaster reduction : Through implementation of the UN RADIUS project�h, November 2003�idoctoral dissertation�j
  �E	Kenji Okazaki, �gMotivation of people for disaster management�h, Journal of architecture, planning and environmental engineering (580), Architectural Institute of Japan, June 2004
  �E	Kenji Okazaki, �gResearch Proposal regarding with influence of decision making on building and city�h, Journal of architecture and building science, May 2002�iArchitectural Institute of Japan �gEssay Competition: Research on exploring future fields and technological development�h Second prize�j
  �E	Kenji Okazaki, �gNew Strategy for Earthquake Risk Management�h, Keynote Paper, K5, First European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, September 2006, 1-7.
  �E	Kenji Okazaki, Ravi Sinha, Amod Dixit, Bishnu Pandey, Takako Chinoi, and others, �gDisaster Education�h, GRIPS, March 2007.
  �E	Kenji Okazaki, Tastuo Narahu, �gHousing Reconstruction Practices in Aceh, Indonesia�h, Journal of architecture, planning and environmental engineering, September 2007, 257-262.
  �E	Korel Eraybar, Alper Ilki, Kenji Okazaki, �gSeismic Risk Perception in Avcilar,�h Proceedings of Turkish Sixth National Conference on Earthquake Engineering �i16-20 October 2007, Istanbul, Turkey�j, Vol.2, 2007, 41-51.
  �E	Kenji Okazaki, "Incentives to Encourage Investment in Earthquake Safer Housing", Keynote Paper, Proceedings of International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Mitigation (ICEEDM08), Jakarta, April 2008, 47-57.
  �E	Okazaki, Narafu, Kusumastuti, Pribadi, "Reconstruction Practices in Aceh after 2004 Tsunami Disaster," 14th World Conference on earthquake Engineering (14 WCEE), Beijing, China, October 2008.
  �E	Pandey, Okazaki, Ando, "Dissemination of Earthquake Resistant Technologies for Non-Engineered Construction," 14th World Conference on earthquake Engineering (14 WCEE), Beijing, China, October 2008.
  �E	Okazaki, Ilki, Ahmad, Kandel, Rahayu, "Seismic Risk Perception of People for Safer Housing," 14th World Conference on earthquake Engineering (14 WCEE), Beijing, China, October 2008.
  �E	Okazaki, Kenji; Ilki, Alper, others, "Study on Risk Perception Concerning Housing Safety against earthquakes," The 21st EAROPH World Congress, Hyogo, Japan, October 2008.
  �E	Kenji Okazaki,�gEstablishment strategy for society of seismic technics�h, Building Disaster Prevention, September 2009, 20-26.
  �E	Tatsuo Narafu, Kenji Okazaki, "A Proposal of an Approach for Safer Non-Engineered Houses," Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, November 2009.
  �E	Michitaka Umemoto, Eiichi Itoigawa, Yoshio Kumagai, Kenji Okazaki,�gA study on inhabitants' intention for residential earthquake safety measures: questionnaire surveys in Shizuoka city, Chiba city and Mito city�h, Journal of architecture, planning and environmental engineering, Vol.74 (645) ,November 2009, 2451-2458.
  �E	Michitaka Umemoto, Eiichi Itoigawa, Yoshio Kumagai, Kenji Okazaki, �g A structural analysis of inhabitants' willingness for taking residential earthquake safety measures: comparison between Shizuoka City, Chiba City, and Mito City�h, Journal of Institute of Social Safety Science No.11, November 2009.
  �E	Korel Eraybar, Kenji Okazaki, Alper Ilki "An exploratory study on perceptions of seismic risk and mitigation in two districts of Istanbul" , Disasters, Vol.34 Issue 1, January 2010, 71-92�iAward for published in International Academic journal 2010 GRIPS�j
  �E	Kenji Okazaki, �gEarthquake Risk Perception and Policy Making�h, ERRA International Conference on �gCONVERTING ADVERSITY INTO OPPORTUNITY�h, Islamabad, April 2010
  �E	Kenji Okazaki, �gSeismic Risk Perception Concerning Housing Safety�h, Make the People a Part of the Solution, UNESCO, Paris, April 2010, 95-107.
  �E	Kenji Okazaki �gSeismic Risk Perception Concerning Safety of Non-engineered Houses�h, CIB World Congress, Salford Quays, United Kingdom, May 2010.
  �E	Kenji Okazaki �gReconstruction of Non-engineered Houses in Aceh after 2004 Tsunami and Earthquake�h CIB World Congress, Salford Quays, United Kingdom, May 2010
  �E	Takao Nishikawa, Kenji Okazaki, Kenji Isezaki,�gThree-way Conversation("BOSAI"-Disaster-reduction Nation, Nippon)�h, Journal of architecture and building science, Architectural Institute of Japan, May 2010, 28-35.
  �E	Okazaki, Pribadi, �gA Safety Issues of the Reconstructed Houses in Aceh after the 2004 Tsunami�h, International Platform for Reducing Earthquake Disasters (IPRED) ,UNESCO, Padang, Indonesia, July 2010.
  �E	Narafu, Okazaki, others �gA Proposal for a Comprehensive Approach to Safer Non-engineered Houses�h , Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, November 2010, 315-322

• Social contributions:

  (1)	Activities at other universities and research institutions
  	�]	The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) �gCouncil on National Support for ASEAN University Network/Southeast Asia Engineering Education Development Network�h
  	�]	The Japan Building Disaster Prevention Association �g Committee on Evaluation of Technical requirement for Disaster Prevention of Large-Scale Buildings�h
  	�]	The Japan Building Disaster Prevention Association �gEditing Council for Building Disaster Prevention�h
  	�]	Japan Association of Architectural Firms �h Expert council for Investigation in Architects Liability Insurance�h
  	�]	Board Member of �gCouncil on East Asian Community�h
  	�]	Commissioner of �gInternational Urban Studies Institute�h,
  	�]	Lectures at the JICA Training Course on �g Building Regulations�h (every year since 2006)
  	�]	Lectures at the JICA Training Course on �gEarthquake Safety Measures for Chinese Administration�h (two times, 2009)
  	�]	Lectures at the JICA Training Course on �gSchool t Safety against Earthquakes�h (2009)
  	�]	Lecturing at Ministry of Public Works of Laos PDR �gSeminar on Building Standards (2010)�irequested by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism�j
  	�]	Lecture on �gDisaster Risk Management�h for the executive officers of the Thai Government (2010)
  	�]	Lectures on �gDisaster Risk Management�h for Doctoral Program at Peking University (April and December 2010)
  	�]	Lectures on �gSafety and Security in Urban Planning�h at International Urban Studies Institute
  (2)	Activities at academy and others
  	�]	A member of Architectural Institute of Japan
  	�]	A member of Association of Urban Housing Sciences
  	�]	A member of Institute of Social Safety Science
  	�]	A member of CIB (International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction, Head quarter at the Netherlands) and Coordinator of �gTG75 - Engineering Studies on Traditional Constructions�h
  (3)	Organizers, session chairs, keynote speeches, presentations at international conferences or workshops
  	�]	Earthquakes and Megacities Workshop, Seeheim, Germany, September 1997
  	�]	International Workshop on Urban Earthquake Risk Assessment and Management, Beijing, China, October, 1997
  	�]	�gEarthquake Scenario Workshop,�h Kathmandu, Nepal, February 1998
  	�]	International IASPEI Conference on �gModern Preparation and Response Systems for Earthquake, Tsunami and Volcanic Hazards�h for IDNDR, Santiago, Chile, April 1998
  	�]	Second International Conference on Earthquake, Hazard, and Seismic Risk Reduction, Yerevan, Armenia, September 1998
  	�]	IDNDR-ESCAP Regional Meeting for Asia: Risk Reduction and Society in the 21st Century, Bangkok, February 1999
  	�]	Session �gTowards Safer Cities�h, IDNDR Program Forum, Geneva (session organizer), September 1999
  	�]	12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (12WCEE), Auckland, New Zealand, January-February 2001
  	�]	International Workshop �gEarthquake Safer World in the 21st Century - People, Communities, and Disasters,�h January 2003 (organizer)
  	�]	UNESCO Meeting on �gthe Cross-cutting Initiative: Reduction of Natural Disaster in Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean�h, Paris, France, September 2003
  	�]	International Symposium �gCommunity Legacy in Disaster Management�h, Kobe, February 2004 (organizer)
  	�]	International Conference on �gPartnership in Community Based Disaster Management�h in Asia,�h New Delhi August 2004 (organizer)
  	�]	National Workshop for CBDM Field Application in Viet Nam, Hanoi, 2004
  	�]	National Workshop for CBDM Field Application Project in Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 2004
  	�]	Thematic session on �gCommunity Based Disaster Management�h as part of UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR), Kobe, Jan. 2005 (organizer)
  	�]	Improvised Shake Table demonstration as part of Public Forum of WCDR (organizer)
  	�]	Workshop on �gBuilding A Safer Aceh Against Tsunami and Earthquake Hazard�h, Bandung, 2006 (co-organizer)
  	�]	First European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology ,Geneva, 2006 ( Keynote speech )
  	�]	�gInternational Conference on Earthquake Risk Management�iICERM�j�h Pakistan, Islamabad, April 2007
  	�]	�gEducation for Disaster management and towards safer schools�h Workshop, Fiji, 2007�icosponsor: Fiji government�j
  	�]	How to promote Community-Based Disaster Management�vSeoul, 2006�iKeynote speech �j
  	�]	Philippine Geological Society, �gEducating People for Safer Housing against Earthquakes,�h Quezon City, Philippines, November 2007.�iSpecial lecture�j
  	�]	International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Mitigation, Jakarta, 2008 (Keynote speech)
  	�]	The 2nd Session of the IPRED, UNESCO, Paris, July 2008
  	�]	14th World Conference on earthquake Engineering (14 WCEE), Beijing, China, October 2008
  	�]	The 21st EAROPH World Congress, Hyogo, Japan, October 2008
  	�]	�hInternational Symposium 2008 on Earthquake Safe Housing�h, Tokyo�iGRIPS�j, November 2008 (co-organizer)
  	�]	Tokyo International Workshop 2009 on Earthquake Disaster Mitigation for Safer Housing, Tokyo, January2009 (co-organizer)
  	�]	The United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction �gGlobal Platform for disaster risk reduction 2009�h, Geneva, 2009
  	�]	UNESCO-IPRED-ITU Workshop, Istanbul, July 2009
  	�]	Regional Conference on Earthquake Risk Reduction in Pre and Post Disaster Situation, July 2009, Delhi
  	�]	Istanbul International Conference on Seismic Risk Mitigation (IICSRM), Istanbul, Dec. 2009
  	�]	�g International Symposium on �gMore resilient non-engineered houses for earthquake disaster reduction �g�AGRIPS, Tokyo, February 2010 (co-organizer)
  	�]	�g International Conference on Disaster Management�h by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Tokyo, August 2010�irepresentative of Scientist�j
  	�]	International Workshop on �gNon-engineered Housing in Padang�h, Padang, Indonesia, January2011 (co-organizer)

• Other notable activities & achievements:
  �g1999 Award of Association of Earthquake Disaster Prevention�h for successful implementation of the RADIUS project (1996-1999) at the Secretariat of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (UN/IDNDR)
• e-mail: okazakik