Our paper The effect of seawalls on tsunami evacuation departure: A case study of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake was featured in Reuters:

Seawalls may give false sense of security during a tsunami

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Prof. Noboru Harata made a keynote lecture entitled “Sustainable Transport Strategy in Tokyo Metropolitan Region” at World Transport Convention 2018 held at the National Convention Center in Beijing.

Our Japanese textbook “Urban Transportation Planning (3rd Edition)”, edited by Prof. Emeritus Yoji Niitani and Prof. Noboru Harata, was published from Gihodo Shuppan Co., Ltd. this August.

Prof. Harata was interviewed by Todai-shimbun, the newspaper edited by UTokyo students, and appeared in the article on 28th June, 2016.

http://www.todaishimbun.org/company/20160628/

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The book “Transport-oriented Machizukuri: Challenges in local cities” (In Japanese), edited by Professor Harata, Professor Hato (Dept. of Civil Eng.) and Associate Professor Takami, will be published in July by Kajima Institute Publishing Co., Ltd. The book discusses both research and practical implementations of Transport-oriented Machizukuri (交通まちづくり) in cities across Japan.

In addition, on July 5th (Sun), a commemorative symposium will be held at the University of Tokyo. More details soon.