On-Campus Activities by Faculty and Staff

Faculty and Staff Initiatives on Campus (2)

On-Campus Activities by Faculty and Staff

Conducting a survey of the needs of disaster victims in Rikuzentakata City and support activities in the temporary housing area

Name of Representative/Department in Charge	Institute for Sustainability Research and Education (Prof. MIYASHIRO Takashi, Faculty of Social Policy and Administration)
Period	June 2011 - March 2012 (to be continued)
Place	Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture
Activities	Participants: 5 faculty members, 40 graduate and undergraduate students As the third team of the Task Force on Earthquake and Nuclear Power Plant Issues of the Hosei University Organization for Sustainability Research and Education, we visited Rikuzentakata City, the hardest-hit area in Iwate Prefecture, to conduct a needs assessment of the affected citizens' requests for future housing and community development and their concerns about their daily lives, especially in cooperation with NPOs. (A pre-survey will be conducted on June 4 and 5, and a workshop will be held on July 10.) Based on the results of this survey, a full-scale interview survey will be conducted in three phases during August and September in the temporary housing area, targeting households with general citizens, children, disabled persons, and elderly persons. The results of these surveys will be analyzed and fed back to the government, relevant organizations, and affected residents to serve as basic data for future discussions and various support activities for community revitalization led by residents. This project is funded by a research grant (3 million yen) from JKA (JKA Race for the Public Interest Fund) as a project of the Institute for Sustainability Research and Education.
Cooperating Organization	A joint team will be organized with urban planning researchers from Meiji University, the University of Tokyo, and Chuo University, and the project will be implemented in cooperation with the Rikuzentakata Hometown Creation Council, a non-profit organization in Rikuzentakata, the government, and other related organizations.

Symposium "Efforts and Visions for the Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake

Name of Representative/Department in Charge	Graduate School of Policy Creation
Period	May 21, 2011
Place	Multimedia Hall, Ichigaya Tamachi Campus Building
Activities	Participants: 113 people While efforts are underway to recover from the disaster, a vision for reconstruction will play an important role in the future. In this symposium, staff members of the Graduate School of Policy Innovation proposed visions from various angles on the theme of reconstruction, and multifaceted discussions on reconstruction were also held in the panel discussion. Keynote Speeches】 Academic Advisor Tadao Kiyonari "Vision for Tohoku Reconstruction" Professor Takao Komine "The Great East Japan Earthquake and the Future of the Japanese Economy" Professor Yasuo Suwa "The Great East Japan Earthquake and Emergency Employment Measures" Professor Koji Sakamoto "The Great East Japan Earthquake and SMEs" Professor Yoshiyuki Okamoto "The Earthquake and Regional Industrial Innovation" [Panel Discussion] Moderator: Yoshiyuki Okamoto Professor Panelists: Speakers

Research on nuclear energy policy and renewable energy by the Energy Policy Research Group of the Task Force on Earthquake and Nuclear Power Plant Issues of the Institute for Sustainability Research and Education

Name of Representative/Department in Charge	Institute for Sustainability Research and Education (Professor Harutoshi Funabashi)
Period	May 3, 2011 - end of this fiscal year
Place	Fukushima and Aomori Prefectures
Activities	Participants: 5 faculty members, 3 SASS post-doctoral researchers, 1 SASS RA, 7 graduate students, 16 Faculty of Social Sciences students, 2 graduates of the University, 21 faculty and graduate students from other universities, 5 members from NPOs, private research institutions, etc. In the recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake, research on energy policy is doubly necessary. First, the study of nuclear energy policy and nuclear power plants is needed in two ways. First, a critical clarification of nuclear energy policy and the nuclear disaster. To this end, as a new pillar of the SASRI's Environmental Archives Project, a nuclear power plant earthquake archive will be created, and on this foundation, a "Comprehensive Chronological Table of Nuclear Energy and Documents" will be created and published to provide a foundation for future public opinion formation and specialized research. Second, we will position the spread of renewable energy as a pillar policy for regional revitalization and job security, and we will work with NPOs and local governments to support efforts to introduce renewable energy in the Tohoku region. We will provide information to study groups and project preparatory groups that are emerging in each region using action research methods, and offer advice for their success.
Cooperating Organization	For nuclear energy policy research, we collaborate with 18 faculty members and graduate students from other universities who belong to sociological societies. For renewable energy policy, we collaborate with the Bureau of Environment of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (an NPO), and Professor Shuji Shimizu of Fukushima University.

Provision of e-learning materials

Name of Representative/Department in Charge	Information Technology (IT) Research Center
Period	May 2011- (Prof. Harutoshi Funabashi)
Place	The IT Research Center provided free of charge educational materials developed by the University E-Learning Council, NIFTY Corporation, and Sumisho Computer Systems Corporation to an advanced education platform jointly established by the Council, NIFTY Corporation, and Sumisho Computer Systems Corporation to support lectures, teaching materials, and university credit accreditation through e-learning for universities.
Cooperating Organization	University e-Learning Council, NIFTY Corporation, Sumisho Computer Systems Corporation

Public Lecture "What We Can Do for Relief and Rebuilding Lives in the Areas Affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake

Name of Representative/Department in Charge	Faculty of Social Policy and Administration
Period	April 19 and 26, 2011
Place	Room 302, 3rd floor, Faculty of Social Policy and Administration Building
Activities	In Professor Yoshinori Yamaoka's course "Voluntary Action," an open lecture was held, inviting guests who are practically tackling issues such as support for disaster-stricken areas. April 19: "What is Disaster Volunteerism: History, Features, and Issues of Student Participation in Disaster Volunteer Activities" Guest: Mr. Yuta Ando (Advisor, Tokyo Volunteer and Citizen Action Center) April 26: "Report on Local Relief Activities by Overseas Cooperation NGOs and Future Issues - Especially on Student Volunteer Participation" Guest: Ms. Akiko Suzuki (Shanti Volunteer Association)

Surveys and research on disasters and CSR

Name of Representative/Department in Charge	Professor Takashi Ebashi, Faculty of Law (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Basic Research (B) Researcher Team)
Period	April 1, 2011 - November 30, 2011
Place	Affected areas, Tokyo, Seoul, South Korea
Activities	Participants: 3 faculty members and 2 students selected, in cooperation with specialized researchers and experts in the affected areas, will enter the affected areas during the summer to conduct surveys and research, and publicize the results at the Japan-China-Korea Inter-Korea Symposium to be held in Tokyo and Seoul in the fall to appeal for promotion of reconstruction support activities. In FY2011, we will also set disaster and CSR as the subject of joint research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) by researchers from Japan, China, and Korea, and investigate the experience of relief activities by Japanese, Chinese, and Korean companies in the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake in China. We will also provide advice and support for individual post-earthquake reconstruction assistance activities by companies, and cooperate with them to enhance their actual activities.
Cooperating Organization	The UN Global Compact Japan Network, RENGO (Japan Federation of Trade Unions for Social Welfare), Japan-China-Korea Joint Researcher Team, Public Resource Center, Kitakami River Mouth and Iki-Iki Club, and the Japan-China-Korea Joint Researcher Team will be the research subjects of the relief and reconstruction support activities by companies and trade unions in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Kitakami River Mouth Iki-Iki Club

Provision of free publications, mailing service of photocopies, and lending of books

Name of Representative/Department in Charge	Ohara Institute of Social Problems
Period	March 30, 2011-
Activities	Provide libraries, archival institutions, researchers, and disaster victims in the affected areas with free stock of institute publications, mailing service of photocopies of documents, and lending of general books to individual researchers (normally only lending to institutions).

Hosei University Great East Japan Earthquake Relief Fund

Name of Representative/Department in Charge	General Affairs Dept.
Period	March 29, 2011 - June 30, 2011
Place	On the campus of Hosei University
Activities	In addition to university staff, alumni, current students and their parents, donations will be collected from the general public to be used to support those affected by the disaster through the Japanese Red Cross Society. Donation amount: 3,935,136 yen
Related Link	Hosei University Donation for the Great East Japan Earthquake (Acceptance of Donations has ended)

Collection and shipment of relief supplies to support junior high schools in the affected areas

Name of Representative/Department in Charge	Yukaji Murakami, Junior and Senior High School Teacher
Period	Late March - May 2011
Place	Inside Daini Junior & Senior High School
Activities	Participants: 10 teachers and staff, 50 students Since late March, teachers and students of Murakami took the lead in collecting relief materials such as textbooks, clothing, and shoes no longer used by students to support the disaster area, and sent them to junior high schools in the affected area (Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture) in turn.

Fundraising for the affected areas

Name of Representative/Department in Charge	Faculty of Social Policy and Administration, Graduate School of Social Well-being Studies
Period	March 24 - April 9, 2011
Place	Tama Campus
Activities	Participating staff: approx. 60 students Faculty and student volunteers organized a fundraising campaign for three municipalities in the Tohoku and northern Kanto regions affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake with which Faculty of Social Policy and Administration students are closely connected through practical training, etc. (Tono City, Iwate Prefecture; Oarai Town, Ibaraki Prefecture; Motegi Town, Tochigi Prefecture). In addition to calling for donations at guidance sites and around the faculty building when degrees were distributed and at orientation sessions, a collection box was placed in the administrative office to collect donations for faculty and staff, which were sent to the affected municipalities. Total amount of donations: 551,126 yen; the amount sent was as follows. To Tono City, Iwate Prefecture: 301,126 yen To Oarai-cho, Ibaraki 150,000 yen 100,000 yen to Motegi Town, Tochigi Prefecture