Japan
Updated 17 July 2017
Chapter Leader:
Prof Hisashi Nirei, The Geo-pollution Control Agency International Union of Geological Science (IUGS) Geoscience for Environmental Management (GEM) Japan Branch, 1277-1, Kamauchiya, Motoyahagi, Katori City, Chiba Prefecture 287-0025, Japan
E-mail: nireihisashi@msn.com
Chapter Secretary:
Kunio Furuno
E-mail: kuniofurunojp@gmail.com
Chapter Website: http://www.jspmug.org/
The IMGA Local Chapter in Japan was established in 2010.
June 2017
No update.
December 2016
No update.2015
6-month report from Local Chapter Secretary Dr. Kunio Furuno:
Meetings
The meetings of the officers of Japan chapter (Chair: Hisashi Nirei and Secretary: Kunio Furuno) were held every month. They discussed about the activity of the chapter.
Training Course
We are involved in many training courses on environmental geology. During this period, the 3-day ‘14th Training Course of Investigation Methods, Geo-pollution Research and Remediation in Surplus Soil and Disposal Site’, which mainly focused on heavy metal pollution, was held on Katori, Chiba prefecture in Japan. The training course consisted of lectures and field training. The main contents were groundwater basin management and groundwater flow, geological survey and boring, geo-pollution, radioactivity and radioactive pollution, man-made strata and heavy metal pollution, etc. (Photos included in Members section.)
Cooperation
The Japan chapter closely cooperates with the following organizations:
- Japanese Society of Geo-pollution Science, Medical Geology and Urban Geology Association: http://www.jspmug.org/index.html
- Japan branch of IUGS-GEM (International Union of Geological Science) (Commission on Geo-Science for Environmental Management): http://www.iugs-gem.org/#Commission on Geo-science for Environmental Management
- Working Group of Manmade strata and Geo-pollution of IUGS-GEM: http://manmade.iugs-gem.org/
- The geological Society of Japan (Specialized group of Environmental geology): http://www.geosociety.jp/pecialized
Conferences
We were involved in the following conference:
- 24th Symposium on Geo-environments and Geo-technics. November 2014 Nihon University Tokyo Program: http://www.jspmug.org/envgeo_sympo/24th_sympo/24th_sympo_prog.pdf (in Japanese) Proceedings (English contents, English abstracts, English explanation of Figures and tables)
Presentations and Papers
Most of the members of the Japan chapter had oral and poster presentations in the following conference. The presentations may not focus on health and medicine directly but are related to them from a view point of the environment.
- 24th Symposium on Geo-environments and Geo-technics. November 2014 Nihon University Tokyo Program: http://www.jspmug.org/envgeo_sympo/24th_sympo/24th_sympo_prog.pdf (in Japanese) Proceedings (English contents, English abstracts, English explanation of figures and tables). Most of the members had oral and poster presentations.
- Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015, May 24 to May 28, 2015: http://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e/. Some members presented at this conference
Chapter Members
Same as the last period.
2014
Meetings
The meeting of the officers of Japan Chapter (Chair: Hisashi Nirei and Secretary: Kunio Furuno) were held every month. They discussed the activity of the chapter.
Cooperation
The Japan Chapter closely cooperates with the following organizations:
- Japan branch of IUGS-GEM (International Union of Geological Science ) (Commission on Geo-Science for Environmental Management)
http://www.iugs-gem.org/#Commission on Geo-science for Environmental Management:GEM
- Working Group of Manmade Strata and Geopollution of IUGS-GEM
http://manmade.iugs-gem.org/
- Japanese Society of Geo-pollution Science, Medical Geology and Urban Geology Association
http://www.jspmug.org/index.html
- The Geological Society of Japan (Specialized group of Environmental geology)
http://www.geosociety.jp/pecialized
Presentations and Papers
Most of the members of the Japan Chapter had oral and poster presentations in the following conferences. The presentations may not focus on health and medicine directly but are related to them from a view point of the environment.
- Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014, April 28 to May 2, 2014
Some members presented in this conference.
- 121st Annual meeting of the Japan Geological Society at Kagoshima, September 14-16 2014
Many members presented in this conference.
https://geosociety2.sakura.ne.jp/en/
2012
The Japan Chapter is very active and has 12 members. These are a mixture of environmental geoscientists and chemists. The Chapter organises the very successful Annual Symposium for Geo-pollution Science, Medical Geology and Urban Geology and publishes the Journal on Geo-pollution Science, Medical Geology and Urban.
Geology Prof. Hisashi and his colleagues are also very involved in radioactivity assessments following the Tohoku earthquake in March last year. They have been surveying radioactive geopollution and the behaviour of radioactive dust material from Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant No.1. The IMGA Committee sends its sympathy and support to the Japan IMGA Chapter following the terrible earthquake and continuing environmental problems in Japan and very much appreciates the work that the IMGA Local Chapter is doing in very difficult circumstances.
Meetings
Meetings of the officers of the Japan Chapter (Chair: Hisashi Nirei and Secretary: Kunio Furuno) are held every month to discuss the activity of the branch.
Cooperation
The Japan Chapter closely cooperates with the following organizations:
- Japan branch of IUGS-GEM (International Union of Geological Science ) (Commission on Geo-Science for Environmental Management). http://www.iugs-gem.org/# Commission on Geo-science for Environmental Management:GEM
- Working Group of Manmade Strata and Geopollution of IUGS-GEM.
http://manmade.iugs-gem.org/
- Japanese Society of Geo-pollution Science, Medical Geology and Urban Geology Association
http://www.jspmug.org/index.html
- The Geological Society of Japan (Specialized group of Environmental geology).
http://www.geosociety.jp/pecialized
Presentations and Papers
Most of the members of the Japan Chapter had oral and poster presentations in the following conferences. The presentations may not focus on health and medicine directly but are related to them from a viewpoint of the environment.
- The 21st Symposium on Geo-Environments and Geo-Technics, January 24 and 25, 2012
Almost of the all members of the Japan Chapter had presentations. The proceedings of the Symposium and Geo-Technics Abstracts (English and Japanese) are available from the website:
http://www.jspmug.org/envgeo_sympo/21st_sympo/21th_sympo_abst.pdf - IUGS-GEM meeting at Brisbane, Australia
Hisashi Nirei presentation: Two Super Plumes of Radioactive Geopollution due to melt down of the Reactor of Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant.
- IGC34 Brisbane, Australia
Session 4-4 Medical Geology. Hisashi Nirei; Two Super Plumes of Radioactive Geopollution due to melt down of the Reactor of Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant (invited)
Session 4-5 Geopollution, dust and manmade strata
Hisashi Nirei; Classification of manmade strata for assessment of geopollution (Keynote speech)
Members also presented in this and other sessions. - 119th Annual meeting of the Japan Geological Society at Osalka, September 15-17 2012
Many members presented in this session: http://www.geosociety.jp/osaka/content0001.html
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The Japanese Chapter has its own international journal: Geopollution, Medical Geology and Urban Geology. |
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2011
The Japan Chapter is very active and has 12 members, a mixture of environmental geoscientists and chemists. The Chapter organises the very successful Annual Symposium for Geo-pollution Science, Medical Geology and Urban Geology and publishes the Journal on Geo-pollution Science, Medical Geology and Urban Geology. The Chapter has also held approximately 15 informal meetings for study of the book “Essentials of the Medical Geology”. Professor Hisashi and his colleagues are also very involved in radioactivity assessments following the Tohoku earthquake in March this year. The IMGA Committee sends its sympathy and support to the Japan IMGA Chapter following the terrible earthquake and continuing environmental problems in Japan this year and very much appreciates the work that the IMGA Local Chapter is doing in very difficult circumstances.