“Reconstruction Knowledge” Projects: Initiatives of Selected Universities, etc.：The Fukushima Innovation Coast Framework

“Reconstruction Knowledge” Projects: Initiatives of Selected Universities, etc.

Reconstruction Knowledge Projects Overview of Education and Research Activities of Selected Universities, etc.

For information on the activities of the universities and colleges of technology taking part in “Reconstruction Knowledge” projects, please see the links below.

List of content created by universities, etc. selected for “Reconstruction Knowledge” projects

For information on the activities of the selected universities, etc. taking part in “Reconstruction Knowledge” projects, please see the links below.

*Listed 1 through 21 in order of application.

	University Name	Partner Municipality	Project Name	Links
1	University of Aizu	Minamisoma City	Robotics & ICT Human Resource Development Program in which Young Talent Shines	・FY2021 Human Resource Development Infrastructure Construction Projects Utilizing the “Reconstruction Knowledge” of Universities, etc. – Project Report ・FY 2021 “Reconstruction Knowledge” project texts and materials ・FY2022 Human Resource Development Infrastructure Construction Projects Utilizing the “Reconstruction Knowledge” of Universities, etc. – Project Report ・FY 2022 “Reconstruction Knowledge” project texts and materials
2	Osaka University	Iitate Village Okuma Town Futaba Town	Seminars on Environmental Radiation in the Hamadohri Region, Fukushima Prefecture	‘- Seek to learn more. Think by yourself. Project Hamadohri in Fukushima! – Hamadohri Environmental Radiation School
3	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology	Tomioka Town	Implementing decarbonized next-generation agriculture education & research programs for fostering human resources for agricultural reconstruction innovation	‘- Notice of Session to Report FY2022 Research Activities – Notice of Session to Report FY2019 Research Activities – Tomioka Plus blog post, “Fukushima Pride” Introducing agricultural produce and specialties of Tomioka Town imbued with the spirit of Tomioka “Agriculture in Tomioka Town 2019”
4	Dokkyo University	Tamura City	“Sustainable Urban Development” Creative Project Leveraging Foreign Language Education and Environmental Education	・Dokkyo University website – Dokkyo University website (Lectures for the future for children) – Dokkyo University website (Global warming countermeasures) ・Instagram
5	Kindai University	Kawamata Town	“All-Kindai” Kawamata Town Development & Recovery Human Resource Project	– Kindai University website (Social Cooperation Promotion Center)
6	Nihon University	Katsurao Village Tomioka Town	Construction and Implementation of “LOHAS Community” through Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration*LOHAS: Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability	‘- College of Engineering, Nihon University website (“Katsurao Village Reconstruction and Community Center Azalea’s surrounding Lohas facilities” as a base of activities for reconstruction knowledge led by Professor Tomoyoshi Urabe, Laboratory of Architecture Planning, are awarded the [37th Fukushima Prefecture Architectural Culture Award Reconstruction Award], March 31, 2022) 2022.3.31） – College of Engineering, Nihon University website (Professor Tomoyoshi Urabe, Laboratory of Architecture Planning and his lab plan and install the stage and seating for the third edition of “Noh and Kyogen” in Katsurao Village for the first time in two years, July 10, 2023).7.10）
7	University of Tokyo	Iitate Village	Education and Research Program toward Passing Down Reconstruction Knowledge to Future Generations in Iitate Village	– Madei University – Todai Murajuku (Iitate) – Website of Professor Mizoguchi’s Laboratory (Mizo lab.) – Madei University (X *formerly Twitter)
8	Nagasaki University (Joint applicants: Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima University, Higashi Nippon International University)	Kawauchi Village Tomioka Town Okuma Town Futaba Town	Project for Construction of Knowledge Exchange Center through Human Resource Development in the Field of Disaster and Radiation Medical Sciences	– Nagasaki University website (News: Outline of international seminar) – Nagasaki University website (News: Disaster and Radiation Medical Sciences Seminar and Reconstruction Knowledge and Reconstruction Studies Seminar) – Nagasaki University website (News: International Studies Course on Nuclear Disaster Reconstruction) – Nagasaki University website (News: 2022 Nuclear Disaster Reconstruction Seminar) – YouTube　Nagasaki University x Ukrainian Exchange Student Initiative for Global Human Resource Development in Hamadori, Fukushima Prefecture – YouTube　Nagasaki University x Tomioka Town: Steps of “Reconstruction from Nuclear Disaster” – YouTube　Nagasaki University x Kawauchi Village: Our Ten-Year Journey – YouTube　Nagasaki University x Okuma Town: Twelve Years Since the Nuclear Accident, The Current State of Reconstruction and Initiatives by Nagasaki University
9	University of Tokyo	Shinchi Town	Reconstruction Knowledge Human Resource Development through Sustainable Urban Development from Public-Private-Academia Co-Creation	– Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo website – Instagram　Shinchi Urban Design Center (UDC Shinchi) – Facebook　Shinchi Urban Design Center (UDC Shinchi) – YouTube Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo’s Shinchi Town Project
10	Koriyama Women’s University	Katsurao Village	Local Specialty Development and Food & Agriculture Education in Katsuo Village	– Koriyama Women’s University website　*Part of a blog post including activities from the “Reconstruction Knowledge Project” – Gunji Group　Instagram
11	Tohoku University (Joint applicant: Tohoku Gakuin University)	Minamisoma City Namie Town Katsurao Village	Construction of Base for Inter-Disciplinary Field Studies for Fukushima Hamadori Regional Society	– Graduate School of Agricultural Science Innovation Center for Future Agricultural Production and Food Industry – Facebook Katsurao Plant Factory – Facebook Tohoku University, Graduate School of Agricultural Science Innovation Center for Future Agricultural Production and Food Industry (related to Reconstruction Knowledge)
12	National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College	Hirono Town	Exploration & Conversion of Unused Resources in Hirono Town: The Mikan Project	—
13	Tokyo University of Agriculture	Soma City	Tokyo University of Agriculture: From Reconstruction to Regional Creation, a Support Project for the Agriculture and Forestry Industry	*Currently in preparation
14	Waseda University	Hirono Town	Fukushima Social Innovation Creation Project	– Waseda University Fukushima Research Center Hamadori Future Creation website
15	Hirosaki University	Namie Town	Education Program on Health, Environment, and Disaster Prevention toward Regional Human Resource Development to Follow Up on the Reconstruction of Namie Town	– Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture Support Activities NEWS
16	Fukushima University	Minamisoma City Kawauchi Village Okuma Town Iitate Village	Roll-Out of Food, Agriculture and Fukushima Future Studies Integrating “Reconstruction Knowledge Projects”	– Fukushima University (“Reconstruction Knowledge Project” Support Office) website – YouTube　Fukushima University Reconstruction Knowledge Project (Roll-Out of Food, Agriculture and Fukushima Future Studies)
17	University of Tokyo (Joint applicant: National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College)	Iwaki City	In Cooperation with Iwaki City “Project to Develop Human Resources to Support Industries of the Future” – Bring the Winds of Revitalization to Hamadori Project –	—
18	University of Tokyo (Joint applicant: National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College)	Iwaki City Okuma Town Hirono Town Katsurao Village Tomioka Town Naraha Town	Deepening and Expansion of the Fukushima Resilience Study: Building a Foundation for Development of Multi-Layered Human Resources	– Deepening and Expansion of the Fukushima Resilience Study
19	Ritsumeikan University (Joint application: The University of Tokyo, Fukushima University)	Kawamata Town Okuma Town Futaba Town Namie Town Katsurao Village	Deepening and Expansion of the Fukushima Resilience Study: Building a Foundation for Development of Multi-Layered Human Resources	– Ritsumeikan University website (Saturday Lectures on Knowledge Discovery and Reconstruction Knowledge Rice Ball Seminar at Kawamata High School, Fukushima Prefecture, November 2022) – Ritsumeikan University website (Invited Shiro Izawa, Mayor of Futaba Town, Fukushima Prefecture, and held “Challenge, Fukushima Juku” seminar) – Ritsumeikan University website (FY2022 Challenge Fukushima Juku, August 2022).8） – Ritsumeikan University website (FY2022 Challenge Fukushima Juku, November 2022) – Ritsumeikan University website (“Challenge, Fukushima Juku” Exhibition at Asia Week held at Osaka Ibaraki Campus) – Ritsumeikan University website (Held 3.11 Inochi no Tsudoi (Gathering of Life) Symposium) – Ritsumeikan University website (FY2022 Voices of Students Who Took Part in Challenge Fukushima Juku, August 2022) – Ritsumeikan University website (FY2022 Voices of Students Who Took Part in Challenge Fukushima Juku, November 2022 – February 2023)
20	Tokyo University of Agriculture	Namie Town Futaba Town	Internship-Type Agriculture and Agricultural Village Integrated Reconstruction Strategy Project	– Tokyo University of Agriculture website (News: A sakura sapling produced in a joint project between Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture and the Tokyo University of Agriculture was planted on the premises of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) – Tokyo University of Agriculture website (News: Students from the Tokyo University of Agriculture plant rice in Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture – third straight year of the Reconstruction Support Project -) – Tokyo University of Agriculture website (News: 2nd Edition of Reconstruction Namie Joint Seminar “An Influential Rice Producer and a Branding Professional Tell All! How Rice can Boost the Development of a Region – Reconstruction Studies x Agriculture x Marketing Strategy” will be held)
21	Keio University	Tamura City	Building a Foundation for the Stimulation of the Industry and Development of Highly Sophisticated Human Resources for a Society Permeated by Drones	—

“Reconstruction Knowledge Project” Initiatives in which the Selected Universities, etc. Cooperated

Please access the links below.

Initiative	Participating University, etc.	Overview	Link
Society of Reconstruction Agriculture	3. Tokyo University of Agriculture, 6. College of Engineering, Nihon University 7. The University of Tokyo, 10. Koriyama Women’s University, 11. Tohoku University, 12. National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College 16. Fukushima University (Secretariat), 20. Tokyo University of Agriculture The above participating universities, etc. are current as of the time of the Commemorative Symposium for the Establishment of the Society of Reconstruction Agriculture. 3-20 are listed in order of the time of application for the “Reconstruction Knowledge Project”.	The Society of Reconstruction Agriculture was established in June 2020 to contribute to and speed up the revitalization of agriculture in the Hamadori region of Fukushima Prefecture that was afflicted by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster. Society members are not limited to researchers of universities and research institutions centered on fields related to agriculture, but include an extremely broad spectrum ranging from local residents, farmers, local governments, corporations, and organizations. As the flag bearer of reconstruction agriculture, the Society promotes new academic and inter-disciplinary projects, research and initiatives, and accumulates results and know-how that are then organically applied to regions and their societies with the aim of revitalizing agriculture.	– Society of Reconstruction Agriculture website – Commemorative Symposium for the Establishment of the Society of Reconstruction Agriculture, Abstract
Bird & Wildlife Damage Prevention Network	6. College of Engineering, Nihon University (Secretariat), 8. Nagasaki University, 11. Tohoku University, 13. Tokyo University of Agriculture, 16. Fukushima University *6-16 are listed in order of the time of application for the Reconstruction Knowledge project.	The Bird & Wildlife Damage Prevention Network was established in FY2020 when Professor Ichiro Iwaki of the College of Engineering, Nihon University called for universities to share research on birds and wildlife which were conducted separately in cities, towns and villages of the Hamadori region after the nuclear accident at the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The Network holds regular information-sharing meetings and symposiums involving persons related to national, prefectural and corporate bodies, for the purpose of creating effective preventive measures through sharing knowledge, techniques and research results of their areas of expertise. An information-sharing site for one-stop management and analysis of data, such as of the number of captured wildlife, where they were caught and their routes, accumulated by national, prefectural, local municipalities and university bodies, was built in FY2022 and is currently administered by the College of Engineering, Nihon University.	– “1st Bird & Wildlife Damage Prevention Symposium” Information on the symposium held December 15, 2020 (Tue.) （College of Engineering, Nihon University website） – “2nd Bird & Wildlife Damage Prevention Symposium” Information on the symposium held February 8, 2022 (Tue.) （College of Engineering, Nihon University Alumni Association website） – “3rd Bird & Wildlife Damage Prevention Symposium” Information on the symposium held January 30, 2023 (Mon.) （College of Engineering, Nihon University Alumni Association website） – “4th Bird & Wildlife Damage Prevention Symposium” Information on the symposium held December 19, 2023 (Tue.) （College of Engineering, Nihon University Alumni Association website）

Initiative

Participating University, etc.

Overview

Link

Society of Reconstruction Agriculture

3. Tokyo University of Agriculture, 6. College of Engineering, Nihon University
7. The University of Tokyo, 10. Koriyama Women’s University,
11. Tohoku University, 12. National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College
16. Fukushima University (Secretariat), 20. Tokyo University of Agriculture

*The above participating universities, etc. are current as of the time of the Commemorative Symposium for the Establishment of the Society of Reconstruction Agriculture.
*3-20 are listed in order of the time of application for the “Reconstruction Knowledge Project”.

The Society of Reconstruction Agriculture was established in June 2020 to contribute to and speed up the revitalization of agriculture in the Hamadori region of Fukushima Prefecture that was afflicted by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster.
Society members are not limited to researchers of universities and research institutions centered on fields related to agriculture, but include an extremely broad spectrum ranging from local residents, farmers, local governments, corporations, and organizations. As the flag bearer of reconstruction agriculture, the Society promotes new academic and inter-disciplinary projects, research and initiatives, and accumulates results and know-how that are then organically applied to regions and their societies with the aim of revitalizing agriculture.

– Society of Reconstruction Agriculture website

– Commemorative Symposium for the Establishment of the Society of Reconstruction Agriculture, Abstract

Bird & Wildlife Damage Prevention Network

6. College of Engineering, Nihon University (Secretariat), 8. Nagasaki University, 11. Tohoku University, 13. Tokyo University of Agriculture, 16. Fukushima University

*6-16 are listed in order of the time of application for the Reconstruction Knowledge project.

The Bird & Wildlife Damage Prevention Network was established in FY2020 when Professor Ichiro Iwaki of the College of Engineering, Nihon University called for universities to share research on birds and wildlife which were conducted separately in cities, towns and villages of the Hamadori region after the nuclear accident at the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The Network holds regular information-sharing meetings and symposiums involving persons related to national, prefectural and corporate bodies, for the purpose of creating effective preventive measures through sharing knowledge, techniques and research results of their areas of expertise.
An information-sharing site for one-stop management and analysis of data, such as of the number of captured wildlife, where they were caught and their routes, accumulated by national, prefectural, local municipalities and university bodies, was built in FY2022 and is currently administered by the College of Engineering, Nihon University.

– “1st Bird & Wildlife Damage Prevention Symposium”
Information on the symposium held December 15, 2020 (Tue.)
（College of Engineering, Nihon University website）

– “2nd Bird & Wildlife Damage Prevention Symposium”
Information on the symposium held February 8, 2022 (Tue.)
（College of Engineering, Nihon University Alumni Association website）

– “3rd Bird & Wildlife Damage Prevention Symposium”
Information on the symposium held January 30, 2023 (Mon.)
（College of Engineering, Nihon University Alumni Association website）

– “4th Bird & Wildlife Damage Prevention Symposium”
Information on the symposium held December 19, 2023 (Tue.)
（College of Engineering, Nihon University Alumni Association website）