May 2, 2011

- “Conference for the establishment of University-Industry Cooperative Research Committees to cope with the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami disaster”: held by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

- President of chairmen committee: Noboru Masuko, Vice-president of chairmen committee: Ryuichi Shimizu

- A consensus was built to collect the wisdom of all 63 University-Industry Cooperative Research Committees for early establishment of earthquake disaster restoration support system

End of May, 2011

- Based on the proposals, preparations were made to dispatch a team to the disaster site (selection of members, preparation of an easy-to-understand radiation pamphlet)

- A comment from the Nuclear Safety Division (MEXT) suggesting that “the proposals should be regarded as the instructions from those concerned with Fukushima Prefecture Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters”

Jun 30, 2011

- The 2nd “Conference for the establishment of University-Industry Cooperative Research Committees to cope with the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake disaster” was held

- A report on “Current status and challenges in the wake of Fukushima nuclear power station accident” was reported by Shunichi Yamashita

- A proposal that two teams (measurement team that conducts environment monitoring and explanation team that explains the results thereof) be sent simultaneously to Fukushima Prefecture

- Negotiations with Fukushima Prefecture started

July 3, 2011

- JEin (a nonprofit organization) published a pamphlet “How fearful is the radiation? Examination of biological effects of low dose radiation”

- Dialogue with above mentioned citizens started based on the discussions in “Low dose radiation committee” (set up immediately after the disaster)

- JSPS and Kyoto team converged

July, 2011

- The measurement team and explanation team entered into Fukushima Prefecture, starting with Iwaki City.

September, 2011

- Similar measurement and explanation meeting was held in Shirakawa City

October, 2012

- A study to launch a new committee in the Leading Research Committee started

Leading Research Committee

Committees for Research Promotion in Specialized Areas

University-Industry Cooperative Research Committees