55th CCOP Annual Session Nov. 3 - 9, 2019 Chiangmai, Thailand

Japan Member Country Report

Shinsuke Nakao Geological Survey of Japan, AIST

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1. Introduction • Major organizations of Geo-science in Japan • Organization of GSJ, AIST

2. Activities of GSJ for the past year

3. Major CCOP projects led by Japan

METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) • GSJ (Geological Survey of Japan): Geo-resources, Geo-environment, Geo-information • JOGMEC (Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Cooperation): Geo-resources (Oil, Natural Gas,

Metals, Coal, Geothermal) • RITE (Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth): CO2 capture and storage MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) • JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology): Marine science (Climate,

Ocean drilling, Earthquake, Biology) • NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience): Disaster resilience METI, MEXT • JAEA (Japan Atomic Energy Agency): Geological disposal of nuclear wastes

MLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) • JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency): Meteorology, Monitoring of earthquakes & volcanic activity • GSI (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan): Topographic map • PWRI (Public Works Research Institute): Civil engineering technology (landslides, flooding) MOE (Ministry of the Environment) • NIES (National Institute for Environmental Studies): Climate change, Environmental risk

1-1. Major organizations of Geo-science in Japan 2

1-2. AIST 3

AIST Hokkaido

AIST Tohoku

AIST Tokyo Waterfront

AIST Chubu

AIST Kansai AIST Chugoku AIST Shikoku

AIST Kyushu

Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute

AIST Tsukuba

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Research Staff (as of Jul 2018): 4,600 • Permanent Staff: 2,331 • Contracted Staff: 2,269 Budget (FY2017): 109 B JPY • Subsidy from METI: 73 B JPY • External funds: 36 B JPY

1-3. GSJ 4

Established in 1882 Integrated into AIST in 2001

Mission To ensure safe and secure society and to support sustainable development of the society by means of GEOSCIENCE.

Research Staff (as of Feb 2019): 256 • Permanent Staff: 240 • Contracted Staff: 36 Budget (FY2017): 4.42 B JPY • Subsidy from METI: 2.09 B JPY • External funds: 2.33 B JPY

Geological Survey of Japan

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2. Activities of GSJ for the past year

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2-1. GSJ International Training Course 2-2. The Trilateral GeoSummit 2-3. Provision of geological information 2-4. News & Press Release 2-5. Major Outcome in 2018

• GSJ has held the international training course for young geological researchers and engineers from the CCOP member countries since 2018.

• Offering the participants an opportunity to improve their practical geological survey techniques and to construct international human network.

• Providing comprehensive and practical program on field survey techniques, data analysis, visualization, and application.

Field excursion: Abukuma mountain Lab tour: The core samples of Fuji Volcano

GSJ International Training Course 2019 (June 4 - 21, 2019, Tsukuba, Japan)

2-1. GSJ International Training Course 6

• The Trilateral GeoSummit has been held biennially since 2015 with the aim of (1) the progress of geoscientific research by strengthening the partnership and promoting joint

research activities among China (CGS), Korea (KIGAM) and Japan (GSJ), and (2) taking a leading role together in the accumulation and utilization of geological information in

East and Southeast Asia. • The Third GeoSummit, hosted by Japan, focuses on the four subjects for the Technical Sessions:

Active Fault, Coastal Geology, GIS, and 3D Geological Modeling.

The Third Trilateral GeoSummit (July 29 - 31, 2019, Sapporo & Toyako-cho, Japan)

2-2. The Trilateral GeoSummit 7

Main meeting: Hotel Emisia Sapporo Field excursion: Toya-Usu UNESCO Global Geopark

2-3. Provision of geological information 8

Geohazard: Earthquake & Tsunami, Volcano eruption, Landslide & Flood From Jan. 2019 to Oct. 2019

In the last year, many natural disasters hit Japan and broad area were affected. GSJ promptly provides the related geological information to the public and conducts emergency survey as necessary.

In 2019 • Kumamoto Earthquake (3 Jan.) • Yamagata-Oki Earthquake (18 Jun.) • Mount Aso volcano eruption (16 Apr.) • Mount Asama volcano eruption (7 Aug.) GSJ sent the field survey team on 8 Aug. Mount Asama

(15:00, 8 Aug. 2019) Sampling of volcanic ash

• Heavy rain in Kyushu (27-28 Aug.) (4 people dead) • Typhoon Faxai (9 Sep.) (1 person dead) • Typhoon Hagibis (12-13 Oct.) (90 people dead) • Heavy rain in Kanto (25 Oct.) (10 people dead)

2-4. News & Press Release 9

Quadrangle map • 1:50,000 Geological Map - Towadako - Motoyama - Minobu etc. • 1:200,000 Geological Map - Wajima (2nd edition) etc. CD/DVD ROM • Marine Geological Map - Vicinity of southern Okinawa-jima island Web publishing • Water Environment Map - Yufutsu plain - Tsukushi plain - Osaka plain • Seamless Geoinformation - Eastern coastal zone of Boso peninsula • Miscellaneous Map Series

Recent Map Publication From Jan. 2019 to Aug. 2019

Osaka Plain

Tsukushi Plain

Yufutsu Plain

Towadako

Motoyama

Eastern Coastal Zone of Boso Peninsula

Wajima

2-4. News & Press Release -1:50,000 geological map- 10

1:50,000 geological map of “Itoigawa” Press Release on September 19, 2018 The Itoigawa area is located in

the southwestern Niigata Pref. ISTL is a major tectonic line

that geologically separates northeast and southwest Japan.

The ISTL has been fragmented by

orthogonal fault complex become inactive in its

northernmost part both areas have been

synchronously uplifted

So, ISTL is neither a transform fault nor a

collision boundary it is not a plate boundary as

has been thought

Details: https://www.gsj.jp/en/research/topics/pr20180919-2.html

Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line (ISTL) (Yokokawa Fault)

2-4. News & Press Release -1:50,000 geological map- 11

1:50,000 geological map of “Minobu” Press Release on October 29, 2018

The west of Mt. Fuji A key area to understand the

formation process of the archipelago. The Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line • runs through the middle of the area

from north to south, and • Is the boundary between the

Shimanto Belt and the Fossa Magna. The area • is at the north end of the assumed

focal region of the Tokai Earthquake, and

• belongs to a tectonically active subduction zone.

Details: https://www.gsj.jp/en/research/topics/pr20181029.html

2-4. News & Press Release -1:200,000 geological map- 12

1:200,000 geological map of “Kochi”, 2nd Edition Press Release on November 1, 2018

A characteristic geology of accretionary complex and metamorphic rocks formed by subduction of an oceanic plate under a continental plate.

Geological strata of a wide range of ages from the Cambrian to the Quaternary are distributed.

The number of legends has considerably increased from 40 in 1st edition to 160 in 2nd edition.

Active faults, underground resources, and gravity anomaly are also included in the new edition.

1st edition (1959)

2nd edition (2018)

Details: https://www.gsj.jp/en/research/topics/pr20190531.html

2-4. News & Press Release -hydrogeological map- 13

Digital hydrogeological maps on the internet Press Release on May 31, 2019

The visualization of groundwater information is an urgent task to understand its distribution and flow.

GSJ has published • The printed hydrogeological maps

since 1957 • The Water Environmental Maps in

CD-format since 2002, and • The web version of the Water

Environmental Maps in 2019. The database enables users to

project each chemical data on a map with a uniform data classification throughout Japan.

URL: https://gbank.gsj.jp/WaterEnvironmentMap/ (in Japanese)

Details: https://www.gsj.jp/en/research/topics/pr20190531.html

2-5. Major Outcomes in 2018 14

Provides efficient analysis in stratigraphy: • Tens of times faster than a trained professional • Applicable to other fields: mineralogy, volcanology,

and bioscience

Automated system for microfossils identification and sampling using AI (Joint development with private sector, patent applied)

Previous problem Manual selection of fossils smaller than 0.1 mm has been impossible.

Now, Yes, We Can !! GSJ’s abundant experience and data enabled highly accurate identification.

microfossil

micormanipulator

0.1 mm

0.1 mm

The world’s first!

3. Major CCOP Projects led by Japan 15

1. Groundwater Phase III (2015-2019) 2. Geoinformation Sharing Infrastructure (GSi) (2015-2020) 3. MAMEA Project: Compilation and Publication of a Revised

“Magnetic Anomaly Map of East Asia 1:4,000,000” on CD-ROM (2017-2019)

4. GSJ International Training Course (2018-)

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Thank you for your kind attention.

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