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Disaster research activity

Responding to natural disasters

Corporate Contribution through Secondary Disaster Prevention and Recovery

Kokusai Kogyo has a long history of CSR activities in the wake of natural disasters. In the immediate aftermath of the tsunami of March 11, 2011, Kokusai Kogyo was ready to deploy its vast resources and expertise to the disaster zone. Despite having a survey aircraft swept away by the massive waves, its aerial photography team was in the air at first light the morning after the catastrophe, relaying geospatial information back to be analyzed and interpreted by various experts such as seismologists, oceanographers, geologists and geographers. These extensive and voluntary surveys from the air and on the ground have provided the central and local governments and international agencies with data vital to their relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts.

In addition to fostering specialists in disasters and utilizing them in disaster prevention consulting, Kokusai Kogyo firmly believes that it has a social responsibility to implement its corporate policy of "ensuring that people can live life in safety" through such activities.

Timeline of Disaster Surveying Efforts


Oct. 2019
Torrential rain devastation at Chiba caused by Typhoon No. 21
Oct. 2019
Torrential rain devastation in eastern Japan caused by Typhoon No. 19
Sep. 2019
Devastation at Tateyama City, Chiba, caused by Typhoon No. 15
Aug. 2019
Torrential rain devastation at northern Kyushu area
Sep. 2018
Hokkaido eastern Iburi Eathquake
Sep. 2018
Torrential rain devastation at Osaka caused by Typhoon No. 21
Jul. 2018
Torrential rain devastation in western Japan
May 2018
Landslide devastation at Kitakata City, Fukushima
Apr. 2018
Landslide devastation at Yabakei area, Oita
Jan. 2018
Mount Kusatsu-shirane volcanic eruption at Gunma
Oct. 2017
Torrential rain devastation at Osaka and Nara caused by Typhoon No. 21
Jul. 2017
Torrential rain devastation at Akita
Jul. 2017
Torrential rain devastation at northern Kyushu area
May 2017
Forest fire at Kamaishi City, Iwate
Apr. 2016
Kumamoto Earthquake
Sep. 2015
Mount Aso volcanic eruption at Kumamoto
Sep. 2015
Kuchinoerabu Island volcanic eruption at Kagoshima
Sep. 2014
Mount Ontake volcanic eruption at Gifu and Nagano
Aug. 2014
Torrential rain devastation at Hiroshima City, Hiroshima
Aug. 2014
Torrential rain devastation at Takayama City, Gifu
Aug. 2014
Torrential rain devastation at Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto
Jul. 2014
Torrential rain devastation at Nagiso Town, Nagano, caused by Typhoon No. 8
Oct. 2013
Torrential rain devastation at Izu-Oshima Island, Tokyo, caused by Typhoon No. 26
Sep. 2013
Torrential rain devastation at the Yura River basin, Kyoto
Sep. 2013
Tornado damage to Saitama and Chiba
Jul. 2013
Torrential rain devastation at Yamaguchi and Shimane
Jul. 2012
Torrential rain devastation at northern Kyushu area
May. 2012
Tornado damage to Ibaraki and Tochigi
Sep. 2011
Torrential rain devastation at Kii peninsula, caused by Typhoon No. 12
Jul. 2011
Torrential rain devastation at Niigata and Fukushima
Jul. 2011
Landslide devastation at eastern Kochi
Mar. 2011
Great East Japan Earthquake
Jan. 2011
Shinmoedake volcanic eruption, Mount Kirishima, Kagoshima
Jul. 2010
Torrential rain devastation at southern Gifu
Jul. 2010
Torrential rain devastation at Shobara City, Hiroshima
Jul. 2010
Torrential rain devastation at Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi
May 2010
Higashi-Meihan Expressway landslide at Kameyama City, Mie
Oct. 2009
Tornado damage to Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki, caused by Typhoon No. 18
Aug. 2009
Torrential rain devastation at western Hyogo
Aug. 2009
Devastation caused by Suruga Bay earthquake
Jul. 2009
Torrential rain devastation at Yamaguchi
Jun. 2008
Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake
Jul. 2007
Chuetsu Offshore Earthquake at Niigata
Jul. 2007
Devastation at Kagoshima caused by Typhoon No. 4
Jul. 2007
Torrential rain devastation at Kumamoto
Mar. 2007
Slush avalanche devastation, Mount Fuji
Mar. 2007
Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Ishikawa
Nov. 2006
Tornado devastation in Saroma Town, Hokkaido
Sep. 2006
Devastation caused by autumn rain front and Typhoon No. 13
Aug. 2006
Debris flow devastationat at Shizukuishi Town, Iwate
Jul. 2006
Torrential rain devastation at southern Kyushu
Jul. 2006
Landslide devastation at Nagano
Jul. 2006
Torrential rain devastation at Kagoshima
Jun. 2006
Landslide devastation caused by persistent rain, Okinawa
Jun. 2006
Volcanic eruption in vicinity of Sakurajima Minamidake and the Showa crater, Kagoshima
Mar. 2006
Mount Meakan volcanic eruption, Hokkaido
Sep. 2005
Typhoon No. 14 devastation
Aug. 2005
Miyagi Prefecture offshore earthquake
Mar. 2005
Western Fukuoka Prefecture offshore earthquake
Oct. 2004
Chuetsu earthquake in Niigata Prefecture
Sep. 2004
Landslide devastation at Miyagawa Village, Mie, caused by Typhoon No. 21
Sep. 2004
Mount Asama volcanic eruption, Nagano and Gunma
Jul. 2004
Torrential rain at Fukui
Jul. 2004
Torrential rain at Niigata and Fukushima
Jul. 2003
Northern Miyagi earthquake
Jul. 2003
Torrential rain devastation at Kyushu
May 2003
Sanriku-Minami earthquake at Miyagi and Iwate
Sep. 2000
Torrential rain devastation at Tokai Region
Mar. 2000
Mount Usu volcanic eruption, Hokkaido
Sep. 1999
921 earthquake, Taiwan
Sep. 1998
Torrential rain devastation at Kochi
Jan. 1995
Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
Jul. 1993
South-west offshore Hokkaido earthquake
May 1983
Middle Japan Sea earthquake