On October 14, Kanazawa University Frontier Science and Social Co-creation Initiative held a public lecture "Bridge to the Future: Learning from the Noto Peninsula Earthquake 2024" at Ishikawa Prefecture Shiinoki Cultural Complex. About 60 people, including members of the general public from inside and outside of the prefecture and Kanazawa University faculty and staff, attended the lecture. This lecture has been held since 2012 with the cooperation of the Hokuriku Branch of the Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo Head Office. This time was the 13th lecture.
After opening remarks by Kanazawa Ubniversity Trustee - Kaname Miura and General Manager of the Hokuriku Branch of the Yomiuri Shimbun - Hidetoshi Watanabe, Professor Yoshihiro Hiramatsu from Institute of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Geosciences and Civil Engineering gave a lecture titled "Earthquake Swarm and Noto Peninsula Earthquake 2024", explaining earthquake mechanisms, active faults in the Okunoto area and seismic activities.
Next, Professor Hiroaki Yoshikawa from Health Service Center gave a presentation on the theme "Mental Health Care for Recovery", introducing the initiatives and local activities conducted by Kanazawa University to support volunteers. In particular, he emphasized the importance of human connections in mental health care.
Then, Associate Professor Tatsuto Aoki from Institute of Human and Social Sciences, Faculty of Regional Development Studies gave a lecture titled "Preservation and Utilization of Earthquake Disaster Remains and Earthquake Disaster Reconstruction Tourism". Associate Professor Aoki described the importance of earthquake and disaster remains from the viewpoint of raising disaster awareness and disaster education.
Students commented that "one of the most important things in disaster prevention is not to think of it as someone else's problem, but as one's own problem and to be prepared for it" and "it was very informative to hear firsthand from professors who are studying earthquakes and have visited the disaster areas many times".
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Opening Remarks by Trustee Miura -
Professor Hiramatsu giving a lecture on the mechanism of earthquakes -
Professor Yoshikawa conveys the importance of mental health care -
Associate Professor Aoki giving a lecture on disaster prevention learning from disasters
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