The Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) held its annual Symposium on Research into Civil Engineering Steel Structures on March 13, 2012 in Tokyo. The symposium was held with more than 300 people from a wide range of fields, such as government agencies, universities, highway and railway companies, general contractors, and consulting offices, thereby producing successful results.The symposium has been held every year since 2005 with the aim of publicly disseminating research results produced by the "Steel-structure Research/Education Subsidy Program" promoted by JISF. The current 16th symposium focused especially on "Damage Resulting from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Subsequent Restoration and Reconstruction Efforts," featured lectures by prominent individuals in civil engineering in Japan, and was chaired by Prof. Yozo Fujino of the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo.
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