Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
URL
https://www.tokiomarinehd.com/en/sustainability/
Contact us
Company Name：Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
Postal code：100-8050
Address：Tokio Marine Nichido Building Honkan, 1-2-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Japan
Tel：81-3-5223-1552
Contact person：Maeko Akiba, Assistant Manager, Corporate Planning Department
E-mail：
mailgw04@tmnf.jp
Earthquake and Tsunami Risk Research in Collaboration with the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) at Tohoku University
In July 2011, Tokio Marine & Nichido concluded an industry-academia collaborative agreement with Tohoku University and began research and development and human resource development initiatives in disaster science. The initiatives drew upon Tohoku University’s knowledge and data concerning tsunami risk assessment and other areas of disaster science, and Tokio Marine & Nichido’s knowledge and data concerning earthquake and tsunami risk accumulated through its insurance business.
To date, we have conducted assessment of actual damage caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake, assessment of tsunamis following major past earthquakes and research on tsunami risk assessment methods that take into consideration vulnerabilities and disaster readiness capabilities in society both in Japan and overseas. We have also held seminars and developed disaster prevention educational tools to disseminate the knowledge thus obtained widely throughout society. In March 2017, our research on effects of coastal forests to mitigate tsunami damage, which is being conducted since April 2015, won an outstanding achievement award in the Green Resilience Award category of the Japan Resilience Awards 2017 hosted by the Association for Resilience Japan.
To date, we have conducted assessment of actual damage caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake, assessment of tsunamis following major past earthquakes and research on tsunami risk assessment methods that take into consideration vulnerabilities and disaster readiness capabilities in society both in Japan and overseas. We have also held seminars and developed disaster prevention educational tools to disseminate the knowledge thus obtained widely throughout society. In March 2017, our research on effects of coastal forests to mitigate tsunami damage, which is being conducted since April 2015, won an outstanding achievement award in the Green Resilience Award category of the Japan Resilience Awards 2017 hosted by the Association for Resilience Japan.
Disaster Prevention Lessons
Based on our experience in the Great East Japan Earthquake, Tokio Marine & Nichido developed and have been providing “Disaster Prevention Lessons” since 2012 under the supervision of IRIDeS to educate children how to protect their lives and the lives of their loved ones in times of major disaster. In the lessons, children learn about the mechanisms that cause earthquakes and tsunamis and think about how to protect themselves in an earthquake and what preparations should be made in advance, including what to take with them in an emergency, through a quiz and group discussion. To date, Tokio Marine Group employees and agents have held these lessons 800 times (cumulative total) for more than 45,000 students (cumulative total) at elementary schools, special needs schools, and local environmental and disaster prevention awareness raising events across Japan. We anticipate that this program help students understand the occurrence mechanisms of earthquake and tsunami, and learn how we should prepare for the disasters and accordingly it support various disaster safety initiatives at home, school and local community.
Green Gift Project: Mangrove Planting
Since 1999, Tokio Marine & Nichido has been conducting its Mangrove Planting Project primarily in Southeast Asia. During the 22-year period to fiscal 2020, we planted about 11,618 hectares (cumulative total) of new forests in nine countries: Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Fiji, India, Bangladesh and Malaysia.
“Mangrove” is a generic term for flora that thrives in brackish waters (where seawater and fresh water meet) along tropical and subtropical coastlines and river mouths in Asia, Africa and South America. Mangroves are sometimes referred to as “forests in the sea” and are effective in mitigating global warming as they absorb and fix large volumes of CO2, a major cause of global warming. They also serve as natural levees to protect people’s lives and local ecosystems from tidal waves, tsunamis and other natural disasters.
Mangroves protected the lives of many people as well as buildings and structures when the tsunami that occurred in the Indian Ocean hit in December 2004 and the typhoon that wreaked havoc in the Philippines in November 2013 (named Yolanda in the Philippines and Haiyan in English).
“Mangrove” is a generic term for flora that thrives in brackish waters (where seawater and fresh water meet) along tropical and subtropical coastlines and river mouths in Asia, Africa and South America. Mangroves are sometimes referred to as “forests in the sea” and are effective in mitigating global warming as they absorb and fix large volumes of CO2, a major cause of global warming. They also serve as natural levees to protect people’s lives and local ecosystems from tidal waves, tsunamis and other natural disasters.
Mangroves protected the lives of many people as well as buildings and structures when the tsunami that occurred in the Indian Ocean hit in December 2004 and the typhoon that wreaked havoc in the Philippines in November 2013 (named Yolanda in the Philippines and Haiyan in English).
Lessons from the disaster and towards the resilient society
