{"id":82,"date":"2025-09-26T16:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T07:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-defense.bosai.go.jp\/eng\/?page_id=82"},"modified":"2026-05-12T13:09:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T04:09:43","slug":"about_index","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/e-defense.bosai.go.jp\/en\/about_index\/","title":{"rendered":"About E-Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<main>\r\n    <section class=\"second about index_box\">\r\n      <div class=\"bg\">\r\n        <h2>About E-Defense<\/h2>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"breadcrumb\">\r\n        <ul>\r\n          <li><a href=\"\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/li>\r\n          <li class=\"current\">About E-Defense<\/li>\r\n        <\/ul>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"intro\">\r\n        <div class=\"inner\">\r\n          <p>Launched in 2005 following the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, the facility enables detailed studies of the destruction mechanisms of full-scale structures and the damage to building 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