{"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 interiors by reproducing actual earthquake motions.<\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"about_box\">\r\n          <p>To contribute to understanding and improving the continuity of socio-economic activities, we engage in the research and development of a set of technologies to evaluate potential and future risks in preparation for large earthquakes and subsequent earthquakes.<\/p>\r\n          <div class=\"box\">\r\n            <div class=\"txt\">\r\n              <h4>Toward structures that never collapse<\/h4>\r\n              <ul>\r\n                <li><span class=\"red\">Demonstration experiments<\/span>: Reproducing actual earthquake motions and actually destroying full-scale structures.<\/li>\r\n                <li><span class=\"red\">Clarification of the destruction process<\/span>: Reproducing and tracking how structures break, and understanding the mechanisms of destruction through data analysis.<\/li>\r\n                <li><span class=\"red\">Developing reliable technologies<\/span>: Developing technologies to prevent destruction and damage, based on scientific and proven evidence.<\/li>\r\n              <\/ul>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e-defense.bosai.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/e-defense\/assets\/img\/about_index_01.jpg\" alt=\"10-story reinforced concrete building\"\/>\r\n              <figcaption>10-story reinforced concrete building<\/figcaption>\r\n            <\/figure>\r\n          <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <ul>\r\n          <li><a href=\"message\/\">Message from the Director<\/a><\/li>\r\n          <li><a href=\"overview\/\">Overview of E-Defense<\/a><\/li>\r\n          <li><a href=\"facility\/\">E-Defense Facilities<\/a><\/li>\r\n          <li><a href=\"member\/\">Researchers at E-Defense<\/a><\/li>\r\n        <\/ul>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/section>\r\n  <\/main>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About E-Defense Home About E-Defense Launched in 2005 following the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, the f\u2026","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-82","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-defense.bosai.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-defense.bosai.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-defense.bosai.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-defense.bosai.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-defense.bosai.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/e-defense.bosai.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668,"href":"https:\/\/e-defense.bosai.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82\/revisions\/668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-defense.bosai.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}