Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo was founded in 1925. Japan was struck The Great Kantō earthquake on Saturday, September 1, 1923, and after this earthquake, it was advocated the need for a research center about Seismology and volcanology.[2] The building is constructed in the Hongō campus, University of Tokyo. The building was designed by Yoshikazu Uchida, and he designed it very strongly to withstand a big earthquake.
Organizational structure
Research Division
Division of Earth Mechanics
Division of Geodynamics
Division of Monitoring and Computational Geoscience
Division of Disaster Mitigation Science
Affiliated Center
Earthquake Prediction Research Center
Earthquake Observation Center
Earthquake Information Center
Volcano Research Center
Ocean Hemisphere Research Center
Others
Outreach Program
Office of International Earthquake and Volcano Research Promotion