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Professor Tsuboi of Faculty of Economics lectured at a workshop in Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture, as part of the "FY2026 Support Project for Training Leaders of Community Disaster Prevention Organizations (Fire and Disaster Management Agency Project of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)" atUtsunomiya Campus

On Saturday, October 31, 2026, Sotaro Tsuboi of Teikyo University (Faculty of Economics, Department of Regional Economics, Professor) conducted a workshop for 60 citizens at a leadership training session for voluntary disaster prevention organizations held at the Myoko City General Gymnasium Hanema Arena (Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture).This training session was part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications’ Fire and Disaster Management Agency’s “Reiwa 8 Fiscal Year Support Program for Training Leaders of Voluntary Disaster Prevention Organizations,” positioned as a “side-by-side” initiative designed to enable staff from the government’s crisis management departments to plan and implement the training themselves. Tsuboi Professor served as an advisor.
Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture, is a municipality with a population of approximately 28,000, located in the volcanic region of the northern part of the Fossa Magna—a major rift valley that runs across the central part of Honshu—with 2,000-meter-class mountains towering in its southwestern part.The city has frequently suffered damage from landslides and floods, and is also known as an area where communities are highly likely to become isolated due to heavy snowfall in winter.In light of these circumstances, this workshop focused on creating a “community timeline” that clearly specifies “when, who, and what to do” along a timeline starting before a disaster occurs, in preparation for such events.During the session, there was a lively exchange of ideas, including specific proposals such as “district disaster prevention officers operating shared vehicles to assist residents who have lost their personal cars with grocery shopping,” based on the assumption that residents might lose their personal vehicles in the event of a disaster.
Going forward, we will continue to work toward improving the community’s disaster prevention and response capabilities through surveys, research, and on-site implementation.

For more information about Professor Sotaro Tsuboi, click here
Department of Regional Economics the Faculty Faculty of Economics, click here

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