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The National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience. It has an experimental facility that reproduces earthquake shaking at full scale.
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About this place
The National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (Japanese: 防災科学技術研究所, romanized: Bōsai Kagaku Gijutsu Kenkyū-sho), also known as NIED, is a National Research and Development Agency that conducts research on science and technology related to disaster risk reduction. It owns experimental and observational facilities throughout Japan. The headquarters is located in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Field：Earthquake, wind and flood research
Source bosai.go.jp ↗Source pref.ibaraki.jp ↗Official website
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