For ITST-Japan, UNESCO/IOC and ITIC coordinated Kazuhisa Goto (Chiba Institute of Technology) and the Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) , following the advice of the Japan Post-Tsunami Surveys Group. This group, representing more than 200 Japanese tsunami researchers and engineers (Secretary-General Tomoyuki Takahashi, Kansai University), provided guidance to international scientists interested in conducting post-tsunami surveys of Japan.
Japan Post-Tsunami Surveys Advisory Notes, 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Tsunami Joint Survey Group