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Research paper : Information sharing platform to assist rescue activities in huge disasters (I. Noda)−127−Synthesiology - English edition Vol.5 No.2 (2012) to do the demonstration experiments? What were the motivations of the people on site to participate? Can you describe this to the extent of your knowledge? Were these people members of the MEXT or METI projects, and if so, what were the motivations for the organizations to participate in this project? What are the differences between organizations with and without motivations? I think this should be clarified in terms of synthesiology. Similarly, who initiated the passable road map by ITS Japan during the Great East Japan Earthquake?Answer (Itsuki Noda)Speaking of the relationship with the local governments that offered us the sites, it is most important that the relationship is built before and after the experiment, not just during the project. The local governments where the demonstration experiments discussed in this paper were done cooperated via individual relationships with the researchers who participated in the projects. Many of the relationships grew from coincidences, and often a leader of the local government or a person in charge of disaster prevention was very interested. Such coincidental relationships were nurtured carefully by the researchers, and a common consciousness for the disaster issues were identified by visiting the regions and the sites, to obtain understanding of the new technologies, and that led to the execution of the demonstration experiment. The project may last only a few years, but the relationships with the local areas exist from before and extend well after the termination of the projects. I simply received the benefits of the relationships nurtured by the joint researchers of the projects introduced herein, but I am spending effort to maintain as many relationships with various people after the completion of the projects.For the case of ITS Japan, it started when I was thinking about the idea of Dr. Hada of the Yamanashi University during the Chuetsu-oki Earthquake. I happened to receive cooperation from Honda in the Chuetsu-oki Earthquake, and I was able to provide information, though in a small scale, using an improvised system. Thanks to this success, Honda and Google went into action in the Great East Japan Earthquake, and ultimately, the information was transmitted through the all-Japan system under ITS Japan. In this case, I think the continuity of the relationships from the time of Chuetsu and Chuetsu-oki Earthquakes (and way before that when I started to create various tools) is important, through activities such as the NPO study sessions.

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