Introduction
NIED (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) aims to protect people's lives and properties from natural disasters and to prepare society to be resilient to natural disasters, through research on disasters caused by earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, landslides, meteorological changes, snow and ice damages.The goal of the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) is the ""maximization of research and development results"" for improving disaster resilience. As of April 2016, we commenced the 4th mid-to-long term plan period that will last 7 years, with a new English name for our institute.
