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IATSS Research Project External Reporting and Award Ceremony 2025 fiscal year

We held the FY2025 Research Project Report Meeting and IATSS Awards Ceremony. On the day of the event, 130 people participated at the venue, and 115 participated remotely. Five research presentations were given at the Research Project Report Meeting, and at the 47th IATSS Awards Ceremony, two awards were given in the Achievement Category, one in the Literature Category, and two in the Paper Category. A video of the event is available on the IATSS YouTube channel. Please take a look.
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Date	10th April, 2026(Fri) 13:00 - 18:00
Event Format	Hybrid with on-site + remote delivery
Venue	Keidanren Kaikan 2F Keidanren Hall 1-3-2 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Directly connected to Exit C2b of Otemachi Station on the Tokyo Metro)

FY 2025 IATSS Research Project Reporting Program

		Movie
Opening Remarks	Kazuhiko Takeuchi President, IATSS
Report Theme ①[2502A] Research into the Best Way to Disseminate Traffic Safety Information to Increase the Use of Junior Seats	Rumiko Iwasada Presentation Movie
Report Theme ②[2503C] Empirical Study on Encouraging Vehicles to Yield at Pedestrian Crossings Without Signals	Satoru Kobayakawa Presentation Movie
[Break]　20 min
Report Theme ③[2509C] Research on Accelerating the Dissemination of Japanese-style Roundabouts	Hideki Nakamura Presentation Movie
Report Theme ④[2514C] Should Cities Become Walkable? -A Cross-Disciplinary Discussion Based on Data	Akinobu Murakami Presentation Movie
ATRANS Project Escalating Punishment for Habitual Drunk Drivers: A Study on Legal Reforms and Data System Optimization	Waiphot Kulachai Presentation Movie
Concluding remarks	Tomohiro Ichinose Chair person, Research Committee

The 47th (FY 2025) IATSS Award Ceremony Program

Movie

Introduction of distinguished guests
Opening Remarks	Kazuhiko Takeuchi President, IATSS
Selection Progress Report	Kazuhisa Ogawa Chair person, Awards and Grants Committee
Presentation of Awards

Achievement Award

	Guardians of Road Infrastructure in Noto's Satoyama Voices from the Frontlines: Emergency Road Restoration and Reconstruction	Ishikawa General Construction Association Oku-Noto General Civil Engineering Office, Ishikawa Prefecture Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Hokuriku Regional Development Bureau Noto reconstruction office
	A Vibrant Space Where People and the Town Become One The Story of Namba Station Plaza: Building a Safe and Secure Community	NAMBA Community Development Council for Safety, Security and Vibrancy

Literature Award

Organizational mechanisms of inheritance and selection in technological systems:
The case of Japan's National Railways and the development of the Shinkansen

Hiroki Kikuchi

Paper Award

	Current Legal Framework and Future Challenges of Ridesharing	Hirofumi Taniguchi
	Analysis of land-use and POIs contributing to traffic accidents around intersections	Satoshi Nakao Koshi Sawada Andreas Keler Jan-Dirk Schmöcker

Congratulatory address

Koichi Tachikawa
Director General of the National Police Agency

Koju Matsubayashi
Deputy Director-General, Minister's Secretariat, Cabinet Office

Acknowledgments

Hiroki Kikuchi
Hirofumi Taniguchi
Satoshi Nakao

Award Achievements

Guardians of Road Infrastructure in Noto's Satoyama Voices from the Frontlines: Emergency Road Restoration and Reconstruction	Ishikawa General Construction Association
	Oku-Noto General Civil Engineering Office, Ishikawa Prefecture
	Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Hokuriku Regional Development Bureau Noto reconstruction office Movie
A Vibrant Space Where People and the Town Become One The Story of Namba Station Plaza: Building a Safe and Secure Community	NAMBA Community Development Council for Safety, Security and Vibrancy Movie
Closing Remarks	Nobuyuki Kawai Executive Director, IATSS

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