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Broadcast in July 2016 Kumamoto was hit by two earthquakes measuring 7 on the Japanese seismic scale within three days. Many wooden houses collapsed, and the number of buildings deemed "unsafe to enter" reached nearly 10,000. Although the population density differs, the scale of the damage is said to be on par with the Great Hanshin Earthquake. Why did wooden houses sustain such damage? How did the houses collapse when hit by the earthquake? Based on field surveys in Kumamoto and the results of previous research, the earthquake resistance of wooden houses is scientifically examined. Main interviewees: Hiroshi Isota, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University Takahiro Tsuchimoto, Materials Research Group, Building Research Institute Nobuo Fukuwa, Disaster Mitigation Collaborative Research Center, Nagoya University ******************************************************************************************** <"Galileo X" program website> http://web-wac.co.jp/program/galileo_x/ #earthquake#Kumamotoearthquake#housing