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Abstract

The aim of this article is to introduce the course of the earthquake prediction researches in Japan and to show some problems in prediction researches for staff members of Disaster Prevention Research Institute, particularly for young staffs and students.In section 2, an outline of the Earthquake Prediction Project in Japan which started in 1965 is briefly explained, and some matters in this project particularly important for researchers in universties are pointed out.In sections 3 and 4, investigations of microearthquakes and test-field project for earthquake prediction at the Yamasaki fault which were both the main research fields for the author are shortly mentioned regarding not only the results of investigations but problems to be solved in future.Particularly it is emphasized that investigations of mechanisms of precursory phenomena and methods of short-term prediction should be pushed more strongly by various means including reexamination of many precursory phenomena reported until now.In section 5, the Research Center for Earthquake Prediction, Disaster Prevention Research Institute is touched on its constitution and function.In section 6, some personal ideas of the author were proposed for the future researches of earthquake prediction in the universities.