Table of Contents

1. Tsunami Generation, Propagation and Inundation; Their Prediction and Simulations.- On-Shelf Tsunami Generation and Coastal Propagation.- Estimate of Tsunami Run-up Heights from Earthquake Magnitudes.- Generation Mechanism of the First Wave of the 1983 Nihonkai-Chubu Earthquake Tsunami.- An Investigation of the Propagation of Tsunamis in the Aegean Sea by Mathematical Modeling.- Source Parameters of the 1957 Aleutian and 1938 Alaskan Earthquakes from Tsunami Waveforms.- Tsunami Wave Hindcasting in the Japan Sea.- Numerical Simulations of the 1960 Chilean Tsunami Propagation and Inundation at Hilo, Hawaii.- 2. Tsunami Disasters; Their Prevention and Mitigation.- Tsunami Amplification Due to Resonance in Alberni Inlet: Normal Modes.- Large Scale Three-Dimensional Laboratory Measurements of Tsunami Inundation.- The Cape Mendocino Tsunami, 25 April 1992.- Alaskan Tsunamis Revisited.- Response of Residents at the Moment of Tsunamis — The 1992 Flores Island Earthquake Tsunami, Indonesia —.- Geomorphological Impact of the Flores Tsunami of 12th December, 1992.- Re-Examination of Historical Tsunamis in Shikoku Island, Japan.- Historical and Prehistorical Large Tsunamis in the Southern Ryukyus, Japan.- A Road Management Approach for Tsunami Disaster Planning.- Hydraulic Phenomena and Tsunami Damages in Fishing Ports — A Case Study of the Nihonkai-Chubu Earthquake Tsunami —.- Case Studies of Tsunami Countermeasure Considering Coastal Environment.- Tsunami, Disasters and Defence Works in Case of The 1993 Hokkaido-Oki Earthquake Tsunami.- The Role of Public Education and Awareness in Tsunami Hazard Management.- 3. Tsunami Observations, and Warning Systems and Plans for Improvement.- Tsunami Observation by Ocean Bottom Pressure Gauge.- Japan Tsunami Warning System; PresentStatus and Future Plan.- Tsunami Studies and Their Application to Peru’s Socio-Economic Development and Emergency Planning.