15 Years Since Great East Japan Earthquake

March 2026 marks 15 years since the unprecedented Great East Japan Earthquake. Immediately after the disaster, PACIFIC CONSULTANTS decided to unite the entire company in its support of the affected areas, with support teams rushing to the Tohoku Branch Office from across the country. They carried out a massive scale and number of restoration and reconstruction projects in various locations, sometimes holding face-to-face discussions with local residents. Hiroaki ITO, General Manager of Tohoku Branch Office, Makoto KIMURA, Executive Manager, and Takahiro HORIAI, General Manager of Tohoku Land Infrastructure Dept. discussed how the Tohoku Branch Office led the effort and how it plans to build on its success and contribute to the region in the future.

Establishment of the River Basin Sediment Management Research Area at Kyoto University's Disaster Prevention Research Institute

In October 2025, PACIFIC CONSULTANTS established the "River Basin Sediment Management Research Area" as an endowed research Dept. at Kyoto University's Disaster Prevention Research Institute. The new research organization, "RiSM" (River Basin Sediment Management Lab.), has already begun operations, and has set an ambitious research theme that is unprecedented worldwide: "aiming to develop efficient and effective landslide prevention technologies through dynamic river management." The four faculty members in charge, Professor Hirofumi TAKEBAYASHI and Lecturer Masato KUWAHARA, along with our Representative Director, President Executive Officer Osamu OMOTO, and Chief Technical General Manager Ryoji HIRAKAWA, discussed future research and the outlook for social implementation.

Maximizing the Group's Strengths and Walking Toward the Realization of the Statement

Since establishment for over the past 70 years, PACIFIC CONSULTANTS GROUP has contributed to the development of various social infrastructures and has made strides toward the realization of a sustainable society where everyone can live with peace of mind. In January 2026, we embarked on a new group business portfolio management with an establishment of new PACIFIC CONSULTANTS HOLDINGS CO., LTD. We asked Osamu OMOTO, who assumed the position of Representative Director of the company, about the aims and his thoughts as a representative of the company.

From Disaster Prevention to Resilience Engineering

There is a high probability of a major Nankai Trough earthquake occurring. The Shikoku region, which would be hit particularly hard by widespread, powerful tremors and tsunamis, is expected to experience up to 260,000 casualties, damage to approximately 620,000 buildings, and the evacuation of approximately 1.27 million people. Shikoku Branch Office, which is on the front lines of this disaster, is taking various measures, including establishing a Shikoku Technical Section in 2024 and hosting study sessions with Professor Wataru SHIRAKI of Kagawa University, who chairs the Shikoku Nankai Trough Earthquake Countermeasures Strategy Council. The professor Wataru SHIRAKI and Hiroshi MORISAKI, Technical Executive Manager of Osaka Headquarters, Yosuke TANAKA of the Shikoku Technical Section at Shikoku Branch Office and Kazuto MATSUDA, also in the same section, discussed what efforts will be needed in the future to prepare for a major Nankai Trough earthquake.

Designing the Future with Intellectual Property Strategies

In October 2024, PACIFIC CONSULTANTS launched the Advanced Technology Center as an organization specializing in technological development functions. Obtaining intellectual property rights (patents) not only enhances a company's credibility as proof of high technological capabilities, but also contributes significantly to improving corporate value and strengthening its financial base by creating new businesses and securing licensing income. We talked to Shigeto KOUMURA, Director of Advanced Technology Center; Takehiro KIMORI, who is in charge of overall intellectual property strategies in the Technology Strategy Sec. and Kazuto KOMATSUBARA, who is responsible for creating new intellectual property businesses, about the current state of intellectual property strategies and future initiatives.

We Aim to Utilize Diverse Human Resources, to Enhance our Business Portfolio, and Take on the Role of Resolving Increasingly Complex Social Issues.

To achieve its Group Vision 2030, PACIFIC CONSULTANTS GROUP has formulated its "Medium-Term Management Plan 2028 - Transformation and Growth, Shaping the Future Together," which will begin in October 2025. The basic policies of the Medium-Term Management Plan 2028 are "Contributing to a Sustainable Society," "Enhancing Diverse Human Resources," and "Strengthening the Group's Management Foundation." As a pioneer in social infrastructure services, the Group aims not only to predict the future, but also to create a "Future with Hope" with its imagination and implementation capabilities. Representative Director, President Executive Officer, Osamu OMOTO shares the vision behind the Medium-Term Management Plan 2028.

"Nation-wide Movement Statistics" Supports the Operation of the Osaka-Kansai Expo.

Since its opening on April 13th, the World Expo 2025, Osaka, Japan (Osaka-Kansai Expo.) has been bustling with visitors from Japan and abroad every day. Many private companies are providing free support to the operation of the venue as suppliers of equipment and services. PACIFIC CONSULTANTS is also providing technology for human flow analysis using big data. We spoke with Tominori TOKIDA, General Manager of DX Business Promotion Dept. Digital Service Div., about what can be learned from this human flow analysis and how it can be used in the future.

Livening Up the Kanda Festival as a Member of the Local Neighborhood Association

PACIFIC CONSULTANTS relocated the Headquarters from Seiseki-Sakuragaoka in Tama City, Tokyo, to its current location in September 2015. This move also meant becoming a member of the Kanda Nishikicho 3-chome Neighborhood Association, known as the "Neighborhood Association closest to the Imperial Palace in Kanda" and the "Birthplace of Japan's first university (the University of Tokyo)," a distinctive educational district with many schools and campuses. The long-established neighborhood association is also committed to preserving the local tradition of the Kanda Festival, and PACIFIC CONSULTANTS is also participating in these activities. Terue KAMINO and Masanori IWATA of Architecture Dept., who have been actively involved in the festival since the relocation, Mizuki YASHIRO of Tunnel Dept. Department, Ryotaro ONUMA of the Architecture Dept., and Miki NAOKI of Aviation Dept. who served as organizer of this year's Kanda Festival, looked back on their efforts.

As a Strong Organization with Shared Values, We Take on the Challenge of Solving Unseen Social Issues

PACIFIC CONSULTANTS has established six values that it hopes to uphold in its corporate activities. These have made explicit what had previously remained tacit knowledge as "what makes us PACIFIC CONSULTANTS." By sharing common values, we strive to be "strong individuals," "strong teams," and "strong companies" that bring new value and change to society. We interviewed Akiko ISHIZAKI and Azusa MOTOHASHI, who worked with the management team in Corporate Strategy & Planning Dept. to put these values into words, how they approached the issue, and what results they have achieved.