• Foundation of River & basin Integrated Communications
• FRICS is a private nonprofit organization, but
• Endowment was made by all 47 prefectures and 10 large cities of Japan, and
• FRICS has been, is , and shall be a highly public body in charge of prevention and/or mitigation of water-related disasters.

• Collecting, processing and disseminating information on rivers and basins, and thereby
• Reducing flood damages and contributing to better and reasonable use of rivers. 　 　

• Collecting, processing and disseminating information on rivers, basins, and related fields;
• Development of technology for the above purpose;
• Exchange of information concerning rivers, basins, and related fields;
• International cooperation in the above fields; and
• Other activities necessary for achieving the mission of the Foundation. 　 　

• 1975 First Radar Rain gauge on Mt. Akagi (in the Tone River basin near Tokyo)
• 1982 Disaster caused by torrential rain in Nagasaki (1000 km from Tokyo): Request to disclose information gathered by (then) Ministry of Construction
• 1985 Establishment of the Foundation
• 1986 Commencement of information provision through the "CAPTAIN" system: the first practical application of a "new" media
• 1999 The 2nd system: Data rather than picture images were transmitted
• 2002 Commencement of the "FRICS 2002" system: Based on the WWW system with special plug-ins installed into user's PC
• 2006 Starting operation of the Integrated River Information System for Municipalities under the contract with the Government

• President
• Board of Directors
• 11 Divisions and 6 Sub-divisions
• 9 Branch offices corresponding to Regional Development Bureaus of MLIT
• 100 Persons (72 at HQ, 28 at Branches)

NISSAY HANZOUMON BLDG, 1-3 KOJIMACHI CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO 102-8474

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