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Emergency Information Concerning Simultaneous Cancellation of Classes due to Weather Warnings / Suspension of Public Transportation

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Handling of classes in case of announcement of weather warnings, suspension of public transportation or accidents/incidents(Abstract)

* 2022/5/30 updated (Revisions are indicated in red)

1. The simultaneous cancellation of classes without judgements of the executive
When emergency warnings are issued from Hiroshima local meteorological observatory for either Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City or Higashihiroshima City, all classes in campuses in those cities shall be cancelled.

2. Simultaneous cancellation of classes with executive judgement
In the following cases, all classes at the campus on the day shall be cancelled if the executive judges that it is difficult to hold classes at each campus.
The guidance of the range of class periods and decision time of simultaneous cancellation of classes are as shown in 3(below).

(1) when any warnings of heavy rain, flood, heavy snow, storm or snow-storm are issued for either Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City or Higashihiroshima City by Hiroshima local meteorological observatory
(2) when any warnings of heavy rain, flood, heavy snow, storm or snow-storm are expected to be issued for either Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City or Higashihiroshima City because of an approaching typhoon
(3) when public transportation including the JR Sanyo-line is cancelled due to accidents, heavy rainfall and/or other natural disasters or strikes
(4) when it becomes difficult for students or staff to commute to the university
(5) when, due to other incidents or accidents, entering the university becomes forbidden

3. Guidance on the range of class periods and decision time of simultaneous cancellation of classes

Range of class periods

Decision time

Classes starting from 8:45 to 12:10

By around 06:45

Classes starting from 12:50 to 17:05

By around 10:50

Classes starting from 17:30 to 19:40

By around 16:00



* The judgment of first period of class is held by around 6:45, and there is possibility that according to the situation, an announcement may be made to cancel class later as above. Please check information about it until before classes begin.

* Online classes that fall under one of the following conditions, can be held at the discretion of the dean (or the equivalent) of each department. In this case, teachers in charge shall communicate any necessary information on such classes to the attending students so that they can avoid any disadvantage.
- Interactive online classes in which all students have confirmed they are able to attend such classes at home
- On demand classes


How to obtain information (On the occasions such as cancellations of university-wide simultaneous class cancellation or the classes resuming because of services' reopening of transportation)

Information will be posted on the "Emergency Information" box in the upper right-hand corner of the MOMIJI-Top. Otherwise, information could also be checked at the Official Twitter and Official Facebook.

If you can not access all above, please contact Student Support Group of the school or graduate school which you belong to, directly. (Emergency Contact List: reference)

Moreover, it will be published when the university executes the class by releasing of warning not longer being effective and/or restarting transportation operations by the above-mentioned method. So, please confirm before acting.

* The above-mentioned publishing is not published about the class (supplementary lecture and immersion lecture, etc.) executed in the holidays, so please inquire at the Student Support Office (As for the liberal arts education, inquire at the Education Promotion Group(Liberal Arts Education)) in the school or the graduate school that you belong to.

* The inquiry time for " Emergency Contact" is from 8:30AM-5:15PM (The Higashi-Senda Area Support Office is 9:15PM) except on holidays. If it is after hours or you are unable to inquire, please refer to the above instructions and act with your personal safety as your first priority.

＜Emergency Contact List＞

Support Office for the fields of Integrated Arts and Sciences

(082)424-6315 (school)
(082)424-6316 (graduate school)

Support Office for the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences (Letters)

(082)424-6613 (school)
(082)424-6615 (graduate school)

Support Office for the fields of Education / Managing Support Office for the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences

(082)424-6725 (school)
(082)424-3706 (graduate school)

Support Office for the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences (Law)

(082)424-7215 (school)
(082)424-7148 (graduate school)

Support Office for the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics)

(082)424-7217 (school)
(082)424-7189 (graduate school)

Higashi-Senda Area Support Office

(082)542-6998 (Night course, School of Law) (082)542-6961 (Night course, School of Economics) (082)542-6962 (graduate school: Management)
(082)542-7087 (The Hiroshima University Law School)

Support Office for the fields of Science

(082)424-7317 (school)
(082)424-7309 (graduate school: Science)
(082)424-7008, 7009 (graduate school: Advanced Sciences of Matter)

Student Support Group, Kasumi Campus Management Support Office

(082)257-5049, 5050 (School of Medicine) (082)257-5613, 5614 (School of Dentistry）
(082)257-5777 (School of Pharmaceutical Sciences) (082)257-5051 (graduate school)

Support Office for the fields of Engineering / Managing Support Office for the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering

(082)424-7524 (School of Engineering)
(082)424-7611 (School of Informatics and Data Science)
(082)424-7519 (graduate school)

Support Office for the fields of Biosphere Science / Managing Support Office for the Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life

(082)424-7915 (school)
(082)424-7908 (graduate school)

Support Office for the fields of International Development and Cooperation

(082)424-6909, 6910

Education Promotion Group (Liberal arts)

(082)424-4218

Education Promotion Group (Undergraduate education or Graduate education)

(082)424-6156


Reference：
Handling of classes in case of announcement of weather warnings, suspension of public transportation or accidents/incidents (Whole text :Japanese)

Japan Meteorological Agency, Warnings /Advisories（http://www.jma.go.jp/en/warn/index.html）

Japan Meteorological Agency, Page of Typhoon Information（http://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/）

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