Ishizuka Naoki entered the Chuetsu Centre for Promotion of Disaster Prevention and Safety in 2008. He was involved in the development of supporting coordinators for mountainous regions and disaster recovery after the Chuetsu Earthquake that occurred in Niigata Prefecture in 2004. After the Great East Japan Earthquake, he was transferred to the Miyagi Collaborative Recovery Centre in 2012, where he was in charge of the training of coordinators for regional recovery from Great East Japan Earthquake. He took on his current appointment in April 2014.
