An article featuring the research of Mr. Noriyasu Kitamura, a researcher at SDM Research Institute and Risk Consulting and Senior Researcher at Tokio Marine & Nichido Risk Consulting Co., Ltd. ran in Yomiuri Newspaper on March 2. It highlighted “Capability of Safe Driving,” his joint project with Professor Tetsuro Ogi and Professor Hidekazu Nishimura, on which he will conduct further research using an immersive 3D driving simulator. Mr. Noriyasu Kitamura enrolled in the doctoral course in SDM in April 2010.