Classes when Weather Warnings are Issued

Below is a translation of the Japanese page: If certain contents differ from the Japanese version, please adhere to the content of the Japanese version.

This condition for class cancellation is applicable only to courses provided by CELAS. For other courses, please follow the instructions of the relevant departments.

1. When Weather Warnings are Issued

If a weather warning of the following types and ranges is issued, classes will be cancelled. If a warning is issued after class starts, classes will be cancelled from the following period on.

Warning Issue Range

The cities of Toyonaka, Suita, Ibaraki, Minoh, or areas including these cities.

Warning Type

Storm warning or Emergency Warning (*)
(*) ‘Emergency Warnings’ are issued when there is an extremely high danger of disaster owing to heavy rain, storms, snow storms, waves, or high tides and the danger far exceeds the usual announcement criteria for a ‘warning’.

2. When public transportation is suspended or cancelled

If any of the following public transportation services on a commuter route is suspended or cancelled (hereinafter referred to as ‘suspension’) due to a disaster, classes will be cancelled at the relevant campus (including the suspension of partial sections).

Classes will not be cancelled by temporary suspension due to accidents, etc.

Toyonaka Campus

Hankyu Railway (Takarazuka Line: between Osaka Umeda and Takarazuka) or Osaka Monorail (all lines)

Suita Campus

Hankyu Railway (Senri Line: Osaka Umeda/Tenjinbashisuji Rokuchome-Kitasenri) and Osaka Monorail (all lines)

Minoh Campus

Osaka Metro (Midosuji Line (including the Kita-Osaka Kyuko Line) between Umeda and Minoh-Kayano) or Osaka Monorail (all lines)

3. When weather warnings or public transportation suspensions are cancelled

When the weather warning or public transportation suspension is cancelled, we will proceed as follows.

Warning cancelled before 6:00 a.m.:

All classes held

Warning cancelled before 9:00 a.m.:

Morning classes cancelled, afternoon classes held

Warning not cancelled before 9:00 a.m.:

All classes cancelled

Confirmation of the cancellation of warnings will be broadcast on TV, radio, and the Internet.

4. When an earthquake occurs

If an earthquake of 5-Upper or stronger on the JMA seismic intensity scale occurs in the cities of Toyonaka, Suita, Ibaraki, or Minoh in Osaka Prefecture, classes will be cancelled for that day. If an earthquake occurs after 5:15 p.m., classes on the following day will also be cancelled.

If an earthquake occurs outside the abovementioned areas or if the intensity is below 5 Upper, we will respond according to public transportation conditions.

5. When the evacuation instructions are issued

In departments located in areas where Alert Level 4 (evacuation instructions) or higher has been issued by the cities of Toyonaka, Suita, Ibaraki, or Minoh in Osaka Prefecture, classes may be cancelled; in that case, please follow the instructions from the department.

6. Others

Even if a class is held because it does not fall under this provision, for example, if a weather warning similar to 1 above is announced, or an earthquake similar to 4 above occurs in the student’s residential area or an area on the route to school, or if you miss class due to unavoidable circumstances such as the suspension of public transportation other than those mentioned in 2 above, we will take care not to put you at a disadvantage in taking the course. Please make an offer to the Office of Academic Affairs in your department or the department offering the course.

When weather warnings, public transportation suspensions, evacuation advisories, etc., are expected to be issued in advance, or when there is an urgent need to cancel classes, we will announce it on Osaka University’s website or KOAN.