URSI National Report (1989-2007)

 

PREFACE

 

This is the triennial report by the Japanese National Committee of URSI, which has been prepared for the XXIXth URSI General Assembly to be held in Chicago, Illinois, USA on August 7-16, 2008. The International Union of Radio Science (URSI) has 43 Member Committees and 10 Scientific Commissions. URSI has grown and still grows in various directions. We believe that our Member Committee, Japan, has been, is, and shall be one of the most active elements of URSI. Following the tradition, we have prepared our National Report as before. As the scientific achievements form a sweet core of our Union, we hope this report will be of use for other Members and individual radio scientists. This report provides a summary of achievements by the Japanese Member Committee covering publications during the period from November 2001 to October 2007.

 

This volume is prepared in a digital format and published as CD-ROM media. In addition to these publication lists, we have included the past volumes for the URSI General Assemblies in Kyoto, Japan in 1993, Lille, France in 1996, Toronto, Canada in 1999, Maastricht, Netherlands in 2002, and New Delhi, India in 2005.

 

The Japanese National Committee of URSI is deeply indebted to the Commission Editors for their tremendous editorial efforts and to the many contributors to this volume, and to Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Kazuya Kobayashi of Chuo University, for his unselfish contribution and efforts in editing and publishing this volume. On behalf of the URSI Japanese National Committee, I would like to express our deep appreciation to him and to other Editors.

 

May, 2008

 

Hiroshi Matsumoto

 

President

 

Japan National Committee of URSI

 

 

 


EDITORIAL BOARD, URSI NATIONAL REPORT (November 2004 - October 2007)

 

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

 

K. Kobayashi, Chuo University, Tokyo

 

COMMISSION EDITORS

 

Commission A: Electromagnetic Metrology

M. Hosokawa, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo

Commission B: Fields and Waves

T. Sato, Kyoto University, Kyoto

Commission C: Signals and Systems

S. Komaki, Osaka University, Osaka

Commission D: Electronics and Photonics

H. Ogawa, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Yokosuka

M. Muraguchi, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo

Commission E: Electromagnetic Noise and Interference

R. Koga, Okayama University, Okayama

Commission F: Wave Propagation and Remote Sensing

Y. Yamaguchi, Niigata University, Niigata

Commission G: Ionospheric Radio and Propagation

T. Maruyama, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo

Commission H: Waves in Plasmas

T. Okada, Toyama Prefectural University, Toyama

Y. Omura, Kyoto University, Kyoto

Commission J: Radio Astronomy

H. Kobayashi, Mizusawa VERA Observatory, Iwate

Commission K: Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine

T. Shigemitsu, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Chiba

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF:

 

E.-H. Shang, Chuo University, Tokyo

J.-P. Zheng, Chuo University, Tokyo

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JAPAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR RADIO SCIENCE (2006 - 2008)

 

Chair:

 

Prof. H. MATSUMOTO (Past President of URSI)

Executive Vice President (Research and Finance)

Kyoto University

Yoshida, Sakyo-ku

Kyoto 606-8501

JAPAN

Phone: +81-75-753-2217

Fax: +81-75-753-2091

Email: matsumot@rish.kyoto-u.ac.jp

 

Secretary General:

 

Prof. K. KOBAYASHI

Vice President for International Affairs

Chuo University

1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku

Tokyo 112-8551

JAPAN

Phone: +81-3-3817-1869, +81-3-3817-1846

Fax: +81-3-3817-1847

Email: kazuya@tamacc.chuo-u.ac.jp

 

Secretaries:

 

Prof. Y. OMURA (Vice Chair of URSI Commission H)

Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere

Kyoto University

Gokasho, Uji-shi

Kyoto 611-0011

JAPAN

Phone: +81-774-38-3811

Fax : +81-774-31-8463

Email: omura@rish.kyoto-u.ac.jp

 

Prof. M. TAKI

Department of Electrical Engineering

Tokyo Metropolitan University

1-1, Minami-osawa, Hachioji

Tokyo 192-0397

JAPAN

Phone: +81-426-77-2763

Fax: +81-426-77-2756

Email: taki@eei.metro-u.ac.jp

 

Members of Science Council of Japan (Section III: Physical Sciences and Engineering):

 

Prof. T. AOYAMA

Research Institute for Digital Media and Content

Keio University

2-17-22 Mita, Minato-ku

Tokyo 108-0073

JAPAN

Phone: +81-3-5418-6432

Fax: +81-3-5418-6573

Email: aoyama@dmc.keio.ac.jp

 

Prof. H. IMAI

Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Communication Engineering

Chuo University

1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku

Tokyo 112-8551

JAPAN

Phone: +81-3-3817-1855

Fax: +81-3-3817-1847

Email: h-imai@elect.chuo-u.ac.jp

 

Associate Members of Science Council of Japan:

 

Prof. M. ANDO (Immediate Past Chair of URSI Commission B)

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Graduate School of Science and Engineering

Tokyo Institute of Technology

O-okayama, Meguro-ku

Tokyo 152-8552

JAPAN

Phone: +81-3-5734-2563

Fax: +81-3-5734-2901

Email: mando@antenna.ee.titech.ac.jp

 

Prof. M. IZUTSU

Tokyo Institute of Technology

4259-R2-24 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku

Yokohama 226-8503

JAPAN

Phone: +81-45-924-5984

Fax: +81-45-924-5984

Email: izutsu.m.aa@m.titech.ac.jp

 

Associate Members (URSI) of Science Council of Japan:

 

Official Member for Commission A:

Dr. M. HOSOKAWA

Group Leader, Space-Time Standards Group

New Generation Network Research Center

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

4-2-1 Nukui-Kitamachi, Koganei

Tokyo 184-8795

JAPAN

Phone: +81-42-327-7557

Fax: +81-42-327-6834

Email: hosokawa@nict.go.jp

 

Official Member for Commission B

Prof. T. SATO

Department of Communications and Computer Engineering

Graduate School of Informatics

Kyoto University

Sakyo-ku

Kyoto 606-8501

JAPAN

Phone: +81-75-753-3362

Fax: +81-75-753-3342

Email: tsato@kuee.kyoto-u.ac.jp

 

Official Member for Commission C

Prof. S. KOMAKI

Graduate School of Engineering

Osaka University

2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita

Osaka 565-0871

JAPAN

Phone: +81-6-6879-7714

Fax: +81-6-6879-7715

Email: komaki@comm.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp

 

Prof. T. OHIRA (Vice Chair of URSI Commission C)

Toyohashi University of Technology

Tempaku

Toyohashi 441-8580

JAPAN

Phone: +81-532-44-6761

Fax: +81-532-44-6757

Email : ohira@ics.tut.ac.jp

 

Official Member for Commission D:

Dr. H. OGAWA

New Generation Wireless Communications Research Center

National Institute of Information and Communication Technology

3-4 Hikarinooka

Yokosuka 239-0847

JAPAN

Phone: +81-46-847-5051

Fax: +81-46-847-5059

Email: hogawa@nict.go.jp

 

Official Member for Commission E:

Prof. R. KOGA

Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences

Graduate School of Natural Science and Technologies

Okayama University

1-1, Tsushima-Naka-3

Okayama 700-8530

JAPAN

Phone: +81-86-251-8135

Fax: +81-86-251-8136

Email: koga@cne.okayama-u.ac.jp

 

Official Member for Commission F:

Prof. Y. YAMAGUCHI

Department of Information Engineering

Niigata University

Ikarashi 2-8050, Niigata-shi

Niigata 950-2181

JAPAN

Phone: +81-25-262-6752

Fax: +81-25-262-6752

Email: yamaguch@ie.niigata-u.ac.jp

 

Official Member for Commission G:

Dr. T. MARUYAMA

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

4-2-1 Nukui-Kitamachi, Koganei

Tokyo 184-8795

JAPAN

Phone: +81-42-327-7512

Fax: +81-42-327-6163

Email: tmaru@nict.go.jp

 

Official Member for Commission H:

Prof. T. OKADA

Department of Electronics and Informatics

Toyama Prefectural University

Kurokawa 5180, Imizu-shi

Toyama 939-0398

JAPAN

Phone: +81-766-56-7500

Fax: +81-766-56-8137

Email: okada@pu-toyama.ac.jp

 

Official Member for Commission J:

Prof. H. KOBAYASHI

Mizusawa VERA Observatory

National Astronomical Observatory

Hoshigaoka-tyo 2-12, Mizusawa-ku, Ohsyu

Iwate 023-0861

JAPAN

Phone: +81-197-22-7128

Fax: +81-197-22-7120

Email: hideyuki.kobayashi@nao.ac.jp

 

Official Member for Commission K:

Dr. T. SHIGEMITSU

Environmental Science Research Laboratory

Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry

1646 Abiko, Abiko-shi

Chiba 270-1194

JAPAN

Phone: +81-4-7182-1181

Fax: +81-4-7182-7922

Email: t-shige@criepi.denken.or.jp

 

Secretariat:

Japan National Committee for Radio Science

c/o Science Council of Japan

7-22-34 Roppongi, Minato-ku

Tokyo 106-8555

JAPAN