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132 III Organization III Organization Projects Subaru Telescope Okayama Astrophysical Observatory Nobeyama Radio Observatory Mizusawa VLBI Observatory Solar Observatory NAOJ Chile Observatory Center for Computational Astrophysics Gravitational Wave Project Office TMT-J Project Office JASMINE Project Office SOLAR-C Project Office Extrasolar Planet Detection Project Office RISE Project Centers Astronomy Data Center Advanced Technology Center Public Relations Center Divisions Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy Division of Radio Astronomy Division of Solar and Plasma Astrophysics Division of Theoretical Astronomy Office of International Relations Human Resources Planning Office Safety and Health Management Office Engineering Promotion Office Administration Department (C Projects) (B Projects) (A Projects) Director General Director of Engineering Vice-Director General (on General Affairs) Vice-Director General (on Finance) Director of Research Coordination Executive Advisors to the Director General Advisory Committee for Research and Management Hinode Science Center Research Enhancement Strategy Office Research Evaluation Support Office 1. Organization

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Subaru Telescope

Okayama Astrophysical Observatory

Nobeyama Radio Observatory

Mizusawa VLBI Observatory

Solar Observatory

NAOJ Chile Observatory

Center for Computational Astrophysics

Gravitational Wave Project Office

TMT-J Project Office

JASMINE Project Office

SOLAR-C Project Office

Extrasolar Planet Detection Project Office

RISE Project

Centers

Astronomy Data Center

Advanced Technology Center

Public Relations Center

Divisions

Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy

Division of Radio Astronomy

Division of Solar and Plasma Astrophysics

Division of Theoretical Astronomy

Office of International Relations

Human Resources Planning Office

Safety and Health Management Office

Engineering Promotion Office

Administration Department

(C Projects)

(B Projects)

(A Projects)

Director General

Director of Engineering

Vice-Director General (on General Affairs)

Vice-Director General (on Finance)

Director of Research Coordination

Executive Advisors to the Director General

Advisory Committee for Research and Management

Hinode Science Center

Research Enhancement Strategy Office

Research Evaluation Support Office

1. Organization

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3. Executives

2. Number of Staff Members

(2017/3/31)Regular Employees

Director General 1Research and Academic Staff 152

Professor 27Executive Engineer 0Associate Professor 39Chief Research Engineer 11Assistant Professor 59Research Associate 0Research Engineer 16

Engineering Staff 36Administrative Staff 57Research Administrator Staff 7Employees on Annual Salary System 117

Fixed-term EmployeesFull-time Contract Employees 56Part-time Contract Employees 131

Director General Hayashi, MasahikoVice-Director General

on General Affairs Watanabe, Jun-ichion Finance Kobayashi, Hideyuki

Director of Engineering Takami, HidekiDirector of Research Coordination Gouda, Naoteru

Executive Advisor to the Director GeneralExecutive Advisor to the Director General

Ogasawara, RyusukeSekiguchi, Kazuhiro

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C ProjectsSubaru Telescope

Director Arimoto, NobuoProfessor Arimoto, NobuoProfessor Ohashi, NagayoshiAssociate Professor Hayashi, SaekoAssociate Professor Iwata, IkuruAssociate Professor Kodama, TadayukiAssociate Professor Noumaru, JunichiAssociate Professor Takato, NaruhisaAssociate Professor Takeda, YoichiChief Research Engineer Iwashita, HiroyukiAssistant Professor Imanishi, MasatoshiAssistant Professor Komiyama, YutakaAssistant Professor Koyama, YuseiAssistant Professor Minowa, YosukeAssistant Professor Okita, HirofumiAssistant Professor Onodera, MasatoAssistant Professor Pyo, Tae-sooSpecially Appointed

Assistant ProfessorHayashi, Masao

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Tanaka, Masayuki

Research Engineer Bando, TakamasaSenior Engineer Namikawa, KazuhitoSenior Engineer Omata, KojiChief Engineer Tamura, TomonoriEngineer Sato, TatsuhiroSpecially Appointed

Research StaffNiino, Yuu

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Takagi, Yuhei

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Toshikawa, Jun

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Hayashi, Yusuke

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Ikeda, Hiroyuki

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Oishi, Yukie

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Taniguchi, Akimitsu

Research Expert Kawanomoto, SatoshiResearch Expert Koike, MichitaroResearch Expert Mineo, SogoResearch Expert Yamada, YoshihikoResearch Expert Yamanoi, HitomiAdministrative Supporter Kuwata, HitomiAdministrative Supporter Noguchi, MasumiAdministrative Supporter Suehiro, Yoko

Administrative Supporter Takamoto, MasamiAdministrative Supporter Yamada, NarumiAdministrative Supporter Yoshida, Chie

Administration Department Manager Seto, Yoji

General Affairs SectionChief Chiba, Satoko

Accounting SectionSenior Staff Sugawara, Satoshi

RCUHRCUH Alpiche, DexRCUH Aoki, KentaroRCUH Aso, YusukeRCUH Balbarino, MichaelRCUH Berghuis, JennieRCUH Bulger, JoannaRCUH Castro, TimothyRCUH Clergeon, ChristopheRCUH Currie, ThayneRCUH Conol, JonahRCUH Cook, DavidRCUH Doi, YoshiyukiRCUH Doughty, DanielleRCUH Elms, BrianRCUH Endo, MariRCUH Ferreira, JamesRCUH Finet, FrancoisRCUH Formanek, KeikoRCUH Fujiwara, HideakiRCUH Fujiyoshi, TakuyaRCUH Gaskin, RobertaRCUH Gorman, WilliamRCUH Guthier, DebbieRCUH Guyon, OlivierRCUH Hasegawa, KumikoRCUH Hattori, TakashiRCUH Hopkins, JamesRCUH Inagaki, TakeshiRCUH Jeschke, EricRCUH Jovanovic, NemanjaRCUH Kackley, RussellRCUH Kakazu, YukoRCUH Kerns, MichaelRCUH Kim, Ji HoonRCUH Koshida, ShintaroRCUH Kudo, TomoyukiRCUH Kyono, EijiRCUH Lee, Chien-HsiuRCUH Lemmen, MichaelRCUH Letawsky, MichaelRCUH Lozi, JulienRCUH Morris, MaritaRCUH Murai, Rieko

4. Research Departments

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RCUH Nabeshima, YoshitakeRCUH Nakata, FumiakiRCUH Niimi, YukaRCUH Nishimura, ReidRCUH Nishimura, TetsuoRCUH Otsuki, NorikoRCUH Pathak, PrashantRCUH Ramos, LucioRCUH Roth, NorikoRCUH Rousselle, JulienRCUH Schubert, KiainaRCUH Spencer, RobinRCUH Sur, RyokoRCUH Suzuki, YukoRCUH Tait, PhilipRCUH Tajitsu, AkitoRCUH Takiura, KokiRCUH Tamae, RichardRCUH Tanaka, MakotoRCUH Tanaka, YokoRCUH Terai, TsuyoshiRCUH Tomono, DaigoRCUH Toyofuku, RalphRCUH Tsang, EmikoRCUH Weber, MarkRCUH Williams, JoshuaRCUH Winegar, TomRCUH Wung, MatthewRCUH Yoshiyama, Naomi

Okayama Astrophysical ObservatoryDirector Izumiura, HideyukiAssociate Professor Izumiura, HideyukiAssociate Professor Ukita, NobuharuSpecially Appointed

Associate ProfessorKanbe, Eiji

Assistant Professor Yanagisawa, KenshiEngineer Tsutsui, HironoriSpecially Appointed

Research StaffMatsubayashi, Kazuya

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Fukui, Akihiko

Research Expert Kuroda, DaisukeResearch Expert Maehara, HiroyukiResearch Supporter Toda, Hiroyuki

Administration OfficeAdministration Section

Chief Tanabe, KeizoAdministrative Supporter Katayama, KumikoAdministrative Supporter Shibukawa, HirokoAdministrative Supporter Yamashita, AyakoAdministrative

Maintenance StaffKoyama, Shoji

Administrative Maintenance Staff

Watanabe, Noriaki

Nobeyama Radio ObservatoryActing Director Kobayashi, HideyukiChief Research Engineer Kanzawa, TomioAssistant Professor Ishizuki, SumioAssistant Professor Minamidani, TetsuhiroAssistant Professor Umemoto, TomofumiSpecially Appointed

Assistant Professor Torii, Kazufumi

Research Engineer Mikoshiba, HiroshiSenior Engineer Handa, KazuyukiSenior Engineer Miyazawa, KazuhikoSenior Engineer Miyazawa, ChiekoSenior Engineer Shinohara, NoriyukiChief Engineer Kurakami, TomioEngineer Nishitani, HiroyukiEngineer Wada, TakuyaSpecially Appointed

Research Staff Kaneko, Hiroyuki

Specially Appointed Research Staff Miyamoto, Yusuke

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Oya, Masaaki

Research Expert Kinugasa, KenzoResearch Expert Maekawa, JunResearch Expert Takahashi, ShigeruResearch Expert Tatamitani, YoshioTechnical Expert Hayashi, MitsuruTechnical Expert Nishioka, MakikoAdministrative Supporter Hatakeyama, EikoAdministrative Supporter Ide, HidemiResearch Assistant Fujita, ShinjiResearch Assistant Matsuo, Mitsuhiro

Administration OfficeDeputy Manager Otsuka, Tomoyoshi

General Affairs SectionChief Otsuka, TomoyoshiAdministrative Supporter Kikuchi, KikueAdministrative Supporter Shinkai, HisakoAdministrative Supporter Yoda, ChizukoAdministrative

Maintenance StaffFuji, Shigeru

Administrative Maintenance Staff

Hinata, Shigeto

Administrative Maintenance Staff

Ide, Hiroko

Administrative Maintenance Staff

Kadoshima, Junko

Administrative Maintenance Staff

Kikuchi, Michiko

Administrative Maintenance Staff

Kikuchi, Tsuyoshi

Administrative Maintenance Staff

Koike, Ikuko

Administrative Maintenance Staff

Saito, Arayo

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Tsuchiya, Junko

Administrative Maintenance Staff

Yokomori, Yasuyuki

Accounting SectionChief Miyabara, YasuhideSenior Staff Iijima, KunioAdministrative Supporter Kodaira, ToshikoAdministrative Supporter Takasawa, MitsueAdministrative Supporter Takemura, MiwakoAdministrative Supporter Tokui, Chisato

Mizusawa VLBI ObservatoryDirector Honma, MarekiProfessor Honma, MarekiProfessor Kobayashi, HideyukiAssociate Professor Shibata, KatsunoriChief Research Engineer Sato, KatsuhisaAssistant Professor Hada, KazuhiroAssistant Professor Hirota, TomoyaAssistant Professor Jike, TakaakiAssistant Professor Kameya, OsamuAssistant Professor Kono, YusukeAssistant Professor Sunada, KazuyoshiAssistant Professor Tamura, YoshiakiResearch Engineer Ishikawa, ToshiakiResearch Engineer Suzuki, SyunsakuChief Engineer Ueno, YujiEngineer Hirano, KenSpecially Appointed

Research StaffMatsumoto, Naoko

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Sakai, Nobuyuki

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Tazaki, Fumie

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Wu, Yuanwei

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Kanaguchi, Masahiro

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Miura, Mitsuo

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Nagayama, Takumi

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Oyama, Tomoaki

Technical Expert Asakura, YuTechnical Expert Funayama, HiroshiTechnical Expert Hachisuka, KazuyaTechnical Expert Kim, Jeoung SookTechnical Expert Matsukawa, YukiTechnical Expert Nishizawa, AkihisaTechnical Expert Sato, KaoriTechnical Expert Takahashi, KenTechnical Expert Yamashita, KazuyoshiTechnical Expert Yoshida, ToshihiroResearch Supporter Matsueda, Chika

Administrative Supporter Komori, AkiyoAdministrative Supporter Uekiyo, Hatsue

Administration OfficeDeputy Manager Hommyo, Susumu

General Affairs SectionChief Hommyo, SusumuStaff Iida, NaotoAdministrative Supporter Oizumi, YukaAdministrative Supporter Sasaki, MieAdministrative Supporter Sasaki, Mie

Accounting SectionChief Ito, HiromasaAdministrative Supporter Kikuchi, SachikoAdministrative Supporter Takahashi, Yumi

Ishigakijima Astronomical ObservatoryDirector Honma, MarekiResearch Expert Hanayama, Hidekazu

Time Keeping OfficeDirector Sato, Katsuhisa

Solar ObservatoryDirector Suematsu, YoshinoriAssociate Professor Hanaoka, YoichiroSenior Engineer Shinoda, KazuyaSpecially Appointed

Research StaffJoshi, Anand Diwakar

Research Expert Hagino, MasaokiResearch Expert Morita, SatoshiResearch Expert Yaji, KentaroAdministrative Supporter Sugimoto, Junko

NAOJ Chile ObservatoryDirector Sakamoto, SeiichiProfessor Iguchi, SatoruProfessor Kameno, SeijiProfessor Mizuno, NorikazuProfessor Ogasawara, RyuusukeProfessor Sakamoto, SeiichiProfessor Tatematsu, KenichiSpecially Appointed

ProfessorHasegawa, Tetsuo

Associate Professor Asaki, YoshiharuAssociate Professor Asayama, ShinichiroAssociate Professor Iono, DaisukeAssociate Professor Kiuchi, HitoshiAssociate Professor Kosugi, GeorgeAssociate Professor Okuda, TakeshiSpecially Appointed

Associate ProfessorMuller, Erik Michael

Specially Appointed Associate Professor

Espada Fernandez, Daniel

Specially Appointed Associate Professor

Kawamura, Akiko

Specially Appointed Associate Professor

Nagai, Hiroshi

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Specially Appointed Associate Professor

Nakanishi, Koichiro

Chief Research Engineer Kikuchi, KenichiChief Research Engineer Nakamura, KoujiChief Research Engineer Watanabe, ManabuAssistant Professor Ezawa, HajimeAssistant Professor Gonzalez Garcia,

AlvaroAssistant Professor Hiramatsu, MasaakiAssistant Professor Hirota, AkihikoAssistant Professor Ishii, ShunAssistant Professor Kamazaki, TakeshiAssistant Professor Matsuda, YuichiAssistant Professor Sawada, TsuyoshiAssistant Professor Shimojo, MasumiAssistant Professor Takahashi, SatokoSpecially Appointed

Assistant ProfessorAkiyama, Eiji

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Egusa, Fumi

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Miura, Rie

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Okamoto, Joten

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Saigou, Kazuya

Research Engineer Ashitagawa, KyokoResearch Engineer Nakazato, TakeshiResearch Engineer Yamada, MasumiSenior Engineer Kato, YoshihiroSenior Engineer Kobiki, ToshihikoSenior Engineer Nakamura, KyokoChief Engineer Ito, TetsuyaEngineer Shizugami, MakotoSpecially Appointed

Research StaffAo, Yiping

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Hashimoto, Takuya

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Izumi, Natsuko

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Lu, Xing

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Kroug, Matthias Nils

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Morokuma, Kana

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Neelamkodan, Naslim

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Sanhueza Nunez, Patricio Andres

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Takahashi, Sanemichi

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Takekoshi, Tatsuya

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Tokuda, Kazuki

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Zahorecz, Sarolta

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Fujimoto, Yasuhiro

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Fukui, Hideharu

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Furutani, Akio

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Horie, Yosaku

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Ikeda, Emi

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Kawakami, Kazuyuki

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Kawasaki, Wataru

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Konuma, Mika

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Kuniyoshi, Masaya

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Matsui, Takayuki

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Miel, Renaud Jean Christophe

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Morita, Eisuke

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Nakamoto, Takashi

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Niizeki, Yasuaki

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Nukatani, Sorahiko

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Okumura, Yuji

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Otawara, Kazushige

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Saito, Motoi

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Shimoda, Takanobu

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

So, Ryoken

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Sugimoto, Kanako

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Uemizu, Kazunori

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Yoshino, Akira

Research Expert Sakuma, NaokoResearch Expert Tomimuro, HisashiAdministrative Expert Kamada, MasakoResearch Supporter Uchida, AyakoResearch Supporter Yamazaki, ToshitakaTechnical Supporter Hayashi, RitsukoAdministrative Supporter Kono, IzumiAdministrative Supporter Otawara, Hikaru

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Administrative Supporter Saito, NaokoChile Employees

Chile Employee Aguilera, JavierChile Employee Krapivka, GabrielaChile Employee Toro, LorenaChile Employee Zenteno, Javier

Administration DepartmentManager Okumura, Yuji

General Affairs SectionChief Tsukano, Satomi

Accounting SectionChief Okumura, YujiStaff Hiramatsu, Naoya

Center for Computational AstrophysicsDirector Kokubo, EiichiroProfessor Kokubo, EiichiroAssistant Professor Ohsuga, KenSpecially Appointed

Assistant ProfessorTakahashi, Hiroyuki

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Asahina, Yuta

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Ohtani, Yukari

Research Expert Kato, TsunehikoResearch Expert Nakayama, HirotakaResearch Expert Oshino, ShoichiResearch Expert Wakita, ShigeruResearch Supporter Fukushi, HinakoResearch Supporter Hasegawa, SatokiResearch Supporter Taki, TetsuoResearch Supporter Tanaka, YukiAdministrative Supporter Kimura, Yuko

Hinode Science CenterDirector Watanabe, TetsuyaAssociate Professor Sekii, TakashiAssociate Professor Suematsu, YoshinoriAssistant Professor Ishikawa, RyokoAssistant Professor Katsukawa, YukioAssistant Professor Kubo, MasahitoSpecially Appointed

Research StaffLee, Kyoung Sun

Technical Expert Inoue, NaokoResearch Supporter Ishii, ShuichiResearch Supporter Tsuchiya, ChieAdministrative Supporter Kano, Kaori

B ProjectsGravitational Wave Project Office

Director Flaminio, RaffaeleSpecially Appointed

ProfessorFlaminio, Raffaele

Associate Professor Aso, YoichiAffiliated Associate

ProfessorAndo, Masaki

Assistant Professor Akutsu, TomotadaAssistant Professor Ohishi, NaokoAssistant Professor Takahashi, RyutaroAssistant Professor Tatsumi, DaisukeSpecially Appointed

Assistant ProfessorShoda, Ayaka

Research Engineer Ishizaki, HideharuChief Engineer Tanaka, NobuyukiSpecially Appointed

Research StaffBarton, Mark Andrew

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Pena Arellano, Fabian Erasmo

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Zeidler, Simon

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Hirata, Naoatsu

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Tapia, San Martin Enzo Nicolas

Administrative Expert Ohyama, MegumiResearch Supporter Harada, MikikoAdministrative Supporter Sakamoto, EriAdministrative Supporter Yoshizumi, MizuhoResearch Assistant Guo, Yuefan

TMT-J Project OfficeDirector Usuda, TomonoriProfessor Usuda, TomonoriProfessor Saito, MasaoProfessor Yamashita, TakuyaAssociate Professor Aoki, WakoAssociate Professor Kashikawa, NobunariAssociate Professor Sugimoto, MasahiroAssociate Professor Terada, HiroshiSpecially Appointed

Associate ProfessorOya, Shin

Chief Research Engineer Miyashita, TakaakiAssistant Professor Yasui, ChikakoSpecially Appointed

Research StaffHarakawa, Hiroki

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Kubo, Mariko

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Ozaki, Shinobu

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Schramm, Malte

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Chapman, Junko

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Kozu, Akihito

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Kusumoto, Hiroshi

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Sugiyama, Motokuni

Research Expert Ishii, MikiSpecial Senior Specialist Inatani, JunjiResearch Supporter Tajima, Toshiyuki

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Administrative Supporter Haranaka, MiyukiAdministrative Supporter Yamaguchi, ChiyuRCUH Iye, Masanori

A ProjectsJASMINE Project Office

Director Gouda, NaoteruProfessor Gouda, NaoteruProfessor Kobayashi, YukiyasuAssistant Professor Tsujimoto, TakujiAssistant Professor Ueda, AkitoshiAssistant Professor Yano, TaiheiResearch Supporter Utsunomiya, ShinTechnical Supporter Kashima, Shingo

Extrasolar Planet Detection Project OfficeDirector Tamura, MotohideAffiliated Professor Tamura, MotohideAssistant Professor Kotani, Takayuki*Assistant Professor Nakajima, Tadashi*Assistant Professor Nishikawa, JunAssistant Professor Suto, Hiroshi*Affiliated Assistant

ProfessorNarita, Norio

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Hashimoto, Jun*

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Hori, Yasunori*

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Konishi, Mihoko

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Omiya, Masashi

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Kusakabe, Nobuhiko*

Research Supporter Kurokawa, Takashi*concurrently appointed in NINS

RISE ProjectDirector Namiki, NoriyukiProfessor Namiki, NoriyukiAssociate Professor Hanada, HideoAssociate Professor Matsumoto, KojiChief Research Engineer Tsuruta, SeiitsuAssistant Professor Araki, HiroshiAssistant Professor Noda, HirotomoResearch Engineer Asari, KazuyoshiResearch Engineer Tazawa, SeiichiSpecially Appointed

Research StaffKawamura, Taichi

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Yamamoto, Keiko

Administrative Supporter Sato, Sayaka

SOLAR-C Project OfficeDirector Ichimoto, KiyoshiProfessor Ichimoto, Kiyoshi

Professor Watanabe, TetsuyaAssociate Professor Goto, Motoshi*Associate Professor Hara, HirohisaAssociate Professor Kano, RyouheiAssistant Professor Narukage, NoriyukiSpecially Appointed

Research StaffSong, Donguk

Administrative Supporter Fujiyoshi, Marie*concurrently appointed in NINS

Centers

Astronomy Data CenterDirector Takata, TadafumiAssociate Professor Ichikawa, ShinichiAssociate Professor Ohishi, MasatoshiAssociate Professor Takata, TadafumiAssistant Professor Furusawa, HisanoriAssistant Professor Ito, TakashiAssistant Professor Oe, MasafumiAssistant Professor Shirasaki, YujiResearch Engineer Inoue, GokiSpecially Appointed

Research StaffHomma, Hidetomo

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Sorahana, Satoko

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Kamegai, Kazuhisa

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Makiuchi, Shinichiro

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Ozawa, Takeaki

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Zapart, Christopher Andrew

Research Expert Furusawa, JunkoResearch Expert Isogai, MizukiResearch Expert Tanaka, NobuhiroResearch Supporter Fujikawa, MakikoResearch Supporter Noda, SachiyoResearch Supporter Utsumi, MotomuAdministrative Supporter Ishii, YukoResearch Assistant Suzuki, Taiki

JVO ProjectDirector Mizumoto, Yoshihiko

Advanced Technology CenterDirector Noguchi, TakashiProfessor Noguchi, TakashiProfessor Takami, HidekiAssociate Professor Hayano, YutakaAssociate Professor Matsuo, HiroshiAssociate Professor Miyazaki, SatoshiAssociate Professor Sekimoto, YutaroAssociate Professor Shan, WenleiChief Research Engineer Fujii, Yasunori

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Chief Research Engineer Okada, NorioAssistant Professor Kojima, TakafumiAssistant Professor Nakaya, HidehikoAssistant Professor Oshima, TaiAssistant Professor Suzuki, RyujiResearch Engineer Fukushima, MitsuhiroResearch Engineer Noguchi, MotokazuResearch Engineer Obuchi, YoshiyukiResearch Engineer Sato, NaohisaSenior Engineer Kamata, YukikoSenior Engineer Kubo, KoichiSenior Engineer Takahashi, ToshikazuChief Engineer Fukuda, TakeoChief Engineer Ikenoue, BungoChief Engineer Inata, MotokoChief Engineer Iwashita, HikaruChief Engineer Kaneko, KeikoChief Engineer Mitsui, KenjiChief Engineer Uraguchi, FumihiroChief Engineer Waseda, KoichiEngineer Ezaki, ShoheiEngineer Tsuzuki, ToshihiroSpecially Appointed

Research StaffDominjon,

Agnes MichelineSpecially Appointed

Research StaffHasebe, Takashi

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Uchiyama, Mizuho

Research Expert Saito, SakaeTechnical Expert Nishino, TetsuoTechnical Expert Suzuki, YoshinoriAdministrative Supporter Kuroda, KyokoAdministrative Supporter Murakami, HiromiAdministrative Supporter Yoshida, TaekoResearch Assistant Abdelouahab,

Valentin AdelResearch Assistant Gobin, NicolasResearch Assistant Kozuki, Yuto

Public Relations CenterDirector Fukushima, ToshioProfessor Fukushima, ToshioProfessor Watanabe, Jun-ichiAssociate Professor Agata, HidehikoAssociate Professor Yamaoka, HitoshiResearch Engineer Katayama, MasatoChief Senior Engineer Matsuda, KoChief Engineer Nagayama, ShogoSpecially Appointed

Senior SpecialistCheung, Sze Leung

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Ishikawa, Naomi

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Lundock, Ramsey Guy

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Pires Canas, Lina Isabel

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Tsuzuki, Hiroko

Research Expert Ono, TomokoResearch Expert Takata, HiroyukiResearch Expert Usuda, KumikoResearch Supporter Kume, KaoriPublic Outreach Official Endo, IsaoPublic Outreach Official Fujita, TokikoPublic Outreach Official Futami, HiroshiPublic Outreach Official Hamura, TaigaPublic Outreach Official Hatano, SatomiPublic Outreach Official Ibaraki, TakaoPublic Outreach Official Ishizaki, MasaharuPublic Outreach Official Iwashiro, KuninoriPublic Outreach Official Koike, AkioPublic Outreach Official Kubo, MakiPublic Outreach Official Mikami, NaotsuguPublic Outreach Official Naito, SeiichiroPublic Outreach Official Natsugari, SatomiPublic Outreach Official Nemoto, ShiomiPublic Outreach Official Ogoe, OsamuPublic Outreach Official Oguri, JunkoPublic Outreach Official Shibata, YukikoPublic Outreach Official Shioya, YasuhisaPublic Outreach Official Takabatake, NorikoPublic Outreach Official Takeda, TakaakiAdministrative Supporter Aoki, MakikoAdministrative Supporter Noguchi, Sayumi

Public Relations OfficeDirector Yamaoka, Hitoshi

Outreach and Education OfficeDirector Agata, Hidehiko

Ephemeris Computation OfficeDirector Katayama, Masato

LibraryChief Todoriki, Tatsuya

Publications OfficeDirector Fukushima, Toshio

The Office for Astronomy Outreach of the IAUDirector Agata, Hidehiko

Administration OfficeDirector Matsuda, Ko

Divisions

Division of Optical and Infrared AstronomyDirector Mizumoto, YoshihikoProfessor Arimoto, NobuoProfessor Gouda, NaoteruProfessor Kobayashi, YukiyasuProfessor Mizumoto, YoshihikoProfessor Ohashi, NagayoshiProfessor Saito, MasaoProfessor Sekiguchi, KazuhiroProfessor Usuda, Tomonori

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Professor Yamashita, TakuyaAssociate Professor Aoki, WakoAssociate Professor Aso, YoichiAssociate Professor Hayashi, SaekoAssociate Professor Iwata, IkuruAssociate Professor Izumiura, HideyukiAssociate Professor Kashikawa, NobunariAssociate Professor Kodama, TadayukiAssociate Professor Noumaru, JunichiAssociate Professor Sugimoto, MasahiroAssociate Professor Takato, NaruhisaAssociate Professor Takeda, YoichiAssociate Professor Terada, HiroshiAssociate Professor Ukita, NobuharuChief Research Engineer Iwashita, HiroyukiChief Research Engineer Miyashita, TakaakiAssistant Professor Akutsu, TomotadaAssistant Professor Imanishi, MasatoshiAssistant Professor Komiyama, YutakaAssistant Professor Koyama, YuseiAssistant Professor Minowa, YosukeAssistant Professor Morino, Jun-ichiAssistant Professor Nishikawa, JunAssistant Professor Ohishi, NaokoAssistant Professor Okita, HirofumiAssistant Professor Onodera, MasatoAssistant Professor Pyo, Tae-sooAssistant Professor Sôma, MitsuruAssistant Professor Takahashi, RyutaroAssistant Professor Tatsumi, DaisukeAssistant Professor Tsujimoto, TakujiAssistant Professor Ueda, AkitoshiAssistant Professor Yagi, MasafumiAssistant Professor Yanagisawa, KenshiAssistant Professor Yano, TaiheiAssistant Professor Yasui, ChikakoResearch Engineer Bando, TakamasaResearch Engineer Ishizaki, HideharuSenior Engineer Omata, KojiSenior Engineer Namikawa, KazuhitoChief Engineer Tamura, TomonoriChief Engineer Tanaka, NobuyukiEngineer Sato, TatsuhiroEngineer Tsutsui, HironoriAdministrative Supporter Kimura, HirokoResearch Assistant Onoue, MasafusaResearch Assistant Shimakawa, RhythmResearch Assistant Suzuki, Tomoko

Division of Radio AstronomyDirector Iguchi, SatoruProfessor Honma, MarekiProfessor Iguchi, SatoruProfessor Kameno, SeijiProfessor Kawabe, RyoheiProfessor Kobayashi, Hideyuki

Professor Mizuno, NorikazuProfessor Namiki, NoriyukiProfessor Ogasawara, RyusukeProfessor Sakamoto, SeiichiProfessor Tatematsu, KenichiAssociate Professor Asaki, YoshiharuAssociate Professor Asayama, ShinichiroAssociate Professor Hanada, HideoAssociate Professor Iono, DaisukeAssociate Professor Kiuchi, HitoshiAssociate Professor Kosugi, GeorgeAssociate Professor Matsumoto, KojiAssociate Professor Okuda, TakeshiAssociate Professor Shibata, KatsunoriChief Research Engineer Kanzawa, TomioChief Research Engineer Kawashima, SusumuChief Research Engineer Kikuchi, KenichiChief Research Engineer Nakamura, KoujiChief Research Engineer Sato, KatsuhisaChief Research Engineer Tsuruta, SeiitsuChief Research Engineer Watanabe, ManabuAssistant Professor Araki, HiroshiAssistant Professor Ezawa, HajimeAssistant Professor Gonzalez Garcia,

AlvaroAssistant Professor Hada, KazuhiroAssistant Professor Hiramatsu, MasaakiAssistant Professor Hirota, AkihikoAssistant Professor Hirota, TomoyaAssistant Professor Ishii, ShunAssistant Professor Ishizuki, SumioAssistant Professor Jike, TakaakiAssistant Professor Kamazaki, TakeshiAssistant Professor Kameya, OsamuAssistant Professor Kono, YusukeAssistant Professor Matsuda, YuichiAssistant Professor Minamidani, TetsuhiroAssistant Professor Miyoshi, MakotoAssistant Professor Noda, HirotomoAssistant Professor Sawada, TsuyoshiAssistant Professor Shimojo, MasumiAssistant Professor Sunada, KazuyoshiAssistant Professor Takahashi, SatokoAssistant Professor Tamura, YoshiakiAssistant Professor Umemoto, TomofumiResearch Engineer Asari, KazuyoshiResearch Engineer Ashitagawa, KyokoResearch Engineer Ishikawa, ToshiakiResearch Engineer Mikoshiba, HiroshiResearch Engineer Nakazato, TakeshiResearch Engineer Suzuki, SyunsakuResearch Engineer Tazawa, SeiichiResearch Engineer Yamada, MasumiSenior Engineer Handa, KazuyukiSenior Engineer Kato, YoshihiroSenior Engineer Kobiki, Toshihiko

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Senior Engineer Miyazawa, ChiekoSenior Engineer Miyazawa, KazuhikoSenior Engineer Nakamura, KyokoSenior Engineer Shinohara, NoriyukiChief Engineer Ito, TetsuyaChief Engineer Kurakami, TomioChief Engineer Ueno, YujiEngineer Hirano, KenEngineer Nishitani, HiroyukiEngineer Shizugami, MakotoEngineer Wada, TakuyaSpecially Appointed

Senior SpecialistTakebayashi, Yasuo

Research Supporter Tsuneyama, Junko

Division of Solar and Plasma AstrophysicsDirector Hanaoka, YoichiroProfessor Watanabe, TetsuyaAssociate Professor Hanaoka, YoichiroAssociate Professor Hara, HirohisaAssociate Professor Kano, RyouheiAssociate Professor Sekii, TakashiAssociate Professor Suematsu, YoshinoriAssistant Professor Ishikawa, RyokoAssistant Professor Katsukawa, YukioAssistant Professor Kubo, MasahitoAssistant Professor Narukage, NoriyukiSpecially Appointed

Assistant ProfessorToriumi, Shin

Senior Engineer Shinoda, Kazuya

Division of Theoretical AstronomyDirector Tomisaka, KohjiProfessor Kokubo, EiichiroProfessor Tomisaka, KohjiProfessor Yoshida, HaruoAssociate Professor Kajino, ToshitakaAssociate Professor Nakamura, FumitakaAssistant Professor Hamana, TakashiAssistant Professor Ohsuga, KenAssistant Professor Takiwaki, TomoyaAssistant Professor Tanaka, MasaomiSpecially Appointed

Assistant ProfessorMoriya, Takashi

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Nozawa, Takaya

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Ogihara, Masahiro

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Sotani, Hajime

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Zenitani, Seiji

Specially Appointed Research Staff

Kawashima, Tomohisa

Administrative Supporter Izumi, Shioko

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Research Enhancement Strategy OfficeDirector Kobayashi, HideyukiSpecially Appointed

Senior SpecialistChapman, Junko

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Fukui, Hideharu

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Hasuo, Ryuichi

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Hori, Kuniko

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Lundock, Ramsey Guy

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Miura, Mitsuo

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Yamamiya, Osamu

Research Evaluation Support OfficeDirector Watanabe, Jun-ichiSpecially Appointed

Senior SpecialistHori, Kuniko

Office of International RelationsDirector Hasuo, RyuichiSpecially Appointed

Senior SpecialistHasuo, Ryuichi

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Komiyama, Hiroko

Research Expert Yoshida, FumiSupport Desk

Research Supporter Shirato, Reiko

Human Resources Planning OfficeDirector Yamamiya, Osamu

Safety and Health Management OfficeDirector Takami, HidekiTechnical Expert Kashiwagi, Yuji

Engineering Promotion OfficeDirector Takami, HidekiChief Research Engineer Kawashima, Susumu

Administration DepartmentGeneral Manager Sasagawa, Hikaru

General Affairs DivisionManager Harada, EiichiroDeputy Manager Furuhata, TomoyukiSenior Specialist Onishi, TomoyukiSpecialist (Information

Technology) Chiba, Yoko

Specialist (Personnel Accounting) Watanabe, Yukika

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist Noguchi, Koki

Specially Appointed Senior Specialist Yamamoto, Chieko

General Affairs SectionChief Chiba, YokoStaff Morita, AkitsuguStaff Yoshimura, TetsuyaVehicle Driver Amemiya, HidemiAdministrative Expert Murakami, SachikoAdministrative Expert Noguchi, UtakoAdministrative Supporter Kobayashi, KayoAdministrative Supporter Seki, Kumi

Personnel SectionChief Yamanouchi, MikaStaff Isozaki, YukaStaff Sakamoto, Misato

Payroll SectionChief Watanabe, YukikaStaff Furukawa, ShinichiroStaff Inoue, MiyukiAdministrative Supporter Aiba, NarukazuAdministrative Supporter Momma, Yoko

Employee Affairs SectionChief Yamaura, MariStaff Saito, MasahiroAdministrative Expert Noguchi, Megumi

MEXT TraineeStaff Matsukura, Koji

Maternity LeaveStaff Ouchi, Kaori

Spouse Accompaniment LeaveStaff Mochimaru, Shiori

Research Promotion DivisionActing Manager Sasagawa, HikaruSenior Specialist

(International Relations)Furuhata, Tomoyuki

Administrative Supporter Torii, MakikoResearch Support Section

Chief Goto, MichiruStaff Yamafuji, YasutoAdministrative Expert Haruki, MutsumiAdministrative Supporter Hagimoto, MiyaAdministrative Supporter Komoda, ChizuruAdministrative Supporter Urushibata, KozueAdministrative Supporter Yasuda, Masako

Graduate School SectionChief Kikkawa, HirokoAdministrative Expert Inoue, Mizuho

International Academic Affairs SectionStaff Takada, MiyukiAdministrative Supporter Ito, Yoshihisa

5. Research Support Departments

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Financial Affairs DivisionManager Nemoto, NobuyukiDeputy Manager Ikeda, HiroshiSpecialist (Audit) Ishikawa, Junya

General Affairs SectionChief Yamamoto, ShinichiAdministrative Supporter Sasaki, Sayuri

Budget SectionChief Akaike, MakotoStaff Masuda, AkioAdministrative Supporter Ishida, Mikiko

Asset Management SectionChief Sato, KanakoStaff Takahashi, Sachiko

Purchase Validation CenterChief Sato, KanakoAdministrative Supporter Hosoi, ChihoAdministrative Supporter Nakagomi, KimitoshiAdministrative Supporter Tsukamoto, Satoko

Accounting DivisionManager Tanaka, MasaruSpecialist (Contract) Yamazaki, Go

Accounting SectionChief Sato, YokoStaff Miyata, YusukeAdministrative Supporter Kobayashi, RinaAdministrative Supporter Nagasawa, FumiAdministrative Supporter Suzuki, Yukiko

Procurement SectionChief Yamazaki, GoStaff Kayamori, ShinjiStaff Sugimoto, NaomiStaff Takai, TetsuyaConsultant Hyuga, TadayukiAdministrative Expert Sato, MasakoAdministrative Supporter Ochiai, Nana

Facilities DivisionManager Watanabe, MatsuoAdministrative Expert Asada, Tsuneaki

General Affairs SectionChief Kawashima, RyotaStaff Nakagawa, YukieAdministrative Supporter Hasegawa, Chisato

Planning SectionChief Murakami, KazuhiroAdministrative Supporter Nagata, Yomogi

Maintenance SectionChief Narisawa, HiroyukiSenior Staff Hayashigura, Koji

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6. Personnel change

Research and Academic StaffDate Name Change New Affiliated Institute, Position Previous Affiliated Institute, Position

2016/4/1 Yamaoka, Hitoshi Hired Public Relations Center, Associate Professor (Kyushu University Graduate School of Science, Assistant Professor)

2016/4/1 Gonzalez Garcia, Alvaro Hired Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile

Observatory), Assistant Professor(Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor)

2016/4/1 Yamada, Masumi Hired Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Research Engineer

(NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist)

2016/5/1 Yasui, Chikako Hired Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (TMT-J Project Office), Assistant Professor

2016/7/1 Narukage, Noriyuki Hired Division of Solar and Plasma Astrophysics (SOLAR-C Project Office), Assistant Professor

(Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff)

2016/7/1 Nakamura, Kouji Hired Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Chief Research Engineer

(NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist)

2016/10/1 Ishii, Shun Hired Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Assistant Professor

2016/7/31 Espada Fernandez, Daniel Resigned (NAOJ Chile Observatory Specially

Appointed Associate Professor)

Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Associate Professor

2016/10/31 Inoue, Tsuyoshi Resigned (Nagoya University Graduate School of Science, Associate Professor)

Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Assistant Professor

2017/3/31 Arimoto, Nobuo RetiredDivision of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Subaru Telescope), Professor

2017/3/31 Kobayashi, Yukiyasu Retired

Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (JASMINE Project Office), Professor

2017/3/31 Mizumoto, Yoshihiko Retired Division of Optical and Infrared

Astronomy, Professor

2017/3/31 Noguchi, Motokazu Retired Advanced Technology Center, Research Engineer

2017/3/1 Mizuno, Norikazu Promoted Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Professor

Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Associate Professor

2017/3/1 Saito, Masao Promoted Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (TMT-J Project Office), Professor

Division of Radio Astronomy (Nobeyama Radio Observatory), Associate Professor

2016/4/1 Nakajima, Tadashi ReassignedNational Institutes of Natural Sciences Astrobiology Center Extrasolar Planet Detection Project Office, Assistant Professor

Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Extrasolar Planet Detection Project Office), Assistant Professor

Engineering Staff

Date Name Change New Affiliated Institute, Position Previous Affiliated Institute, Position

2016/12/1 Ezaki, Shohei Hired Advanced Technology Center, Engineer (NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist)

2016/6/30 Negishi, Satoru Resigned Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Subaru Telescope), Chief Engineer

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2016/4/1 Namikawa, Kazuhito Promoted Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy

(Subaru Telescope), Senior Engineer

Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Subaru Telescope), Chief Engineer

2016/4/1 Kato, Yoshihiro Promoted Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Senior Engineer

Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Chief Engineer

2017/3/1 Omata, Koji Promoted Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Subaru Telescope), Senior Engineer

Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy (Subaru Telescope), Chief Engineer

2017/3/1 Kamata, Yukiko Promoted Advanced Technology Center, Senior Engineer

Advanced Technology Center, Chief Engineer

Administrative Staff

Date Name Change New Affiliated Institute, Position Previous Affiliated Institute, Position

2016/4/1 Sasagawa, Hikaru Hired General Manager (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)

2016/4/1 Ikeda, Hiroshi Hired Administration Department Financial Affairs Division, Deputy Manager (The University of Tokyo)

2016/4/1 Yamazaki, Go Hired Administration Department Accounting Division Procurement Section, Chief (Tokyo Gakugei University)

2016/4/1 Narisawa, Hiroyuki Hired Administration Department Facilities Division Maintenance Section, Chief (The University of Tokyo)

2016/4/1 Tanabe, Keizo HiredOkayama Astrophysical Observatory Administration Office Administration Section, Chief

(Okayama University Hospital)

2016/4/1 Morita, Akitsugu Hired Administration Department General Affairs Division General Affairs Section, Staff

2016/4/1 Inoue, Miyuki Hired Administration Department General Affairs Division Payroll Section, Staff

2016/4/1 Takahashi, Sachiko Hired Administration Department Financial Affairs Division Asset Management Section, Staff

2016/8/1 Miyabara, Yasuhide Hired Nobeyama Radio Observatory Administration Office Accounting Section, Chief (Shinshu University)

2016/7/31 Shimizu, Hidetoshi Resigned (Shinshu University)Nobeyama Radio Observatory Administration Office Accounting Section, Chief

2017/3/31 Nemoto, Nobuyuki Resigned (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan)

Administration Department Financial Affairs Division, Manager

2017/3/31 Watanabe, Yukika Resigned (Tokyo Gakugei University) Administration Department General Affairs Division Payroll Section, Chief

2017/3/31 Sato, Kanako Resigned (Tokyo Gakugei University)Administration Department Financial Affairs Division Asset Management Section, Chief

2017/3/31 Hayashigura, Koji Resigned (Tokyo National Museum)Administration Department Facilities Division Maintenance Section, Senior Staff

2017/3/31 Yoshimura, Tetsuya Resigned (The University of Tokyo)Administration Department General Affairs Division General Affairs Section, Staff

2017/3/31 Miyata, Yusuke Resigned (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)

Administration Department Accounting Division Accounting Section, Staff

2017/3/31 Watanabe, Matsuo Retired Administration Department Facilities Division, Manager

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2016/4/1 Kawashima, Ryota Promoted Administration Department Facilities Division General Affairs Section, Chief

Administration Department Facilities Division General Affairs Section, Senior Staff

2016/4/1 Hayashigura, Koji Promoted Administration Department Facilities Division Maintenance Section, Senior Staff

Administration Department Facilities Division Maintenance Section, Staff

2016/7/1 Goto, Michiru Promoted Administration Department General Affairs Division Research Support Section, Chief

Administration Department General Affairs Division Research Support Section, Senior Staff

2016/8/1 Furuhata, Tomoyuki Promoted Administration Department General Affairs Division, Deputy Manager

Subaru Telescope Administration Department Accounting Section, Chief

2016/8/1 Sugawara, Satoshi PromotedSubaru Telescope Administration Department Accounting Section, Senior Staff

Subaru Telescope Administration Department General Affairs Section, Staff

2016/7/1 Yokota, Banri ReassignedNational Institutes of Natural Sciences Administrative Bureau Liaison and Planning Division Research Support Section, Staff

Administration Department Financial Affairs Division Budget Section, Staff

2016/7/1 Masuda, Akio Reassigned Administration Department Financial Affairs Division Budget Section, Staff

National Institutes of Natural Sciences Administrative Bureau Liaison and Planning Division Research Support Section, Staff

Employee on Annual Salary System

Date Name Change New Affiliated Institute, Position Previous Affiliated Institute, Position

2016/4/1 Hasegawa, Tetsuo Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Professor (Distinguished Professor)

(Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Professor)

2016/4/1 Hayashi, Masao Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

2016/4/1 Okamoto, Takenori Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

2016/4/1 Moriya, Takashi Hired Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

2016/4/1 Ogihara, Masahiro Hired Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

2016/4/1 Niino, Yuu Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/4/1 Takagi, Yuhei Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/4/1 Joshi, Anand Diwakar Hired Solar Observatory, Specially Appointed

Research Staff

2016/4/1 Kroug, Matthias Nils Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/4/1 Izumi, Natsuko Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/4/1 Ohtani, Yukari Hired Center for Computational Astrophysics, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/4/1 Lee, Kyoung Sun Hired Hinode Science Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/4/1 Ozaki, Shinobu Hired TMT-J Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/4/1 Kubo, Mariko Hired TMT-J Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/4/1 Schramm, Malte Hired TMT-J Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff

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2016/4/1 Konishi, Mihoko Hired Extrasolar Planet Detection Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/4/1 Yamamoto, Keiko Hired RISE Project, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/4/1 Homma, Hidetomo Hired Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/4/1 Hasebe, Takashi Hired Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/4/1 Uchiyama, Mizuho Hired Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/4/1 Taniguchi, Akimitsu Hired Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2016/4/1 Oya, Masaaki Hired Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2016/4/1 Fujimoto, Yasuhiro Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2016/4/1 Kusumoto, Hiroshi Hired TMT-J Project Office, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2016/4/1 Makiuchi, Shin'ichiro Hired Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed

Senior Specialist

2016/4/1 Ozawa, Takeaki Hired Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2016/4/1 Kamegai, Kazuhisa Hired Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2016/4/1 Komiyama, Hiroko Hired Office of International Relations, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2016/5/1 Torii, Kazufumi Hired Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

2016/7/1 Kanbe, Eiji Hired Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, Specially Appointed Associate Professor

2016/7/1 Egusa, Fumi Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

(NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff)

2016/8/1 Espada Fernandez, Daniel Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially

Appointed Associate Professor

(Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Associate Professor)

2016/8/1 Lu, Xing Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/9/1 Saigou, Kazuya Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

2016/9/12 Tsuzuki, Hiroko Hired Public Relations Center, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2016/9/21 Neelamkodan, Naslim Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially

Appointed Research Staff

2016/10/1 Kawashima, Tomohisa Hired Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially

Appointed Research Staff

2016/10/1 Fukui, Akihiko Hired Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

(Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff)

2016/10/25 Tapia San Martin, Enzo Nicolas Hired Gravitational Wave Project Office, Specially

Appointed Senior Specialist

2016/11/1 Matsubayashi, Kazuya Hired Okayama Astrophysical Observatory,

Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/11/1 Kawamura, Taichi Hired RISE Project, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/11/1 Sorahana, Satoko Hired Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff

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2016/12/1 Zapart, Christopher Andrew Hired Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed

Senior Specialist(Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff)

2017/1/16 Hashimoto, Takuya Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/1/16 Song, Donguk Hired SOLAR-C Project Office, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/2/1 Tokuda, Kazuki Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/2/1 Zahorecz, Sarolta Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/3/1 Shoda, Ayaka Hired Gravitational Wave Project Office, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

2017/3/31 Takahashi, Sanemichi Hired NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially

Appointed Research Staff

2016/4/30 Higuchi, Yuichi Resigned Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/6/30 Egusa, Fumi Resigned (NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor)

NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/6/30 Narukage, Noriyuki Resigned (Division of Solar and Plasma Astrophysics SOLAR-C Project Office, Assistant Professor)

Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/7/1 Nakamura, Kouji Resigned (Division of Radio Astronomy (NAOJ Chile Observatory), Chief Research Engineer)

NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2016/9/30 Motogi, Kazuhito Resigned(Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Assistant Professor)

Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/11/30 Zapart, Christopher Andrew Resigned (Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed

Senior Specialist)Astronomy Data Center, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/11/30 Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Resigned NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2016/11/30 Ezaki, Shohei Resigned (Advanced Technology Center, Engineering Staff)

NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2016/12/31 Hatsukade, Bun'yo Resigned(The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science Department of Astronomy, Assistant Professor)

NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

2017/1/15 Matsuoka, Yoshiki Resigned (Ehime University Research Center for Space and Cosmic Evolution, Associate Professor)

Division of Optical and Infrared Astronomy, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

2017/2/28 Karatsu, Miki Resigned NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/3/31 Tazaki, Fumie Resigned (Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff)

Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/3/31 Kanaguchi, Masahiro Resigned Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/3/31 Furutani, Akio Resigned (NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist)

NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2016/9/30 Fukui, Akihiko Contract Expired

(Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist)

Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/9/30 Yamada, Ryuhei Contract Expired

RISE Project, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2016/11/30 Kim, Jeoung Sook Contract Expired

Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/3/31 Zenitani, Seiji Contract Expired

Division of Theoretical Astronomy, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

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2017/3/31 Matsumoto, Naoko Contract Expired

Mizusawa VLBI Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/3/31 Toshikawa, Jun Contract Expired

Subaru Telescope, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/3/31 Morokuma, Kana Contract Expired

NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/3/31 Takekoshi, Tatsuya Contract Expired

NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Research Staff

2017/3/31 Otawara, Kazushige Contract Expired

(NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist)

NAOJ Chile Observatory, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Research Administrator Staff

Date Name Change New Affiliated Institute, Position Previous Affiliated Institute, Position

2016/7/1 Hasuo, Ryuichi HiredResearch Enhancement Strategy Office, Office of International Relations, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2016/7/31 Yamaguchi, Takahiro Resigned

Research Enhancement Strategy Office, Office of International Relations, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

2017/1/31 Ota, Masahiko Contract Expired

Research Enhancement Strategy Office, Safety and Health Management Office, Specially Appointed Senior Specialist

Foreign Visiting ResearcherName Period Affiliated Institute

Kokkotas, Konstantinos 2016/4/26 ~ 2016/6/3 Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen (Germany)Packham, Christopher Charles 2016/5/16 ~ 2016/8/17 University of Texas at San Antonio (USA)Koda, Jin 2016/4/1 ~ 2016/8/12 The State University of New York at Stony Brook (USA)Overzier, Roderik Adriaan 2016/4/2 ~ 2016/5/1 National Observatory, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)Chibueze, James Okwe 2016/7/1 ~ 2016/9/29 University of Nigeria (Nigeria)

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From universities and related institutes

Ichimoto, KiyoshiHida Observatories,

Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

Kajita, Takaaki Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo

Sugita, Seiji School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Chiba, SeijiGraduate School of Science and

Faculty of Science, Tohoku University

Doi, Mamoru School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Fujisawa, Kenta The Research Institute for Time Studies at Yamaguchi University

Matsushita, Kyoko Faculty of Science Division 1, Tokyo University of Science

Mitsuda, Kazuhisa Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Murakami, Izumi National Institute for Fusion Science

○ Momose, Munetake College of Science, Ibaraki University

From NAOJArimoto, Nobuo Subaru Telescope Usuda, Tomonori TMT-J Project OfficeGouda, Naoteru JASMINE Project Office

Kokubo, Eiichiro Center for Computational Astrophysics

Kobayashi, Hideyuki Mizusawa VLBI Observatory Sakamoto, Seiichi NAOJ Chile ObservatoryTakami, Hideki Advanced Technology CenterTomisaka, Kohji Division of Theoretical Astronomy Hasegawa, Tetsuo NAOJ Chile ObservatoryHonma, Mareki Mizusawa VLBI Observatory

● Watanabe, Jun-ichi Public Relations Center

● Chairperson ○ Vise-ChairpersonPeriod: April 1, 2016 – March 31, 2018

7. Advisory Committee for Research and Management

Members

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Professors Emeriti (NAOJ)Kakuta, Chuichi Hiei, EijiroYamashita, Yasumasa Nishimura, ShiroKozai, YoshihideHirayama, Tadashi Miyamoto, Masanori Nariai, KyoujiOkamoto, IsaoNakano, Takenori Kodaira, Keiichi Yokoyama, Koichi Oe, MasatsuguKinoshita, HiroshiNishimura, TetsuoKaifu, NorioIshiguro, Masato Inoue, MakotoKawano, Nobuyuki Andou, HiroyasuKaroji, HiroshiChikada, Yoshihiro Noguchi, KunioFujimoto, MasakatsuManabe, SeijiMiyama, Shoken Kawaguchi, NoriyukiIye, MasanoriShibasaki, Kiyoto Sakurai, Takashi

Professors Emeriti (Tokyo Astronomical Observatory)Moriyama, FumioKozai, Yoshihide

8. Professors Emeriti