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Preface of the APFA2009
The 7th General Scientific Assembly of the Asian Plasma and Fusion Association (APFA2009) wassuccessfully held in Aomori, Japan, during October 27-30 2009. The meeting was held jointly with theAPPTC while keeping reasonable independence of each organization.
The APFA is administered by the Board of Directors composed of Asian four countries, China, Korea,
India and Japan. The purpose of the APFA is to organize Asian scientists and engineers working in plasmaand fusion science and engineering fields, and to discuss various issues in the wide range of interests. It
also includes to exchange information, to strengthen friendships, and to train young researchers.
The APFA/APPTC meeting in Aomori covered full four days for discussion sessions, and technicaltours to Rokkasho. The total number of the participants was 275, and 214 invited and contributed papers
were presented. A special lecture on the B-factory of the KEK was made by Prof. H.Takasaki. The Aomori
meeting was characterized by the three points. First, the meeting key word was “Integration of Elements”.
Nowadays, many researchers intend to engage in highly specialized fields while very few are interested in
the integration of knowledge in different specialties. However, with a progress of science and technology,
the “integration” of knowledge becomes much more important to the development and the success ofadvanced, complicated, sophisticated devices, systems or even in the fundamental science. The Session for“Integration of Elements” was oriented for this purpose. Second, a special session “Role of Fusion in Energyand Environmental Problems” was programmed. It was intended to know how each country or community
is trying to engage in these important issues, and to know how is the fusion trying to contribute? Third,
in line with the discussion at the APFA Board Meeting in Geneva in 2008, the APFA has granted Young
Scientist Award to encourage two outstanding young researchers selected out of the 80 candidates, whichis the first attempt by the APFA.
It is our great pleasure to know that the proceedings of the scientific papers have now been publishedas one of the Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research SERIES from the Japan Society of Plasma Scienceand Nuclear Fusion Research (JSPF). On behalf of the APFA, I wish to sincerely express my thanks to
all the participants, international and local committee members, voluntarily supporting staff of Hachinohe
Institute of Technology and Tohoku University and funding agencies and organizations that have led to thesuccess of the Aomori Meeting.

International Advisory Committee
for the 7th APFA, Chair
Shinzaburo MATSUDAI

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Preface of APPTC2009
It is our great pleasure to inform that the publication of the papers presented at the 7th General Scientific
Assembly of the Asia Plasma and Fusion Association (APFA2009) and the 9th the Asia-Pacific Plasma
Theory Conference (APPTC2009) jointly held in Aomori, Japan, during October 27-30 2009, has been
completed as one of the Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research SERIES published by the Japan Societyof Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research.
The first APPTC conference was held in Korea in 1996, and then subsequent conferences were held
annually or biannually in the Asia-Pacific countries over the last thirteen years. The conference covers abroad range of research topics in theoretical and computational plasma physics related to magnetic andlaser fusion, basic plasma physics, as well as space and astrophysical plasma phenomena. An important
aim of the APPTC conference is to provide a forum for the exposition and exchange of the latest researchand development results in plasma science in the Asia-Pacific region.
In APPTC2009-related sessions, 55 papers including 10 invited talks, 13 contributed oral talks and 32
posters were presented on the topics of theoretical and computational plasma physics, while 223 papers
were presented, in total, at the joint conference. This number may suggest that, indeed, this joint conferencewith a focus on “Integration of Elements of Science and Technology toward Realization of Fusion Energyand Other Plasma Applications” was quite effective and successful.
I am much grateful to all the members of the International Advisory Committee for their strong cooperation on the APPTC2009. I would deeply thank the International Program Committee, and the Publication
Committee for their collaboration. Also, the funding from various agencies, organizations and companies ishighly appreciated. Finally, I would express my sincere appreciation to the members of the Local Organizing Committee for APFA2009/APPTC2009 for preparing, arranging, and all other administrative works inmaking the joint conference quite successful.

International Advisory Committeefor the 9th APPTC, Chair
Ritoku HORIUCHI

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Preface
The world fusion research is now in a new era, namely, ITER-era. The ITER is being constructedin Cadarache, France as the world’s largest scientific collaboration. At the same time, Broader Approachactivities have been launched in Japan under the international framework aiming at complementing the ITER
project and at an early realization of fusion energy. It is my great pleasure to report that the 7th General
Scientific Assembly of the Asia Plasma and Fusion Association in 2009 (APFA2009) and the Asia-PacificPlasma Theory Conference in 2009 (APPTC2009) were successfully held in Aomori during October 27-30,
2009 with 275 attendees from 13 countries, and a technical tour was held with a lot of attendees to visit
Rokkasho, where International Fusion Energy Research Center has been established as a center of theBroader Approach activities.
It is also my great pleasure that the scientific papers have now been published as one of the Journalof Plasma and Fusion Research SERIES from the Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion
Research.
On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee, I wish to sincerely express my thanks to all the participants, International and the Local Organizing Committee members, and voluntary supporting staff of Tohoku
University, Hachinohe Institute of Technology, and Rokkasho Research Center of National Institute of Fusion
Science. Thanks are also due to Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan(MEXT), Aomori Prefecture, Aomori City, and Rokkasho Village for their funding and various support.

Local Organizing Committee
Yoshikazu OKUMURA, ChairIII

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Guest Editorial Board
Chief Guest Editor
Mitsuru Kikuchi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

Basic Plasma ScienceYasushi Ono (The University of Tokyo)
Chio-Zong Cheng (National Cheng Kung University)

Magnetic and Inertial Confinement
Katsumi Ida (National Institute for Fusion Science)
Hideki Zushi (Kyushu University)
Xuru Duan (Southwestern Institute of Physics)
Hiroshi Azechi (Osaka University)

Plasma Theory, Modeling and Numerical Simulation
Noriyoshi Nakajima (National Institute for Fusion Science)
Takahisa Ozeki (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Raghvendra Singh (Institute of Plasma Research)
Bong Guen Hong (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)

Fusion Engineering and Technology, Integration and Role of Fusion Energy
Takeo Nishitani (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Takeo Muroga (National Institute for Fusion Science)
Satoshi Konishi (Kyoto University)
Kenji Okuno (Shizuoka University)
Shinsaku Imagawa (National Institute for Fusion Science)
Kenji Tobita (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Kazunobu Nagasaki (Kyoto University)
Toshihiko Yamanishi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

Industrial Applications of Plasma Technology
Satoshi Hamaguchi (Osaka University)
Affiliation is as of Oct. 2009

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