(As of October 31, 2022)
URSI-Japan Centennial Celebration Symposium 1922-2022:
Progress in Radio Science Research in Japanand the 100 Years Activitiesof the Japan National Committee of URSI

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Name of the Conference

URSI-Japan Centennial Celebration Symposium 1922-2022: Progress in Radio Science Research in Japan and the100 Years Activities of the Japan National Committee of URSI (URSI-JPN CCS)

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Conference Organization

Sponsored by:
Japan National Committee of URSI
Steering Committee for the URSI-Japan Centennial Celebration Symposium 1922-2022 (URSI-JPN CCS
Steering Committee)

Technically Co-sponsored by:International Union of Radio Science (URSI)Supported by (planned):
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; Japan Tourism Agency
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism;
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Japan Tourism Agency
Japan National Tourism Organization

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Date and Time

10:00-18:35, November 12, 2022

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Venue (organized in a hybrid format)

Auditorium, Science Council of Japan, 7-22-34 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
https://www.scj.go.jp/ja/other/info.html

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Working Language

English6.

Registration

The registration fee is free. Advance registration is required, which will be processed on the first-come-first-served
basis. Registration should be completed on the Registration Site before 12:00 noon on November 10, 2022 (JST),
preferably as soon as possible.

1Maximum capacity is 250 persons for in-person participation at Science Council of Japan and 500 persons foronline participation.
Registration site:
https://forms.gle/H2WqNsEac5ywG5Lv97.

Aims and Scope of the Symposium

The “URSI-Japan Centennial Celebration Symposium 1922-2022” is an important scientific event associated withthe “XXXVth General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science” (URSIGASS 2023) to be held on August 19 – 26, 2023 in Sapporo, Japan. The URSI GASS 2023 is currently underpreparation by the Japan National Committee of URSI. The International Union of Radio Science (URSI) wasestablished in 1919. Japan became an URSI member country in 1922, three years after URSI was established.
Therefore, the year 2022 is a very important year marking centennial celebration of URSI-Japan. At thisSymposium, we will review the history from the born of URSI-Japan in 1922 to today, Japan’s contributions tovarious URSI activities, and advanced radio science research being conducted in Japan. This Symposium aims ataddressing the great importance of radio science to the researchers working in the field of radio science and togeneral public.
On the occasion of this Symposium, we have invited URSI Officials (URSI President, Immediate Past URSIPresident, Past URSI President, URSI Vice-Presidents, URSI Secretary-General, URSI Assistant SecretaryGenerals, etc.). During the lunch break of the Symposium, they will pay a courtesy call to the Executive Board
Members of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) and the Governing Board Officers (Japanese members) of theInternational Science Council (ISC), and discuss international collaborations among these organizations.
The first part of this Symposium will include welcome speeches by SCJ and URSI representatives, guest
speeches, and a keynote lecture by the URSI Secretary-General for commemorating the 100th anniversary ofURSI-Japan. In the second and third parts, prominent Japanese scientists working in the area of radio science will
deliver special lectures on the history as well as present and future prospects of the cutting-edge radio science
research in Japan.
URSI marked the centennial year in 2019 and organized various special events worldwide during 2019-2021.
One of them was the publication of the book entitled, “100 Years of the International Union of Radio Science”(Editors: Philip Wilkinson, Paul S. Cannon, and W. Ross Stone; 618 pages, URSI Press, Gent, Belgium, 2021).
URSI-Japan contributed to this book by one chapter (40 pages), where the history of URSI-Japan since its born in
1922, contributions of URSI-Japan to various URSI activities, and the leading radio science research conducted byURSI-Japan are addressed in detail. This book is available by free of charge via the following URSI website:
https://www.ursi.org/publications.php2

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Scientific Program Part I: Commemorative Session for URSI-Japan Centennial Celebration
10:00 – 12:00(Auditorium, 1st Floor) Session Chair:
Kazuya Kobayashi (Associate Member, Science Council of Japan; Vice-President, URSI; Assistant
Secretary-General (AP-RASC), URSI; Vice-President, Japan National Committee of URSI; Professor,Chuo University, Japan)1
10:00 – 10:10

Opening Remarks / Welcome Speech:
Satoshi Yagitani (Associate Member, Science Council of Japan; President, Japan National
Committee of URSI; Professor, Kanazawa University, Japan)

10:10 – 10:20

Welcome Speech on behalf of Science Council of Japan:
Takaaki Kajita (President, Science Council of Japan; 2015 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics;
Distinguished University Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan)

10:20 – 10:25

Welcome Speech on behalf of URSI (Video message):
Piergiorgio L. E. Uslenghi (President, URSI; Distinguished Professor Emeritus, The
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)

10:25 – 10:35

Welcome Speech on behalf of URSI:Peter Van Daele (Secretary-General, URSI; Professor, Ghent University, Belgium)

10:35 – 10:45

Guest Speech:
Hiroshi Matsumoto (Past President, URSI; Director, International Institute for AdvancedStudies, Japan; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University, Japan)

10:45 – 10:55

Welcome Speech from URSI Official:
Makoto Ando (Associate Member, Science Council of Japan; Immediate Past President,URSI; Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

10:55 – 11:05

Welcome Speech from URSI Official:
Sana Salous (Assistant Secretary-General (WIRS), URSI; Professor, Durham University,UK)2

11:05 – 11:50

Commemorative Lecture for URSI-Japan Centennial Celebration:“URSI: 100 Years of Radio Science Activities”
Peter Van Daele (Secretary-General, URSI; Professor, Ghent University, Belgium)

11:50 – 12:00

Guest Speech:
Sawako Shirahase (Council Member, Section I, Science Council of Japan; Vice President,International Science Council; Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Lunch Break(General Participants: 12:00 – 13:30, Courtesy Call Attendees: 12:00 – 12:40)

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AP-RASC: Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference
WIRS: Women In Radio Science3 Courtesy Call by the Board Members of URSI to the Executive Board Members of the Science Councilof Japan and the Governing Board Officers of the International Science Council
12:40 – 13:25
Attendees for the Courtesy Call:Executive Board Members, Science Council of Japan; Governing Board Officers, International ScienceCouncil
Takaaki Kajita (President, Science Council of Japan; 2015 Nobel Laureate in Physics; Distinguished
University Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Yukari Takamura (Vice-President, Science Council of Japan; Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan)(Online)
Sawako Shirahase (Council Member, Section I, Science Council of Japan; Vice President, International
Science Council; Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Current and Past Officers of the Board, URSIPaul Cannon (Past President, URSI; Professor, University of Birmingham, UK)Peter Van Daele (Secretary-General, URSI; Professor, Ghent University, Belgium)
Giuliano Manara (Vice-President, URSI; Professor, University of Pisa, Italy)
Willem Baan (Assistant Secretary-General (AT-RASC), URSI; Senior Scientist Emeritus Netherlands
Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), the Netherlands)3
W. Ross Stone (Assistant Secretary-General (GASS and Publications); President, Stoneware Ltd., USA)
(Online)Sana Salous (Assistant Secretary-General (WIRS), URSI; Professor, Durham University, UK)
Makoto Ando (Associate Member, Science Council of Japan; Immediate Past President, URSI; Professor
Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Kazuya Kobayashi (Associate Member, Science Council of Japan; Vice-President, URSI; Assistant
Secretary-General (AP-RASC), URSI; Vice-President, Japan National Committee of URSI; Professor,Chuo University, Japan)
Hiroshi Matsumoto (Past President, URSI; Director, International Institute for Advanced Studies, Japan;
Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University, Japan)

Officers, Japan National Committee of URSI
Satoshi Yagitani (Associate Member, Science Council of Japan; President, Japan National Committee ofURSI; Professor, Kanazawa University, Japan)
Yasuhide Hobara (Designated Associate Member, Science Council of Japan; Secretary, Japan National
Committee of URSI; Professor, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)

Speakers of Special Lectures
Masashi Hayakawa (Past Chair, Commission E, URSI; Professor Emeritus, The University of ElectroCommunications, Japan; CEO, Hayakawa Institute of Seismo Electromagnetics Co. Ltd., Japan)

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AT-RASC: Atlantic Radio Science Conference4Michiko Kuroda (Associate Member, Science Council of Japan; Chair, WIRS Chapter in Japan, URSI;
Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan)
Hiroko Shinnaga (Associate Member, Science Council of Japan; Co-Chair, WIRS Chapter in Japan,URSI; Professor, Kagoshima University) (Online)
Ryuji Kohno (Associate Member, Science Council of Japan; Professor Emeritus, Yokohama National
University, Japan; Vice-President, YRP International Alliance Institute, Japan)
Yoshiharu Omura (Past Chair, Commission H, URSI; Professor, Kyoto University, Japan)
Koichi Ito (Designated Associate Member, Science Council of Japan; Chair, Commission K, URSI;
Professor Emeritus and Visiting Professor, Chiba University, Japan) Part II: Leading Radio Science Research and Future Prospects in Japan 1
13:30 – 15:45(Auditorium,1st Floor) Session Chair:
Yasuhide Hobara (Designated Associate Member, Science Council of Japan; Secretary, Japan National
Committee of URSI; Professor, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)13:30 – 14:15

Special Lecture:“Study of electromagnetic noise for 50 years”
Masashi Hayakawa (Past Chair, Commission E, URSI; Professor Emeritus, The University
of Electro-Communications, Japan; CEO, Hayakawa Institute of Seismo Electromagnetics
Co. Ltd., Japan)

14:15 – 15:00

Special Lecture:“URSI-Japan centennial celebration and Women in Radio Science”
Michiko Kuroda (Associate Member, Science Council of Japan; Chair, WIRS Chapter inJapan, URSI; Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan)

15:00 – 15:45

Special Lecture (Online):“Radio astronomy — A century of the history”
Hiroko Shinnaga (Associate Member, Science Council of Japan; Co-Chair, WIRS Chapter
in Japan, URSI; Professor, Kagoshima University)
Break (15:45 – 16:15)

 Part III: Leading Radio Science Research and Future Prospects in Japan 2
16:15 – 18:35(Auditorium, 1st Floor) Session Chair:

Satoshi Yagitani (Associate Member, Science Council of Japan; President, Japan National Committee ofURSI; Professor, Kanazawa University, Japan)

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16:15 – 17:00

Special Lecture:“Harmonization of scientific and commercial radio uses, and their social services andindustrial innovation”
Ryuji Kohno (Associate Member, Science Council of Japan; Professor Emeritus,
Yokohama National University, Japan; Vice-President, YRP International AllianceInstitute, Japan)

17:00 – 17:45

Special Lecture:“Active experiments of plasma wave excitation in space environments”
Yoshiharu Omura (Past Chair, Commission H, URSI; Professor, Kyoto University, Japan)

17:45 – 18:30

Special Lecture:“Therapeutic technologies of electromagnetic fields for cancer treatment”
Koichi Ito (Designated Associate Member, Science Council of Japan; Chair, Commission
K, URSI; Professor Emeritus and Visiting Professor, Chiba University, Japan)

18:30 – 18:35

Closing Remarks:
Kazuya Kobayashi (Associate Member, Science Council of Japan; Vice-President, URSI;Assistant Secretary-General (AP-RASC), URSI; Vice-President, Japan National
Committee of URSI; Professor, Chuo University, Japan)

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Contacts

For any inquiries, please contact:
Kazuya Kobayashi (Chair, URSI-JPN CCS Steering Committee)
Email：kkobayashi001q@g.chuo-u.ac.jp

Satoshi Yagitani (Co-Chair, URSI-JPN CCS Steering Committee)
Email：yagitani@is.t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

610. URSI-JPN CCS Steering Committee (as of October 18, 2022)
Chair

Kazuya Kobayashi

Professor, Chuo University, Japan
Vice-President, URSI
Assistant Secretary-General (AP-RASC), URSIImmediate Past President, Commission B, URSI
Associate Member, Science Council of Japan
Vice-President, Japan National Committee of URSICo-Chair

Satoshi Yagitani

Professor, Kanazawa University, Japan
Associate Member, Science Council of JapanPresident, Japan National Committee of URSI

Secretary

Yasuhide Hobara

Professor, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Designated Associate Member, Science Council of Japan
Secretary, Japan National Committee of URSI

Secretary

Keigo Ishisaka

Professor, Toyama Prefectural University, Japan
Assistant Secretary, Japan National Committee of URSI

Secretary

Ryosuke Ozaki

Associate Professor, Nihon University, Japan
Assistant Secretary, Japan National Committee of URSIAssistant Secretary

Takashi Nagasaka

Assistant Professor, Chuo University, Japan

Assistant Secretary

Keisuke Fujita

Assistant Professor, Maebashi Institute of Technology, JapanMember

Makoto Ando

Past Senior Executive Director, National Institute of Technology(KOSEN), JapanProfessor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Immediate Past President, URSI
Past Chair, Commission B, URSI
Associate Member, Science Council of Japan
Member, Japan National Committee of URSIMember

Koichi Ito

Professor Emeritus and Visiting Professor, Chiba University, Japan
Chair, Commission K, URSI
Designated Associate Member, Science Council of Japan
Member, Japan National Committee of URSIMember

Atsushi KannoProfessor, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Vice-Chair, Commission D, URSIMember, Japan National Committee of URSIMember

Kensuke Sasaki

Senior Researcher, National Institute of Information andCommunications Technology, Japan
Early Career Representative, Commission K, URSIMember, Japan National Committee of URSIMember

Motoharu Sasaki

Distinguished Researcher, NTT Access Network Service Systems
Laboratories, Japan
Early Career Representative, Commission F, URSIMember, Japan National Committee of URSI7Member

Motoyuki Sato

Professor, Tohoku University, Japan
Vice-Chair, Commission F, URSIMember, Japan National Committee of URSIChair, Commission F, Japan National Committee of URSIMember

Naoki Shinohara

Professor, Kyoto University, JapanChair, Commission D, URSI
Designated Associate Member, Science Council of JapanMember, Japan National Committee of URSIChair, Commission D, Japan National Committee of URSIMember

Shoogo Ueno

Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Past Chair, Commission K, URSIMember

Yoshiharu Omura

Professor, Kyoto University, Japan
Past Chari, Commission H, URSIMember, Japan National Committee of URSI
Past Assistant Secretary, Japan National Committee of URSIMember

Masao Taki

Executive Researcher, National Institute of Information andCommunications Technology, JapanSpecial Lead Professor / Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Metropolitan
University, Japan
Past Chair, Commission K, URSIMember, Japan National Committee of URSIPast Assistant Secretary, Japan National Committee of URSIMember

Hidekazu Hachisu

Senior Researcher, National Institute of Information andCommunications Technology, Japan
Member, Japan National Committee of URSIChair, Commission A, Japan National Committee of URSI

MemberJiro Hirokawa

Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Member, Japan National Committee of URSIChair, Commission B, Japan National Committee of URSIMember

Noriharu Suematsu

Professor, Tohoku University, Japan
Member, Japan National Committee of URSIChair, Commission C, Japan National Committee of URSIMember

Tomoo Ushio

Professor, Osaka University, Japan
Member, Japan National Committee of URSIChair, Commission E, Japan National Committee of URSIMember

Mamoru Yamamoto

Professor, Kyoto University, JapanMember, Japan National Committee of URSIChair, Commission G, Japan National Committee of URSIMember

Hirotsugu Kojima

Professor, Kyoto University, Japan
Member, Japan National Committee of URSIChair, Commission H, Japan National Committee of URSI8Member

Nario Kuno

Professor, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Member, Japan National Committee of URSIChair, Commission J, Japan National Committee of URSIMember

Soichi Watanabe

Director, Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory,Electromagnetic Standards Research Center, Radio ResearchInstitute, National Institute of Information andCommunications Technology, JapanMember, Japan National Committee of URSIChair, Commission K, Japan National Committee of URSIMember

Jun’ichi Takada

Vice-President / Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Member, Japan National Committee of URSI
Past Assistant Secretary, Japan National Committee of URSIMember

Tsuneki Yamasaki

Project Professor, Nihon University, Japan
Member, Japan National Committee of URSI
Past Secretary, Japan National Committee of URSI9