2024 Nominating Committee for Executive Officers
The list of candidates for directors
NameOrganization

Aspirations or Recommendations

Natsue Abe

Japan Agency for
Marine-Earth Scienceand Technology

Developing geoscience research is vital in Japan. As a board
member, I value diverse perspectives and human resource
development, and I'd like to promote cooperation within Japanand with the international community. I also convey to society
the attractiveness and importance of this research field.

Naomi Harada

The University of Tokyo

I believe that increasing diversity is crucial for thedevelopment of research in the field of earth and planetarysciences. I would like to make a small contribution to that.

Naoko Hasegawa

Ochanomizu University

Rie S. Hori

Ehime University

Takeshi Kakegawa

Tohoku University

Michio Kawamiya

Japan Agency for
Marine-Earth Scienceand Technology

Katsuyoshi Michibayashi

Nagoya University

Satoshi Miyajima

Saitama Prefectural
Kumagaya High School

Yasuhiro Murayama

NICT Knowldge Hub,National Institute ofInformation andCommunications
TechnologyHajime Naruse

Kyoto University

Chiaki T. Oguchi

Saitama University

I have been serving as a board member since the previousterm. I feel that I have not yet fully contributed during theprevious term's activities, and I would like to give acontribution to promoting the women's activities in the field ofGeoscience.
For encouragement of JpGU activity for the further progressin the Geoscience field, I would like to make efforts indiversity promotion, education of Earth Sciences problem forthe next generation, open science issues such as sample &data sharing problems.
I have been a section president of geo-bio section. I havebeen appointed as several committee members of JPGU. I
know what is the problems for JPGU and how they will besolved. I would like to contribute to the new JPGU operation
using my past experiences.
I am now in the process of establishing a sponsorship system
for the JpGU meetings and would like the opportunity tocontinue contributing to the stabilization of JpGU's financialbase. I would also like to increase JpGU's international
visibility through activities such as publishing the journal.
I have been involved in the management of JpGU as vicepresident and director so far. I will continue to work for thefurther development of JpGU as a board member for the nextterm.
Mr. Miyajima has served as the Vice-Chair of the Educational
Affairs Committee. Also, he has been the Chair of theCurriculum Devs. Subcommittee. He, therefore, is nominatedas a member of the Board of Directors because he is wellqualified to strengthen the relationship between schools andJpGU. 1st Recommender:NEMOTO Hiroo, 2nd
Recommender:HATAKEYAMA Masatsune
Based on my experiences of the information system committee
and board member in JpGU as well as the research data
sharing committee in Science Council of Japan, and liaisonswith AGU and Intl. Science Council, I wish to contribute tothe further growth of the JpGU community and its science.
As JpGU moves toward normalizing its activities, I will launch
new conference projects, such as field trips, and provide
financial management support. I aim to create an environment
in which young researchers can participate actively.
I will do my best to strengthen DEEI (Diversity, Equality,Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives, internationalisation andinterdisciplinary cooperation. I would like to consider thefurther development and broadening of the field of earth andplanetary sciences in Japan.

Takashi Oguchi

The University of TokyoEiji Ohtani

Tohoku University

Riko Oki

The University of Tokyo

Taikan Oki

The University of Tokyo

Kanako Seki

The University of Tokyo

Eiichi Tajika

The University of Tokyo

Yukihiro Takahashi

Hokkaido UniversityKoji Wada

Chiba Institute ofTechnologySimon Wallis

The University of Tokyo

The list of candidates for auditors
Shigeko Haruyama

Emeritus Professor, MieUniversity

Jun Matsumoto

Tokyo Metoropolitan
UniversityYoshikazu Suzuki

PLATANUS Law Offices
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Professor Oguchi showed international leadership mainly ingeography research using cutting-edge geographic information
systems. We hope that he will continue to develop his
significant contributions to promising future JpGU activities
based upon his activity as a section president. 1stRecommender:Hodaka Kawahata, 2nd Recommender:EiichiTajika
I would like to activate RDM-TF for establishing the usable
data repository for JpGU members. I would like to involve theJpGU strategy for further promotion of the Internationalactivities.
I would like to contribute to the progress of Earth andplanetary science through Earth observations from space.
My major is the global water cycle including human activities.
I believe we live in an age when basic science can directly
contribute to solve global issues, such as mitigation of damage
from natural disasters and climate change actions. I will behappy to support promoting earth science research.
During my term of the current president of the Space andPlanetary Science Section of JpGU, we got requests andopinions from the section members through the questionnaire.
In order to put them to good use in JpGU activities, I would
like to help related programs to the best of my limited ability.
I will work on issues such as support for academic activities inthe Earth and planetary science, activating community
interaction and information exchange, expansion of boundary
areas, improvement of DEI, international collaboration, andworking environment of the JpGU secretariat.
I would like to draw on my past experience as Section
President, Director, and President of JpGU to vigorously
promote activities with a strong presence in Japan and aroundthe world, while exploring the role that earth and planetaryscience should play in academia and society.
Although the main focus of JpGU is the JpGU Meeting, theactivities of each section and committee outside of theMeeting will become increasingly important. As a boardmember, I will contribute to the smooth operation of JpGU
activities beyond the Meeting.
I have been working as Vice-President of JpGU since 2018with particular responsibility for international relations. I wish
to continue to contribute to the development of our union andfurther strengthen the ties with overseas communities in theearth and planetary sciences.
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