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This is an unofficial translation of the NAOJ Detailed Regulations No. 3 of the National Astronomical
Observatory of Japan, Detailed Regulations for Operation of the Term of Office of Vice-DirectorGenerals, etc., Director of a Project Office, Director of a Center, and Director of the Division ofScience as Specified in the Regulations on the Organization and Operation of the National
Astronomical Observatory of Japan, dated December 1, 2013. Only the original Japanese text of theseregulations has legal effect, and this translation is to be used solely as reference material to aid inunderstanding the original Japanese version.

Detailed Regulations for Operation of the Term of Office of Vice-Director Generals, etc.,
Director of a Project Office, Director of a Center, and Director of the Division of Science asSpecified in the Regulations on the Organization and Operation of the National AstronomicalObservatory of Japan
December 1, 2013
NAOJ Detailed Regulations No. 3Article 1.

Purpose

These Detailed Regulations specify necessary matters concerning operation of the term ofoffice of Vice-Director Generals, etc., Director of a Project Office, Director of a Center, andDirector of the Division of Science as provided in the Regulations on the Organization andOperation of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ Regulations No. 1 of2004; hereinafter, the “Regulations on the Organization and Operation”).
Article 2.

Term of Office of Staff with a Fixed Term (Related to Articles 4, 7, and 9 of theRegulations on the Organization and Operation)
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In cases where any of the Research and Academic Staﬀ to whom the term of officespecified in the Regulations on the Term of Office of Research and Academic Staﬀ of theNational Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ Regulations No. 10 of 2004;
hereinafter, the “Regulations on the Term of Office”) applies (hereinafter, such staff
member referred to as “Professor, etc. with a Fixed Term of Office”) is appointed to aVice-Director Generals, etc., Director of a Project Office, Director of a Center, or theDirector of the Division of Science, the term of office of such Professor, etc. with a Fixed
Term of Office shall be set within a range not exceeding the term of office specified by theRegulations on the Term of Office, despite the term of office specified in Article 4 (Term ofOffice of Vice-Director Generals, etc.), Article 7 (Term of Office of Director of a ProjectOffice and Director of a Center), and Article 9 (Term of Office of the Director of theDivision of Science) of the Regulations on the Organization and Operation.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if a person appointed to aVice-Director General, etc., Director of a Project Office, Director of a Center, or theDirector of the Division of Science is reappointed as a Professor, etc. with a Fixed Term ofOffice, the person shall continue to serve for the reappointed job within a range notexceeding two years, in principle. Note that if the Professor, etc. with a Fixed Term ofOffice, who is appointed to a Vice-Director General, etc., Director of a Project Office,Director of a Center, or the Director of the Division of Science, declines reappointment orretires at the mandatory retirement age or for other reasons and thus fails to complete thetwo-year term of office of the Director of the Project Office, the Center, or the Division ofScience, such case shall be handled in the same manner as when a vacancy occurs for aVice-Director General, etc., Director of a Project Office, Director of a Center, or theDirector of the Division of Science.

Article 3.

Reappointment (Related to Article 7, paragraph 1 of the Regulations on theOrganization and Operation)
The “case of reappointment” provided in Article 7, paragraph 1 of the Regulations on theOrganization and Operation shall be the case where the subject person served as the Directorof the corresponding C Project or the Director of the corresponding Center for a period
exceeding two years in total in the past.
Article 4.

Term of Office Determined by Director General

If considered particularly necessary, the Director General may, despite the provisions of thepreceding articles, set the term of office of Vice-Director Generals, etc., Director of a Project
Office, Director of a Center, and the Director of the Division of Science upon hearing theopinions of the Planning Committee in advance.
Supplementary Provisions
1. These Detailed Regulations shall come into effect as of December 1, 2013.
2. The term of office then in force shall remain applicable to the term of office of theDirector of the Office of International Relations who was appointed prior to theeffectuation of these Detailed Regulations.
3. Regarding Operation of the Term of Office of Vice-Director Generals, etc., Director ofProject Office, etc., and Head of the Research Division in the Regulations on theOrganization and Operation of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan(Established: March 28, 2012) shall be abolished.
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These Detailed Regulations shall come into effect as of January 1, 2017.
Supplementary Provision
These Detailed Regulations shall come into effect as of February 1, 2018.
Supplementary Provision
These Detailed Regulations shall come into effect as of April 1, 2019.

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