SG1A Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96- 00788R001200080001- 1 EL. oe oe ~~ CONFIDENTIAL seit Goo" “DEDICATED TO » “EXCELLENCE IN PENTAGON *CONMUNICAT IONS = TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER ROUTINE ZYUW RUEKJCS3981 1001932 R 101932Z APR 85 FM JCS WASHINGTON DC INFO OCSA WASHINGTON DC CNO WASHINGTON OC CSAF WASHINGTON DC C1A WASHINGTON DC SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC CMC CC WASHINGTON DC DIRNSA FT GEORGE G MEADE MO CMC WASHINGTON DC SAFE en Reo K_WASH INFO FSTC INTEL OPS CHARLOTTESVILLE VA//AMXST-1S1// Rina COMIPAC HONOLULU HI USDAO TOKYO JA CONF !IOENT! AL NOFORN SERIAL: (U) 2 253 0254 85 COUNTRY: (U) JAPAN (JA) SECTION OO1 OF 062 SUBJ: 2 253 0254 85, JAPANESE PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCA  (U) WARNING: gic) THIS 1S AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTEL. Dot: (U) 850402 REQS: (U) INITIATIVE SOURCE: (U) OPEN SOURCE NEWS ITEM: THE JAPAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL. SUMMARY: (U) ACCORDING TO A NEWS ARTICLE WHICH APPEARED IN THE 2 APRIL 1985 ISSUE OF THE JAPAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL, oA--NUMBER- OF JAPANESE. SCTENTISTS “ARE SEGINNING “TO “PAY “ATTENTION :TO LONG=SHUNNED RARAPSYCHOLOGICAL “RESEARCH: ACCORDING TO SOJI OHTAN!, PROFESSOR AT THE JAPAN DEFENSE COLLEGE AND PRESIDENT OF THE JAPAN PARAPSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATION, THE STUDY OF PSYCHIC PHENOMENA IN JAPAN 1S NOT YET OFFICIALLY RECOGNI ZED AND PAST EFFORTS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED BY INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS. CURRENTLY, TAKAHIRO ((SEKIMOTO)), PRESIDENT OF NEC CORP HOPES TO HAVE COMPANY RSEARCHERS STUDY TELEPATHY AS A REVOLUTIONARY FUTURE MODE OF COMMUNICATION. WHILE HiROO ((YUHARA)), ADVISOR TO UNIDEN CORP, AND FORMER HEAD OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATION MINISTRY,S RADIO RESEARCH LABORATORIES (JAPAN'S MOST ADVANCED TELECOMMUNI CATION RESEARCH ORGANIZATION) HAS BEEN STUDYING PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENA FOR SEVERAL YEARS. ANOTHER RESEARCHER, MASAMICHI ((ROKUSHA)), A HITACH!, LTD ENGINEER, HAS SECRETLY DEVISED A SYSTEM UTILIZING A PERSONAL COMPUTER AND COMPUTER ANALYSIS TO GREATLY IMPROVE THE FUTURE STUDY OF PARAPSYCHOLOGY. IN ADDITION, A TECHNICAL ADVISER TO MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, HAJIME ({(KARATSU)), SPOKE OF “THE IMPORTANCE OF FULLY UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN BRAIN THROUGH AN UNDERSTANDING OF PSYCHIC PHENOMENA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED COMPUTERS IN THE FUTURE. THE JAPANESE “GOVERNMENT MAY ALSO BE STARTING TO-MOVE INTO THE FIELD -OF PARAPSYCHOLOGY. BY TAKING -UP. THE . SUBJECT. -OF..MAN'S. SPARITUAL ACTIVITIES AS A. STUDY THEME OF ATS FYB CREATIVE | S&T PROMOTION PROGRAMS TEXT: {U) THE FOLLOWING [|S THE COMPLETE TEXT OF AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTICLE TITLED "COMPUTER SCIENTISTS BEGIN PAYING ATTENTION TO _ LONG-SHUNNED PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH" WHICH APPEARED IN THE 2 APRIL 1985 ISSUE OF THE JAPAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL. “TADAHIRO SEKIMOTO, PRESIDENT OF NEC CORP., HAS A PET RESEARCH THEME WHICH HE 1S HOPING TO SEE TAKEN UP BY HIS COMPANY'S RESEARCHERS. SEKIMOTO HIMSELF BROUGHT UP THE THEME SOME 20 YEARS AGO, WHEN HE WAS A SENIOR ENGINEER, AND HAD IT FLATLY TURNED DOWN. THE THEME [5S TO SOMEHOW EXPLAIN SCIENTIFICALLY PHENOMENA WHICH ARE ACTION DAMI (5) (u) (NFO DAMO(6) AOC-DAMI WATCH(1) 5CB REVIEW (1) SECTIONAL (1 TOTAL COPIES REQUIRED 13 ( MCN=85100/26472 TOR=88100/19337 TAD=BS100/2027Z CDSN=MAA816 ” ARMY SECTIONAL MSG PAGE 1 ; 100703Z APR 85 CONFIDENTIAL sBe7°8% BFToB® Le Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001200080001-1
*DEDICATED TQ = “EXCELLENCE IN = PENTAGON = COMMUNICATIONS « TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER REFERRED TO AS THE ‘SIXTH SENSE' OR 'TELEPATHY.' ‘THE STUDY OF THE SIXTH SENSE AND TELEPATHY WILL CERTAINLY PROVE A CORNERSTONE OF FUTURE MODES OF COMMUNICATIONS,’ DECLARES SEKIMOTO. UNKNOWN ENERGY — TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING AT PRESEN] DEPENDS ON ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGIES AND SOUND VIBRATION ENERGIES. SEKIMOTO BELIEVES THAT THERE !S UNKNOWN ENERGY IN 'THE WORLD OF THE SIXTH SENSE' THAT CAN BE USED FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND THAT DISCOVERY OF THIS UNKNOWN ENERGY MAY VERY WELL REVOLUNTIONALIZE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS IN THEIR ENTIRETY. "SCIENCE TODAY DOES NOT FULLY EXPLAIN WHAT THE ELECTRIC WAVE REALLY IS,' DECLARES HIROO YUHARA, ADVISOR TO THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS GEAR MAKER UNIDEN CORP., AND FORMER HEAD OF THE POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY'S RADIO RESEARCH LABORATORIES, THE MOST ADVANCED OF JAPAN'S RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS FIELD. ‘WHAT WE KNOW 1S THAT WE CAN MAKE WONDERFUL COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT IF WE BUILD IT ON THE THEORIES OF ELECTRIC WAVE ENGINEERING. THERE ARE MANY BASIC MATTERS THAT REQUIRE SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATIONS.' YUHARA HAS FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEEN ENGROSSED IN STUDYING PHENOMENA DEFYING SCIENTIF!1C EXPLANATION. HE CONDUCTED A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT FOR AN NKS REPORTER. HE FIRST PLACED SOME NAME CARDS AND SMALL PIECES OF PAPER WITH NAMES WRITTEN ON THEM ON A TABLE AND THEN BROUGHT - A BAR MAGNET HANGING FROM A STRING. WHEN THE MAGNET , WAS PLACED ABOVE THE NAME CARDS, IT STARTED SWINGING “RIGHT AND LEFT DEPENDING UPON THE NAME CARDS. YUHARA CLAIMED THAT WHEN THE NAME CARD IS THAT OF A DEAD MAN, THE MAGNET SWINGS TO THE LEFT. TO EXPLAIN THIS STRANGE PHENOMENON, YUHARA ; FORMULATED THE FOLLOWING HYPOTHESIS: ‘THE HUMAN BODY . HAS A SECRET SENSOR IN 1T AND THE SENSOR TRANSMITS THE _ UNFORMATION ABOUT THE STATE (DEAD OR ALIVE OF THE MAN WHOSE NAME 1S ON THE CARD TO THE BAR MAGNET.' ‘IN JAPAN, PSYCHIC PHENOMENA AND THE DISCIPLINE OF PARAPSYCHOLOGY ARE YET TO BE RECOGNIZED,’ STATES SoOJI OHTAN!, PROFESSOR AT THE DEFENSE COLLEGE AND PRESIDENT OF THE JAPAN PARAPSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATION. ‘WE, THEREFORE, ARE CONDUCTING OUR RESEARCH ON THE SUBJECTS COMPLETELY ON OUR OWN.' ‘EVEN AMONG BIG BUSINESS EMPLOYEES, THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE SECRETLY ENGAGED IN TELEPATHY IN THE BELIEF THAT THE DAYS WHEN THE WORTH OF SUCH STUDIES 1§ FULLY APPRECIATED ARE NOT THAT FAR AWAY. OWE SUCH PERSON !5 MASAMICHI ROKUSHA, AN ENGINEER BELONGING TO HITACHI, LTD.'S PATENT SECTION. ROKUSHA HAS RECENTLY DEVISED, WITH THE USE OF A PERSONAL COMPUTER, A SYSTEM TO GREATLY IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF STUDIES ‘OF THE SIXTH SENSE. ROKUSHA ‘MAKES THE COMPUTER MEMORIZE THE FIGURES ONE. AND ZERO 400 S1MES:AT.RANDOM AND. HAS A: CONTROL~TO°CALL aE -THE FIGURES .BEFORE THE: MAGHINE FLASHES -THEM “ON SEREEN EVERY TWO SECONDS: THE 'BEEP' SOUND IS SOMETIMES ADDED TO TEST WHAT EFFECTS THE SOUND WILL HAVE ON THE CONTROL'S SCORE. A COMPUTER ANALYS!S OF VAST AMOUNTS OF DATA COLLECTED SHOW THAT THE SCORES BECOME POOR AFTER THE BEEP SOUND ANDO THAT THE BEST SCORES ARE CONCENTRATED JUST BEFORE THE SEEP SOUND. ROKUSHA EXPLAINS THESE Two. PHENOMENA BY CONSIDERING THAT THE CONTROL SOMEHOW SENSE THAT THE BEEP SOUND DISRUPTS THEAR A NTUITLON $0 SQME MCN#65 100/26472 TOR#83100/ 19332 TAD=85 100/2027Z COSN=MAAB1E Ue ARMY SECTIONAL MSG PAGE 2 } 100703Z APR 85 CONFIDENTIAL S208 APRS Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001200080001-1
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SG1A SG1I _LJBHGH4"Reproved For Retoase COE SRRET PFE DET PART. 00000 5 ae Sa *DEDICATED TO »* *EXCELLENCE IN» : PENTAGON *COMMUNICAT IONS # TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER ROUTINE ZYUW RUEKJCS3982 1001934 R 1019342 APR 85 FM JCS WASHINGTON DC INFO OCSA WASHINGTON DC CNO WASHINGTON DC CSAF WASHINGTON OC CIA WASHINGTON DC SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC CMC CC WASHINGTON DC DeRNSA FT GEORGE G MEADE MD CMC WASHINGTON OC AFE INFO FSTC (INTEL OPS CHARLOTTESVILLE VA//AMXST-1S1// COMIPAC HONOLULU HI USDAO TOKYO JA CONF 1DENT I AL NOFORN SERIAL: (U) 2 253 0254 85 COUNTRY: (U) JAPAN (JA) FINAL SECTION OF 002 SUBJ: 2 253 0254 85, JAPANESE PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH (U) ‘THE DAY WILL CERTAINLY COME SOONER OR LATER WHEN STUDIES OF PSYCHIC PHENOMENA BECOME LEGITIMATE,’ ; ROKUSHA SAYS. '1 AM BUILDING UP THE NECESSARY DATA AND INFORMATION FOR SUCH AN EVENTUALITY.' NATIONAL PROJECT HAJIME KARATSU, TECHNICAL ADVISER TO MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., SPEAKS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDIES OF PSYCHIC PHENOMENA IN A DIFFERENT MANNER. ‘DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE COMPUTERS HINGES ON A FULL EXPLANATION OF BRAIN FUNCTIONS,’ SAYS KARATSU. ‘IN BRAIN STUDIES, PHENOMENA SO FAR UNEXPLAINED BY CONVENTIONAL SCIENCES SHOULD ALSO BE TAKEN UP.' THE STATE ALSO HAS STARTED MOVING INTO THE FIELD. ° THE SCIENCE ANO TECHNOLOGY AGENCY HAS RECENTLY DECIDED TO TAKE UP MAN'S SPIRITUAL ACTIVITIES AS A STUDY THEME OF ITS CREATIVE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROMOTION : PROGRAM AS FROM FISCAL 1987. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY WORDS IN THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE SMACKING OF THE SUPERNATURAL, NO SCIENTIFIC STUDIES HAVE AS YET BEEN UNDERTAKEN ON THE PHENOMENA IMPLIED BY THE WORDS. STUDIES OF SUCH PHENOMENA MAY VERY WELL HAVE WIDE-RANGING PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS, Res NS FROM CURES FOR ILLNESSES TO NEW COMMUNICATIONS Ml . SIR ISAAC NEWTON, FORMULATOR OF THE THEORY OF GRAVITY, BECAME ENGROSSED IN STUDIES OF THE SUPERNATURAL IN HIS LATER YEARS, WHILE BRIAN D. JOSEPHSON, A BRITISH PHYSICIST KNOWN AS THE CREATOR OF _ THE JOSEPHSON JUNCTION THEORY, 1S NOW FULLY COMMITTED TO STUDIES OF MAN'S SPIRITUAL ACTIVITIES.” COMMENTS: (C-NF) INFORMATION !N THIS REPORT SHOULD BE OF INTEREST ee AT THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, DIRECTORATE OF SG1 : A COLL: (U) NONE INSTR:  (U PREP: (U) APPR: tu EVAL: (WU). YES : ENCL: (U) NON? ACTION ARMY SE-‘TIONAL (1) (m) SECTIONAL (1) ; TOTAL COPIES REQUIRED 1 ae WCN=85100/26594 TOR@86100/19362 TAD9B5100/2028Z CDSN=MADOTS torneo EOCONFIDENTIAL 5 Approved For Release 2003/09/09 : CIA-RDP96-00788R001200080001-1
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