1. Advisory council (2001)
Hajime Akimoto Director of Atmospheric Composition Research Program, Frontier Research System for Global Change
Kazuyoshi Fujita President of "DAICHI-O-MAMORU-KAI"
Kunihiro Fukusyo Director General, Research Institute of Fisheries and Environment of Inland Sea, Fisheries Research Agency
Yohichi Gohshi Director General, National Institute for Environmental Studies
Tadakazu Hiroi Director General, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Makoto Kimura Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Nagoya University
Eitaro Miwa Director General, National Agriculture Research Organization
Yoshio Ogawa Director, Office for Subject-Matter Specialists, Ibaraki Agricultural Center
Masamichi Saigou Head of Environmental Policy Coordination


2. Advisory committee (2000)
Hajime Akimoto Director of Atmospheric Composition Research Program, Frontier Research System for Global Change
Kiyoshi Fujimoto Head of Sustainable Agriculture Office, Crop Production Division, Agricultural Production Bureau, MAFF
Hiroshi Hasegawa Head of Environmental Policy Coordination Office, Administration Division,Minister's Secretariat, MAFF
Tadakazu Hiroi Director General, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Michio Kuriyagawa Director General, National Institute for Resources and Environment
Eitaro Miwa Director General, National Agriculture Research Center
Naoki Motoyama Professor, Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University
Masami Nakamura Editor, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.
Yoshio Nishigishi Head of Resources Division, Planning Department, Agricultural Structure Improvement Bureau, MAFF
Gen Ohi Director General, National Institute for Environmental Studies
Hiroshi Takahashi Director of Global Environment Research Division, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.


3. Present Staff (April 1, 2001)


Administration

Katsuyuki Minami, Director General
Tsuyoshi Mitamura, Executive Director
Susumu Sugihara, Auditor
Hiroshi Takahashi, Auditor



Department of Research Planning and Coordination


Hiroshi Seino, Director

Division of Research Planning
Toshiaki Imagawa, Head
Toshihiro Kadosawa, Senior Researcher
Takeshi Fujii, Senior Researcher
Yuri Miyamoto, Coordinating Chief
Atsuko Tsujishima
Kiyoyuki Sunaoka, Planning Chief
Takafumi Eguti

Division of Research Coordination
Izumi Matsuda, Head
Keiko Nakatani, Senior Researcher

Division of Research Information Systems
Shigetaka Saito, Head
Takeshi Takatsu, Public Affairs Administrator (concurrent)

Division of Documentation and Information
Syunsuke Fujimaki, Head
Takeshi Takatsu, Assistant Head
Takayuki Aoki, Documentation Chief
Rie Yamane
Kazunori Ino, Information Chief
Masayuki Sakairi

Division of Experimental Farm Management
Hitoshi Tsutsui, Head
Hayao Matagawa, Chief
Hiroshi Kamimura
Yoshiyuki Iizumi
Fumio Suzuki
Koukichi Matsumoto
Tadao Suzuki
Katsuo Abe
Hironori Wakabayashi
Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Toshiyuki Okada
Terushi Kamada
Koji Watanabe
Masashi Takahashi
Takahiro Ara


Administration Department


Katsuyuki Fukushima, Director

General Affairs Section
Hikaru Miyasaka, Head
Osamu Tanaka, Assistant Head
Yasumi Hamamori, Section Manager
Nobuyuki Sudou, General Affairs Chief
Akiko Matsuoka
Kiyoaki Sakurai
Takayoshi Takeda, Personnel Chief
Keiko Kato
Kazuhiko Sato
Hatsui Yashiro, Employee Chief
Yasuo Nemoto, Social Affairs Chief
Asako Onodera

Accounts Section
Teruaki Watanabe, Head
Fujio Masuzaki, Assistant Head
Kaoru Watanabe, Accounting Chief
Masaki Shiraishi, Budgeting Chief
Mayumi Suzuki
Atsuko Maeda
Noritoshi Masuda, Expenditure Chief
Mihoko Kondo
Masaki Kikuchi, Acceptance Chief
Michiyo Noguchi
Maki Yatabe
Hideya Oyama, Contract Chief
Tsuyoshi Kido
Tooru Someya
Harumi Sawasato
Norio Nagayama, Facilities Chief
Masayuki Inaba
Tadahisa Akiyama


Department of Global Resources

Yousay Hayashi, Director

Agro-Meteorology Group
Isamu Nouchi, Head

Climate Resources Unit
Hitoshi Toritani, Chief
Tsuneo Kuwagata, Senior Researcher
Yasushi Ishigooka, Researcher
Shinkichi Goto, Researcher

Atmospheric Impacts Unit
Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Chief
Mayumi Yoshimoto, Senior Researcher
Hidemitsu Sakai, Researcher

Air Quality Conservation Unit
Shigeto Kawashima, Chief
Mingyuan Du, Senior Researcher
Seiichiro Yonemura, Senior Researcher
Satoshi Inoue, Senior Researcher

Ecosystems Group
Genya Saito, Head

Agro-Ecological Sensing Unit
Yoshio Inoue, Chief
Michio Shibayama, Senior Researcher

Statistics Unit
Tetsuhisa Miwa, Chief
Nobuhiro Minaka, Senior Researcher

Material Ecocycling Unit
Kenjiro Oda, Chief
Junko Shindo, Senior Researcher
Tamon Fumoto, Senior Researcher
Noriko Ohura, Senior Researcher

Ecological Management Unit
Genya Saito, Chief (concurrent)
David S. Sprague, Senior Researcher

Remote Sensing Unit
Genya Saito, Chief (concurrent)

Greenhouse Gas Emission Team
Haruo Tsuruta, Chief
Kazuyuki Yagi, Senior Researcher
Shigeto Sudo, Researcher
Seiichi Nishimura, Researcher
Hiroko Akiyama, Researcher

Food Production Prediction Team
Ichiro Taniyama, Chief
Katsuo Okamoto, Senior Researcher
Masayuki Yokozawa, Senior Researcher
Hiroyuki Ohno, Senior Researcher
Motoki Nishimori, Senior Researcher
Yasuhito Shirato, Researcher

Ecosystem Gas Exchange Team
Yousay Hayashi, Chief (concurrent)
Akira Miyata, Senior Researcher


Department of Biological Safety

Susumu Kawabe, Director

Plant Ecology Group
Mitsunori Oka, Head

Vegetation Ecology Unit
Kazuyuki Itoh, Chief
Naokuni Harada, Senior Researcher
Hiroaki Ikeda, Senior Researcher

Landscape Ecology Unit
Makoto Ide, Chief
Toshiya Ohkuro, Senior Researcher
Hiroyuki Shibaike, Researcher

Chemical Ecology Unit
Yoshiharu Fujii, Chief
Syuntaro Hiradate, Senior Researcher
Hiroshi Araya, Researcher

Entomology Group
Masaharu Matsui, Head

Introduced Insect Assessment Unit
Atsushi Mochizuki, Chief
Masatoshi Mochizuki, Senior Researcher
Kaori Yara, Researcher

Population Ecology Unit
Koichi Tanaka, Chief
Kohji Yamamura, Senior Researcher

Insect Semiochemicals Unit
Hajime Sugie, Chief
Hiroshi Noguchi, Senior Researcher

Microbiology Group
Toshiki Shiomi, Head
Koushi Nishiyama, Microbiology Research Coordinator

Microbial Ecology Unit
Naoyuki Matsumoto, Chief
Ikuko Okabe, Senior Researcher
Yuko Hoshino [Takada], Researcher

Microbial Genetics and Physiology Unit
Kenichi Tsuchiya, Chief
Hiroyuki Sawada, Senior Researcher
Mami Takahashi, Senior Researcher
Fumihiko Suzuki, Senior Researcher

Nematology and Soil Zoology Unit
Masaaki Araki, Chief
Mutsuhiro Yoshida, Senior Researcher

GMO Assessment Team
Kazuhito Matsuo, Chief
Yoichi Shirai, Senior Researcher
Hiroyuki Sawada, Senior Researcher (concurrent)
Yoriko Sakai, Researcher (concurrent)


Department of Environmental Chemistry

Hiroshi Hama, Director

Hideo Imai, Senior Researcher

Organochemicals Group
Masako Ueji, Head

Environmental Pesticide Assessment Unit
Syozo Endo, Chief
Takeshi Horio, Senior Researcher
Yuso Kobara, Senior Researcher
Kazuhisa Ohtsu, Researcher
Satoru Ishihara, Researcher

Pesticide Mitigation Unit
Hideo Ishii, Chief

Applied Soil Microbiology Unit
Akira Hasebe, Chief
Kazuhiro Takagi, Senior Researcher
Naoto Ogawa, Senior Researcher
Yoriko Sakai, Researcher
Sho Morimoto, Researcher

Heavy Metal Group
Motoshige Higuchi, Head
Shigetoshi Murayama, Heavy Metal Research Coordinator

Heavy Metal Behavior Unit
Hisao Oda, Chief
Akira Kawasaki, Senior Researcher
Takayuki Saito, Researcher

Soil Chemistry Unit
Kazuo Sugahara, Chief
Yasuhiro Sakurai, Senior Researcher
Tomoyuki Makino, Senior Researcher

Soil Biochemistry Unit
Noriharu Ae, Chief
Tomohito Arao, Senior Researcher
Megumi Sugiyama, Senior Researcher
Masaharu Murakami, Researcher

Water Quality and Solute Dynamics Group
Masashi Uwasawa, Head

Soil Physics Unit
Hidetaka Katou, Chief
Sadao Eguchi, Senior Researcher
Keiko Nakano, Researcher
Katsuhiro Suzuki, Researcher

Nutrient Dynamics Unit
Tsunehisa Inoue, Chief
Ryosuke Kimura, Senior Researcher
Shinichirou Mishima, Senior Researcher
Sunao Itahashi, Researcher

Contaminant Hydrology Unit
Kazuo Shibano, Chief
Hideo Oshima, Senior Researcher
Kenichi Kanda, Senior Researcher
Tetsuo Sekiguchi, Senior Researcher
Yasuhiro Nakajima, Researcher

Water Quality Conservation Unit
Makoto Takeuchi, Chief
Michio Komada, Senior Researcher

Dioxin Dynamics Team
Masahiko Kuwahara, Chief
Ryuichi Uegaki, Researcher
Nobuyasu Seike, Researcher
Tomoyuki Makino, Senior Researcher (concurrent)


Natural Resources Inventory Center

Tadao Hamazaki, Director

Soil Classification Laboratory
Makoto Nakai, Chief
Hiroshi Obara, Senior Researcher
Kazuki Togami, Researcher

Insect Systematics Laboratory
Koji Yasuda, Chief
Shinichi Yoshimatsu, Senior Researcher

Microbial Systematics Laboratory
Seiya Tsushima, Chief
Takao Tsukiboshi, Senior Researcher
Shigenobu Yoshida, Researcher
Hirosuke Shinohara, Researcher


Chemical Analysis Research Center

Yasuo Ishii, Director

Environmental Chemicals Analysis Laboratory
Yoko Sato, Chief
Masumi Ishizaka, Senior Researcher
Heesoo Eun, Researcher
Koji Baba, Researcher

Radioisotope Analysis Laboratory
Nobuharu Kihou, Chief
Misako Komamura, Senior Researcher
Hideshi Fujiwara, Researcher


4. STAFF in FY2000


*:left or retired during the Fiscal Year 2000.
( ):indicate previous position holder.

Administration

Katsuyuki Minami, Director General
Kunihiro Fujii, Research Coordinator General


Department of Research Planning and Coordination

Hiroshi Seino, Director

Atsuko Tsujishima
Akiko Matsuoka

Division of Research Planning
Shuichi Hasegawa, Division Chief
Toshihiro Kadosawa
Kenji Matsumori

Division of International and Domestic Liaison
Izumi Matsuda, Division Chief

Division of Research Information Coodination
Shigetaka Saito, Research Information Coodinator

Division of Documentation and Information
Syunsuke Fujimaki, Division Chief
Takeshi Takatsu, Assistant Division Chief
(Fumiko Kanai*, Assistant Division Chief)
Takayuki Aoki, Documentation Head
Hiromi Masumoto
Kazunori Ino, Information Head
Masayuki Sakairi

Division of Experimental Farm
Hitoshi Tsutsui, Division Chief
Hayao Matagawa
Hiroshi Kamimura
Yoshiyuki Iizumi
Fumio Suzuki
Koukichi Matsumoto
Tadao Suzuki
Katsuo Abe
Hironori Wakabayashi
Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Toshiyuki Okada
Terushi Kamada
Masashi Takahashi
Koji Watanabe
Takahiro Ara

Global Agro-Environment Research Team
Yousay Hayashi, Team Leader
Junko Shindo
Michio Shibayama
Katsuo Okamoto
Masayuki Yokozawa
Hiroyuki Ohno
Motoki Nishimori
Noriko Ohura


General Affairs Department

Katsuyuki Fukushima, Director

General Affairs Section
Hikaru Miyasaka, Section Director
Yasumi Hamamori, Assistant Section Director
Yasuo Yagishita, General Affairs 1 Head
Michiyo Noguchi
Nobuyuki Sudou, General Affairs 2 Head
(Masaki Kikuchi*, General Affairs 2 Head)
Harumi Sawasato
Takayoshi Takeda, Personnel 1 Head
Kazuhiko Sato, (Junichi Yamasaki*)
Hatsui Yashiro, Personnel 2 Head
Keiko Kato
Yasuo Nemoto, Social Affairs Head
(Yoshiko Yamamoto*, Social Affairs Head)
Asako Onodera

Accounts Section
Teruaki Watanabe, Section Director
Fujio Masuzaki, Assistant Section Director
Masaki Shiraishi, Budgeting Head
Mayumi Suzuki
(Kazuhiko Sato)
Noritoshi Masuda, Expenditure Head
(Yasuo Nemoto, Expenditure Head)
Maki Yatabe, Atsuko Maeda
Masaki Kikuchi, Audit Head
(Noritoshi Masuda, Audit Head)
(Mayumi Suzuki)
Kiyoyuki Sunaoka, Acceptance Head
Masayuki Inaba
Mihoko Kondo
Kiyoaki Sakurai
Hideya Oyama,Contract Head
Yuri Miyamoto
Takafumi Eguti
Tsuyoshi Kido
Norio Nagayama, Facilities Head
(Hidekazu Miyawaki*, Facilities Head)
Tooru Someya


Department of Environmental Management

Fumitoshi Takahashi, Director

Division of Environmental Planning
Tomoyuki Hakamata, Division Director
(Yoshitake Kato, Division Director)
(Tomoyuki Hakamata, Associate Division Director)

Land Evaluation
Toshiaki Imagawa, Head
Hideshi Fujiwara

Impact Assessment
Haruo Tsuruta, Head
Shigeto Sudo
Yasuhiro Nakajima
Hiroko Akiyama

Rural Ecosystem Dynamics
Kenjiro Oda, Head
Naokuni Harada
David S. Sprague
Shinichirou Mishima

Landscape Planning
Yoshitake Kato, Head
Syori Yamamoto

Division of Information Analysis
Saburo Miyagawa, Division Director

Genya Saito, Associate Division Director

Remote Sensing
Yoshio Inoue, Head
Shigeo Ogawa
Nobuyuki Mino
Atsushi Tomita

Isotope Technology
Kouichi Yuita, Head
Misako Komamura
Nobuharu Kihou
Takayuki Saito

Statistics
Tetsuhisa Miwa, Head
Nobuhiro Minaka

Data Analysis and System
Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Head
Syu Miura
Mayumi Yoshimoto


Department of Natural Resources

Tadao Hamazaki, Director

Hideo Imai

Division of Agrometeorology
Isamu Nouchi, Division Director

Climatic Resources
Hitoshi Toritani, Head
Yasushi Ishigooka
Shinkichi Goto

Micrometeorology
Yoshinobu Harazono, Head
Akira Miyata, (Naotoshi Ohta*)

Agroclimatology and Air Quality Conservation
Shigeto Kawashima, Head
Mingyuan Du
Seiichiro Yonemura
Satoshi Inoue
Hidemitsu Sakai

Division of Soil Science
Masashi Uwasawa, Division Director

Yoshiaki Takahashi, Assosiate Division Director

Soil Genesis and Classification
Makoto Nakai, Head
Hiroshi Obara
Kazuki Togami

Soil Chemistry
Kazuo Sugahara, Head
Yasuhiro Sakurai
Tomoyuki Makino
Yoriko Sakai

Soil Physics
Hidetaka Katou, Head
Sadao Eguchi
Katsuhiro Suzuki

Soil Biochemistry
Noriharu Ae, Head
Tomohito Arao
Megumi Sugiyama
Masaharu Murakami

Soil Conservation
Ichiro Taniyama, Head
Tamon Fumoto
Yasuhito Shirato

Division of Water Quality Science
Tsuguo Hoshina, Division Director

Water Quality Assessment
Shigetoshi Murayama, Head
Koji Baba

Water Quality Conservation
Makoto Takeuchi, Head
Michio Komada
Yuko Hoshino [Takada]

Water Dynamics
Kazuo Shibano, Head
Hideo Oshima
Keiko Nakano


Department of Environmental Biology

Susumu Kawabe, Director

Division of Vegetation Science
Tsuyoshi Mitamura, Division Director

Vegetation Ecology
Kazuyuki Itoh, Head
Kazuhito Matsuo
Hiroaki Ikeda
Seiichi Nishimura

Vegetation Conservation
Makoto Ide, Head
Toshiya Ohkuro
Hiroyuki Shibaike

Allelopathy
Yoshiharu Fujii, Head
Keiko Nakatani
Syuntaro Hiradate

Division of Microbiology
Toshiki Shiomi, Division Director

Koushi Nishiyama, Assosiate Division Director

Microbial Systematics
Seiya Tsushima, Head
Takao Tsukiboshi
Shigenobu Yoshida
Hirosuke Shinohara
Ikuo Kadota
(Jouji Moriwaki*)

Pathology
Koji Azegami, Head
Hiroyuki Sawada
Mami Takahashi
Fumihiko Suzuki

Soil Microbial Ecology
Naoyuki Matsumoto, Head
Ikuko Okabe

Soil General Microbiology
Akira Hasebe, Head
(Kiyotaka Miyashita*, Head)
Takeshi Fujii
Naoto Ogawa
Sho Morimoto

Nematology and Soil Zoology
Masaaki Araki, Head
Mutsuhiro Yoshida

Division of Entomology
Masaharu Matsui, Division Director

Insect Systematics
Koji Yasuda, Head
Shinichi Yoshimatsu
Masami Masumoto

Insect Behavior
Hajime Sugie, Head
Hiroshi Noguchi
Yoichi Shirai

Biological Control Agents
Eizi Yano, Head
Masatoshi Mochizuki
Kaori Yara

Population Ecology
Seiichi Moriya, Head
Koichi Tanaka
Kohji Yamamura


Department of Farm Chemicals

Hiroshi Hama, Department Director

Division of Pesticides
Masako Ueji, Division of Director

Masahiko Kuwahara, Associate Division Director

Fungicide Chemistry
Hideo Ishii, Head
Takeshi Horio
Ryuichi Uegaki

Insecticide Chemistry
Syozo Endo, Head
Ken Suzuki
Kazuhisa Ohtsu

Herbicide Chemistry
Yoko Sato, Head
Masumi Ishizaka
Kazuhiro Takagi

Environmental Pesticide
Yasuo Ishii, Head
Yuso Kobara
Heesoo Eun
Nobuyasu Seike
Satoru Ishihara

Division of Fertilizers
Motoshige Higuchi, Division Director

Macro-components
Tsunehisa Inoue, Head
Tetsuo Sekiguchi

Micro-components
Hisao Oda, Head
Akira Kawasaki

Organic Matter
Ryosuke Kimura, Head
Sunao Itahashi


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