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Major Field: 　To Change of My Major Fields
●Metamorphic Petrology (Serpentinization and Others)　　To Past Major Publication
●Structural Geology (Minor Fault Analyses and Others)　　To Past Major Publication
●Geologic Remote Sensing (Volcanic Geology and Structural Geology)　　To Past Major Publication
●Volcanic Geology (Caldera and Volcanic Geology)　　To Past Major Publication
●Geothermal Geology (Deep Geothermal Systems and Others)　　To Past Major Publication

Recent Main Theme:　　To List of Recent Publication (Since 2001)
●Indonesia-Japan Remote Island Geothermal Exploration Project (Completed)     To Summary (pdf)  
●Assessment of hydrothermal resources in Japan
●Towords the rivival of geothermal development in Japan
●Research and development of hot spring power generation system

Educational Activity:
●Invited Lecturer in Yamaguchi University, Intensive Course on "Geoscience on High-Level Magma and Geothermal Systems" (FY2000)
●Member of the Judging Committee of a Doctral Degree in the Graduate School of Science, Kagoshima University (FY2004)
●Member of the Judging Committee of a Doctral Degree in the Graduate School of Engineering and Resource Science, Akita University (FY2005)
●Invited Lecturer in the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University (FY2008-FY2009)

Recent External Committee Acitivity:
●Chairman, Editorial Board on "Journal of the Geothermal Energy Research and Development, GERD Co., Ltd., (1996-present)
●Board of Trustees, the Geothermal Research Society of Japan (1998-present)
●Representative of Japan, the Executive Committee of the Geothermal Implementing Agreement, International Energy Agency (2005-present)
●Chairman, the Advisory Committee of the Geothermal Development Promotion Survey in the East Ikedako field, NEDO (2007-present)
●Lead Author, the Geothermal Chapter of the IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation, WG III - IPCC (2008-present)
●Member, the Preparatory Survey Mission on the Master Plan Study for Development of Geothermal Energy in Peru, JICA (December 2008)
●Member, the Detailed Planning Survey Mission on the Project for Capacity Building for Enhancement of the Geothermal Exploration Technologies in Indonesia, JICA (April 2009)
●Member, the Committee of the Symbiosis with Hot Springs, the Geothermal Research Society of Japan (2009-present)
●Member, the Planning Committee of the New Energy Vision in the Otari area, NEDO (2009-present)
●Member, the Evaluation Committee of the Feasibility of Introduction of the Binary Geothermal Power in Niigata Prefecture, NEDO (2009-present)
●Member, the Working Group of the Technology Development following-up the Study Committee on the Geothermal Power Generation, the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2009-present)

Brief Curriculum Vitae: Graduated from Yamaguchi Univ. on 1975 (Supervised by Prof. Yujiro Nishimura), Awarded MSc. at Hiroshima Univ. on 1977 and Withdrawn from 1st grade of Doctor Course of Hiroshima Univ. on 1978 (Supervised by Prof. George Kojima) for Getting a Position in the Geological Survey of Japan, Awarded DSc. at Hiroshima Univ. on 1989 (Geology on Five Calderas in Hakkoda area), Two Times Temporal Works in NEDO and Visiting Researchers in Auckland University during 1989-1991

Short Comment on the Current State

Geothermal power development in the world probably achieved 10 GW in its installed capacity in the year 2008. This was motivated by the new paradigm that the development of natural energy is one of the most reliable investments to the future towords the everlasting energy infratructure for the fossil fuel-free and carbon-free society in the global environmental era. However, Japan was only one exceptional geothermal potential country where geothermal power development was stagnant for the last deacade. This happened in 1997 just an entrance to the global environmental era when the Japanese Government excluded geothermal from "new energy", a category for politically protected energy with incentives. This treatment was revised only recently when geothermal was re-defined as "new energy" in April 2008. According to our recent assessment of high-temperature hydrothermal resources, Japan is the third largest potential country in the world. Geothermal development in Japan will gradually be reactivated hereafter.