2007年9月16日日曜日

Article of " Voice of America"

http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-09-14-voa7.cfm
This article was written by Ms. Elizabeth Noh who joined my home party on Sep.11, 2007 in Aoyama Tokyo. PR is the most significant to set out the vision for the activities. To open the purpose of the activities for people will get the backup and interest. This is her e-mail.
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Dear Akiko-san,

Thank you for your message.
I received it today when I came to work at Kyodo.

Yes, the lunar launch was successful.
I filed a story for Voice of America about it today.

I work at Kyodo as an English editor part-time two days a week.
I also work at NHK World as an English editor.

For your information, my other contact information are:

Thanks for inviting me to your lovely home.I look forward to seeing you in the future.

Best regards,

Elizabeth (Liz) Noh

2007年9月13日木曜日

Party on Sep.11

Chairman Tachikawa
Prof. Sakamoto


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On Sep.11, There was a special party held at the house of Akiko Nakagami , councilor of JAXA for
JAXA Chairman Keiji Tachikawa and JAXA-ISAS Professor Seiichi Sakamoto to explain and promote Japa's lunar orbiter
program on the occasion of the planned launch of Lunar Orbit Explorer "Kaguya," which is to take place this weekend (weather permitting). This is considered the largest luna mission since Apollo/Luna, and a reflection of Japan's high priority in lunar science programs. As a result, the event attracted a large audience, and many interesting questions, such as its possible application to
the development of ICBM, were raised after the formal presentation. It looks like the launch will most likely take place on Saturday, September 14.
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About speakers

Keiji Tachikawa
Dr. Tachikawa was born in Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture, and graduated from the University of Tokyo's department of electrical engineering in 1962. He spent the went on to spend more than 40 years at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT). He earned an MBA at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978, and a Doctorate in Engineering at the University of Tokyo in 1982. In 1987 he founded NTT America Inc., and became its first CEO. Dr. Tachikawa was appointed President of NTT's mobile telecommunications division, NTT DoCoMo, in 1998, and became its Corporate Advisor in June 2004. From 2001 to November 2004, he was also a part-time member of the Space Activities Commission. On November 15, 2004, Dr. Tachikawa assumed the position of President of JAXA.

Seiichi Sakamoto
Dr. Sakamoto was born in Tokyo, and graduated from the University of Tokyo's Department of Astronomy in 1989. He earned a Doctorate in Science at the University of Tokyo in 1994. After his academic carrier as a postdoctral fellow at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), he became a research associate at Radio Astronomy Division of NAOJ in August 1997. He promoted to an associate professor in June 2002. Besides millimeter- and submillimeter-wave observations of Galactic and extragalactic intestellar matter, he contributed to the site evaluation, budget request, and construction of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) project, and stayed in Chile for about two years as a Japanese liaison to the international management team and an EPO officer. In April 2007, he moved to External Affairs Office for Space Science of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)/JAXA as a professor.


Coordinator of the party
Akiko Nakagami
councilor to the director, Public Affairs Department since April 2007.
Graduated from Human Science Department of Univ. of Houston-CL.
In 1990. (MA) Worked for Houston Summit and NASA during staying in Houston between 1986 and 1991.