| Return to Honorary Member | Date of Birth: 16 September 1924 Nationality: Japanese Permanent Address: Kinjo-cho 1-33-806, Shun, Naha, Japan Education: 1951 Graduate Hokkaido University, Faculty of Science, Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Japan. 1952 Research Associate, Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Hokkaido University. 1959 Doctor of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan 1968 Associate Professor, Department of Geology and Mineralogy Hokkaido University 1972 Professor, Faculty of General Education, Ryukyu University, Japan 1974-81 Councilor of Ryukyu University 1979 Professor, Faculty of Science, Department of Oceanography, Ryukyu University 1979-81 Leader of2lst Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition 1979-82 Concurrent Professor, National Polar Research Institute, Japan 1981 Visiting Professor to Kagoshinia University and Yamaguchi University 1990 Ryukyu University, Retired 1993-95 Visiting Professor to the Central Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Award: 1952 Research Grant from the Geological Society of Japan 1974 Award from Prince Chichibu Memorial Research Prize for “Geology of Nepal Himalaya”as a Joint Work 1980 Cultural Prize from Okinawa Times, Japan
Back to top Overseas Research Activities: 1959-61 Member of Geological Study for 4th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition 1964-65 Observer of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition 1965-68 Member of the Australian Antarctic Research Expedition 1971 Member of Chile-Patagonia Research Expedition 1975 Preliminary Research to Nepal Himalaya 1976 Participate “Himalaya Seminar”, the 100th Anniversary of Geological Survey of India as an Invited Participant. 1976 Research Work in Kashmir and Nepal 1979-80 Leader of the 21st Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition 1980-88 Project Leader of Research Expedition for “Crustal movement of the Nepal Himalaya”
Membership of Academic Society: 1950 Geological Society of Japan 1952 Japanese Association of Petrology and Mineralogy 1953 Japanese Association of Mining Geology 1960 Japanese Association of Snow and Ice 1963 -72 Member of Antarctic Special Committee for Japanese Academic Council 1967-70 Member of Core Study Subcommittee of IGCU 1968-73 Member of Planning Committee of the Antarctic Research Expedition 1975-85 Council Member of Geological Society of Japan 1977-89 Member of Antarctic Geology, National Polar Research Institute of Japan 198 1-88 Council Member of the National Polar Research Institute of Japan 1988-90 Vice-President of Geological Society of Japan 1989-93 President of the Okinawa International Association for Mangrove 1996 Chairman of the Himalayan Committee, Geological Society of Japan
Life Member of the Nepal Geological Society
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