Result of 2022 Japan Geoscience Union Section President Election

We closed accepting candidates for the 2024 JpGU Section President Election on 20th November.
All sections have one candidate each, therefore, based on 7-4 in Detailed regulations of Section president Election the election is not conducted, and the candidates become the section president automatically.


Space and Planetary Sciences
NameOrganizationRecommended by another or Self recommendedComments of recommendation (Name of Recommender)
Kanako SekiGraduate School of Science, University of Tokyo Recommended by another We recommend Dr. Seki who is willing to make various efforts to promote diverse scientific researches with unfettered ideas, large-scale joint projects such as space exploration, and human resource cultivation with an education network based on her experience as a section vice president.(Recommender : Taishi Nakamoto)
Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences
NameOrganizationRecommended by another or Self recommendedComments of recommendation (Name of Recommender)
Kaoru SatoThe University of Tokyo Recommended by another Prof. Kaoru Sato is a leading researcher of gravity waves in the atmosphere, and is the project leader of PANSY radar in Antarctica. She has been the Vice President of the Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences Section of JpGU and has served as the President of the Meteorological Society of Japan.(Recommender : Masaki Satoh)
Human Geosciences
NameOrganizationRecommended by another or Self recommendedComments of recommendation (Name of Recommender)
Takashi OguchiCenter for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo Self recommended I have been involved in the activities of the JpGU as a researcher of Geomorphology and Geographic Information Science. In this term I am the Vice President of the JpGU Human Geosciences Section. In the next term, I would like to contribute to the JpGU as the President of the section.
Solid Earth Sciences
NameOrganizationRecommended by another or Self recommendedComments of recommendation (Name of Recommender)
Satoru TanakaJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology Self recommended I imagine that the Corona disaster will be an opportunity for JpGU to gradually change its ways. I would like to do my best, however small, to make JpGU a better place for its members.
Biogeosciences
NameOrganizationRecommended by another or Self recommendedComments of recommendation (Name of Recommender)
Takeshi KakegawaGraduate School of Science, Tohoku University Self recommended I have been considering how to develop this session. I wish my past experiences will help for the future directions.
November 22nd, 2021
Japan Geoscience Union
Election Administration Committee
Chair Yuji Ichiyama
Toru Nozawa, Sohsuke Ohno, Masahiko Sato, Hiroshi Shimazu, Takanobu Tsuihiji
>> Public Announcement of the 2022 JpGU Section President Election
>> etailed regulations of Section president Election(Available in Japanese)