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Japan Geoscience Union delivers this mail news to JpGU ID holders.
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***Japan Geoscience Union Mailnews July Issue No.406 11 JUL 2025***
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| 1. Foreword by Simon Wallis, President of JpGU
| 2. Announcement on JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2026
| 3. Post 2025 Meeting Announcements
| -> Post-meeting Survey Report
| -> On-demand Webcast of Union Sessions & Events [ends on 31 Aug]
| -> Certificates of attendance and presentation
| -> Contact tool among conveners and presenters
| -> Public Release of 2025 Meeting Participation Site (Confit)
| -> Lost and Found
| 4. Announcement of 2025 OSPA Winners
| 5. Report on Poster Presentation by High School Students at JpGU 2025
| 6. About the Quiz Rally in JpGU 2025
| 7. From Committees
| -> Task Force with The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
| 8. Information from PEPS
| -> Impact Factor and CiteScore 2024
| -> Featured Articles
| -> Latest Articles
| 9. From Science Council of Japan
| 10. What’s New
| -> Event Information
| -> Career Opportunity
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#1. Foreword by Simon Wallis, President of JpGU (2025-2026)
One of the unexpected joys of representing an academic society is meeting people—scientists, educators, policymakers, and communicators—each bringing a unique story, perspective, and passion. I recently visited Taiwan to attend the Taiwan Geosciences Assembly in Taipei. There, I not only encountered exciting new research, but also gained insight into Taiwan’s impressive disaster response efforts. At the National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR), I was shown the seat where the President of Taiwan is briefed during emergencies. It underscored the critical need for clear, evidence-based communication. I was especially struck by a delightful children’s book they had produced—full of pop-ups and interactive pages—designed to help primary school students understand natural hazards in an engaging, memorable way.
A few days later, I was honored to represent JpGU at the centennial celebration of the Geographical Association of Japan. It was a rich, multidisciplinary gathering of scholars, public figures, and creatives united by a fascination with maps, landscapes, and the idea of place. Among the many highlights was a striking presentation that included a map showing the spread of fire during the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake—something I also saw displayed a few days later at the Tokyo Fire Museum.
These gatherings reminded me that Earth and planetary science is ultimately about understanding our planet—and others—and the processes that shape their environments. Advances in observation and data analysis have rapidly expanded our reach, but as our science pushes further, we must take care not to let our connection with society weaken.
In Taiwan, I was frequently asked about a rumored prediction of a major earthquake in Japan on July 5th—something which clearly did not happen! The source? A manga. Despite being fictional, it spread widely, causing unease, tourist cancellations, and event dropouts. Perhaps people were being overly cautious. Perhaps few truly believed it. But the consequences—lost business, empty hotels, altered plans—were tangible.
In an era where information moves faster than ever—and misinformation just as fast—we scientists carry a responsibility not only to seek truth, but to explain it clearly. We must share not just our results, but also our uncertainties. The world may be listening more closely than we think. Let’s make sure we’re saying something worth hearing.
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#2. Announcement on JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2026
The upcoming annual meeting will be co-hosted by JpGU and AGU.
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JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2026 (Tentative Plan)
Date: Sun 24 – Fri 29 May 2026 *for 6 days
Meeting format: Hybrid (on-site + online)
On-site venue: Makuhari Messe Chiba, Japan
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Call for Session proposals will open earlier than last year.
Please start preparing early.
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#3. Post 2025 Meeting Announcements
(1) Post-meeting Survey Report
We conducted a post-meeting survey after the meeting.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who responded to the survey and gave us valuable feedback.
The results of the survey are summarized below.
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e 2025/files/questionnaire_results_0711.pdf
We will consider your opinions and requests carefully and make use of them for the next meeting. Thank you.
(2) On-demand Webcast of Union Sessions & Events [ends on 31 Aug]
On-demand webcast of some Union sessions and events will be available on the meeting participation site (Confit) for a limited time. The contents will be available sequentially from the sessions/events that are ready. Look for “On-demand Webcasts” page in Confit.
[Meeting Participation Site (Confit)]
https://confit.atlas.jp/guide/event/jpgu 2025/participant_login?redirectUrl=https://confit.atlas.jp/guide/event/jpgu 2025/top&lang=en
♦ Now available contents
– Lunchtime Special Lectures
– Miyake Prize Lecture
– Union Sessions:
U-01 [E] Great Debate: Geohazards, societal risks and the development of resilience
U-07 [E] Equity/Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in the geoscience
U-08 [E] Geoscience Research/Education Across Language and Cultural Boundaries 2: Organization Perspectives
U-14 [J] Future Academic Advancement Initiative in Earth and Planetary Science
U-15 [J] Geoscience Research/Education Across Language and Cultural Boundaries 1: Scientist Experiences
*U-09 [E] What is the true value of Knowledge Creation? (in preparation)
(3) Certificates of attendance and presentation
If you would like to request a certificate, please visit the following website and fill out the form.
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2025/documents.php#cert_attendance
Application deadline: Sunday, 31 August 2025
(4) Contact tool among conveners and presenters
The mailing list that was provided as a tool for communication among conveners and presenters at the 2025 meeting will be closed on 31 August.
(5) Public Release of 2025 Meeting Participation Site (Confit)
The 2025 meeting participation site (Confit) will be open to the public after the viewing period of the meeting contents (abstracts, presentation materials, etc.) for the meeting participants only.
Browsing period for the meeting participants: until Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Starting 01 April 2026, the security of Confit will be removed, and login will not be required to view the site. All presentation materials except for the abstracts will be deleted.
(6) Lost and Found at the Local Venue
Lost and found items that were collected at the headquarters during the meeting will be kept for a certain period of time after the meeting at the local venue, Makuhari Messe.
Please contact Makuhari Messe using the designated form (below) if you have any inquiries about lost and found items.
https://www.m-messe.co.jp/organizers/contact/lost/
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#4. Announcement of 2025 OSPA Winners
It’s a great pleasure to announce that the following 89 students have been chosen as this year’s Outstanding Student Presentation Award recipients.
We have received more than 900 entries and 5-10% presentations of each section were awarded according to our regulation. Congratulations to all recipients! Each of the Winners will receive a certificate and a commemorative token at a later date.
♦ Space and Planetary Sciences Section (16 winners)
Akiho Endo, Shota Hayamizu, Shiori Inada, Yoshihiro Inoue, Yuto Kajikiya, Keitaro Kanda, Hiroki Karyu, Yusei Mitoh, Kohei Ogino, Kazuhiro Osada, Yuta Otsuki, Kensuke Shobuzako, Sako Sunami, Koki Tachi, Naoyuki Takeuchi, Keigo Taniguchi
♦ Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences Section (19 winners)
Zaskia Alifia, Moeka Baba, Misaki Hase, Lynn Hirose, Haruka Imamura, Naota Iwai, Takashi Kawamura, Yu Kitamura, Arihito Kondo, Takumi Matsuda, Shunya Mizobuchi, Kuta Muramoto, Keiichi Ohara, Rintaro Okumura, Miteki Satoh, Soumita Sengupta, Shun Tamura, Shusaku Ueno, Ryosuke Yanagisawa
♦ Human Geosciences Section (11 winners)
Manato Akishiba, Yota Atobe, Nanami Jimba, Nanami Kinoshita, Noriaki Mori, Atsuki Nagata,
Yamanishi Nanako, Kotaro Seno, Takahiro Suzuki, Masao Takeuchi, Shingo Tomita
♦ Solid Earth Sciences Section (36 winners)
Cheng-Hung CHEN, YUTING CHOU, Rintaro Enomoto, Rikuto Fukushima, Tan Furukawa, Yusuke Haruta, A.M. Miftahul Huda, Hayato Ito, Tomohiro Ito, Shenghao Jiang, Takumi Kera, Kikuyo Inagaki, Yukiko Kita, Yuko Kondo, Miyano Kusumoto, Luhong Lu, Yuto Miki, Kazuto Mikuni, Itaru Mitsukawa, Kazuma Nakakoji, Kohei Nimura, Tadashi Nishiue, Takashi Nishizawa, Yoichi Noda, Reiju Norisugi, Sae Ohkohchi, Miku Ohtate, Misato Osada, Yoshimasa Ota, Fumiya Sakai, Rei Sato, Tomoki Segawa, Taisei Ukita, Tomotsugu Watanabe, Zhihao Xu, Seiya Yano
♦ Biogeosciences Section (7 winners)
Koharu Fukazawa, Taketo Kito, Ai Kiyohara, Nanaka Kogi, Nakamura Kotomi, Ryota Mihori, Sachio Nakagawa
We would also like to take this opportunity to express our deepest gratitude to all the judges who have volunteered in the judging.
We will post the names of those who have reviewed five or more entries on our website as a sign of our appreciation.
Ref. JpGU Meeting 2024
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#5. Report on Poster Presentation by High School Students at JpGU 2025
The poster presentations by high school students were held and with cooperation of the JpGU science sections, the presentations were evaluated and the Publicity and Outreach Committee members decided the following awards.
(a) Most Outstanding Presentation Award (1 School)
– “Studies of Meteor Plasma Physics by Spectral Observation” (Shibuya Kyouikugakuen Makuhari High School)
(b) Outstanding Presentation Award (3 Schools)
– “The Vertical Distribution of Microplastics in Lake Biwa: Seasonal Change and Difference of Ingredients Perspective” (Osaka Prefectural Kitano Senior High School/Biwako Trust)
– Atmospheric dynamics on a Riemannian manifold and considerations of approximations leading to the Primitive equations” (Musashi High School)
– “Study on the measurement of seeing using solar images” (Tokyo Metropolitan Fuji high school)
(c) Incentive Award (22 Schools)
See the URL below for information. (Available in Japanese)
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_j2025/files/JpGU2025_HSposter_award.pdf
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#6. About the Quiz Rally in JpGU 2025
Thank you for your participation in the exhibition at JpGU Meeting 2025.
The winners of the quiz rally prizes, the answers to all the questions of Quiz Rally and the percentage of correct answers are published below.
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2025/exhibition/quizrally_result/
Congratulations to all the winners! We are planning to send out the prizes in July.
Thank you very much to all the exhibitors who provided questions and prizes.
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#7. From Committees
(1) Task Force with The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
[Awardees Report of GeoSciAI2025]
Available in Japanese
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#8. Information from PEPS
(1) Impact Factor and CiteScore 2024
The 2024 edition Impact Factor (IF) and CiteScore have now been released.
The latest 5-year IF and CiteScore has increased to 3.8 and 6.8, and 2-year IF has decreased to 2.8.
However, the citation status as of June this year has increased by approximately 0.5 compared to June 2024, which is an encouraging statistic for the next year’s IF.
(2) Featured Articles
We will introduce the featured articles selected by the editor-in-chief from the papers published in the past.
@ Pu Zhang, Yanbin Lu, Zhe Zhang, Richard Lawrence Edwards, Robert Anderson & Phoebe Lam;
Improvements in the determination of attogram-sized 231Pa in dissolved and particulate fractions of seawater via multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00600-z
231Pa, which is widely used as a tracer in fields such as oceanography, geochronology, and paleoclimatology, is practical for elucidating processes by which particle-reactive elements are removed from the ocean. This study has successfully improved the measurement technique for 231Pa concentration leading to reduction of the amount of sample required. Broad applications of this technique are expected in diverse fields of earth science.
@ Satoshi Kusumoto, Kentaro Imai, Takane Hori, Daisuke Sugawara & Kenji Satake;
Sensitivity of slip distribution on tsunami trace heights and geological evidences: a case study of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00582-y
This paper examines whether a tsunami source model can be estimated from a comparison of tsunami propagation and deposition simulations of the 2011 Tohoku Pacific Earthquake, the observed trace height, and the thickness of the tsunami deposits. As a result, it was shown that a combination of trace height, the thickness of the tsunami deposits, and numerical simulations of tsunami propagation and sediment transport can be used to estimate historical earthquakes and tsunamis.
(3) Latest Articles
The following articles were published.
@ Alexander Smyth-Moore, Johan Borg, Álvaro Soria-Salinas, Naomi Murdoch, Hiroki Kato, Hideaki Miyamoto, Tomohiro Usui et al.;
Microgravity penetrometry flight campaign in support of MMX sampler science exploitation.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-025-00704-8
https://www.springeropen.com/collections/MMXproject
@ Taku Umezawa, Yasunori Tohjima, Yukio Terao, Motoki Sasakawa, Astrid Müller, Tazu Saeki, Toshinobu Machida et al.;
Long-term and interannual variations of atmospheric methane observed by the NIES and collaborative observation networks.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-025-00711-9
@ Rong Fan, Yuko Takizawa, Prarthana S. Dharampal, Shawn A. Steffan & Yoshito Chikaraishi;
Carnivorous plants: unveiling trophic identity and advanced nitrogen acquisition strategies.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-025-00714-6
https://www.springeropen.com/collections/EIO
@ Takuro Ogura, Kazuyuki Shimamoto, Toshiaki Mizuno, Daisuke Katayama, Hiroyuki Yamauchi & Tsuyoshi Hattanji;
Identification of traditional flood control facilities concealed in the riparian forest: a case study of the Echi River, central Japan.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-025-00715-5
@ Akino Naitoh, Koichiro Motoi & Toshitaka Baba;
Initial sea surface displacement of non-seismic tsunami associated with the 2020 sand point earthquake off the Alaska Peninsula.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-025-00716-4
@ Akira Nagano, Masahito Shigemitsu & Masahide Wakita;
Dissolved inorganic carbon entrainment into the mixed layer of the western subarctic North Pacific: a key process of ocean acidification under historical carbon dioxide emissions.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-025-00709-3
https://www.springeropen.com/collections/WNP
@ Takashi Sekiya, Hisashiro Takashima, Yugo Kanaya, Fumikazu Taketani, Kengo Sudo, Martina M. Friedrich & Michel Van Roozendael;
Evaluation of processes driving iodine monoxide and ozone variability over the Western Pacific warm pool.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-025-00712-8
https://www.springeropen.com/collections/WNP
@Kosuke Yoshii, Hideko Takayanagi, Toshihiro Miyajima, Lars Reuning, Kazuyuki Yamamoto & Yasufumi Iryu;
Origin of interstitial water beneath the continental shelf offshore northwestern Australia: insights from hydrogen and oxygen isotope compositions.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-025-00722-6
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#9. From Science Council of Japan
JpGU acts as liaison with the Science Council of Japan.
Below is the archive of the distributed newsletters from the Science Council of Japan.
(Available in Japanese)
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#10. What’s New (Please confirm contents from the associated official website)
(1) Event Information
*Please check the event website for the latest information.
45th International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Dates: 3-8 August 2025
Place: Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC)
Purpose: To address the threats to our Earth and promote collaborative global solutions using remote sensing technology.
https://2025.ieeeigarss.org
Planetary Exploration Workshop 2025
Date: 20 August 2025
Event format: Hybrid (On-site and Zoom)
Local; venue: X-NIHONBASHI BASE, Tokyo
https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/researchers/info/004050.html
International Data Week 2025 (IDW2025)
Dates: 13-16 October 2025
Location: Brisbane, Australia (Hybrid format underway)
Content: 3 international organizations discussing research data management (RDM) and open science—the International Science Council (ISC) WDS and CODATA, and the Research Data Alliance (RDA)—will host the conference IDW, for research presentations and WG discussions. Please refer to the following website for registration and session/presentation (deadlines: mid-April and mid-May). Online registration is scheduled for around August.
https://idw2025.org/
Call for ICDP-PRTEA workshop
Dates: 16-17 October 2025
Location: Klerksdorp, South Africa
https://www.icdp-online.org/projects/by-continent/africa/protea-south-africa/
Unlocking the full potential of subaqueous paleoseismology at active plate boundaries
Dates: 21-24 October 2025
Location: National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
https://sites.google.com/view/land2sea-workshop/home
(2) Career Opportunity
Faculty Position in Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo
[Application deadline: 14 JUL 2025]
https://www.eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/job20250430-4/
Recruitment of Postdoctoral Researcher at Research and Development Center for Earthquake and Tsunami Forecasting (FEAT), JAMSTEC
[Application deadline: 23 JULY 2025]
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/details/feat20250723/
JAMSTEC Restart Support Recruitment
[Application deadline: 27 JULY 2025]
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/details/restart20250727/
ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OR TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION
[Application deadline: 31 JULY 2025]
https://www.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/?p=9287
JAMSTEC Young Research Fellow
[Application deadline: 03 AUG 2025]
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/jyrf/
Open call for professor (Drilling Earth Science)
[Application deadline: 08 AUG 2025]
https://www.kochi-u.ac.jp/marine-core/en/index.html
Call for Professor (Division of Atmospheric Sciences)
[Application deadline: 18 AUG 2025]
https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?id=D125060340&ln=1
Recruitment of Postdoctoral Researcher at Institute of Arctic Climate and Environment Research (IACE), JAMSTEC
[Application deadline: 24 AUG 2025]
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/details/iace20250824/
Researcher or Researcher (II) at Super-cutting-edge Grand and Advanced Research (SUGAR) Program, JAMSTEC
[Application deadline: 01 SEPT 2025]
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/details/sugar20250901/
[Female only] Seeking a Chief Scientist (Principal investigator, Indefinite-term) (25-576)
[Application deadline: 16 SEPT 2025]
https://www.riken.jp/en/careers/researchers/20250612_1/index.html
Call for applications: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at Department of Planetology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University
[Application deadline: 31 SEPT 2025]
http://www.planet.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/recruitment/index.html
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