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***Japan Geoscience Union Mailnews August Issue
No.382 10 Aug 2023***
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| 1. Foreword by Yukihiro Takahashi, President of JpGU
| 2. Announcement on the election of JpGU Representatives
| 3. Announcement on Call for Session Proposals for JpGU 2024 [from 02 Oct]
| 4. Post 2023 Meeting Announcements
| -> On-demand webcast of Union sessions & events [ends on 31 Aug]
| -> Certificates of attendance and presentation
| -> Release of the introduction webpage of OSPA winners
| -> Contact tool among conveners and presenters
| -> Public Release of 2023 Meeting Participation Site (Confit)
| 5. The Latest Issue of JGL (August 2023) has been published
| 6. Early Career and Student Community Support Survey
| 7. From Committees
| -> Educational Subcommittee for International Affairs
| -> Subcommittee for Google Workspace Administration, Information Systems Committee
| 8. Information from PEPS
| -> PEPS Awarded Papers 2023
| -> Latest Articles
| 9. From Science Council of Japan
| 10. What’s New
| -> Event Information
| -> Career Opportunity
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#1. Foreword by Yukihiro Takahashi, President of JpGU
I recently attended the 20th Annual Meeting of the AOGS (Asia Oceania
Geosciences Society) held in Singapore. The number of participants
exceeded 3,000, the highest ever for an event held in Singapore. It
was very impressive to see many researchers from all over the world,
including China, Taiwan, Korea, India, Australia, and Japan, as well
as ASEAN member countries, Europe, and the United States, engaging
in heated discussions.
This is a little off topic, but according to the IMD “World
Competitiveness Ranking 2023,” Japan’s international competitiveness
ranks 35th in the world. Considering that it was ranked first in the
first four years from 1989, and ranked in the top five until 1996,
its decline is obvious. The semiconductor industry, which once held
more than half of the world share, has fallen to 10%, and it is said
that advanced logic semiconductors are nine generations or ten years
behind the world’s leading edge. In academic research as well, not
only the world rankings of universities, but also many indicators
such as the number of published papers and the number of citations
have continued to decline since peaking in the early 2000s. It has
become an extremely rare country where there are almost no such
countries, including developed countries and developing countries.
Taiwan and Korea are the top runners in semiconductor manufacturing
technology, especially microfabrication technology for advanced logic
semiconductors, and China is overwhelmingly the manufacturer of multi-
copter drones. In the field of earth and planetary science journals,
some Japanese journals, such as PEPS, have achieved notable successes
in the world. On the other hand, in remote sensing, which is one of
the important related fields of earth and planetary science, the
impact factor of journals in that field is increasing rapidly, and
several journals are ranked in 5 to >10, which is led by China.
In terms of economic scale, the developing countries in Asia, which
are currently one tenth of Japan’s, are expected to be the same level
of Japan in 30 years if they continue present high economic growth.
At that time, the developing countries of Asia, which are just
beginning their academic research journey, may become world leaders,
at least in some fields. While imagining that time, we would like to
think about what Japan can do for those countries and communities now.
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#2. Announcement on the election of JpGU Representatives
Period for declaration of candidacy of JpGU Representatives starts at
9 am on Monday, 14 August 2023. We encourage all JpGU members to
consider running for JpGU Representative, or to recommend others as
candidates, and to vote. We look for your active participation in the
election process.
(1) Schedule
Period for declaration of candidacy of JpGU Representatives starts:
9 am on Monday, 14 August 2023
Period for declaration of candidacy ends:
5pm on Wednesday, 13 September 2023
Voting starts:
9 am on Tuesday, 3 October 2023
Voting ends:
5 pm on Thursday, 2 November 2023
Ballot counting and Announcement of results:
Monday, 13 November 2023
(2) How to run for a candidate / How to recommend a candidate
Please fill in the relevant form on the JpGU Members Site
( https://www.jpgu-member.org/jpgu/en/ ) before 13 September
deadline. To access the form, log in using your JpGU ID and password,
click the button “Representative Election” in menu at the left of your
screen.
Please visit “Public Announcement of the 2024 JpGU Representative
Election” for more information.
Public Announcement of the 2024 JpGU Representative Election
*All dates and times are in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Election Administration Committee
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#3. Announcement on Call for Session Proposals for JpGU 2024 [from 02 Oct]
We will start accepting session proposals for the JpGU Meeting 2024
from 02 October.
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JpGU Meeting 2024 (Tentative Plan)
Date: Sun, 26 – Fri, 31 May 2024 *for 6 days
Meeting format: Hybrid (on-site + online)
On-site venue: Makuhari Messe Chiba, Japan
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[Key Dates (Subject to change)]
*Meeting website opens: Mon, 02 Oct 2023
*Session proposal period:
14:00 Mon, 02 Oct – 17:00 Wed, 01 Nov 2024 [JST]
We look forward to receiving many proposals from a wide range of
science fields.
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#4. Post 2023 Meeting Announcements
(1) On-demand webcast of Union sessions & events
On-demand webcast of some Union sessions and events are available
on the meeting participation site (Confit) for a limited time.
Look for “on demand webcasts” page in Confit.
[Meeting Participation Site (Confit)]
https://confit.atlas.jp/guide/event/jpgu2023/participant_login?redirectUrl=https://confit.atlas.jp/guide/event/jpgu2023/top&lang=en
♦ Now available contents
– Lunchtime special lectures
– Award Ceremony
– Union sessions:
U-01 [E] Inclusion in Earth and Planetary Science — SDGs and beyond —
U-07 [E] What is the true value of Knowledge Creation? Our perceptions
of science and society
(2) 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_e2023/for_researcher.php#about_certificates
Application deadline: 31 August 2023
(3) Release of the introduction webpage of OSPA winners
We have published the introduction of the 2023 Outstanding Student
Presentation Award winners on our website.
Please visit the following link to take a look of the page.
(4) Contact tool among conveners and presenters
The mailing list that was provided as a tool for communication between
conveners and presenters at the 2023 meeting will be closed on
31 August.
(5) Public Release of 2023 Meeting Participation Site (Confit)
The 2023 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 31 March 2024
After 01 April 2024, 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.
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#5. The Latest Issue of JGL (August 2023) has been published
The latest issue (Vol.19, No.3) of the Newsletter of the Japan
Geoscience Union (JGL) has been published.
The electronic version can be viewed at the following URL.
https://www.jpgu.org/en/publications/jgl/
The printing and mailing of JGL has been suspended due to the austerity
measures taken in response to the spread of the COVID-19. We apologize
for the inconvenience this may cause.
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#6. Early Career and Student Community Support Survey
Students and Early Career Professionals in the Geosciences: Take Our
Survey (open till 31 December 2023)
One of the Task teams of the Global Geoscience Societies, of which
JpGU is a voluntary member, is the “Support Early Career and Student
Communities (ECS)” Task Team and has garnered support from 13
geoscience societies in formulation of this survey (enter from QR
code/URL). It will take only 10 minutes to complete. This survey will
remain open through December 2023. The purpose is to help societies
understand the career aspirations or challenges for students and
early career professionals interested in Earth and Space Science.
Once the responses have been collected, they will be shared amongst
the global geosciences societies to help them develop programs,
resources, and tools to ensure ECS can be prepared or excel in
their profession. Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated.
* URL (QR code/survey form)
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#7. From Committees
(1) Educational Subcommittee for International Affairs
Announcement of Earth Science Week Japan
Earth Science Week is held annually in the U.S. and other parts of
the world to promote understanding of earth science among the general
public.
Earth Science Week Japan (ESWJ), the Japanese version of this event,
will be held for the sixth time this year.
This year, ESWJ will be held in Nagano City, Fujinokuni Museum of
Global Environmental History, and Shizuoka Science Museum Ru-Ku-Ru
from October 8 (Sun.) to November 5 (Sun.), 2023.
Oct. 8 (Sun.) – Nov. 5 (Sun.), 2023
Science Tea House Experiments and Hands-on Practice, Garage Exhibition
(Shizuoka Science Museum Ru-Ku-Ru)
Oct.14 (Sat.)
Let’s go on a trip to learn about the history of the earth: Walking
through the shopping street to discover fossils (Shizuoka Gofukumachi
Meitengai)
Oct.15 (Sun)
Field Trip “Shinshu used to be a sea! -Disaster Prevention Knowledge
from Topography-“ (Characteristics of the Nagano Basin and disaster
prevention (floods and landslides): guides: Tomotaka Tanabe, former
director of the Togakushi Geology and Fossil Museum, and others)
Oct. 22 (Sun.)
SDGs New World with Waseda University Students “Fresh Water!”
(Fujinokuni Museum of Global Environmental History, Shizuoka City)
Details will be posted on the website soon.
(2) Subcommittee for Google Workspace Administration,
Information Systems Committee
To: Google account administrators of JpGU Sections and
Committees
Starting from 17 August, we will reorganize the screen display of
Google Workspace account names assigned by JpGU to each Section/
Committee.
The account itself will remain the same, and the information required
to log in will also be the same.
However, the name that appears as the account name when logging in
may change in some cases.
Therefore, please be aware that after 17 Aug, the screen display
after logging in may change from the current one.
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#8. Information from PEPS
(1) PEPS Awarded Papers 2023
We are pleased to announce that the papers published on PEPS have
qualified for the PEPS Award 2023.
# PEPS Most downloaded Paper Award 2023
@ Michio Kawamiya et al.: Two decades of Earth system modeling with
an emphasis on Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate (MIROC).
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-020-00369-5
＠ Kaoru Tachiiri et al.: Identifying key processes and sectors in
the interaction between climate and socio-economic systems: a review
toward integrating Earth–human systems.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-021-00418-7
# The PEPS Most Cited Paper Award 2023
@ Tan Suet May Amelia et al.: Marine microplastics as vectors of
major ocean pollutants and its hazards to the marine ecosystem and
humans.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-020-00405-4
@ Kim-Anh Nguyen, Yuei-An Liou et al.: Soil salinity assessment by
using near-infrared channel and Vegetation Soil Salinity Index
derived from Landsat 8 OLI data: a case study in the Tra Vinh
Province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-019-0311-0
@ Yu Morishita: Nationwide urban ground deformation monitoring in
Japan using Sentinel-1 LiCSAR products and LiCSBAS.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-020-00402-7
(2) Latest Articles
The following articles were published.
@ Yuji Yagi et al.: Complex evolution of the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake
revealed by teleseismic body waves.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00565-z
@ Hinako Tsuda et al.: A macroscopic analysis of the demographic
impacts of flood inundation in Thailand (2005–2019).
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00569-9
@ Kyoko Okino et al.: Geophysical investigation of the Mado Megamullion
oceanic core complex: implications for the end of back-arc spreading.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00570-2
@ Shuhei Masuda et al.: Possible link between temperatures in the
seashore and open ocean waters of Peru identified by using new
seashore water data.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00571-1
@ Atsushi Okamoto et al.: Si- versus Mg-metasomatism at the crust–
mantle interface: Insights from experiments, natural observations
and geochemical modeling.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00568-w
@ Yasufumi Iryu et al: Geological history of the land area between
Okinawa Jima and Miyako Jima of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, and its
phylogeographical significance for the terrestrial organisms of
these and adjacent islands.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00567-x
@ Masayuki Nishi et al.: Effect of grain size on amorphization
mechanism and kinetics of bridgmanite in shocked meteorites.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00572-0
@ Peter Van Keken et al.: An introductory review of the thermal
structure of subduction zones: I—motivation and selected examples.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00573-z
@ Bunichiro Shibazaki: Progress in modeling the Tohoku-oki megathrust
earthquake cycle and associated crustal deformation processes.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00575-x
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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
(1) Event Information
*Events may be canceled or postponed due to COVID-19.
Please check the event website for the latest information.
ISAS Planetary Exploration Workshop 2023
Date: 28 – 30 Aug 2023
Venue: Hybrid (at X-NIHONBASHI TOWER and Zoom)
https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/researchers/info/003437.html
International Symposium on the Centennial of 1923 Kanto Earthquake
Date: 23 – 24 Oct 2023
Format: Hybrid (Online & Tokyo, Japan)
https://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/YOTIKYO/H31-R5/R5/symposiumKanto2023.html
The 7th Neutron and Muon School
Date: 18-22 Dec 2023
Format: Hybrid (Online & Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan)
https://conference-indico.kek.jp/event/221/
(2) Career Opportunity
Recruitment of JAMSTEC Young Research Fellow 2024
[Application deadline: 28 AUG 2023]
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/work_with_us/jobs/details/jyrf20230828/
Faculty Open Position of Applied Geoscience in Hiroshima University
[Application deadline: 31 AUG 2023]
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo/senshin
The University of Tokyo Faculty Position in Earth-life System Dynamics
[Application deadline: 11 SEPT 2023]
https://www.eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/The-University-of-Tokyo-Faculty-Position-in-Earth-life-System-Dynamics.pdf
Professor Position in the Research Section of Wind Engineering and Wind
Resistant Structures, DPRI-KU
[Application deadline: 22 SEPT 2023]
https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_en/19139/
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