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***Japan Geoscience Union Mailnews April Issue
No.379 10 Apr 2023***
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<< Contents >>
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| 1. Foreword by Yukihiro Takahashi, President of JpGU
| 2. JpGU 2023 Information [IMPORTANT]
| -> Please check the program
| -> Registration for Participation [Presenter’s deadline: Tue, 11 Apr]
| -> Guide for Presenters
| -> If you become unable to give a presentation
| -> Mailing list for Communication among Conveners/Session Chairs/Presenters
| -> Student Work Program (Part Time Job at the local venue)
| -> Rent of meeting rooms at the on-site venue
| -> Content of the Second “Online Meeting Tutorial and Q&A” Webinar
Session for JpGU 2023 is now available
| -> Event Information
| -> Key Dates
| 3. Call for Exhibitors at JpGU 2023
| 4. JpGU Fellows and the 5th Nishida Prize for Promotion of Geo- and
Planetary Science Awardees
| 5. Request for the 2023 Annual Due Payment [Important]
| 6. From Committees
| -> Committee for Diversity Management and Talent Pool
| 　-> Japan Earth Science Olympiad Committee
| 7. Information from PEPS
| -> Call for Papers: SPEPS
| -> PEPS paper awarded by The Seismological Society of Japan
| -> Latest Articles
| 8. From Science Council of Japan
| 9. What’s New
| -> Event Information
| -> Career Opportunity
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#1. Foreword by Yukihiro Takahashi, President of JpGU

Needless to say, Earth and planetary sciences are closely related
to human life in the past, present, and future. Tomorrow’s weather,
global warming, earthquakes and volcanic activity directly affect
our daily lives. Fluctuations in the ionosphere and upper atmosphere
may seem a bit far for the average person, but they actually affect
the accuracy of GPS and the function of satellites that protect our
lives. Changes in the structure of the Earth’s interior and atmosphere/
ocean over long periods of time are not unrelated to climate change.
Even the study of clouds on the surface of distant planets may provide
clues to the future of the Earth.
<段落変え＞ Despite these obvious facts, the general public may have the impression that Earth and planetary science research, while certainly interesting, is a bit out-of-this-real lives. However, I believe that researchers in the Earth and planetary sciences have firsthand experience of the fact that phenomena that at first glance appear to be unrelated often have a deep causal relationship with each other. If we only pursue visible crises and challenges, it will be difficult for humankind to acquire methods for survival. Engineering and medical science, which deal with relatively visible phenomena, are important for human survival, but if we focus only on these fields, it will be difficult to acquire sufficient knowledge for our descendants to survive for the next hundred or thousand years. <段落変え＞The SDGs that we are aware of today may be superficial and direct in a sense. Of course, there is no doubt that the waste and pollution in front of us is important. However, I feel that those of us who are in touch with earth and planetary science have a responsibility to communicate our diverse findings to society based on imaginative but observational facts about the deeper layers of the earth and planetary environment. <段落変え＞Until now, the importance of such basic scientific findings has been discussed along with the perspective of school education or some educational TV programs. Recently, the number of excellent scientific programs that can be enjoyed by the general public seems increasing. However, I feel that this is still not enough. The gap between "pure science" and "useful science and technology" does not seem to have narrowed. We must not only convey to the general public the pure joy of knowing and researching, but also properly communicate to society the fact that such knowledge will be relevant to the human society of tomorrow. By the way, the activities of academic societies, which form part of our research, have been supported mainly by membership/participation fees collected from individual researchers' private or public research funds. In a sense, it is natural for us to bear the burden of our own activities. <段落変え＞On the other hand, I believe that properly communicating that our research contributes to society and humankind, and receiving direct support not only through the government in the form of taxes, but also directly from companies and the general public, will have great significance beyond simply obtaining funds for our activities. JpGU is currently developing a framework for this purpose, and plans to make an appeal to private sectors in the near future. Your understanding and cooperation in these activities would be greatly appreciated. -------------------------------------------------------------------- #2. JpGU 2023 Information [IMPORTANT] (1) Please check the program The Meeting Program is available from below. https://confit.atlas.jp/guide/event/jpgu2023/top?lang=en All the presenters are requested to confirm your own presentation schedule (date, time, and room) in the notification of acceptance and the Meeting Program. * Abstracts PDF will be released on Friday, 12 May. (2) Registration for Participation [Presenter’s deadline: Tue, 11 Apr] Meeting registration is a separate procedure required to attend the meeting. There is no distinction between online and on-site registration. You can participate both online and on-site by making a single meeting registration. The registration period for presenters is shorter than other participants for setting up the presenter's functions. We appreciate your cooperation in this matter. - Presenters' registration deadline: 23:59 Tue, 11 April [JST] * Even if you plan to present on-site, please make sure that you register by 11 April. If you are not registered by the above date, the presenter functions of Confit (e.g., uploading additional materials) will not be made available. Please be aware of this. - All Participants (not presenters) registration deadline: 23:59 Thu, 11 May [JST] Log in will be required to access the JpGU 2023 meeting portal site (Confit) and to view the contents from 12 May. If you have registered by 11 May, you will be able to log in to the portal site from 12 May. Log in screen will not appear before 12 May. Please be noted that those who register on and after 12 May will only be able to log in at 9:00 JST on the next day of your registration (excluding weekends and holidays). Your meeting registration does not immediately enable you to connect to the portal site for log in; please kindly note this time gap. * Submission fee and registration fee are different. Meeting participation requires registration fee payment. [To register] Login to members’ site, https://www.jpgu-member.org/jpgu/en/ Click the “Meeting Registration” tab on the “JpGU Meeting” menu on the left side. [Registration fee] Please refer to the following URL for registration fee. https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2023/about.php#registration_fee * Please note that once the registration fee has been paid, it cannot be canceled. [Public participation] Attending only the Public (open to general public) sessions is free of charge. Registration for Public Sessions should be made from a separate system. Details will be announced later on our meeting website. [Student participation] Undergraduate students and below may attend all the sessions with no fees (It is required, however, to register and upload your student ID. The deadline for undergrads is 23:59 Fri, 19 May [JST]. (3) Guide for Presenters ********************************************************************* If you are planning to give a presentation, please be sure to check the "For Presenters" page on the meeting website. https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2023/for_presenter.php ********************************************************************* Below are the key notes regarding the presentation. [Prerequisite for approval as a formal presentation] - Oral presentations: The presenter must make a live presentation during the oral session. Any presentation format (on-site or online) is acceptable. Presentation with the pre-recorded video is also acceptable. - Poster presentations: All poster presenters are required to post their presentation materials in the online platform "Confit" regardless of the type of participation (on-site or online). Flash talks in oral sessions are not required, but are strongly encouraged unless there are unavoidable circumstances. We encourage the use of "Online Poster Session" and "On-site Poster Session," which are optional. Please refer to the following link for details on the prerequisite for approval as a formal presentation. https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2023/presentation.php#condition [On-site presentation] - Oral presentations: To avoid cameras and mics connection and settings problems, we will provide a Windows computer at the on-site venue. Please refrain from connecting your own PC. - Poster presentations: We will provide poster boards at the on-site venue for all poster presenters. The size of the poster board is 180 cm (width) by 90 cm (height) in horizontal view. The poster venue can be used all day even outside the core time (PM3). We are planning to provide an on-site poster display service for those poster presenters who are unable to attend on-site. We encourage that the poster presenters who plan to participate online consider using this service to gain exposure to a large number of participants. Flash Talks during the Oral Slot 15 minutes of each 90-minute oral session slot will be allocated for flash talk time of the poster presentations. The order and duration of each flash talk will be determined by the chairperson or the conveners. For communication with the conveners, please use the mailing list, which will be provided at a later date. The flash talks are not a prerequisite for approval as a formal presentation, but are encouraged unless there are unavoidable circumstances that flash talk cannot be given. [Online presentations] - Oral presentations: Zoom is to be used as the online platform. The Zoom link will be provided on the timetable on the Confit. *Meeting registration is required to log in to Confit on and after 12 May. - Poster presentations Zoom is to be used as the online platform. The Zoom link will be provided on the timetable on the Confit. *Meeting registration is required to log in to Confit on and after 12 May. The following two types of presentations are available for online presentation. (a) Flash Talks during the Oral Slot 15 minutes of each 90-minute oral session slot will be allocated for flash talk time of the poster presentations. The order and duration of each flash talk will be determined by the chairperson or the conveners. For communication with the conveners, please use the mailing list, which will be provided at a later date. The flash talks are not a prerequisite for approval as a formal presentation, but are encouraged unless there are unavoidable circumstances that flash talk cannot be given. (b) Online poster session Each poster presenter is provided a Zoom Breakout Room to discuss with other participants in the Online Poster Session. The Zoom link will be provided on the timetable on Confit. [Upload of presentation materials] - Oral presentations: The uploading of presentation materials is optional. In addition to the slides to be used in your presentation, you can upload additional presentation materials to the meeting participation site (Confit) in the form of "on-demand video", "additional materials", or both. - Poster presentations: At least one upload is required for a presentation to be formally accepted. You can upload your presentation materials as "e-poster", "on-demand video," or "additional materials" to the meeting participation site (Confit), but we recommend that you upload either “e-poster” or "on-demand video" (or both) as your presentation materials as much as possible. Please check this the following link for information on how to upload each file and file restrictions. https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2023/for_presenter.php#confit_upload [e-poster] File format and data size: JPG, JPEG, PNG [within 10MB×100 files] Link to upload e-posters will be sent on 20 April to the contributors who have completed the meeting registration by 11 April. There is no deadline for uploading but we encourage that you upload your e-poster at least three days before the meeting so that it can be viewed by many people. You can re-upload your e-poster at any time. Your e-poster will be made available for viewing to meeting participants on 12 May. [On-demand video] You may optionally upload an on-demand video. File format and data size: one file in a format of MP4, MOV, WMV, AVI [up to 250MB] Your video will be made available for viewing to meeting participants on 12 May. Those who wish to upload the on-demand video should apply using the following form by 11 April. We will send the link to upload the video on 20 April to those who completed the registration and applied by 11 April. You can re-upload your video at any time. If you have multiple presentations, please send a separate application to each presentation. [Application form to request the usage of on-demand video] https://forms.gle/yv6S1iMShBYgPKVa6 [Additional supporting materials] File format and data size: Up to 10 files in PDF, JPEG, JPG, PNG，or GIF [Up to 10MB/ file] and videos We cannot restrict downloads or copies. Uploads will become available on 12 May. *Videos should be pre-uploaded in YouTube, etc. *You can freely upload your files after 12 May by logging in to Confit. There is no deadline to using this function. (4) If you become unable to give a presentation If the presenter becomes unable to give a presentation due to unavoidable circumstances after the abstract is submitted, the original presenter may designate one of the co-authors to substitute your presentation if all of the following conditions on the link below are met. https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2023/presentation.php#cancellation If the presenter becomes unable to give a presentation due to unavoidable circumstances, the original presenter should contact the session convener directly to inform of the situation and request a presentation cancellation. Please note that the secretariat will not be able to respond to any direct contact by e-mail, etc. (5) Mailing list for Communication among Conveners/Session Chairs/Presenters Mailing lists are provided to allow the contacts between conveners/ chairpersons and session presenters. (a) Mailing list for communication from conveners and chairpersons to presenters This mailing list is for conveners and chairpersons to contact session presenters with information and announcements. [Email address of the mailing list] jpgu2023_"Session ID (lowercase, no hyphen)"@jpgu.org * Insert your own session ID. Ex. U-01 session address is jpgu2023_u01@jpgu.org If you receive an email from this address, please respond and cooperate. (b) Mailing list for communication from presenters to conveners and chairpersons and/ or between conveners and chairpersons For individual contact from presenters to the conveners, please use the conveners/chairpersons' mailing lists for each session. [Email address of the mailing list] jpgu2023_"Session ID (lowercase, no hyphen)"_conv.chair@jpgu.org * Insert your own session ID. Ex. U-01 session address is jpgu2023_u01_conv.chair@jpgu.org (6) Student Work Program (Part Time Job at the local venue) JpGU will start calling for part time student workers during the meeting in the local venue, Makuhari Messe, Chiba. Details are to be announced in the Mailnews as soon as they are finalized. Application is planned to be open in April. (7) Rent of meeting rooms at the on-site venue Meeting rooms are available for rent at the local venue. The application method and start date are available at https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_j2023/businessmeetings.php (Information in Japanese) (8) Content of the Second "Online Meeting Tutorial and Q&A" Webinar Session for JpGU 2023 is now available The second Online Meeting Tutorial and Q&A" Webinar Session for JpGU 2023 was held on 06 April. The recording and slides are archived at the following link. https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2023/news/news20230406_04.html The slides are available in English. We will share the answers of the questions received in the webinar session in the Q&A page as soon as they are ready. (9) Event Information Many events are to be held at JpGU 2023. [Event list (Tentative)] *Lunch time special lectures *Awards ceremony *JpGU Super Lessons *JpGU Talk Studio *Field Trips *GeoFut *NASA-JAXA Hyper Wall *Quiz Rally *Exhibitor Pop-up etc. Details are to be posted in the meeting website as soon as they are ready. (10) Key Dates Tue, 11 Apr ------> PRESENTERS deadline for registration
——> Deadline for the On-demand video use request
Thu, 20 Apr ——> e-poster and on-demand video upload start
Fri, 12 May ——–> Abstract PDF release

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#3. Call for Exhibitors at JpGU 2023

This year, 2023, Exhibition will be held as a hybrid of on-site and
online the same as the JpGU 2022 Meeting.
We sincerely look forward to receiving your application to exhibit.

[Exhibition]
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2023/exhibition/for_exhibitors_howto.php

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#4. JpGU Fellows and the 5th Nishida Prize for Promotion of
Geo- and Planetary Science Awardees

JpGU announces new JpGU Fellows and the 5th Nishida Prize for
Promotion of Geo- and Planetary Science Awardees.

For further details, visit our website.
Award ceremonies are to be held during JpGU 2023 Meeting.
We’re waiting for your participation.

*2023 JpGU Fellows (Alphabetical order / titles omitted)
Gaku Kimura, Makoto Taniguchi, Toshitaka Tsuda, Dapeng Zhao

For further details,
https://www.jpgu.org/en/jpgufellow/

*The 5th Nishida Prize for Promotion of Geo- and Planetary Science Awardee
(Alphabetical order / Titles omitted)
Luca Caricchi, Yukiko Imada, Shingo Kameda, Yoshio Kono
Junichiro Kuroda, Tatsu Kuwatani, Yasuhiro Oba, Asami Sano-Furukawa
Takeshi Tamura, Youhei Yamashita

For further details,
https://www.jpgu.org/en/nishidaprize/

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#5. Request for the 2023 Annual Due Payment [Important]

We kindly request JpGU members to pay the 2023 annual due.

The 2023 membership year (fiscal year) is from 01 April 2023 to
31 March 2024.

[Important Note]
-The annual due must be paid in order to register for the meeting.

[To Log in and Pay]
https://www.jpgu-member.org/jpgu/en/
*Membership Subscription

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#6. From Committees

(1) Committee for Diversity Management and Talent Pool

– The Career Explorer (CE) Logo launched
JpGU has created “The Career Explorer Logo (CE Logo)” that allows
members who are currently seeking employment to indicate this in each of their
presentations. Those who wish to use the logo may place it on their
JpGU Meeting presentation proceedings and in their presentation
materials including posters. The introduction of this logo will support
the development of career paths for a variety of members, including
students, fixed-term researchers, and those seeking to change jobs
or rehire.

* Please apply for use if you so wish.
Application period: 24 March – 14 April 2023 * After the presentation
number is determined.
https://forms.gle/Pd54HvGH1iHcCYK38

– JpGU2023 Nursery in the vicinity
Childcare on-site is not available for 2023.
There are nurseries in the vicinity as follows.
Please refer to last year’s guidelines for reference.
https://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2022/files/childcare.pdf

1) Kinjyo-no-obasanchi
This company held the on-site childcare room in 2019.
(https://kinjoba.com/ )
language: Japanese and English
2) Little Garden International Makuhari
(https://littlegarden-inter.com/center/makuhari/)
language: English
3) EAON Yume-Mirai
(https://makuharishintoshin-aeonmall.com/special/lists/nurseryschool)
language: Japanese

– Questionnaire on local childcare at JpGU2023

At the 2023 convention, we will subsidize the cost of privately
arranged childcare services, as we did last year. In conjunction
with this, we will survey to determine if the reason for the low
number of users last year was due to the Corona disaster or if
there were not enough applicants to use the service in the first
place and to determine this year’s needs.

Survey period:
February 28 (Monday) to April 30 (Sunday), 2023

* Please answer on the assumption that the current situation
(under COVID-19) will continue.
* Responses will be tabulated anonymously.

Link to the survey
https://forms.gle/GNNMG4F1H1oo3wZk8
(Sorry, Japanese only)

We appreciate your cooperation.

(2) Japan Earth Science Olympiad Committee

The 15th Japan Earth Science Olympiad was held in Tsukuba City,
Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, on 12-14 March.

Four candidates were selected as the contestants of the 15h
International Science Olympiad.
Details: http://jeso.jp/

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#7. Information from PEPS

(1) Call for Papers : SPEPS
The submission for a new SPEPS (Special call for excellent papers
on hot topics) series has been opened.
“Past variability of Asian monsoon and its influence on surrounding
regions on various timescales”
(Submission deadline: 31 December 2023)
For more information, please check the SPEPS website at:
https://www.springeropen.com/collections/PvAm
http://progearthplanetsci.org/index.html#modal

(2) PEPS paper awarded by The Seismological Society of Japan
The following PEPS article won the Best Paper Award 2022 of the
Seismological Society of Japan.

@ Ayumu Miyakawa, Atsushi Noda & Hiroaki Koge
Evolution of the geological structure and mechanical properties due
to the collision of multiple basement topographic highs in a forearc
accretionary wedge: insights from numerical simulations.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-021-00461-4

(3) Latest Articles
The following articles were published.

@Nobuhiro Moteki (The 4th JpGU Nishida Prize Winner)
Climate-relevant properties of black carbon aerosols revealed by in
situ measurements: a review.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00544-4

@Yuji Kato, Yuki Morono, Akira Ijiri, Takeshi Terada, Minoru Ikehara
A simple method for taxon-specific purification of diatom frustules
from ocean sediments using a cell sorter.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00543-5

@Toshiya Kanamatsu, Ken Ikehara, Kan-Hsi Hsiung
Submarine paleoseismology in the Japan Trench of northeastern Japan:
turbidite stratigraphy and sedimentology using paleomagnetic and rock
magnetic analyses.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00545-3

@Amin Mahdavi-Meymand, Wojciech Sulisz
Development of particle swarm clustered optimization method for
applications in applied sciences.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00550-6

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#8. 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.

日本学術会議

(Available in Japanese)

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#9. 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.

2023 Asia-Pacific Regional IAU Meeting (APRIM 2023)
Date: 7-11 Aug 2023
Venue: BIG PALETTE FUKUSHIMA in Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan (Hybrid)
The deadline for abstract submission is approaching, please see the
website for more information.

HOME

(2) Career Opportunity

Recruitment of one position as a Postdoctoral Researcher or Project
Engineer(II) / Project Engineer(III)
[Application deadline: 23 APR 2023]
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/work_with_us/jobs/details/srrc20230423/

Assistant professor (Solid Earth Physics)
[Application deadline: 26 APR 2023]
https://www.jinjika.jim.titech.ac.jp/jobposting/koubo20230301-sci_en.pdf

Application for the 1st Round of Open Recruitment 2023
[Application deadline: 09 MAY 2023]
https://www.aist.go.jp/aist_e/humanres/type_b.html

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor (Tenure-track system),
Department of Solar System Sciences, ISAS/JAXA
[Application deadline: 15 MAY 2023]
https://global.jaxa.jp/about/employ/pdf/edu_2023_0302.pdf

Post-doctoral research position at Geodynamics Research Center,
Ehime University
[Application deadline: 16 MAY 2023]

HOME

Announcement for Postdoctoral Researcher position: Atmosphere and
Ocean Research Institute (AORI),The University of Tokyo
[Application deadline: 19 MAY 2023]
https://www.aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english/recruit/20230519.html

Assistant Professor (Volocanology and related fields)
[Application deadline: 31 MAY 2023]
https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=1&ln=1&id=D123040089&ln_jor=1

Global Environmenal Science Professor or Assoc. Professor post
[Application deadline: 30 JUN 2023]
https://www.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp

Planetary Environmental Science professor or assoc. professor post
[Application deadline: 30 JUN 2023]
https://www.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp

Faculty Position: One Professor or One Associate Professor
[Application deadline: 30 JUN 2023]
https://www.riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp/publicity/jobs/koubo_20230322_rec_e.pdf

Hokkaido University Position Open: Assistant Professor
[Application deadline: 30 JUN 2023]

Position Open: Assistant Professor　Location: Sapporo, Japan

Associate professor or Lecturer at Hokkaido University
(Seismology and related fields)
[Application deadline: 30 JUN 2023]
https://www.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/grp/dyna-admin/geodynamics/en/koubo/koubo20230331E.pdf

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