Organization Overview

Name

Inter-University Research Institute Corporation, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

Established

July 1, 1988

Address of the Head Office

2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan

President

Mamoru Doi

Organization

Organization Chart / Projects

Budget

12,367,177,000 JPY (FY 2025)

Number of Staff Members

519 (as of April 1, 2025) / Research and Academic Staff List

Board Members (as of April 1, 2024)

• Director General: Mamoru Doi
• Vice-Director General (on General Affairs): Michitoshi Yoshida
• Vice-Director General (on Finance): Masao Saito
• Director of Engineering: Yoshinori Uzawa
• Director of Research Coordination: Masahiro Ikoma
• Executive Advisors to the Director General: Seiichi Sakamoto, Mareki Honma, Kentaro Motohara, Ryoko Ishikawa

11th Advisory Committee for Research and Management of NAOJ (Term of Office: April 1, 2024 – March 31, 2026)

External Committee Members

• Tomoko Arai (Director of Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology)
• Kazuyuki Omukai (Professor at the Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)
• Satoshi Kuriki (Professor at Department of Fundamental Statistical Mathematics, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics)
• Kotaro Kohno (Director of Institute of Astronomy, The University of Tokyo)
• Tadayuki Kodama (Professor at the Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)
• Kaori Kobayashi (Professor at Graduate School of Science and Engineering, University of Toyama)
• Takahiro Sumi (Professor at Graduate School of Science, Osaka University)
• Hideyuki Tagoshi (Professor at Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo)
• Toru Yamada (Professor at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA)
• Takaaki Yokoyama (Professor at Astronomical Observatory, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
• Yoshinori Yonekura (Professor at Center for Astronomy, Ibaraki University)

Internal Committee Members

• Masahiro Ikoma (Director of Research Coordination)
• Yoshinori Uzawa (Director of Engineering)
• Tomonori Usuda (Director of NAOJ TMT project)
• Masao Saito (Vice-Director General (on Finance))
• Hideko Nomura (Professor at Division of Science)
• Misato Fukagawa (Professor at NAOJ ALMA Project)
• Mareki Honma (Director of Mizusawa VLBI Observatory)
• Satoshi Miyazaki (Director of Subaru Telescope)
• Michitoshi Yoshida (Vice-Director General (on General Affairs))
• Junichi Watanabe (Project Professor at Public Relations Center)