Future Plan of NAOJ

List of LOIs (FY2024)

Name of research project
Representative (affiliation)
1
Square Kilometre Array Phase 1 Akahori, Takuya (NAOJ/Mizusawa VLBI Observatory(SKA1 Subproject))
2
Advanced R&D hub for future GW detectors with TAMA300 Aso, Yoichi (NAOJ/Gravitational Wave Science Project)
3
Optical and Infrared Synergetic Telescopes for Education and Research (OISTER) Ohta, Kouji (Kyoto University)
4
Japanese VLBI Network (JVN) Fujisawa, Kenta (Yamaguchi University)
5
Promoting gravitational wave astronomy with the gravitational wave telescope, KAGRA Tomaru, Takayuki (NAOJ/Gravitational Wave Science Project)
6
Third generation gravitational wave telescope (3G) Tomaru, Takayuki (NAOJ/Gravitational Wave Science Project)
7
Ultra-Doppler: Ultra High Precision Radial Velocity Instrument for Nearby Solar Twins Search Tamura, Motohide (Univ. Tokyo, NINS/Astrobiology Center, NAOJ/Subaru Telescope)
8
Developing Far-Infrared Astronomy with PRIMA Inami, Hanae (Hiroshima University)  *Withdrawn on Jan 28, 2025
9
The next generation Very Large Array (ngVLA): planning towards a Japanese contribution Izumi, Takuma (NAOJ/ngVLA Study Group・ALMA Project)
10
Research Center for Dark Universe Cosmology Kohri, Kazunori (NAOJ/Division of Science)
11
Establishment of a base for international residential research workshops and schools for astronomy and astrophysics Kohri, Kazunori (NAOJ/Division of Science)
12
The LAPYUTA (Life-environmentology, Astronomy, and PlanetarY Ultraviolet Telescope Assembly) mission Tsuchiya,Fuminori (Tohoku University)
13
The Thirty Meter Telescope TMT Usuda, Tomonori (NAOJ/TMT Project)
14
Exploring the Chemodynamical Evolution of the Milky Way and the Local Group through Wide and Deep Stellar Surveys Ishigaki, Miho (NAOJ/Subaru Telescope)
15
Galaxy Formation Research Hub: Advancing Galaxy Formation Studies through Projects and Interdisciplinary Research Ouchi, Masami (NAOJ/Division of Science)
16
SILVIA: In-Orbit Demonstration of Ultra-Precision Formation Flying Izumi, Kiwamu (JAXA/ISAS)
17
Participation in the NASA Habitable Worlds Observatory Sumi, Takahiro (Osaka University)
18
Exoplanet Research Hub Ikoma, Masahiro (NAOJ/Division of Science)
19
Revealing the evolution from star and planet forming regions to planetary systems with radio and infrared observations x theory Nomura, Hideko (NAOJ/Division of Science)
20
Study of the formation of astronomical objects and structures using wide-area/wide-band observations with the Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE) Kohno, Kotaro (The University of Tokyo)
21
ALMA2: Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in Exploration of the Origins of the Universe and Life Fukagawa, Misato & Iguchi, Satoru (NAOJ/ALMA Project)
22
From Subaru and beyond : Subaru 3 Miyazaki, Satoshi (NAOJ/Subaru Telescope)
23
Center for multi-messenger astronomy Tominaga, Nozomu (NAOJ/Division of Science)
24
Exploring the Universe by the Next-Generation Simulations Kokubo, Eiichiro (NAOJ/Center for Computational Astrophysics)
25
Elucidating formation and evolution of celestial bodies using far-infrared and terahertz interferometers Matsuo, Hiroshi (NAOJ/Advanced Technology Center)
26
JASMINE: Japan Astrometry/photometry Satellite Mission for INfrared Exploration Kano, Ryohei (NAOJ/JASMINE Project)
27
Building the group for the Wide-Field Science Initiative Utsumi, Yousuke(NAOJ/NAOJ Chile), Furusawa, Hisanori (NAOJ/Astronomy Data Center)    *Revised Jan 31, 2025
28
Characterization of exoplanets by synergy with space and ground-based telescopes Kotani, Takayuki (NINS/Astrobiology Center, NAOJ/Subaru Telescope)
29
Astronomy with Ultra-Precise Spectroscopic Observations Sato, Bunei (Institute of Science Tokyo)
30
Study of the formation of astronomical objects and structures through the promotion of the LST/AtLAST project and multi-dimensional submillimeter survey observations Kohno, Kotaro (The University of Tokyo)
31
Exoplanet Imaging and Characterization with Subaru SCExAO and TMT-PSI Guyon, Olivier (NAOJ/Subaru Telescope)
32
Okayama Telescope Cluster: A Hub for Time-Domain Astronomy and Global Collaboration Tajitsu, Akito (NAOJ/Subaru Telescope(Okayama Branch))
33
Nobeyama 45-m telescope: experimental field for next-generation technologies and astronomy with large-aperture millimeter-wave telescope Nishimura, Atsushi (NAOJ/Nobeyama Radio Observatory)
34
GREX-PLUS: Galaxy Reionization EXplorer and PLanetary Universe Spectrometer Inoue, Akio (Waseda University)
35
Lunar meter-wave telescope (TSUKUYOMI) Iguchi, Satoru (NAOJ/ALMA Project, NAOJ/Advanced Technology Center(Lunar Observatory Study Team))
36
Antarctica 30-m Terahertz Telescope Project Kuno, Nario (University of Tsukuba)
37
Solar flare X-ray focusing imaging spectroscopy Narukage, Noriyuki (NAOJ/Solar Science Observatory)
38
The SOLAR-C Mission: a satellite mission for a high-throughput EUV Imaging Spectroscopy of the Sun Shimizu, Toshifumi (JAXA/ISAS)
39
Large Space Optical Infrared Telescope Matsuda, Yuichi (NAOJ/ALMA Project)
40
Continuous observations of solar activity: HINODE, Mitaka ground-based telescopes, and build-up for future observations Katsukawa, Yukio (NAOJ/Solar Science Observatory)
41
Radio astronomy with ultra-high angular resolution using EAVN and beyond Honma, Mareki (NAOJ/Mizusawa VLBI Observatory)
42
An extension of planetary geodesy side by side with Solar System small body explorations: MMX and Hayabusa2# Matsumoto, Koji (NAOJ/RISE Project)
43
Subaru HSC-MB + PFS Survey: Exploring large-scale structure at high redshifts Miyatake, Hironao (Nagoya University)

(Listed in order of receipt; updated January 28, 2025)