Commissioner

Space Activities Commission

2-1 Kasumigaseki 2 Chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-13

TEL: (03) 3581-1559
FAX: (03) 3503-2570
EMAIL: rakida@sta.ge.jp

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English (with interpreter), Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  engineering; modern science and technology; research and development; technology competition and cooperation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Visiting Commissioner of SAC, 1997-98; Professor, Hokkaido Institute of Technology, 1996-98; Director-General, Institute of Space and Astronomical Science, 1992-96; Visiting Director, National Space Development Agency, 1991-92; Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Director of Kagoshima Space and Aeronautical Center, Director of Space Propulsion, Deputy Director-General, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, University of Tokyo, 1960-92.

IN US: repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

"Chapter 6," Aerospace Engineering Handbook (co-author) (Maruzen, 1992); JSME Mechanical Engineer's Handbook 1987 (co-author) (Maruzen, 1987); New Science Age 22 (Iwanami Shoten, 1986).