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Research Promotion Committee

|------------------Executive Committee------------------|

Research leader: Dr. K. Uto (GSJ)

1st Research Group	2nd Research Group	3rd Research Group
Volcanic structure and eruption mechanism	Conduit drilling plan	Eruption history (sample analysis)
Chaired by H. Hoshizumi (GJS)	Chaired by S. Nakada (U. Tokyo)	Chaired by K. Uto (GSJ)

(Executive Committee includes chair persons and lead members of research groups)

Research Promoiton Committee

**H. Hamaguchi (Professor, Grad. School of Science, Tohoku University)
T. Urabe (Chief Researcher, Geological Survey of Japan)
I. Kaneoka (Professor, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo)
K. Takemura (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto Univeristy)
T. Tanaka (Sub-chief researcher, Japan Marine Science and Technology)
J. Hirabayashi (Professor, Kusatsu-Shirane Volcano Observatory, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
*R. Ikeda (Laboratory Chief, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention)
*K. Uto (Section Chief, Geological Survey of Japan)
*S. Sakuma (Manager, Japan Metal and Chemistry Co. Ltd)
*H. Shimizu (Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University)
*M. Churei (Laboratory Chief, Meteorological Research Institute)
*S. Nakada (Professor, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo)

(** chairman, * in charge of specific project)