Press Release
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

April 1, 2005
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

` Director-General of FRCGC has changed `

Dr. Taroh Matsuno stepped down as Director-General of Frontier Research Center for Global Change (FRCGC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) on 31 March 2005, and Dr. Tatsushi Tokioka, Program Director of Global Warming Research Program has taken over his position as of 1 April 2005.


As the founding Director-General of Frontier Research System for Global Change (FRSGC), Dr. Matsuno, predecessor Director-General led the establishment of present system of FRCGC for about 7 years since October 1997.


Dr. Tokioka, new Director-General has a lot of excellent research performances including the developing Global Circulation Model (GCM) and is highly appreciated for his international contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In addition, as a program director, he also joins the research to complete the calculation of global warming prediction till 2100 using Earth Simulator in JAMSTEC. His experiences will help to enhance research collaborations with other institutes under the present system established by Dr. Matasuno, predecessor Director-General.

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Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology


Ms. Hori
Frontier Research Center for Global Change
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Mr. Takahashi, Mr. Gochou
Public Relations Division, Administration Department
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