Report of Tokyo Node
Millennium Project
The Planning Committee Meeting
July 30 & 31, 2004
Washington DC, USA
Shinji Matsumoto
Chair, Tkokyo Node
JSFS/CSP Japan
TOPICS
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Death of Prof. Mitsuko SAITO-Fukunaga
 Japanese Translation of the Executive
Summery of “ 2003 State of the Future ”
 Contribution to the MP Surveys
 Plan of This Year
 The 8th Science and Technology Foresight
by NISTEP
 Symposium “ Lunar Exploration “
Mitsuko SAITO-Fukunaga
Passed away on Feb. 27, 2004
 79 years old
 Professor Emeritus, International
Christian University
 Executive Director, Japan Society for
Future Studies
 Supporter of Tokyo Node
 Many Futurist Friends
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Japanese Translation of the Executive
Summery of “ 2003 State of the Future
Ms. Naoko Hosokawa, who was an
intern of AC/UNU, translated
 Delivered to JSFS members and Tokyo
Node members
 Need more discussions to get better
Japanese
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Contribution to the MP Surveys
Global Challenges Round 1
 Global Challenges Round 2
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Questionnaires were translated by Ms. Keiko Tanabe
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Middle East Scenarios
3 scenarios were translated by Ms. Keiko Tanabe
Plan of This Year
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Contribution to the Surveys in the
Millennium Project
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3rd Workshop of “Robotics for the new
Millennium”
Symposium on
“New Possibility of Space Development
Opened Up by Lunar Exploration and
Japan’s Choice”
1. Date:January 23 (Fri), 2004
 2. Venue:Keidanren Hall, Keidanren
Kaikan, Tokyo
 3. Organizer: Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency (JAXA)
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Agenda
Report from USA, EU, China, India
 Japanese Plan about Lunar Exploration
 Panel Discussion, “Why back to the
moon again? - Japan’s choice? -”
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Construction Scenario of
Lunar Base
Phase 1(2015) Unmanned Precursor
Mission
 Phase 2(2020) 4 Crews, 45 Days Stay,
Oxygen, Helium3 Pilot Plant
 Phase 3(2025) 5 Crews, 90 Days Stay
 Phase 4(2030) 8 Crews, 180 Days Stay,
Oxygen, Helim3 Plant Full Operation
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The 8th Science and Technology Foresight
Survey
-Study on Rapidly-Developing Area
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Organizer: National Institute of Science and
Technology Policy (NISTEP)
http://www.nistep.go.jp
The 8th Survey will be carried out in 2006
http://www.nistep.go.jp/index-j.html
Two year preliminary Study in 2003-04
Selected 51 Important Science Areas
Published the Interim Report in June, 2004