1. Radio Astronomy in Japan
INOUE, Makoto
井上　允
Space VLBI Project Office
NAOJ

2. Observatories in Japan
Several Radio Observatories in NAOJ
Nobeyama Radio Observatory
45-m millimeter telescope ( GHz)
Nobeyama mm Array (5 x 10 m; GHz)
Nobeyama Solar Radio Observatory
Nobeyama Radio Heliograph (84 x 80 cm; 17 & 34 GHz)
VERA Observatory
VLBI Array for Astrometry (4 x 20 m, dual beam; S & X bands, 22 & 43 GHz)
Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE) with Universities in Chile

3. Radio Telescopes at NRO

5. Observatories in Japan (cont’d)
Observatories/Facilities
Mt. Fuji Submillimeter telescope
Run by Univ. of Tokyo, 1.2 m, GHz
NANTEN at Las Campanas, Chile
Run by Nagoya Univ., 4 m, CO at 115 GHz
Array at Nasu
Run by Waseda Univ., 5 x 20 m spherical, 1.4 GHz
34-m telescope at Kashima (CRL)
S & X, 22 GHz
32-m telescope of Geographical Survey Institute (GSI)
64-m antenna/telescope of ISAS
S & X, 5, 22 GHz
8-m in space; VLBI Space Observatory Program (VSOP)

6. ALMA
We have the budget since this FY, and are about to participate in US-European ALMA
We will have 4 x 12 m, and 12 x 6 m to the basic ALMA of 64 x 12 m
Radio Astronomy group in Taiwan is planning to join in the Japanese group

7. ALMA Artist’s Impression
Most Compact configuration. Baseline extendible up to 14 km

8. Japanese VLBI Stations at 22 & 43 GHz
苫小牧
水沢（２台）
野辺山 山口 鹿島 岐阜 入来
鹿児島
小笠原
石垣島

9. KVN-VERA Network 水沢
KVN
VERA 入来
小笠原
石垣島
Operational at 22 and 43 GHz

10. VLBI Collaborations VERA + KVN collaboration
mm VLBI experiments between Nobeyama, Daeduk, and Delingha
VSOP-2 ground counterpart
Discussion to form a VLBI consortium, and a data center in the East-Asia region

11. Issues to think about @East Asia mm-VLBI WS at Shanghai, Nov. 2003
How many observations?
Organization/Coordination
Exchange of information
Exchange of staff/students
Correlator(s)