Projects | SATREPS (Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development)

Environment/Energy (Climate change)
Environment/Energy (Low carbon society)
Environment/Energy (Global‐scale environmental issues)
Bioresources
Natural Disaster Prevention
Infectious Disease Control

Environment/Energy (Climate change)

2013	There is no research adopted at current year.

2012	There is no research adopted at current year.

2011	There is no research adopted at current year.

2010	There is no research adopted at current year.

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
Carbon Dynamics of Amazonian Forests	Research Coordinator, Dr. ISHIZUKA Moriyoshi	Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute	Brazil	Fos
Study on Impact of Glacial Retreat on Water Resource Availability for Cities of La Paz and El Alto	Prof. TANAKA Hitoshi	Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University	Bolivia	Fos
Prediction of Climate Variations and its Application in the Southern African Region Terminated Projects (of its research period)	Head of Laboratory, Dr. YAMAGATA Toshio	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)	South Africa	Fos
Climate Variability Study and Societal Application through Indonesia - Japan "Maritime Continent COE" - Radar-Buoy Network Optimization for Rainfall Prediction	Dr. YAMANAKA Manabu	Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)	Indonesia	Fos

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
Wild Fire and Carbon Management in Peat-forest in Indonesia	Prof. OSAKI Mitsuru	Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University	Indonesia	Fos
Integrated Study Project on Hydro-Meteorological Prediction and Adaptation to Climate Change in Thailand (IMPAC-T)	Prof. OKI Taikan	Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo	Thailand	Fos
Eco-technological Management of Tuvalu against Sea Level Rise	Prof. KAYANNE Hajime	Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo	Tuvalu	Fos
Research on Ethanol Production from Sugarcane Wastes	Director, Dr. SAKANISHI Kinya	Biomass Technology Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	Brazil	Fos

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Environment/Energy (Low carbon society)

2013	Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
2013	Project for Development of a Model System for Fluidized Bed Catalytic Gasification of Biomass Wastes and Following Liquid Fuel Production in Indonesia	Associate Professor NODA Reiji	Faculty of Science and Technology, Gunma University	Indonesia	-

2012	Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
	Decentralized Biomethane Energy System for Rural Development	Prof. HASEGAWA Tatsuya	Center for Interdisciplinary Study on Resource Recovery and Refinery in Asia, EcoTopia Science Institute, Nagoya University	India	Fos
	Project on Promotion of Green Economy with Palm Oil Industry for Biodiversity Conservation (*1)	Prof. SHIRAI Yoshihito	Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology	Malaysia	Fos

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
Information-based Optimization of Jatropha Biomass Energy Production in the Frost- and Drought-prone Regions of Botswana	Assosiate Prof. AKASHI Kinya	Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University	Botswana	Fos
Multi-beneficial Measure for Mitigation of Climate Change in Vietnam and Indochina Countries by Development of Biomass Energy	Research Prof. MAEDA Yasuaki	Research Organization for University-Community Collaborations, Osaka Prefecture University	Vietnam	Fos
Pilot Study for Carbon Sequestration and Monitoring in Gundih Area - East Java Province, Indonesia	Prof. MATSUOKA Toshifumi	Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University	Indonesia	Fos

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
Development of New Biodiesel Synthesis in Thailand	Prof. ASAMI Kenji	Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu	Thailand	Fos
Sustainable Production of Biodiesel from Jatropha in Mozambique	Prof. IMOU Kenji	Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo	Mozambique	Fos
Sahara Solar Energy Research Center (SSERC)	Visiting Prof. KOINUMA Hideomi	Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo	Algeria	Fos
Development of Low Carbon Society Scenarios for Asian Regions	Prof. MATSUOKA Yuzuru	Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University	Malaysia	Fos

2009	There is no research adopted at current year.

2008	There is no research adopted at current year.

*1:Proposed as Interdisciplinary Issue. After Provisionally Selected Projects for FY2012, categlolized as Research contributing to energy systems for low carbon society.

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Environment/Energy (Global‐scale environmental issues)

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
Project for Hydro-microbiological Approach for Water Security in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal	Prof. KAZAMA Futaba	International Research Center for River Basin Environment, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi	Nepal	-
Project for Biodiversity conservation in Amazon based on a new concept of "Field Museum"	Prof. KOHSHIMA Shiro	Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University	Brazil	-
Project for Technical Cooperation for Development of clean and efficient utilization of low rank coals and biomass by solvent treatment	Specially Appointed Professor MIURA Koichi	Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University	Thailand	-

2012	Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
	Project for sustainable management of coral reef and island ecosystems: responding to the threat of climate change	Lecturer NAKAMURA Takashi	Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus	Palau	Fos
	Project for Development of the Atmospheric Environmental Risk Management System in South America	Prof. MIZUNO Akira	Solar-Terrestrial Environmental Laboratory, Nagoya University	Argentina Chile	Fos

2011	Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
2011	Enhancing Resilience to Climate and Ecosystem Changes in Semi-Arid Africa: an Integrated Approach	Deputy Executive Director, Prof. TAKEUCHI Kazuhiko	Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science(IR3S), The University of Tokyo	Ghana	Fos

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
The Project for Development of Pollution Control and Environmental Restoration Technologies of Waste Landfill Sites Taking into Account Geographical Characteristics in Sri Lanka	Prof. TANAKA Norio	Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Saitama University	Sri Lanka	Fos
UASB - DHS Integrated System — A Sustainable Sewage Treatment Technology	Prof. HARADA Hideki	Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University	India	Fos
Establishment of Carbon-Cycle-System with Natural Rubber	Prof. FUKUDA Masao	School of Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology	Vietnam	Fos
Joint Research Project on Formation Mechanism of Ozone, VOCs, and PM2.5 and Proposal of Countermeasure Scenario	Prof. WAKAMATSU Shinji	Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University	Mexico	Fos

2009	Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
	Research Partnership for the Application of Low Carbon Technology for Sustainable Development	Director General, Prof. SUZUKI Yutaka	Kansai Research Centre, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)	India	Fos
	Improving Sustainable Water and Sanitation Systems in Sahel Region in Africa: Case of Burkina Faso	Prof. FUNAMIZU Naoyuki	Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University	Burkina Faso	Fos

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
Sustainable Systems for Food and Bio-energy Production with Water-saving Irrigation in the Egyptian Nile Basin	Prof. SATOH Masayoshi	Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba	Egypt	Fos
Conservation of Biodiversity in Tropical Forest through Sustainable Coexistence between Human and Wild Animals	Prof. YAMAGIWA Juichi	Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University	Gabon	Fos
Research and Development for Water Reuse Technology in Tropical Regions	Prof. YAMAMOTO Kazuo	Environmental Science Center, The University of Tokyo	Thailand	Fos

*A provisionally selected project for FY2011 as below has not gone ahead: "Establishment of Comprehensive Freshwater Ecosystem Management Striking a Balance between Sustainable Utilization of Fishery Resources and Biodiversity Conservation in Tanzania”[United Republic of Tanzania] (Professor Okada Norihiro / School and Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

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Bioresources

2013	Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
2013	Project for Development and adoption of Latin American low-input rice production system　through genetic improvement and advanced field-management technologies	Prof. OKADA Kensuke	Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo	Colombia	-

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
The Project on rice research for tailor-made breeding and cultivation technology development in Kenya	Prof. YAMAUCHI Akira	Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University	Kenya	Fos
Diversity Assessment and Development of Sustainable use of Mexican Genetic Resources	Prof. WATANABE Kazuo	Gene Research Center, University of Tsukuba	Mexico	Fos
Innovative Bio-production in Indonesia (iBioI): Integrated Bio-refinery Strategy to Promote Biomass Utilization using Super-microbes for Fuels and Chemicals Production(*2)	Assistant Prof. OGINO Chiaki	Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University	Indonesia	Fos

2011	Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
	Flood- and Drought-Adaptive Cropping Systems to Conserve Water Environments in Semi-arid Regions	Prof. IIJIMA Morio	Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University	Namibia	Fos
	Development of Aquaculture Technology for Food Security and Food Safety in the Next Generation	President, Dr. OKAMOTO Nobuaki	Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology	Thailand	Fos

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
Establishment of Sustainable Livelihood Strategies and Natural Resource Management in Tropical Rain Forest and its Surrounding Areas of Cameroon: Integrating the Global Environmental Concerns with Local Livelihood Needs	Prof. ARAKI Shigeru	Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University	Cameroon	Fos
Comparative Studies of the Reproductive Biology and Early Life History of Two Tuna Species for the Sustainable Use of these Resources	Prof. SAWADA Yoshifumi	Fisheries Laboratory, Kinki University	Panama	Fos
Project for Development of Internationally Standardized Microbial Resource Center to Promote Life Science Research and Biotechnology	Director, Dr. SUZUKI Ken-ichiro	Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation　（NITE)	Indonesia	Fos
Project for the Development of Wheat Breeding Materials for Sustainable Food Production	Prof. BAN Tomohiro	Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University	Afghanistan	Fos
Project for the Development of Crop Genotypes for the Midlands and Mountain Areas of North Vietnam	Prof. YOSHIMURA Atsushi	Faculty of Agriculture, Kyusyu University	Vietnam	Fos

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
Valorization of Bio-resources in Semi Arid and Arid Land for Regional Development	Prof. ISODA Hiroko	The Alliance for Research on North Africa, University of Tsukuba	Tunisia	Fos
Sustainable Integrations of Local Agriculture and Biomass Industries	Prof. SAKODA Akiyoshi	Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo	Vietnam	Fos
Development of Genetic Engineering Technology of Crops with Stress Tolerance against Degradation of Global Environment	Senior Resercher NAKAJIMA Kazuo	Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)	Brazil	Fos
Improvement of Food Security in Semi-arid Regions of Sudan through Management of Root Parasitic Weeds	Prof. SUGIMOTO Yukihiro	Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University	Sudan	Fos
Project on Integrated Coastal Ecosystem Conservation and Adaptive Management under Local and Global Environmental Impacts in the Philippines	Prof. NADAOKA Kazuo	Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology	Philippines	Fos
Innovation on Production and Automotive Utilization of Biofuels from Non-food Biomass	Dr. YOSHIMURA Yuji	Research Center for New Fuels and Vehicle Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)	Thailand	Fos

2008	There is no research adopted at current year.

*2:Proposed as Interdisciplinary Issue. After Provisionally Selected Projects for FY2012, categlolized as Bioresources.

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Natural Disaster Prevention

2013	Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
	Project for Integrated study on mitigation of multimodal disasters caused by ejection of volcanic products	Professor IGUCHI Masato	Sakurajima Volcano Research Center, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University	Indonesia	-
	Research Project on Disaster Prevention/Mitigation Measures against Floods and Storm Surges in Bangladesh	Professor NAKAGAWA Hajime	Research Center for Fluvial and Coastal Disasters, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University	Bangladesh	-

2012	Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
2012	Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation in the Marmara Region and Disaster Education in Turkey	Project Leader Principal Research Scientist Dr. KANEDA Yoshiyuki	Earthquake and Tsunami Research Project for Disaster Prevention, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology	Turkey	Fos

2011	Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
	Development of Landslide Risk Assessment Technology along Transport Arteries in Viet Nam	Executive Director, Dr. SASSA Kyoji	International Consortium on Landslides(ICL)	Vietnam	Fos
	Enhancement of Technology to Develop Tsunami-resilient Community	Research Director, Dr. TOMITA Takashi	Asia-Pacific Center for Coastal Disaster Research, Port and Airport Research Institute	Chile	Fos

2010	Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
	Magmatic Fluid Supply into Lakes Nyos and Monoun, and Mitigation of Natural Disasters in Cameroon	Prof. OHBA Takeshi	School of Science, Tokai University	Cameroon	Fos
	Research and Development for Reducing Geo-Hazard Damage in Malaysia caused by Landslide & Flood	Prof. TOSAKA Hiroyuki	Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo	Malaysia	Fos

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
Enhancement of Earthquake and Volcano Monitoring and Effective Utilization of Disaster Mitigation Information in the Philippines	Principal Senior Researcher, Dr. INOUE Hiroshi	Earthquake Research Department, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention	Philippines	Fos
Observational Studies in South African Mines to Mitigate Seismic Risks	Prof. OGASAWARA Hiroshi	College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University	South Africa	Fos
Information Network for Natural Disaster Mitigation and Recovery	Prof. MURAI Jun	Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University	India	Fos
Enhancement of Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Mitigation Technology in Peru	Prof. YAMAZAKI Fumio	Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University	Peru	Fos

Project Title	Project Title	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
Multi-disciplinary Hazard Reduction from Earthquakes and Volcanoes in Indonesia Terminated Projects (of its research period)	Prof. SATAKE Kenji	Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo	Indonesia	Fos
Study on GLOFs (Glacial Lake Outburst Floods) in the Bhutan Himalayas Terminated Projects (of its research period)	Prof. NISHIMURA Kouichi	Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University	Bhutan	Fos
Risk Identification and Land-use Planning for Disaster Mitigation of Landslides and Floods in Croatia	Prof. MARUI Hideaki	Research Institute for Natural Hazards & Disaster Recovery, Niigata University	Croatia	Fos

*A provisionally selected project for FY2009 as below has not gone ahead: "Research on Disaster Prevention/Mitigation Measures against Floods and Storm Surges”[People's Republic of Bangladesh] (Professor NAKAGAWA Hajime; Disaster Prevention Research Institute of Kyoto University)

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Infectious Disease Control

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
The Project for Epidemiological Studies on Animal Protozoan Diseases in Mongolia and Development of Effective Diagnostics Measures(*2)	Professor INOUE Noboru	National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine	Mongolia	-
The project for the development of innovative research technique in genetic epidemiology of malaria and other parasitic diseases in Lao PDR for containment of their expanding endemicity	Director KANO Shigeyuki	Department of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine	Laos	-
Project for Establishment of an Early-warning System for Infectious Diseases in Southern Africa Incorporating Climate Predictions	Professor MINAKAWA Noboru	Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University	South Africa	-

2012	Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
2012	Surveillance of Viral Zoonoses in Africa	Prof. TAKADA Ayato	Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University	Zambia	Fos

2011	Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
	Development of Rapid Diagnostics and the Establishment of an Alert System for Outbreaks of Yellow Fever and Rift Valley Fever in Kenya	Prof. MORITA Koichi	Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University	Kenya	Fos
	Determine the Outbreak Mechanisms and Development of a Monitoring System at Food Administration for Multi-drug Resistant Bacteria	Guest Prof. YAMAMOTO Yoshimasa	Osaka University Global Collaboration Center	Vietnam	Fos

2010	Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
	Comprehensive Etiological and Epidemiological Study on Acute Respiratory Infections in Children	Prof. OSHITANI Hitoshi	Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University	Philippines	Fos
	Research and Development of Prevention and Diagnosis for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Especially Kala-Azar	Associate Prof. NOIRI Eisei	The University of Tokyo Hospital	Bangladesh	Fos

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
New Diagnostic Approaches in the Management of Fungal Infections in AIDS and Other Immunocompromised Patients Terminated Projects (of its research period)	Prof. KAMEI Katsuhiko	Medical Mycology Research Center (MMRC), Chiba University	Brazil	Fos
Identification of Anti-Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Substances and Development of HCV and Dengue Vaccines	Prof. HOTTA Hak	Graduate School of Medicine/School of Medicine, Kobe University	Indonesia	Fos
Studies of Anti-viral and Anti-parasitic Compounds from Selected Ghanaian Medicinal Plants	Prof. YAMAOKA Shoji	Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University	Ghana	Fos
Prevention and Control of Leptospirosis in the Philippines	Prof. YOSHIDA Shin-ichi	Faculty of Medicine Sciences, Kyushu University	Philippines	Fos

2008	Project Title	Principal Investigator	Affiliation	ODA Recipient Country	Community of Friends of SATREPS
	Research and Development of Therapeutic Products against Infectious Diseases, especially Dengue Virus Infection	Prof. IKUTA Kazuyoshi	Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University	Thailand	Fos
	Establishment of Rapid Diagnostic Tools for Tuberculosis and Trypanosomiasis and Screening of Candidate Compounds for Trypanosomiasis	Prof. SUZUKI Yasuhiko	Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University	Zambia	Fos

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*2:Proposed as Interdisciplinary Issue. After Provisionally Selected Projects for FY2013, categlolized as Infectious Disease Control.

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