(Grant acquiring) Themes of FY 2000 Scientific Research Ｂ［Ongoing］

Division/Sub-division	Orientation	Theme No.	Research Theme	Research representative
Division/Sub-division	Orientation	Theme No.	Research Theme	Research Institution and Section	Job Title	Name
Machine Engineering
Intelligent Mechanics and Machine System	Physics	10041137	International Scientific Research into State-of-the-Art Technology to Assist Surgical Treatment	Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Tokyo University	Professor	Takeyoshi Dohi
Electric and Electronic Engineering
Electric Power Engineering and Electric Machinery	Physics	10041142	International Joint Observation of Lightning and Storms in the Intertropical Convergence Zone	Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University	Associate Professor	Zenichiro Kawasaki
Information and Communication Engineering	Physics	10041148	Scientific Research concerning Interconnection and Mutual Adjustments of Ultra-high Speed International Research Networks	National Institute of Informatics	Director	Hiroshi Inose
Civil Engineering
Construction Materials and Dynamics in General Civil Engineering	Physics	11691150	International Comparison of the Evaluation of Human Health Risks caused by Trace Amounts of Pollutants in the Environment	Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University	Professor	Shinsuke Morisawa
Architecture
Building Structure and Materials	Physics	11691145	Scientific Research concerning Adaptive Flexible Structures	Institute of Industrial Science, Tokyo University	Associate Professor	Kenichi Kawaguchi
City Planning and Building Planning	Arts	11691109	Investigation and Research concerning the Urban Redevelopment Project in Paris	Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Sangyo University	Research Associate	Yutaka Matsumoto
	Physics	11691148	Research into the Actual State of Community Schools Operated through Collaboration between Schools and Communities able to deal with School-Related Problems in the United Kingdom and United States	Faculty of Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology	Professor	Akihiko Watanabe
	Physics	11691155	Research into the Living Space Structure of Dai Tribes in Yunnan, China, from the Perspective of Living Culture - Comparative Study of Nine Dai Tribes	Faculty of Life Science, Osaka City University	Professor	Satoshi Togashi
Architectural History and Design	Physics	10041143	Research concerning the Adaptation of Modern Architecture in Relation to Architectural Production in the Developing Countries	Faculty of Engineering, Ryukyu University	Associate Professor	Nobuyuki Ogura
Material Engineering
Structural and Fundamental Materials	Physics	11691149	Research into Natural Fullerene in the Ancient Chinese Green Coal Zone	Faculty of Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology	Professor	Eiji Osawa
Metal Productive Engineering	Physics	11691142	Research into the New Melting Process of Iron Dust	Institute for Advanced Materials Processing, Tohoku University	Professor	Junichiro Yagi
Synthetic Engineering
Resource Development Engineering	Physics	11691144	Geothermal-resource Survey on the Kamchatka Peninsula	Graduate School of Engineering	Associate Professor	Noriyoshi Tsuchiya
Resource Development Engineering	Physics	11691146	Investigation and Research concerning the Effect of Industrial Vitalization in the Asian Region on the Global Environmental Preservation	Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology	Professor	Yoshihiro Mochimaru

Division/Sub-division	Orientation	Theme No.	Research Theme	Research representative
Division/Sub-division	Orientation	Theme No.	Research Theme	Research Institution and Section	Job Title	Name
Agricultural Chemistry
Applied Microbiochemistry and Applied Biochemistry	Biology	11691187	Environmental Adaptation of Living Organisms and the Role of D-amino Acid	Graduate School of Chemistry Kyoto University	Associate Professor	Toru Yoshimura
Biological Productive Chemistry and Bioorganic Chemistry	Biology	11691184	Search for Edible Medicines by Wild Primates and the Clarification of Components with Physiological Functions	Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University	Professor	Hajime Ohigashi
Forestry
Forestry	Arts	11691075	Research concerning the Privatization of Forestry Management and Environmental Policies	Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University	Research Associate	Ikuo Ota
	Biology	11691162	Research concerning the Evaluation of Carbon Dioxide Fixation Capability of Eurasian Larix under the Environment of Global Warming	Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University	Professor	Takayoshi Koike
	Biology	11691163	Research concerning the Water and Substance Circulation Characteristics and Environmental Changes in Seasonally Frozen Catchment Areas	Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University	Professor	Kaichiro Sasa
Fisheries
Fisheries in General	Biology	11691197	Ecological Research in Intermediate and Great Depths of Polar Regions using the Advanced Biological Information Collection System	National Institute of Polar Research	Professor	Mitsuo Fukuchi
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Economics	Arts	10041087	Research concerning the Production and Distribution Organizations for Central Asian and Eastern European Agriculture and Agricultural Development in these Regions	Faculty of Social Science, Waseda University	Professor	Masahiko Genma
	Arts	11691081	Rural Economy and Economic Reform following the Asian Currency Crisis in the West Java Region, Indonesia	Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University	Professor	Susumu Hondai
	Arts	11691089	Comparative Study between China and South Korea of the Rice Distribution and Management System	Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyushu University	Associate Professor	Jun Abe
Agricultural Engineering
Irrigation, Drainage and Reclamation Engineering and Rural Planning	Biology	11691168	Melting of the Permafrost by Mongolian Forest Fires, its Warming Effect, and Restrictions on the use of Heating Pipes	Faculty of Animal Production, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine	Professor	Fujio Tsuchiya
Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine
Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine	Biology	11691169	Fundamental Research concerning Continuous Biological Production in the Agricultural Ecosystem in the Chinese Tibetan Plateau	Faculty of Animal Production, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine	Professor	Akio Hongo
Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine	Biology	11691191	Investigation and Research concerning the Search for and Utilization of Germ Plasm Stocks of the World's Useful Animal Resources	Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyushu University	Professor	Noboru Fujihara
Applied Veterinary Medicine	Biology	11691167	Epidemiological Investigation and Research concerning Piroplasmosis in Domestic Animals in Mongolia	Research Center for Protozoan Molecular Immunology, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine	Associate Professor	Ikuo Igarashi
Applied Veterinary Medicine	Biology	11691181	Molecular Epidemiology Hydrophobia and Lyssavirus Infection in Southeast Asia	Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University	Professor	Nobuyuki Minamoto