Media coverage: 6/21 NHK Sakidori and 6/22 NHK Ohayo Nippon

Our research on super-rapid severe weather prediction was covered by NHK TV program "Sakidori" (サキどり↑) on June 21, 2015, and by NHK TV morning news program "Ohayo Nippon" (おはよう日本) on June 22, 2015.

The NHK "Sakidori" TV crew came to the monthly research meeting with teleconference.

The crew also went to see the K computer.

The "Ohayo Nippon" reporter Mr. Akamatsu came to my office.

The covered contents are posted by the program webpages:
http://www.nhk.or.jp/sakidori/backnumber/150621.html
http://www.nhk.or.jp/ohayou/marugoto/2015/06/0622.html

International Symposium on Data Assimilation 2015

International Symposium on Data Assimilation (ISDA) 2015 was held in RIKEN AICS, Kobe, Japan, on February 23-27, 2015. Total 116 participants include 42 from 10 countries overseas. The symposium was very successful with a lot of interesting talks and active discussions, thanks to all the participants!

The bottom photo includes local organizers from my team. Congratulations to Dr. Keiichi Kondo (front middle), who received the Best Poster Award! Ms. Yukie Komori (left) is greatly acknowledged for her dedicated work leading the symposium to a great success.

BTW, I should have posted this earlier!