Advisory Board
| Koichi Hirose | (Iwate University) |
| Takao Inamura | (Hirosaki University) |
| Masaru Ishizuka | (Toyama Prefectural University) |
| Tomoaki Kunugi | (Kyoto University) |
| Shigenao Maruyama | (Tohoku University) |
| Kazuyoshi Nakabe | (Kyoto University) |
| Ken Okazaki | (Tokyo Institute of Technology) |
| Yasuyuki Takata | (Kyushu University) |
| Hideo Yoshida | (Kyoto University) |