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ORG;CHARSET=utf-8:Japan Hydrographic Association
FN;LANGUAGE=en;CHARSET=utf-8:Dr Kunio Yashima
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EMAIL:yashima@jha.jp
ADR;LANGUAGE=en;CHARSET=utf-8:;;Daiichi Sogo Building 6F;1-6-6 Haneda Kuko Ohta-Ku;Tokyo;144-0041;Japan
TEL:+81 (3) 5708 7075
NOTE;LANGUAGE=en;CHARSET=utf-8:After graduating from the Faculty of Science of Tohoku University in 1970\, Kunio Yashima joined the Hydrographic Department of Maritime Safety Agency (Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department of Japan Coast Guard\, present name) in 1971. During more than thirty years service in the Department\, Kunio Yashima was mainly involved in nautical charting and bathymetric charting. He obtained a Ph.D. in Submarine Geomorphology from the Tohoku University in 1993. On 1st April 2004\, he was appointed Director General of Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department\, Japan Coast Guard\, which also implies being Chief Hydrographer of Japan. Kunio Yashima has worked with GEBCO since 1993 and has served as a member of the following committees.    ?GEBCO Guiding Committee Member 1993 - until the present    ?GEBCO SCUFN Member 1993 - 2002 He contributed to the revision of the deepest depth of 11\,034±10m in the world recorded by the R/V "VITYAZ" U.S.S.R. in 1957 to 10\,920±10m\, that was surveyed by the Japanese S/V "TAKUYO" in 1987 in the Mariana Trench (Challenger Deep). Kunio Yashima has also effectively contributed to the international standardization of undersea feature names of the N.W. Pacific Ocean as a SCUFN Member. Especially\, the international recognition of Japanese collective undersea feature names of special categories\, such as Aki-No-Nanakusa (the seven flowers of Autumn) Seamounts\, Haru-No-Nanakusa (the seven flowers of Spring) Seamounts and Gengo (Japanese Era) Seamounts is very interesting.
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