Personal:
Born; July 29, 1946, Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Professional preparation:
The University of Tokyo, Geophysics, B. Sc.,1971
The University of Tokyo, Geophysics, M. Sc.,1973
The University of Tokyo, Geophysics, Ph.D., 1980
Appointments:
Earthquake Observation Center, Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Director, 1997-present
Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Professor, 1995-present
Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, Senior Researcher, 1992-1994
Laboratory for Earthquake Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo, Associate Professor, 1990-1995
Laboratory for Earthquake Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo, Research Associate, 1982-1990
Geophysical Institute, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo, Research Associate, 1978-1982
Recent Publications:
Shinohara, M., E. Araki, M. Mochizuki, T. Kanazawa, and K. Suyehiro, Practical application of a sea-water battery in deep-sea basin and its performance, J. Power Sources, 187, 253-260, 2009.
Isse, T., H. Shiobara, Y. Tamura, D. Suetsugu, K. Yoshizawa, H. Sugioka, A. Ito, T. Kanazawa, M. Shinohara, K. Mochizuki, E. Araki, K. Nakahigashi, H. Kawakatsu, A. Shito, Y. Fukao, O. Ishizuka, and J. B. Gill, Seismic structure of the upper mantle beneath the Philippine Sea from seafloor and land observation: implications for mantle convection and magma genesis in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana subduction zone, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 278, 107-119, 2009.
Kato, A., S. Sakai, T. Iidaka, T. Iwasaki, E. Kurashimo, T. Igarashi, N. Hirata, T. Kanazawa, and Group for the aftershock observations of the 2007 Noto Hanto Earthquak, Three-dimensional velocity structure in the source region of the Noto Hanto Earthquake in 2007 imaged by a dense seismic observation, Earth Planets Space, 60, 105-110, 2008.
Sakai, S., A. Kato, T. Iidaka, T. Iwasaki, E. Kurashimo, T. Igarashi, N. Hirata, T. Kanazawa, and the group for the joint aftershock observation of the 2007Noto Hanto Earthquake,, Highly resolved distribution of aftershocks of the 2007 Noto Hanto Earthquake by a
dense seismic observation, Earth Planets Space, 60, 83-88, 2008.
Yamamoto, Y., R. Hino, K. Suzuki, Y. Ito, T. Yamada, M. Shinohara, T. Kanazawa, G. Aoki, M. Tanaka, K. Uehira, G. Fujie, Y. Kaneda, T. Takanami, and T. Sato, Spatial heterogeneity of the mantle wedge structure and interplate coupling in the NE Japan forearc region, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L23304, doi:10.1029/2008GL036100, 2008.
Yamada, T., K. Mochizuki, M. Shinohara, T. Kanazawa, A. Kuwano, K. Nakahigashi, R. Hino, K. Uehira, T. Yagi, N. Takeda, and S. Hashimoto, Aftershock observation of the Noto Hanto earthquake in 2007 using ocean bottom seismometers, Earth Planets Space, 60, 1005-1010, 2008.
Shinohara, M., T. Fukano, T. Kanazawa, E. Araki, K. Suyehiro, M. Mochizuki, K. Nakahigashi, T. Yamada, and K. Mochizuki, Upper Mantle and Crustal Seismic Structure Beneath the Northwestern Pacific Basin Using Seafloor Borehole Broadband Seismometer and Ocean Bottom Seismometers, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 170, 95-106, 2008.
Shinohara, M., T. Kanazawa, T. Yamada, K. Nakahigashi, S. Sakai, R. Hino, Y. Murai, A. Yamazaki, K. Obana, Y. Ito, K. Iwakiri, R. Miura, Y. Machida, K. Mochizuki, K. Uehira, M. Tahara, A. Kuwano, S. Amamiya, S. Kodaira, T. Takanami, Y. Kaneda, and T. Iwasaki, Precise aftershock distribution of the 2007 Chuetsu-oki Earthquake obtained by using an ocean bottom seismometer network, Earth Planets Space, 60, 1121-1126, 2008.
Mochizuki, K., T. Yamada, M, Shinohara, Y. Yamanaka, and T. Kanazawa, Weak Interplate Coupling by Seamounts and Repeating M~7 Earthquakes, Science, 321, 5839, 1194-1197, 2008.
Shinohara, M., E. Araki, T. Kanazawa, K. Suyehiro, M. Mochizuki, T. Yamada, K. Nakahigashi, Y. Kaiho, and Y. Fukao, Deep-sea borehole seismological observatories in the western Pacific: temporal variation of seismic noise level and event detection, Annals of Geophysics, 49, 2/3, 625-642, 2006.
Araki, E., M. Shinohara, K. Obana, T. Yamada, Y. Kaneda, T. Kanazawa, and K. Suyehiro, Aftershock distribution of the 26 December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake from ocean bottom seismographic observation, Earth Planets Space, 58, 113-119, 2006.
Sato, T., T. Sato, M. Shinohara, R. Hino, M. Nishino, and T. Kanazawa, P-wave velocity structure of the margin of the southeastern Tsushima Basin in the Japan Sea using ocean bottom seismometers and airguns, Tectonophysics, 412, 159-171, 2006.
Uehira, K., T. Yamada, M. Shinohara, K. Nakahigashi, H. Miyamachi, Y. Iio, T. Okada, H. Takahashi, N. Matsuwo, K. Uchida, T. Kanazawa, and H. Shimizu, Precise aftershock distribution of the 2005 West off Fukuoka Prefecture Earthquake (Mj=7.0) using a dense onshore and offshore seismic network, Earth Planets Space, 58, 1605-1610, 2006.
Hino, R., Y. Yamamoto, A. Kuwano, M. Nishino, T. Kanazawa, T. Yamada, K. Nakahigashi, K. Mochizuki, M. Shinohara, K. Minato, G. Aoki, N. Okawara, M. Tanaka, M. Abe, E. Araki, S. Kodaira, G. Fujie and Y. Kaneda, Hypocenter distribution of the main
and aftershocks of the 2005 Off Miyagi Prefecture Earthquake located by ocean bottom seismographic data, Earth Planets Space, 58, 1543-1604, 2006.
Suyehiro, K., J. P. Montagner, R. A. Stephen, E. Araki, T. Kanazawa, J. Orcutt, B. Romanowicz, S. Sacks, and M. Shinohara, Ocean seismic observatories, Oceanography, 19, 4, 104-109, 2006.
Synergistic Activities:
Earthquake Research Committee, Government of Japan, Expert Commission Member, 1996-present
The Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction, Japan, Member, 1997-2009
Science Council of Japan, WG Member, 1997-2005
Council for Science and Technology, MEXT, WG Member, 2003-2009
Honors and Awards:
Technical Achievement Award by Japan Society for Marine Surveys and Technology, 2006
