■Editor's Notes

At Kashiwa Campus, there are a few days a year when very strong winds blow. I wonder if this is what’s called the “Tsukuba-oroshi?” Sometimes the wind is so strong that it is difficult to move forward, but on other days the wind is not particularly strong. In contrast, harnessing wind energy offshore, where wind direction and strength are more stable, is a highly attractive idea for Japan, which is surrounded by the sea on all sides. Among offshore wind power systems, a “floating” type, where wind turbines are mounted on floating platforms, will be used in deeper waters. The advancement of such systems requires not only engineering innovation but also comprehensive efforts encompassing coexistence with the natural environment, social consensus building, and even transformation of industrial structures. Please take a look at our special feature article to learn about the development trends of floating offshore wind power, promoted primarily by GSFS.

Michiaki Inomoto
Chair of the Public Relations Committee

Date of Issue: March 2026
Contact: Public Relations Office, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Publisher: Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
-Public Relations Committee
Chairperson: Michiaki Inomoto (Dept. of Advanced Energy)
Committee Members: Yusuke Tokunaga (Dept. of Advanced Materials Science), Junpei Baba (Dept. of Advanced Energy), Masato Okada (Dept. of Complexity Science and Engineering), Asano Ishikawa (Dept. of Integrated Biosciences), Kozo Tomita (Dept. of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences), Kazuhiko Nakamura (Dept. of Natural Environmental Studies), Ryota Wada (Dept. of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment), Aya Yoshida (Dept. of Environment Systems), Reo kometani (Dept. of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies), Jun Sato (Dept. of Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies), Sou Morikawa (Dept. of International Studies), Eiko Saito (Sustainable Society Design Center), Fumihito Miura(Life Science Data Research Center), Michiaki Inomoto(Transdisciplinary Fusion Energy Center), Izumi Ikeda (Strategy Planning Office)
-Public Relations Office
Director: Shin’ichi Warisawa (Deputy Dean / Dept. of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies)
Deputy Director: Inomoto Michiaki
Members: Yoko Takada, Mayuko Araragi, Miki Yashiro, Kazuko Omoto

Japanese Edition Production: DIAMOND GRAPHIC CO. LTD. (Kazuyoshi Nakayama, Writer: Kazutada Furui)
Design: side inc. (Yohei Oki)　Photographer: Ryusuke Honda