by Air by Ship Tomakomai ANA 5 flights/day Tsuruga Schedule/ Schedule/ Schedule/ Haneda Airport Niigata Sun Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun Akita Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat (Tokyo) JAL 4 flights/day 65 min Duration/13 hr Duration/6 hr 30 min Duration/12 hr 15 min Universities of ICREMER Schedule/ Schedule/ Schedule/ Overseas Cooperation Mon Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun Duration/12 hr 30 min Duration/6 hr 35 min Duration/10 hr 20 min ANA 3 flights/day Osaka International JAL 3 flights/day Sapporo Airport (Osaka) 85 min Shin Nihonkai Ferry Akita Ferry Terminal Akita AirportAkita ☎018-880-2600 Tomakomai Chubu Centrair ANA Expressway by Express Bus The International Center for Research and Education International 2 flights/day on Mineral and Energy Resource (ICREMER) Airport (Nagoya) 85 min Akita Chuo Akita Interchange Akita ICREMERICREMER was established in October 2009, as a part of the ANA 2 flights/day general body of Akita University, aiming to create an Luleå University New Chitose JAL 3 flights/day Flora Senshu Luleå University Airport (Sapporo) Akita Expressway 1 time/day 10 time/day of Technology 55 min 90 min 8 hr 30 min 3 hr 35 min educational and research hub which contributes to of Technology sustainable resource supplies in Japan and the world. Noshiro Airport Odate- Aomori The Natural East Kazakhstan State Kitakami Junction International Center for Research and ICREMER’s activities are global and they are directed The Natural East Kazakhstan State History Museum Technical University Shinjuku Sendai History Museum Technical University Haneda Airport 2 flights/day Hachinohe Memorial University (Tokyo) 70 min Akita Expressway to develop internationally-competitive human resources Memorial University Technische Universitat 5hr Odate- Technische Universitat Mongolian University of of Newfoundland Akita Chuo Kotsu Noshiro Education on Mineral and Energy Resources, and international cooperation with resource-rich Mongolian University of of Newfoundland Bergakademie Freiberg ☎018-823-4890 Akita Shinkansen Bergakademie Freiberg Science and Technology countries by means of resource sciences education Science and Technology University of Ottawa ANA (All Nippon Airways) ☎0570-029-222 Odakyu Bus Morioka University of Ottawa Kawaguchi ☎03-5438-8511 Akita Montana Tech of the JAL/J-AIR (Japan Airlines Japan) ☎0570-025-071 Tokyo Junction Akita Expressway Akita University and research. Despite the limited number of its Montana Tech of the University of Montana Miyagi Kotsu Kitakami Junction University of Montana Akita Airport Terminal Building ☎022-261-5333 academic staff, ICREMER continues Akita University’s ☎018-886-3366 Japan Road Traffic Information Center JR Bus Tohoku Tohoku Expressway over 100-year tradition started by its predecessor ※It is about 35 minutes from Akita Airport to (Akita Information) ☎022-256-6646 Akita Mining College. While working together with Akita Station by car. ☎050-3369-6605 University of Sendai the Faculty of International Resource Sciences, University of Yangon Airport Limousine Bus Yangon ●Sixteen runs a day to the airport. Shinjo Yamagata ICREMER has been developing relationships with ●Eighteen runs a day to Akita Station. Chulalongkorn Yamagata Shinkansen research and governmental institutions in and out of Chulalongkorn Niigata University Akita Chuo Kotsu ☎018-823-4411 University University of Fukushima Japan to undertake an important role in connecting the University of the Philippines Akita Airportliner Hayakago Bus (to Akita City) University to the global world. the Philippines 11 times/day (reservation required) （for reservations only） ☎018-867-7444 Tohoku Shinkansen To promote alliances with institutions of resource- Jouetsu Shinkansen Papua New Guinea rich countries, ICREMER has developed exchange Papua New Guinea Institut Teknologi University of Technology by Rail Institut Teknologi University of Technology Bandung partnerships with strategic countries such as Botswana Bandung University of Botswana Akita Tokyo in southern Africa, Mongolia and Kazakhstan in Central University of Botswana Botswana International University Tsuruga Asia. This includes activities such as organizing Botswana International University of Science and Technology Shortest Shortest Shortest of Science and Technology 3 hr 37 min 6 hr 26 min 5 hr 54 min international symposiums on a regular basis, and Nagoya conducting a 4 week short-stay course for students Eduardo Mondrane University Curtin University Universidad Ou Main Line Uetsu Main Line Eduardo Mondrane University Curtin University Universidad de Santiago from resource-rich countries. Currently, ICREMER is de Santiago Akita University of Witwatersrand Shinkansen Shinjo Niigata strengthening its partnerships with Southern African University of Witwatersrand Osaka Yamagata Jouetsu and South-East Asian countries and also with Western Shinkansen Shinkansen countries such as Australia, Canada, Germany and Sweden, to expand its activities globally. Completing Tokyo the initial phase its establishment, ICREMER is now in the next phase where it is expected to continue forging East Japan Railway Customer Center substantial partnerships further through new projects. ☎050-2016-1600 Aiming to make Akita University a leading global hub for resource studies, we ICREMER academic staff are committed to working as a team in our educational, research and international cooperation activities, in close coordination with the resource studies-related projects such as promotion of the Graduate School Leading Program and the Faculty of International Resource Sciences. April 2016 Prof. Akira Imai, Director, Samurai Residence in Kakunodate KANTO Festival NAMAHAGE SEDO Festival KAMAKURA ICREMER Short Stay Program on Sustainable Resource Development International Symposium on Resource Science and Technology Field survey in Mongolia International Center for Research and Education on Mineral and Energy Resources, Akita University 1-1 Tegata Gakuen-machi, Akita-city, Akita 010-8502 JAPAN／TEL: +81-18-889-2810／FAX: +81-18-889-3012 from the world to Japan E-mail: [email protected]／URL:http://www.akita-u.ac.jp/icremer From Akita to the world, Practice-Oriented Education and Research in the Field of Resource Science and Development Organization and support system of ICREMER Background of ICREMER Zeolite Mine Kosaka Smelting kosaka Mine and Refining Osarizawa Mine Akita University Located in Akita Contributing to International Development Academic Staff Ani Mine Sumikawa Geothermal Akita University is the successor to the National Akita Mining On the other hand, in many mineral-rich countries, the sites Economic Geology and Exploration Iijima Zinc Refinery Power Plant Faculty of College, which was established in 1910, and has built up a of past mining operations have often become serious health at ICREMER Arakawa Mine ICREMER International Holkkaido wealth of experience, technology and talent in the field of and environmental hazards for nearby local people. To prevent Closed Mine Hata Mine Akita Environmental Evaluation and Preservation Resource Sciences International Center for University resource sciences in Japan. As such, Akita University is such disastrous incidents from recurring, it is imperative that Active Mine Tokyo Research and Education regarded as a premier institution where a series of skills related more appropriate technologies and environmentally conscious Uenotai Geothermal on Mineral and Energy to mining operations are taught, ranging from prospecting, operations be employed. In this regard human resource and Power Plant Daizo Ishiyama, Tohoku Graduate School Resources University exploitation, smelting, to environmental conservation. skills development in these countries are widely expected. Cooperative Professor of International Yoshino Mine Cooperation In the field of environmental evaluation Resource and preservation, research and education ICREMER University Sciences The University Mining Engineering are carried out to evaluate the effects on (Domestic) of Tokyo Resource-related Diplomacy Fostering Human Resources the environment caused by mine drainage As China, India and other emerging economies industrialize, With globalization progressing at unprecedented speed, both Takeyuki Ogata, Akira Imai, Yasushi Watanabe, Antonio Arribas, water from active and abandoned mines. global demand for rare metals and rare earth metals has rapidly Japanese scientists and industrialists alike are expected to duly Assistant Professor Professor Cooperative Professor Professor Youhei Kawamura, The research is conducted to analyze Waseda expanded. In these circumstances, in order for Japan to retain participate in and contribute to this process. In this context, the dispersion mechanism of elements University The precise knowledge of geological features and characteristics of ore deposits Supply of mineral resources in future depends on the The world of exploration for ore deposits combines several Professor in mine drainage water and to evaluate Leading a leading role in the global manufacturing sector, the securing universities, in their role as institutions as the highest level of is essential for technology used to explore limited mineral resources. In order well-balanced development of primary raw materials unique characteristics: a) if successful, its economic and Although the proactive use of renewable the effects on environments to prevent Program for International Exchange of mineral resources has become one of the most urgent education and research, have an undeniable