TRC Director Selected as Project Manager for Moonshot Goal 8

The Director of the Typhoon Science and Technology Research Center (TRC), Professor Hironori Fudeyasu, has been selected as Project Manager for one of the core research projects of Goal 8 in the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)’s Moonshot Research & Development Program. Fudeyasu’s project, “Typhoon Control Research Aiming for a Safe and Prosperous Society,” forms a component of Moonshot Goal 8, “Controlling and Modifying the Weather: Realization of a society safe from the threat of extreme winds and rains by controlling and modifying the weather by 2050.”

What is the TRC?

Established at Yokohama National University Institute for Advanced Studies
It is Japan's first typhoon specialized research institute.

Our main objectives are to contribute to the creation of a safe, sustainable, and vibrant society by reducing the risk of typhoon disasters, and to contribute to the realization of a decarbonized society through the use of typhoon energy.