Guests from Japan and Overseas
Miraikan welcomes many researchers and famous personalities from Japan and overseas. This section introduces the guests that visit Miraikan.
September 20, 2014
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Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Mr. Hakubun SHIMOMURA
September 17, 2014
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Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Mr. Tomohiro YAMAMOTO
September 16, 2014
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the Spanish State Secretary for Research, Development and Innovation, Kingdom of Spain
Ms. Carmen Vela Olmo
September 6, 2014
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Minister for Education, Church, Culture & Gender Equality, Greenland
Mr. Nick Nielsen
August 21, 2014
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Astronaut, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Dr. Koichi Wakata
July 24, 2014
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Artist
Mr. Damon Albarn
July 23, 2014
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Director-general of National Science and Technology Museum, Taiwan
Dr. Shiunn-Shyang Chen
July 23, 2014
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Permanent Representatives to the United Nations
July 16, 2014
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Senior Vice-Minister
Mr. Yasutoshi NISHIMURA
July 14, 2014
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Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy, Minister of State for Space Policy
Mr. Ichita YAMAMOTO
July 13, 2014
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Astronaut, Institute of Astronautics Technical University, Munich
Dr. Ulrich Walter
July 10, 2014
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Governor of Fukui Prefecture
Mr. Issei Nishikawa
June 12, 2014
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Actor, the United States of America
Mr. George Takei
May 28, 2014
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Member of Parliament, Former Federal Minister for Research and Technology, Federal Republic of Germany
Prof. Dr. Heinz Riesenhuber
May 26, 2014
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Permanent Representatives to the United Nations
April 26, 2014
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Laureate Fellow at The Australian National University, 2011 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics (2nd person from the right)
Prof. Brian Schmidt
Director, Australian Square Kilometre Array Office (2nd person from the left)
Prof. Brian Boyle
April 24, 2014
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President of the United States
Mr. Barack Obama
March 26, 2014
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State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry