Guests from Japan and Overseas
Miraikan welcomes many researchers and famous personalities from Japan and overseas. This section introduces the guests that visit Miraikan.
June 8, 2008
Prime Minister of Japan
Mr. Yasuo Fukuda
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Mr. Kisaburo Tokai
The U.S. Ambassador to Japan
Mr. J. Thomas Scieffer
June 5, 2008
Professor of California Institute of Technology/Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1992
Dr. Rudolph Arthur Marcus
June 2, 2008
Professor of Jülich Research Centre/Nobel Laureate in Physics
Dr. Peter Grünberg
May 15, 2008
Governor of Ibaraki Prefecture
Mr. Masaru Hashimoto
April 16, 2008
The Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Rajendra K. Pachauri, Ph.D.
April 12, 2008
Astronaut from ESA
Dr. and Ms. Christer Fuglesang
Ambassador of Sweden
Mr. and Ms. Stefan Noreen
March 10, 2008
Minister of the Environment/Doctor of Medicine
Dr. Ichiro Kamoshita
March 5, 2008
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Mr. Kisaburo Tokai
March 3, 2008
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mongolia
H. E. Ms. Sanjaasuren OYUN
February 2, 2008
Astronaut from NASA
Janice E. Voss
Astronaut from CSA
Robert (Bob) Thirsk
Astronauts from ESA
Mr. Frank De Winne and Mrs. Lena Winne
Astronaut from ESA
Andre Kuipers
October 31, 2007
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Science and Technology Policy
Mr. Fumio Kishida
October 31, 2007
President of the Swiss Council of States
H.E. Dr. Peter Bieri-Luthiger
October 15, 2007
President of the National Assembly, Kingdom of Cambodia
Mr. Samdech HENG Samrin
September 15, 2007
Minister of Tourism and Sports, Kingdom of Thailand
Dr. Suvit Yodmani
July 23, 2007
Governor of Mie Prefecture
Mr. Akihiko Noro
July 11, 2007
Head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs, Vice President of the Swiss Confederation in 2007
Mr. Pascal Couchepin
June 19 - June 22, 2007
Participants attending ASPAC 2007: Approximately 120 members
June 13, 2007
Senior Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology/Member of the House of Representatives