External Review Committee Members
Dr. Kiyoshi SUEHIRO (Former President, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International Inc. and Former Director, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Chair
Dr. Shino SUZUKI (Researcher, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)
Dr. Ryuji TADA (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)
Dr. Takashi TSUJIMOTO (Former Director, Japan Oil, Gas Metals National Corporation)
Dr. Masayuki HYODO (Professor Emeritus, Kobe University)

External Review Committee Members
Dr. Hisatake OKADA (Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University), Chair
Dr. Hideo TSUNAKAWA (Professor, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Dr. Kokichi IIZASA (Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo)
Dr. Satoko OKIO (Professor, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo)
Dr. Haruko TAKEYAMA (Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University)

External Review Committee Members
Dr. Yasuji SAITO (Executive Director, Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History)
Dr. Tetsuro URABE (Professor, The University of Tokyo)
Dr. Toshitsugu YAMAZAKI (Group leader, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)