- Produced by:
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Directed by:
- The Space Poem Chain Compiling Committee
- Chairperson:
- Haruo Saji (President, Suzuka Junior College)
- Committee members:
- Hiroo Inokuchi (Advisor, JAXA), Yasunori Matogawa (Director, JAXA Space Education Center), Hisashi Hirabayashi (Senior Adviser to the Director, JAXA Space Education Center), Junichi Watanabe (Director of the Information Center and Outreach Department at the National Institute of Natural Sciences/NINS National Astronomical Observatory)
- Secretary:
- Fram Kitagawa (Chairman, Art Front Gallery)
- Judge:
- Makoto Ooka (Poet)
- Assistant judge:
- Kiwao Nomura (Poet)
- Japanese-English translation:
- Janine Beichman (Professor, Daito Bunka University)
- English-Japanese translation:
- Makoto Ooka
- Contributions:
- Approximately ten Japanese and foreign poets chosen by Makoto Ooka will submit poems.
- Period:
- July 6, 2007 through February 8, 2008
- Space Poem Chain:
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- Title:
- There are stars
- 1st poem:
- Yasunori Matogawa (Director, JAXA Space Education Center)
- 2nd poem:
- Makoto Ooka, based on the first poem, adds three new lines.
- 3rd poem:
- Shuntaro Tanikawa (Poet), based on the second, adds five new lines. By having experienced poets add the second and third poems, the initial flow of the chain will be created.
- Fourth poem and later:
- Public applications and contributions will be compiled and edited.
- Deadline for public applications:
- Will be announced on the website.
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- Announcement:
- Friday on the week of the deadline in principle.
- Web Design:
- 777Interactive
- KAYAC Inc.
- Photo Supervisor:
- Dr. Jun-ichi WATANABE(Associate Professor, Director of Public Relations Center National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
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