(株)八ヶ岳アストロビレッヂ 代表取締役 八ヶ岳南麓天文台 台長 元 理化学研究所非常勤研究員 日本天文学会会員 東亜天文学会会員 SEMS(Seismic electric magnetic signals・地震電磁気シグナル) 研究会コアメンバー
取得特許 VHF電波を利用した地震予知法並びに装置の特許(日本、ロシア、アメリカ、中国、ホンコン)
論文・一般書 ・Possibility of Earthquake Forecast by VHF Radio Observation in The VHF Band (理化学研究所 理研レビュー・大気電気学会地震電磁気論文集他) ・みつけたぞ ボクらの星 (ポプラ社) ・地震予報に挑む (PHP研究所)
[profile] Born in Hachioji, Tokyo in 1957, Kushida taught himself astronomy and, after working for a precision optics manufacturer in Mitaka, Tokyo, was given responsibility for establishing a section for the sale of optical devices and physics and chemistry equipment in preparation for the opening of Tokyu Hands in Shibuya. Kushida is responsible for astronomy at the Science Educational Foundation of Japan, where he is also a council member. He began teaching astronomy around 1982 and moved to Yamanashi Prefecture’s Oizumi Village (now Oizumi-machi, Hokuto City) in 1984. The following year he opened the Yatsugatake South Base Observatory and Astro Village, a public facility with numerous celestial observatories. By 1995 more than 110 thousand people had visited the facility to learn about space. Kushida discovered the new periodic comets Kushida-Muramatsu in 1993 and Kushida in 1994, becoming the first in Japan to discover multiple periodic comets. With Osamu Muramatsu, Kushida has discovered more than 40 new asteroids, and is active in observing new celestial bodies. In 1993, while conducting radio observation of meteors using FM radio waves, he discovered fluctuations that precede activity in the earth’s crust. Shocked to find that such fluctuations preceded the Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake in 1995, he closed his observatory to the public and focused on research in earthquake prediction using FM radio wave transmission monitors. He also began conducting open tests in detecting earthquake precursers. Since 1995 he has continued his observation and research without so much as a day of rest.
President, Yatsugatake Astro Village, Inc. Director, Yatsugatake South Base Observatory Former adjunct researcher at RIKEN Member, The Astronomical Society of Japan Member, Oriental Astronomical Association Core Member, Society for the Study of SEMS (Seismic Electromagnetic Signals)
Patents received in Japan, Russia, the US, China and Hong Kong for a method of forecasting earthquakes using VHF radio waves, and related devices.
Papers and Publications: -Possibility of Earthquake Forecast by VHF Radio Observation (RIKEN Review, Society of Atmospheric Electricity of Japan Papers on Seismology and Electromagnetism) -Mitsuketa zo! bokura no hoshi (I found it! A Star of Our Own) [Poplar Publishing] -Jishin yoho ni idomu (The Challenge of Forecasting Earthquakes) [PHP]