2008.11.26Professor Ryosuke Shibasaki was commended by the informationization promotion contribution individual commendation in 2008 (in Japanese)
2008.11.10Special lecture “Spatial analysis of tomorrow : more widely, more highly” by professor Atsuyuki Okabe (in Japanese)
2008.07.29The Science Council of Japan announced the proposal of “Towards Hoarding and Use of ‘Regional Knowledge'”