The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Director-General exchanged with MEXT Minister Moriyama (right, front) and Japan's Head of Delegation to the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Council, Masuko Hiroshi (right, back).
Director-General Barabaschi was welcomed by Minister Moriyama Masahito from Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). The Minister spoke of Japan's contributions to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ through the fabrication of high-tech components and the participation of Japanese staff in the project. Minister Moriyama and Director-General Barabaschi also discussed the importance the JT-60SA tokamak to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ, as that upgraded experiment prepares to study advanced modes of plasma operation.
On 3 October 2023, the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Director-General visited the QST Naka Fusion Institute, where he was enthusiastically welcomed by the staff of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Japan and the JT-60SA team.
A visit to the Naka Fusion Institute at the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) rounded out Director-General Barabaschi's visit to Japan. He met the staff of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Japan, visited two test facilities participating in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ procurement, and stopped in at JT-60SA, where he gave encouragement to all the European and Japanese staff members who are currently working on the integrated commissioning of the device. Finally, the Director-General exchanged with QST President Koyasu Shigeo on how to more closely promote the integration between the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Organization and °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ Japan and how to attract greater numbers of young staff members to work at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ.