WATANABE Mahito Last updated: Oct 29, 2019 at 22:37
Research Areas
Earth and planetary science /
Geology /
Academic & Professional Experience
Apr 2019
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Today
Guest Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Tokyo University
Apr 2001
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Today
Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Apr 1987
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Mar 2001
Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Awards & Honors
Apr 2017
AIST President Award, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Apr 2011
The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Winner: WATANABE Mahito, HAMASAKI Satoshi, YOSHIKAWA Toshiyuki
Apr 1992
Research Encouragement Award, Geological Society of Japan
Published Papers
Revised Cenozoic chronostratigraphy and tectonics in the Yatsuo Area, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan
Journal of Geological Society of Japan 125(7) 483-516 Jul 2019 [Refereed]
Crown beaked whale fossils from the Chepotsunai Formation (latest Miocene) of Tomamae Town, Hokkaido, Japan
Tanaka, Y. and Watanabe, M.
Palaeontologia Electronica 22.2.31 Jun 2019 [Refereed]
An early and new member of the Balaenopteridae from the upper Miocene of Hokkaido, Japan
Tanaka, Y. and Watanabe, M.
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1-16 Jan 2019 [Refereed]
UNESCO Global Geoparks: living laboratories to mitigate natural induced disasters and strengthen communities’ resilience
Fassouras, C., Watanabe, M., Pavlova, I., Amorfini, A., Dellarole, E., and Diercks F.
Geographies of the Anthropocene 1(2) 175-197 Dec 2018 [Refereed]
Geologically old and ontogenetically young Herpetocetus sp. from the late Miocene of Hokkaido, Japan
Tanaka, Y. and Watanabe, M.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontolog 38(4) 1-11 Oct 2018 [Refereed]
The origin and development of geoparks in Japan: reflections from a personal perspective
Watanabe, M.
In Chakraborty, A., Mokudai, K., Cooper, M., Watanabe, M., and Chakraborty, S. eds. “Natural Heritage of Japan” 87-94 Jan 2018 [Refereed]
Report of “Geopark on Stricken Areas: Disasters and Gifts of Geo
Kuri, M., Miyahara, I., Sato, S., Watanabe, M., and Nakagawa, K.
Journal of disaster research 11(3) 425-436 Jun 2016 [Refereed]
Taxonomy of the fossil marine diatom resting spore genus Odontotropis Grunow
Suto, I. Watanabe, M. and Jordan, R.
Diatom Research 26(3) 255-272 Jan 2011 [Refereed]
Taxonomy of middle Eocene diatom resting spores and their allied taxa from the central Arctic Basin
Suto, I. Jordan, R. and Watanabe, M.
Micropaleontology 55 259-312 Jul 2009 [Refereed]
Taxonomy of the fossile marine diatom resting spore genus Goniothecium Ehrenberg and its allied species
Suto, I. Jordan, R. and Watanabe, M.
Diatom Research 23(2) 445-469 Sep 2008 [Refereed]
Books etc
Geoheritage of East and Southeast Asia (Chapter 4) in Geoheritage of Japan
Watanabe, M. and Shimazaki, Y. (Part:Joint Work)
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2009
Conference Activities & Talks
Geoheritage and Geohazards: Conservation and utilization of heritages related to geohazards [Invited]
WATANABE Mahito
INTERNATIONAL INTENSIVE COURSE ON GEOPARKS 2018 9 Jun 2018
Japanese Geoparks National Committee and the Japanese geoparks Network activities to enhance geo-diversity management [Invited]
WATANABE Mahito
INTERNATIONAL INTENSIVE COURSE ON GEOPARKS 2018 8 Jun 2018
UNESCO Global Geoparks in Japan - Experiences on geotourism development [Invited]
WATANABE Mahito
International Intensive Course on Geoparks UNESCO Global Geoparks and Geotourism development 14 Jun 2017
