A Comprehensive Study on the Geodesy and Geophysics in Japan

地球物理学是研究地球及其环境的自然科学之一，分为几个领域，即，近年来，它涉及面广，跨学科研究已成为一个十分重要的领域。本文旨在回顾和分析过去一段时间以来对地球物理学的研究成果，并从中找出对地球物理学研究的启示。本研究收集了大量的研究资料，并对多位不同领域的主要研究者进行了访谈。在此基础上，分析了科学政策的作用，指出大地测量理事会对日本地球物理学的发展起到了重要作用。在地球物理学的各个领域，随着日本经济的发展，沿着建立了许多仪器和观测系统。今后，日本的地球物理学研究水平可望提高。

Geophysics is one of natural sciences, in which the Earth and its environments are studied, and divided into several fields, i.e., geodesy, solid Earth science, atmospheric science, oceanography, aeronomy, etc. It covers wide area and interdisciplinary research has become quite important in recent years. The purpose of the present study is to review and analyze the results of the studies on the geophysics in the past time, and to find out the. way we should take in the future.In this study, many research data were collected and interview with many principal investigators in various fields were carried out. Then the role of science policy was investigated, and it is found that the Geodesy Council was quite important and contributed to the progress of geophysics in Japan. In various fields of geophysics, many instruments and observation system were established along with economic development in Japan. In the future, higher level research is expected in geophysics in Japan.