Japan Forms Its First SETI Organization, Planning Radio Searches Toward Sagittarius

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Shinya Narusawa of the University of Hyogo leads Japan's first SETI group formed in Kobe to search for extraterrestrial life with planned radio observations toward Sagittarius from the Misato Observatory and to build a domestic antenna network for sustained global collaboration.

Japan astronomers launch group to look for aliens, radio observations eyed
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Japan astronomers launch group to look for aliens, radio observations eyed

Astronomers in Japan have recently launched what they say is the countrys first organization dedicated to the search for alien life, with radio observations planned in the summer next year.