What is Norio Kaifu?
[[File:Norio kaifu.jpg|thumb|200px|Norio Kaifu]] {{Nihongo|'''Norio Kaifu'''|海部宣男|4=21 September 1943 – 13 April 2019}} was a [[Japan]]ese [[astronomer]]. He served as the director-general of the [[National Astronomical Observatory of Japan]] (NAOJ) from 2000 to 2006. He was later [[president]] of the [[International Astronomical Union]] (IAU) from 2012 to 2015. He was a [[research]]er of [[radio astronomy]], [[Extragalactic astronomy|extraglactic astronomy]], cosmic [[magnetic field]]s, non-stable stars and [[infrared astronomy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vaprize.sci.am/committee/committee.php|title=Steering Committee|publisher=Viktor Ambartsumian International Prize|access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref> Kaifu died of [[pancreatic cancer]] on 13 April 2019, at the age of 75.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nao.ac.jp/en/notice/20190416-kaifu.html|title=Dr. Norio Kaifu, Former Director General of NAOJ, Passes Away|publisher=[[National Astronomical Observatory of Japan|NAOJ]]|date=16 April 2019|access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref> [[Toshiki Kaifu]], a politician and [[Makoto Kobayashi (physicist)|Matoko Kobayashi]], physicist were his [[brother]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/3997/ Norio Kaifu] at [[International Astronomical Union|IAU.org]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaifu, Norio}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Astronomers]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer]] [[Category:Japanese scientists]] {{Bio-stub}}