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Takeuchi Lab
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A remote sensing lab that monitors Asia's environment and disasters through the eyes of satellites.
AboutAbout the lab
Capturing the environment and disasters through satellite eyes.
Takeuchi Lab studies remote sensing, the observation of the Earth from satellites and other platforms, with a focus on putting it to practical use in society.
The lab develops methods to extract useful information from satellite data for applications including atmospheric environments, ecosystems, agriculture, urban environments, infrastructure, and natural disasters.
The lab operates systems for receiving, processing, and archiving satellite data, and serves as a leading remote sensing hub in Asia.
With many international students, the lab sends students to international conferences every year, and they also have opportunities to join field surveys in countries such as Thailand and Vietnam.
Key terms
- Remote sensing
- A technology that measures conditions of the land surface and atmosphere at a distance, using satellites, aircraft, drones, and other platforms
- Crop calendar
- A calendar showing when in the year each farming activity, such as rice transplanting and harvesting, takes place
- InSAR (Interferometric SAR)
- A technology that measures the same location at different times with satellite radar and detects slight movements of the ground or structures from shifts in the radar signals
NewsLab news
Received the Excellent Research Presentation Award
Lab open to visitors at the University of Tokyo Open Campus 2026
Published a paper investigating unstable sections of railways in Bangladesh using InSAR
Published a paper examining the accuracy of detecting peatland canals in Indonesia using satellite radar
A doctoral student received the Best Paper Award at ISRS 2025
ResearchResearch themes
The lab develops methods that use remote sensing technology to assess atmospheric environments, carbon-storing ecosystems, urban environments, and more. It works on both monitoring with sensors and modeling to extract useful information from data, covering scales from cities and regions to continents and the entire globe.
*Illustrative imageAtmospheric Environment and Ecosystem Carbon
Using ecosystem characteristics measured from satellite data, the lab estimates the amount of carbon dioxide stored and emitted by ecosystems such as forests, peatlands, and mangroves. It is also working on estimating methane emissions from wetlands.
*Illustrative imageRice Cropping Seen from Satellites
Focusing on rice cultivation in Southeast Asia, a region vulnerable to drought damage, the lab uses satellite data to create crop calendar maps showing the number of rice cropping cycles per year and to estimate rice production.
*Illustrative imageAssessing Urban Environments in Asia
The lab evaluates the comfort of Asian cities using indices based on temperature and humidity captured by satellite data, and analyzes the characteristics of the atmospheric environment in the world's megacities.
*Illustrative imageMonitoring Infrastructure from Space
This research aims to detect damage and signs of deterioration early in structures such as bridges, dams, and buildings in order to keep them safe, using sensors, satellite data, and data analysis. The lab uses InSAR to investigate displacement of railways and dams.
MembersFaculty
The members of Takeuchi Lab consist of faculty, secretaries, project researchers, academic and technical specialists, doctoral and master's students, and exchange students.As of 2026
- ProfessorWataru TakeuchiPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorKhin Myat KyawPublications ↗
- Project Assistant ProfessorChihiro NaitoPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Southeast Asia (MODIS)” MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC / Public domain (cropped)
- Atmospheric Environment and Ecosystem Carbon: “Hutan Mangrove Sumatera” M. Wildan Faris / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Rice Cropping Seen from Satellites: “Terraced paddy fields, Sonla, Vietnam” Quangpraha / CC0 (cropped)
- Assessing Urban Environments in Asia: “Bangkok Skyline (MK)” Mathias Krumbholz / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Monitoring Infrastructure from Space: “NASA Kilauea InSAR” ASI/NASA/JPL-Caltech / Public domain (cropped)
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- Related lab (Oki Lab (Institute of Industrial Science)): “Mt.Hiuchigatake from Mt.Shibutsu 01” Σ64 / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
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