Prof. Masashi Hayakawa

Hayakawa Institute of Seismo Electromagnetics Co., Ltd. (Hi-SEM), UEC Alliance Center #521, CEO

The University of Electro-Communications (UEC), Emeritus professor and Visiting professor

Email: hayakawa@hi-seismo-em.jp (preferred), Masashi.hayakawa.lab@gmail.com

Qualifications

1974, Doctor of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

1968, M. Eng., Electrical Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

1966, B. Eng., Electrical Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Research Fields

Study of Electromagnetic Environment, including the electromagnetic VLF/ELF noises in the space (ionosphere/magnetosphere), atmospheric noises (lightning and the associated phenomena, transient luminous events and ELF transients, Schumann resonances), and lithospheric noise (short-term earthquake prediction) (lithosphere-atmosphere-ionosphere coupling).
EMC (electromagnetic compatibility), inverse problems in electrical studies.

Publications (selected at most 25 items)

Books

1. Hayakawa, M. and Y. Fujinawa (Editors), 1994. Electromagnetic Phenomena Related to Earthquake Prediction, Terra Sci. Pub. Co., Tokyo, 667p.
2. Hayakawa, M. and O. A. Molchanov (Editors), 2002. Seismo Electromagnetics: Lithosphere - Atmosphere - Ionosphere Coupling, TERRAPUB, Tokyo, 477p.
3. Nickolaenko, A. P. and M. Hayakawa, 2002. Resonances in the Earth-Ionosphere Cavity, Kluwer Acad. Pub., Dordrecht, 380p.
4. Troyan, V. and M. Hayakawa, 2002. Inverse Geophysical Problems, TERRAPUB, Tokyo, 289p.
5. Korovkin, N. V., V. L. Chechurin and M. Hayakawa, 2007. Inverse Problems in Electric Circuits and Electromagnetics, Springer, 331p.
6. Molchanov, O. A., and M. Hayakawa, 2008. Seismo Electromagnetics and Related Phenomena: History and latest results, TERRAPUB, Tokyo, 189p.
7. Hayakawa, M.（Editor）, 2009. Electromagnetic Phenomena Associated with Earthquakes, Transworld Research Network, Trivandrum (India), 279p.
8. Hayakawa, M. (Editor), 2012. The Frontier of Earthquake Prediction Studies, Nihon- Senmontosho-Shuppan, Tokyo, 794p.
9. Hayakawa, M. (Editor), 2013. Earthquake Prediction Studies: Seismo Electromagnetics, TERRAPUB, Tokyo, 168p.
10. Nickolaenko, A. P., and M. Hayakawa, 2014. Schumann Resonances for Tyros (Essentials of Global Electromagnetic Resonance in the Earth-Ionosphere Cavity), Springer, Tokyo, 348p.
11. Surkov, V., and M. Hayakawa, 2014. Ultra and Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, Springer, Tokyo, 486p.
12. Hayakawa, M, 2015. Earthquake Prediction with Radio Techniques, John Wiley & Sons, Singapore, 294p.
13. Sorokin, V., V. Chemyrev, and M. Hayakawa, 2015. Electrodynamic Coupling of Lithosphere-Atmosphere-Ionosphere of the Earth, Nova Science Pub. Inc., New York, 326p.
14. Sokolova, O., N. Korovkin, N., and M. Hayakawa, 2021. Geomagnetic Disturbances Impacts on Power System: Risk Analysis and Mitigation Strategies, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 241p.

Papers

1. Molchanov, O. A., and M. Hayakawa, 1995. Generation of ULF electromagnetic emissions by microfracturing, Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 22, pp.3091-3094.
2. Hayakawa, M., O. A. Molchanov, T. Ondoh, and E. Kawai, 1996. The precursory signature effect of the Kobe earthquake on VLF subionospheric signals, J. Comm. Res. Lab., Tokyo, vol. 43, pp.169-180.
3. Molchanov, O. A. and M. Hayakawa, 1998. Subionospheric VLF signal perturbations possibly related to earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., vol. 103, pp.17,489-17,504.
4. Trakhtengerts, V. Y., Y. Hobara, A. G. Demekhov, and M. Hayakawa, 1999. Beam-plasma instability in inhomogeneous magnetic field and second order cyclotron resonance effects, Phys. Plasma, vol. 6, pp.692-698.
5. Hayakawa, M., T. Itoh, and N. Smirnova, 1999. Fractal analysis of ULF geomagnetic data associated with the Guam earthquake on August 8, 1993, Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 26, No. 18, pp.2797-2800.
6. Iudin D.I., V. Y. Trakhtegerts and M. Hayakawa, 2003. Fractal dynamics of electric discharges in a thundercloud, Phys. Rev. E, vol. 68, 016601.
7. Hayakawa, M., Y. Kasahara, T. Nakamura, F. Muto, T. Horie, S. Maekawa, Y. Hobara, A. A., Rozhnoi, M. Solovieva, and O. A. Molchanov, 2010. A statistical study on the correlation between lower ionospheric perturbations as seen by subionospheric VLF/LF propagation and earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., vol. 115, A09305, doi:10. 1029/2009JA015143.
8. Shvets, A., and M. Hayakawa, 2011. Global lightning activity on the basis of inversions of natural ELF electromagnetic data observed at multiple stations around the world, Survey Geophys., vol. 32, issue 6, pp.705-732, DOI 10.1007/s10712-011-9135-1.
9. Sorokin, V., and M. Hayakawa, 2014. Plasma and electromagnetic effects caused by the seismic-related disturbances of electric current in the global circuit, Modern Appl. Sci., vol. 8, no. 4, pp.61-83, doi:10.5539/mas.v8n4p61.
10. Hayakawa M., H. Yamauchi, N. Ohtani, M. Ohta, S. Tosa, T. Asano, A. Schekotov, J. Izutsu, S. M. Potirakis and K. Eftaxias, 2016. On the Precursory Abnormal Animal Behavior and Electromagnetic Effects for the Kobe Earthquake (M~6) on April 12, 2013, Open Journal of Earthquake Research, vol. 5, pp.165-171, http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojer.2016.53013.
11. Hayakawa, M., S. Hirooka, K. Michimoto, S.M. Potirakis, and Y. Hobara, 2025. Meteorological Anomalies During Earthquake Preparation: A Case Study for the 1995 Kobe Earthquake (M = 7.3) Based on Statistical and Machine Learning-Based Analyses, Atmosphere, 16(1), 88.

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