On October 12, 2011, Mr. Tenzo Okumura, Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), and Ms. Mieko Kamimoto, Parliamentary Secretary for MEXT, visited MANA. They attentively listened to an explanation about NIMS from Dr. Ushioda, NIMS President, and about MANA from Dr. Aono, MANA Director-General, and sometime took notes of the explanation.