National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand Thai National Observatory (TNO) is NARIT's main facility, atop Thailand's highest mountain, Doi Inthanon in Doi Inthanon National Park, Chom Thong District, Chiang Mai Province. The concept of a national astronomical research institute was discussed for the first time in the Assembly of the Deans of the Faculty of Science in Thai universities. On July 20, 2004, commemorating His Majesty King Bhumibol's 80th Birthday Anniversary in 2007 and marking the bicentenary of the life and work of King Mongkut the "Father of Thai Science" the government approved the establishment of the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT), under the
Tōru Doi the revision of the Kono Statement Tōru Doi A native of Kurokawa District, Miyagi, Doi graduated the Tohoku Gakuin University School of Law in 1981. After having served in the local assembly of Miyagi Prefecture (won in 1993, 1995, 1999, lost in 2003), Doi was elected to the Diet for the first time in 2005. Affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, that advocates a restoration of monarchy, State Shinto, and militarism in Japan, Doi often follows their agenda: Doi gave the following answers to the questionnaires submitted by Mainichi to candidates in 2012 and 2014: His answers were: