JAXA Executives Take Pay Cut Due to ASTRO-H (Hitomi) Anomaly
June 15, 2016 (JST)
National Research and Development Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Due to the anomaly experienced with X-Ray Astronomy Satellite ASTRO-H (Hitomi), three of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s executive employees have decided to take a 10% pay cut to their monthly salary for four months, to be effective July 2016.
- President
- Naoki Okumura
- Senior Vice President
- Mamoru Endo
- Vice President/Director General, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
- Saku Tsuneta
The affected employees are as follows: