From June 13 through 14, ALMA Board was held in Santiago. Shoken Miyama, Director General of NAOJ, attended the meeting as a board member representing Japan, with Masato Ishiguro, ALMA-J Director and Tetsuo Hasegawa, ALMA-J Project Manager, and they engaged in active discussions over the joint operation agreement, operation plan, and employment. The picture shows Tetsuo Hasegawa reporting the progress of the Japanese project in the morning session on the first day.