▁International ▁astero id ▁monitoring ▁project ▁▁ ▁Japan ▁Space guard ▁Association ▁( JS GA ) ▁is ▁keen ▁to ▁have ▁astronom ical ▁education ▁for ▁young ▁people ▁and ▁held ▁Space guard ▁Private ▁Investig ator ▁of ▁the ▁Stars — ▁the ▁fug it ives ▁are ▁astero ids ! ▁program ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁Y osh ia ki ▁O sh ima ▁participated ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁committee ▁member . ▁JS GA ▁submitted ▁a ▁paper ▁on ▁that ▁project ▁in ▁a ▁proceed ings , ▁with ▁O sh ima ▁as ▁a ▁contrib utor . ▁ ▁JS GA ▁held ▁an ▁astronom ical ▁education ▁program ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁their ▁International ▁Ast ero id ▁Mon itor ing ▁Project , ▁that ▁collabor ated ▁with ▁the ▁British ▁Council ▁and ▁its ▁International ▁School s ' ▁Observ atory ▁( ISO ) ▁program ▁which ▁had ▁involved ▁ 1 2 ▁teams ▁of ▁junior ▁high ▁to ▁senior ▁high ▁school ▁classes ▁from ▁Asian ▁and ▁European ▁countries . ▁ ▁The ▁Private ▁Investig ator ▁of ▁Stars ▁was ▁co - sp ons ored ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁Council ▁which ▁ad vised ▁the ▁International ▁Ast ero id ▁Mon itor ing ▁Project ▁by ▁coordin ating ▁observ atory ▁in ▁the ▁Can ary ▁islands ▁and ▁particip ating ▁labor ator ies ▁for ▁ISO . ▁Y omi uri ▁Shin b un ▁newspaper ▁held ▁an ▁astero id ▁hunting ▁contest ▁for ▁the ▁JS GA ▁and ▁run ▁articles ▁on ▁their ▁pages . ▁ 4 3 8 ▁school ▁classes ▁and ▁other ▁teams ▁signed ▁up ▁with ▁ 1 , 3 1 7 ▁ind ib iv is uals , ▁and ▁ 1 3 3 ▁teams ▁reported