Dr. Shige completed his PhD dissertation in Kyoto University. He has been developing the Spectral Latent Heating (SLH) algorithm for spaceborne precipitation radars in collaboration with Prof. Yukari N. Takayabu in the University of Tokyo. The four-dimensional latent heating data derived from the SLH algorithm has been utilized in various studies. He also has been developing orographic rainfall retrieval for spaceborne microwave radiometers to improve a high-resolution mapped satellite rainfall product, the Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP), which is utilized widely not only for science but also for applications. He has received the Award of the Meteorological Society of Japan in 2018, which represents the highest award in the Society. He served as a chief editor of the special edition of Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan on “Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM): 5th Anniversary?.