ASTRO-F is the next generation Japanese infrared space mission of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science. ASTRO-F will be dedicated to an All Sky Survey in the far-infrared in 4 bands from 50-200microns with 2 additional mid-infrared bands at 9microns and 20microns. This will be the first all sky survey in the infrared since the ground breaking IRAS mission almost 20 years ago and the first ever survey at 170microns. The All Sky Survey should detect 10's of millions of sources in the far-infrared bands most of which will be dusty luminous and ultra-luminous star forming galaxies, with as many as half lying at redshifts greater than unity. In this contribution, the ASTRO-F mission and its objectives are reviewed and many of the mission expectations are discussed.

• CHRIS PEARSON(Astrophysics Group, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Rd.)
• HYUNG MOK LEE(Astronomy Program, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University)
• ASTRO-F TEAM(Astronomy Program, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University)