Officers and Commitee Members in 2024

President and Vice President

President
Yuki ICHINOSE
Vice President
Hideki TAKAHASHI

Councilors (◎Director)

Hokkaido division
◎Seishi AKINO
Chikara MASUTA
Jun SOUMA
Tohoku division
◎Shin-ichi FUJI
Masamichi ISOGAI
Hideki TAKAHASHI
Shu HASE
North-Kanto division
◎Satoko KANEMATSU
◎Shigenobu YOSHIDA
Tetsuo MAOKA
Kazuhiro NAKAHO
Yasuo OHTO
Kaoru ZENBAYASHI
Takayuki AOKI
South-Kanto division
◎Tsutomu ARIE
◎Kazuyuki HIRATSUKA
Kyoko WATANABE
Yasuyuki YAMAJI
Kenro OSHIMA
Hiroshi HAMAMOTO
Hiromitsu MORIYAMA
Hirosuke SHINOHARA
Shinya TSUDA
Shuichi OHSATO
Chubu division
◎Haruhisa SUGA
Hisae HIRATA
Daigo TAKEMOTO
Chiharu NAKASHIMA
Takashi TSUGE
Masafumi SHIMIZU
Kinki division
◎Yoshitaka TAKANO
Kazuyuki MISE
Motoaki TOJO
Yukio TOSA
Masanori KAIDO
Chugoku/Shikoku
division
◎Motoichiro KODAMA
Yuki ICHINOSE
Kazuya AKIMITSU
Yasufumi HIKICHI
Nobuhiro SUZUKI
Kappei KOBAYASHI
Kyushu division
◎Minoru TAKESHITA
Motoaki KUSABA
Naruto FURUYA
Minoru INADA
Editor in Chief
Masamichi ISOGAI
Chief Secretary
Nobutaka SOMEYA
Appointed by president
Hiroyuki HAGIWARA
Hiroshi SHIOMI
Makiichi TAKAGAKI
Mamoru SATOU
Hanako SHIMURA
Izumi CHUMA
Toshiyuki MORIKAWA

Auditors

Hiroshi HAMAMOTO
Kenro OSHIMA
Kyoko WATANABE

Various committees (◎Chairman ○Sub-Chief Secretary)

Editorial committee
◎Hideki TAKAHASHI
○Shu HASE
Bogdanove, A. J.
Izumi CHUMA
Day, B.
Dou, D.
Takashi FUJIKAWA
Yuichiro IIDA
Kenichi IKEDA
Iori IMAZAKI
Masanori KAIDO
Ken KOMATSU
Kormelink, R.
Masaharu KUBOTA
Yousuke MATSUSHITA
Kazuhiro NAKAHO
Pieterse, C. M. J.
Preston, G. M.
Norio SAHASHI
Mamoru SATOU
Ken-Taro SEKINE
Masafumi SHIMIZU
Minoru TAKESHITA
Kasumi TAKEUCHI
Kazuaki TANAKA
Yasuhiro TOMITAKA
Taketo UEHARA
Toshiyuki USAMI
Kyoko WATANABE
Yun, S.-H.
Award selection
committee
◎Yuki ICHINOSE
Hideki TAKAHASHI
Chikara MASUTA
Hisashi IWAI
Kazuyuki HIRATSUKA
Motoichiro KODAMA
Yasufumi HIKICHI
Committee on
nomination of
special contributer
◎Tsutomu ARIE
Yukio TOSA
Chikara MASUTA
Takashi TSUGE
Election
administration committee
◎Shinya TSUDA
Yasuyuki YAMAJI
Shin-ichi MIYATA
Plant disease name
committee
◎Mamoru SATOU
Seishi AKINO
Shin-ichi FUJI
Yuuri HIROOKA
Yasuhiro INOUE
Masaharu KUBOTA
Hayato MASUYA
Norihisa MATSUSHITA
Tomoo MISAWA
Tomofumi MOCHIZUKI
Jouji MORIWAKI
Tsuyoshi ONO
Takahide SASAYA
Ken-Taro SEKINE
Hirosuke SHINOHARA
Kei SUGAWARA
Koya SUGAWARA
Koichi SUZAKI
Eiji TANAKA
Mizue TSUJI
Taketo UEHARA
Shihomi UZUHASHI
Norihito YAMAUCHI
Secretaries
◎Nobutaka SOMEYA
Nobumitsu SASAKI
Yasuhiro TOMITAKA
Shihomi UZUHASHI
Accounting
Yugo KITAZAWA
Sub Accounting
Hiroshi KATOH
Editorial activities
◎Shuhei MIYASHITA
Sugihiro ANDO
Yuya CHIAKI
Fumi FUKADA
Masayoshi HASHIMOTO
Yasuhiro ISHIGA
Takayoshi IWAI
Takashi KOBAYASHI
Norichika MIYANO
Shigeo NAKAMURA
Yutaro NERIYA
Yukari OKANO
Nobutaka SOMEYA
Hajime YAEGASHI
Editorial board of
PSJ newsletter
◎Ikuo KADOTA
Nobutaka SOMEYA
Nobumitsu SASAKI
Yasuhiro TOMITAKA
Committee on taxonomy
of plant viruses
◎Nobuhiro SUZUKI
Shin-ichi FUJI
Tatsuji HATAYA
Toru IWANAMI
Satoshi KAGIWADA
Hideki KONDO
Tomofumi MOCHIZUKI
Takahide SASAYA
Shinya TSUDA
Yasuyuki YAMAJI
Ok-Kyung KIM
Yuka HAGIWARA-KOMODA
Kenji KUBOTA
Committee on
international affairs
◎Tsutomu ARIE
Hiroshi HAMAMOTO
Yasufumi HIKICHI
Kazuyuki HIRATSUKA
Seishi AKINO
Haruhisa SUGA
Kazuya AKIMITSU
Yoshitaka TAKANO
Committee on
Future problems of
JSPP
◎Yuki ICHINOSE
Hideki TAKAHASHI
Nobutaka SOMEYA
Nobumitsu SASAKI
Yugo KITAZAWA
Yasufumi HIKICHI
Kazuya AKIMITSU
Shuichi OHSATO
Kazuhiro ISHIBASHI
Yutaro NERIYA
Committee on
Educational program
◎Hideki TAKAHASHI
Yasuhiro TOMITAKA
Haruhisa SUGA
Kazuyuki HIRATSUKA
Naruto FURUYA
Professional engineers
committee
◎Hiroshi HAMAMOTO
Nobumitsu SASAKI
Hiroshi KATOH
Yasuyuki YAMAJI
Takashi FUJIKAWA
Ken WATANABE
Miyuki KAYAMORI
Professional engineers committee
in 5 societies
of plant protection
◎Yasuyuki YAMAJI
Hiroshi KATOH
Mamoru SATOU
Satoshi KAGIWADA
JABEE corresponding
committee
◎Hiroshi HAMAMOTO
Tsutomu ARIE
Hisashi IWAI
Chikara MASUTA
Shuichi OHSATO
Kazusato OHSHIMA
Masahiro SHISHIDO
Hideki TAKAHASHI
Yukio TOSA
Kazuhiro TOYODA
Gender equality
committee
◎Izumi CHUMA
Hanako SHIMURA
Yukari OKANO
Ok-Kyung KIM
Takayuki ARAZOE
Akira MINE
Kensaku MAEJIMA
Shunsuke ASANO
Nami MINATO
Kaoru ZENBAYASHI
Management Policy Advisory
committee
◎Yasuyuki YAMAJI
Chikara MASUTA
Yukio TOSA
Kenro OSHIMA
Shin-ichi MIYATA
Public Relations
committee
◎Takashi FUJIKAWA
Fumi FUKADA
Kei HIRUMA
Kazuhiro ISHIBASHI
Shuhei MIYASHITA
Hanako SHIMURA
Yasuhiro TOMITAKA

Councilors of divisions

Hokkaido division
Takashi NARABU
Tohoku division
Masamichi ISOGAI
Kanto division
Tsutomu ARIE
Kansai division
Yoshitaka TAKANO
Kyushu division
Minoru INADA

Member of Science council of Japan, International Conference, etc.

Committee member of
Science council of Japan

Kyoko WATANABE
Ichiro UYEDA

Union of Japanese Societies for Plant Protection Science

Steering committee
member
Nobutaka SOMEYA
Hiroshi KATOH

Federation of Microbiological Societies of Japan (FMSJ)

Corresponding
committee
Yuki ICHINOSE

Association of Japanese Agricultural Scientific Societies

Councilors
Yuki ICHINOSE
Hideki TAKAHASHI
Steering committee
member
Nobutaka SOMEYA

Foundation of Agricultural Sciences of Japan

Promoting committee member for
Agricultural Engineering
Education
Hiroshi HAMAMOTO

International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS)

Corresponding
committee
Yuki ICHINOSE
Committee member of Taxonomy of
Viruses
Nobuhiro SUZUKI
Committee member of Nomenclature
of Bacteria
Yuichi TAKIKAWA

International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences (IAPPS)

Region X North East Asia
Coordinator
Tsutomu ARIE

International Society for Plant Pathology

Council members
Kazuya AKIMITSU
Tsutomu ARIE
Hideki TAKAHASHI
Yuki ICHINOSE
Correspondent for
newsletter
Hideki TAKAHASHI
Members of
committee
Yuki ICHINOSE
Akira KAWAGUCHI
Takayuki AOKI
Motoaki TOJO
Masao ARAKAWA
Masahiro SHISHIDO

Asian Association of Societies for Plant Pathology (AASPP)

Vice President
Tsutomu ARIE