Japan

"IUNS subcommittee (National Committee on Nutrition and Food Science)"

"Science Council of Japan (SCJ)"

Council Members

Head of Committee:

Prof./Dr. Makoto Shimizu

Department of Applied Biological Chemistry
The University of Tokyo
1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 113-8657

Tel.: +81-3-5841-5127
Fax: +81-3-5841-8026

Email: ams316@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Members:

Prof/Dr. Keiko Abe (The University of Tokyo)
Prof/Dr. Hiroko Isoda (Tsukuba University)
Prof/Dr. Akira Isogai (Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
Prof/Dr. Motoni Kadowaki (Niigata University)
Prof/Dr. Shigeaki Kato (The University of Tokyo)
Prof/Dr. Teruo Miyazawa (Tohoku University)

Address:

IUNS subcommittee (National Committee on Nutrition and Food Science)
Science Council of Japan, Prime Minister’s Office
7-22-34 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-8555
Tel.: +81/3/3403/6291
Fax.: +81/3/3403/1982
Email: husui@sorifu.go.jp
URL of SCJ: http://www.scj.go.jp

Term of Committee

October 2006 -

Year Established

1969

Japan’s adherence to IUNS was first made in1965 through Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science. In 1968 the National Committee was established as the official adhering body to IUNS, and in 1969, when IUNS joined ICSU, SCJ took the place of the adhering body to IUNS through its subordinate national committee.

Activities in 2006-2007

2006-2007 Activities established (Japan)

1. Because of the structural changes of SCJ in 2006, the National Committee on Nutritional and Food Science (NCNFS) was abolished. A subcommittee of SCJ, IUNS subcommittee, was newly established to take the place of NCNFS.

2. Prof. Shimizu was elected as a chair of the IUNS subcommittee in January 2007.

3. Prof. Homma and Prof. Kadowaki attended the joint council meeting of IUNS and FANS (Federation of Asian Nutrition Societies) in Taipei in September 2007.

4. The IUNS subcommittee members of SCJ are planning to make a union of Japanese scientific societies being concerned with food and nutritional sciences. The expected role of the union would be to activate basic and applied research and also to develop public awareness and confidence in science and technology for food and nutrition.