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Tetsuo Satoh Tetsuo Satoh, Ph.D., ATS, EDJST
Emeritus Professor, Chiba University, Japan
Past Vice President, IUTOX
Advisor, ASIATOX
Emeritus member, Society of Toxicology, USA
Emeritus member, Japanese Society of Toxicology

FOUNDATION OF THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF TOXICOLOGY

 The Japanese Society of Toxicology(JSOT) was founded in the Toxicology Research Group (TRG) and the Toxic Action Research Group (TARG), which were independently created in 1975 and 1976, respectively. TRG membership consisted of veterinarians, while the TARG was geared towards medical and pharmaceutical researchers. In 1981, the two groups merged and the Japanese Society of Toxicological Sciences (JSTS) was founded as a non-profit scientific society. From its inception, the aims of the JSTS have been to promote the acquisition and utilization of knowledge in toxicology and to facilitate the exchange of information among its members, as well as among investigators worldwide. The JSTS was renamed the Japanese Society of Toxicology (JSOT) in 1997. In 2014, the JSOT became a general incorporated association, and it has developed into an organization of nearly 3,000 members.

MISSION

 In support of the JSOT mission of advancing health through furthering understanding of and research in toxicology, the Society promotes the following activities:

1) Convening the annual meeting
2) Publishing the official journal
3) Educating and certifying toxicologists
4) Conducting scientific and publicity related activities for members and the public.
5) Engaging in other programs/projects deemed necessary to support the JSOT mission.

MEMBERS

The JSOT has five recognized member categories: General members, Student members, Honorary members, Meritorious members and Supporting members. JSOT membership, which was 943 at the Society’s founding in 1981, had blossomed to 2598 as of Jan 1, 2020, consisting of 2573 members in Japan and 25 from overseas making it the second largest toxicology society in the world.
Among its current members are 25 associates from around the world, including 9 from USA, 5 from Korea, 9 from the USA, 3 from the UK, 2 each from Switzerland and China, and 1 each from France, Germany, Indonesia and Malaysia. Member affiliations are diverse as well, including industry and contract research organizations (60%), academia (32%), government agencies (3%), and others (5%).

FOUNDING EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS (1981-1984)

President

Tsuneyoshi Tanabe
   (Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University)

Board of Directors

Fuminori Sakai
   (Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo)
Tadashi Murano
   (Wakayama Medical University)
Hideyo Ishikawa
   (Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo)
Yoshito Omori
   (National Institute of Health Sciences)
Toshitsugu Oda
   (Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo)
Masatoshi Tate
   (Faculty of Medicine, Gifu University)
Iwao Yanagiya
   (Faculty of Agriculture, Osaka Prefecture University)
Toshio Yamano
   (Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University)
Hidetoshi Yoshimura
   (Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University)
Tomoji Yanagita
   (Central Institute for Experimental Animals)
Yuzo Tsukada
   (Faculty of Medicine, Keio University)
Shun’ichi Horiguchi
   (Faculty of Agriculture, Osaka Prefecture University)
Hideomi Fukuda
   (Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Yutaka Kasuya
   (Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Masayuki Ikeda
   (Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku University)
Yasuhiko Shirasu
   (The Institute of Environmental Toxicology)
Tomonori Imamichi
   (Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University)
Haruo Kitagawa
   (Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University)
Ryuichi Kato
   (Faculty of Medicine, Keio University)
Toyoaki Hayama
   (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

Auditors

Kosaku Fujiwara
   (Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo)
Hajime Fujimura
   (Kyoto Pharmaceutical University)
Kiyoyuki Kawai
   (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health)

PAST PRESIDENTS

 The President of the JSOT is newly elected every three years, see Table 1.
Table 1. Past JSOT Presidents.
NoPeriodNameAffiliation
11981-1984Tsuneyoshi TanabeFaculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University
21984-1987Fuminori SakaiFaculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
31987-1990Fuminori SakaiFaculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
41990-1993Osamu WadaFaculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
51993-1996Hideomi FukudaFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
61996-1999Yuji KurokawaNational Institute of Health Sciences
71999-2001Hideaki KarakiFaculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
82002-2004Hitoshi EndouFaculty of Medicine, Kyorin University
92005-June 2006Taku NagaoNational Institute of Health Sciences
9July 2006-2007Kunio DoiFaculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
102008-2009Yasushi YamazoeFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University
112010-2011Takemi YoshidaFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Showa University
122012-2013Jun KannoNational Institute of Health Sciences
132014-2015Sunao ManabeDaiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.
142016-2017Akira NaganumaFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University
152018-2019Yoshito KumagaiFaculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
162020-2021Jun KannoNational Institute of Health Sciences
172022-2023Mamoru MutaiLSIM Safety Institute Corporation

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, COUNCILORS AND GENERAL MEETING

 As of Jan 1, 2020, the JSOT’s managing structure included 19 Directors and 296 Councilors. The Board of Directors meets twice a year to draft the action plans of the JSOT. The Council Meeting and the General Meeting are held once a year to discuss the action plans proposed by the Board of Directors.

COMMITTEES

 The JSOT has established five strategic Committees to accomplish the Society’s activities.

   Board of Executive Directors (Board of General Affairs)
   Editorial Committee
   Educational Committee
   Financial Committee
   Science and Publicity Committee

General Affairs Committee

 The committee has two major responsibilities. The first is to strategically draw up the JSOT general action plans for the year by reviewing the plans proposed by the individual committees and preparing the subjects for discussion at Board of Directors meetings, the second is to manage JSOT membership, including the nomination and approval of new councilors and members.

Editorial Committee

 The official journal “Journal of Toxicological Sciences (JTS)” (online ISSN: 1880-3989; print ISSN: 0388-1350) was launched in 1981 to provide a dedicated forum for invited review articles and peer reviewed original papers.
 In 2014, a second journal, “Fundamental Toxicological Sciences (Fundam. Toxicol. Sci.)” was launched and the editorial committee has put in place a highly efficient Web-based manuscript submission and peer review system.
 The JTS has invited distinguished toxicologists from throughout the world to become Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. One of the Society’s top strategic priorities is the ongoing development of its journal. The JSOT is in the process of developing a new look and feel for the journal.

Educational Committee

 The main task of Education Committee is to stimulate the advancement of toxicology and improve the quality of toxicologists by sponsoring certification and recertification examinations, continuing education courses, and fundamental education courses. The Fundamental Education Course is held annually in agreement with scope and level of examination, and the Continuing Education Course is also held annually to offer state-of-the art information for toxicologists.
 Since 1995, the JSOT Board of Directors has seriously discussed the accreditation and certification of toxicologists in Japan. After extensive deliberations, the certification program of toxicologists was newly launched in 1997 under the control of the Education Committee. The written examination has been offered every year, and 662 toxicologists have been formally approved as diplomats as of Jan 2020.
 Each applicant must have had a principal involvement in the practice of toxicology, in addition to the appropriate background education. The examination covers all aspects of toxicology and toxicity testing. Certified Toxicologists should have knowledge that encompasses all aspects of toxicology, and should be able to conduct proper toxicological planning, testing, evaluations, and risk assessment (for details, see Item “Accreditation and professional certification program”).

Financial Committee

 The Financial Committee deals with all of the financial issues of the JSOT. The JSOT has continued to make progress in strengthening the financial foundation of the Society. Major steps are being taken to set up and implement a system for monitoring ongoing financial actions and to develop future plans. In addition, the Society has considered modernizing and upgrading the budget and expenditures management process. The JSOT has 47 supporting members, mainly employed in private industries, who have financially supported the achievement of the strategic plans of the Society.

Science and Publicity Committee

 The JSOT has provided public education lectures on toxicology since 1995 at its annual meetings, and in 2006 the JSOT website was redesigned to include links to other toxicology-related websites. Our website also presents updated information in both Japanese and English for its worldwide membership. These activities fall under the auspices of the Science and Publicity Committee. Furthermore, in addition to the Best Paper Awards, each year the JSOT presents other prestigious awards such as the JSOT Award and the JSOT Young Scientist Awards in recognition of distinguished toxicologists, based on the judgment of the Awards Subcommittee, which is organized under the control of the Science and Publicity Committee. Award recipients are honored at a special ceremony at the JSOT annual meeting, and their names are listed in the JSOT publications.

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Annual meetings

Table 2. Past annual meeting chairs.
NoYearChairpersonVenue   NoYearChairpersonVenue
11975Fuminori SakaiTokyo 261999Tetsuya KamatakiSapporo
21976Masatoshi TateGifu 272000Hitoshi EndouYokohama
31976Yutaka KasuyaTokyo 282001Tohru InoueTokyo
41977Hideyo IshikawaTokyo 292002Toshiaki MatsuzawaNagoya
51978Yasuhiko ShirasuTokyo 302003Fumiaki AkahoriSagamihara
61979Toshio YamanoOsaka 312004Munekazu Gemba Osaka
71980Iwao YanagiyaOsaka 322005Kunio DoiTokyo
81981Yuzo TsukadaTokyo 332006Ikuo HoriiNagoya
91982Tsuneyoshi TanabeSapporo 342007Takemi YoshidaTokyo
101983Tomonori ImamichiTokyo 352008Jun KannoTokyo
111984Hajime FujimuraKyoto 362009Shuji TsudaMorioka
121985Yoshito OmoriTokyo 372010Yoko AniyaOkinawa
131986Tadashi MuranoTokyo 382011Sunao ManabeTokyo
141987Kenzaburo TsuchiyaKita-Kyushu 392012Akira NaganumaSendai
151988Masayuki IkedaSendai 402013Koichi UenoChiba
161989Tomoji YanagitaYokohama 412014Kazuichi NakamuraKobe
171990Tsutomu KameyamaNagoya 422015Toshiyuki KajiKanazawa
181991Shun’ichi HoriguchiOsaka 432016Masahiko SatohNagoya
191992Yukio KuroiwaTokyo 442017Yoshito KumagaiYokohama
201993Tetsuo SatohChiba 452018Mamoru MutaiOsaka
211994Morio KannoSapporo 462019Seiichiro HimenoTokushima
221995Tomoko FujiiTokyo 472020Akihiko HiroseWeb
231996Kazuta OguriFukuoka 482021Hideo FukuiKobe
241997Nobumasa ImuraTokyo 492022Mayumi IshizukaSapporo
251998Shunji IgarashiNagoya 502023Satoshi KitajimaYokohama

Accreditation and professional certification program

 A JSOT certification program for toxicologists, based on annual closed book examinations, was launched in 1997, with the content and level of examination questions selected to be comparable to those provided by the American Board of Toxicology. At the first DJSOT certification examination in 1999, 148 toxicologists were certified. These 148 certified toxicologists included 47 who passed written examination, and 99 who were “grandfathered” in without written examinations based on their longstanding and significant careers in toxicology.
 As of Feb. 1, 2017, 554 toxicologists have been formally approved. Furthermore, as of Feb. 1, 2017, 47 Emeritus Diplomats of the Japanese Society of Toxicologists (EDJSOT) were certified. Approximately 80% of the Society’s diplomats are from industry, 12% from academia, and 8% from other fields. Diplomats may be recertified every five years provided they remain in active toxicology practice and maintain an expert level of knowledge in general toxicology.

Public education lectures

 To promote public education in toxicology, the JSOT organizes public lectures during each annual meeting. Scientific experts are invited to lectures on popular and important topics related to clinical medicine and drug therapy.

JSOT AWARDS

 The JSOT presents several awards to the outstanding toxicologists. The names of the recipients of all awards are shown on the JSOT website. The following lists the current awards sponsored by the Society:

The JSOT Award
Tetsuo Satoh Award
Distinguished Scholar Award
The JSOT Young Scientist Award
Outstanding Technology Award
Best Paper Award
Pfizer Highly Cited Paper Award
Kitashi Mochiduki Award
JCIA-LRI Award

The JSOT Award

 The JSOT Award (Gakkai-sho), which was instituted in 2006, is presented to recognize individuals with long and distinguished careers in toxicology at the national and international level. Achievement in academia or industry may also be recognized (Appendix 1).
Appendix 1. JSOT Award.
YearNameAffiliation
2007Takemi YoshidaFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Showa University
2008Kunio DoiFaculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
2009Ikuo HoriiPfizer Inc.
2010Shuji TsudaFaculty of Agriculture, Iwate University
2011Akira NaganumaFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University
2012Sunao ManabeDaiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
2013Yasushi YamazoeFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University
2014Jun KannoNational Institute of Health Sciences
2015Chiharu TohyamaFaculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
2016Toshiyuki KajiFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science
2017Kazuichi NakamuraKitasato University School of Veterinary Medicine
2018Yoshito KumagaiFaculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
2019Masahiko SatoSchool of Pharmacy, Aichi Gakuin University
2020Makoto ShibutaniTokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2021Akihiko HiroseNational Institute of Health Sciences
2022Hideki WanibuchiOsaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine

Tetsuo Satoh Award

 Tetsuo Satoh Award, which was instituted in 2019. JSOT pays tribute to Dr. Tetsuo Satoh's international and academic contributions to the Society and established the Tetsuo Satoh Award (Academic Contribution Award).
The Tetsuo Satoh Award is presented to the members of JSOT who have made excellent achievements in toxicology research, education including the development of undergraduate students, international activities in the field of toxicology, and technological development for toxicity evaluation, as well as have a huge contribution for the progression and enhancement. (Appendix 2).
Appendix 2. Tetsuo Satoh Award.
YearNameAffiliation
2019Ikuo HoriiPfizer Inc.
2020Mamoru NomuraIna Research Inc.
2021Yuji KurokawaSasaki Foundation
2022No Award 

Distinguished Scholar Award

 This award (Tokubetsu-sho), which was instituted in 2013, is presented to individuals who are not JSOT members, but who have long and distinguished careers in toxicology at the international level. The nomination committee nominates one candidate every year (Appendix 3).
Appendix 3. Distinguished Scholar Award.
YearNameAffiliationCountry
2014Morinobu EndoInstitute of Carbon Science and Technology, Shinshu UniversityJapan
2015No Award  
2016Masayuki YamamotoTohoku University School of MedicineJapan
2017No Award
2018No Award
2019Chiho WatanabeNational Institute for Environmental StudiesJapan
2020No Award  
2021No Award  
2022No Award  

The JSOT Young Scientist Award

 The JSOT Young Scientist Award (Shorei-sho) is presented to the members of the Society who are younger than 40 years old and who have made significant contributions to toxicology. The JSOT Young Scientist Award was first awarded in 2007 (Appendix 4).
Appendix 4. The JSOT Young Scientist Award.
YearName
2007 (2)Mayumi Ishizuka and Tsuyoshi Nakanishi
2008 (2)Naoki Kiyosawa and Gi-Wook Hwang
2009 (3)Tamio Fukushima, Yasuyuki Fujiwara, and Mitsuyasu Tabo
2010 (2)Yaichiro Kotake and Toshinori Yamamoto
2011 (3)Takeki Uehara, Takashi Ashino, and Kazuyoshi Kumagai
2012 (2)Tomoki Kimura and Yasuhiro Shinkai
2013 (2)Tsutomu Takahashi and Koichi Goto
2014 (2)Yoshinori Okamoto and Wataru Yoshioka
2015 (2)Jin-Yong Lee and Hitomi Fujishiro
2016 (2)Seigou Sanou and Shuzo Takeda
2017 (2)Keiko Taguchi and Tomoki Takeda
2018 (2)Maki Tokumoto and Ken Sakurai
2019 (3)Eiki Kimura, Makoto Shirai, and Takashi Toyoma
2020 (3)Fumihiko Ogata, Hisaka Kurita, and Masayo Hirao-Suzuki
2021 (1)Shingo Oda
2022 (3)Yoshikazu Yamagishi, Ryota Shizu, and Ami Oguro
The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of awards per each year.

Outstanding Technology Award

 This award (Gijutsu-sho), which was instituted in 2010 to foster young toxicologists, is presented to JSOT members who are younger than 40 years old and who have made distinguished technology advancements in toxicology. The nomination committee nominates no more than three candidates for this award yearly (Appendix 5).
Appendix 5. Outstanding Technology Award Recipients.
YearName
2011 (3)Yuki Inoue, Morihiko Hirota, and Katsutoshi Ohno
2012 (3)Takafumi Kimoto, Kaori Abe-Tomizawa, and Kazuaki Nakamura
2013 (3)Takayuki Abo, Satomi Onoue, and Kenji Taki
2014 (3)Kou Omura, Takashi Toyama, and Tomoki Fukuyama
2015 (3)Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Takuo Mizukami, and Akihito Yamashita
2016 (3)Yutaka Yonesawa, Tomomi Atobe, and Shuichi Sekine
2017 (3)Yoshika Iwata, Shingo Oda, and Takamasa Murano
2018 (2)Yosuke Sanuki, and Tatsuya Usui
2019 (3)Takehito Isobe, Kaito Nihira, and Ryuji Watari
2020 (3)Tatsuya Ikuno, Sayaka Deguchi, and Yusuke Yamamoto
2021 (2)Shigeki Aoki, and Taku Nishijo
2022 (2)Kosuke Harada, and Shota Yanagida
The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of awards per each year.

Best Paper Award

 Based on the judgment of the Educational Committee, the JSOT bestows its Best Paper Awards (Tanabe Award) upon the authors of the best scientific papers appearing in JTS. The Editorial Committee is responsible for nominating candidates of the Best Paper Awards.
 All society members who have published an excellent or promising original article in JTS (regular issue) are eligible for this award. In principle, up to four research papers may be selected for recognition each year. However, if none of the papers published are judged to be especially worthy of recognition, no award will be bestowed (Appendix 6).
Appendix 6. Best Paper Award.
NoYearName
11995 (2)Sekio Nagayama, Tsuyoshi Yokoi, Yasuro Kawaguchi, and Tetsuya Kamataki
Takashi Mitamura, Atsushi Yamada, Hisao Ishida, Shiro Fujihira, Kaname Ohara, Hideyo Noguchi,
  and Yasuhiro Mine
21996 (2)Minoru Tamagawa, Jiro Morita, and Ichiro Naruse
Yoshihiro Futamura
31997 (1)Harushige Ozaki, Kazuyuki Kurata, Akira Horinouchi, and Takao Ando
41998 (2)Tetsuyo Kajimura, Hiroshi Satoh, and Mamoru Nomura
Shigeru Iida, Hirofumi Misaka, and Masato Naya
51999 (2)Yoshimasa Hamada and Yoshihiro Futamura
Kyoko Miura, Yuka Kobayashi, Haruka Toyoda, and Nobumasa Imura
62000 (2)Masako Kaneto, Susumu Kanamori, Katsumi Hara and Kurajiro Kishi
Masaaki Mori, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Chiyomi Sugitama, Yoshiko Katsumura and Chie Furihata
72001 (2)Yasuna Kobayashi, Naomi Ohshiro, Michiya Suzuki, Tadanori Sasaki, Shogo Tokuyama,
  Takemi Yoshida, and Toshinori Yamamoto
Takako Gotohda, Aki Kuwada, Kyoji Morita, Shin-ichi Kubo, and Itsuo Tokunaga
82002 (5)Toru Tamura, Kunitoshi Mitsumori, Hiroshi Onodera, Nariaki Fujimoto, Kazuo Yasuhara,
  Kiyoshi Takegawa, Hisayoshi Takagi, and Masao Hirose
Kimiyoshi Kitamura, Kazuyuki Yoshikawa, Masahiko Iwama, and Minako Nagao
Takako Hamano, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Tetsuya Sakairi, Masao Hayashi, and Mamoru Mutai
Yoshiki Ban, Masato Naya, Tatsuya Nishimura, Masako Kaneto, Kurajiro Kishi, Tadahiro Inoue,
  Hiroshi Yoshizaki, and Yojiro Ooshima
Masashi Kato, Katsuhiro Fukunishi. Sunao Ikegawa, Hashihiro Higuchi, Masako Sato,
  Masao Horomoto, and Shin Ito
92003 (4)Chiaki Katoh, Satoshi Kitajima, Yumiko Saga, Jun Kanno, Ikuo Horii, and Tohru Inoue
Masami Suzuki, Kiyoka Katsuyama, Kenji Adachi, Yumie Ohawa, Keigo Yorozu, Etsuko Fujii,
  Yasuyuki Misawa, and Tetsuro, Sugimoto
Kazuyuki Nagami, Yasunaga Kawashima, Hiroshi Kuno, Masayuki Kemi, and Hiroyoshi Matsumoto
Akiko Suda, Masahiro Yamashita, Mitsuyuki Tabei, Kazuhiko Taguchi, Hans-Werner Vohr,
  Naohisa Tsutsui, Ritsuyoshi Suzuki, Katsuaki Kikuchi, Keisuke Sakaguchi, Kouki Mochizuki, and
  Kazuichi Nakamura
102004 (2)Akira Unami, Yasuo Shinohara, Tomokazu Ichikawa, and Yoshinobu Baba
Tingting Sun, Tangeng Ma, and Ing, K. Ho
112005 (2)Hiroaki Takahashi
Hiroshi Ono, Yoshiaki Saito, Kiyoshi Imai, and Masanobu Kato
122006 (3)Lu-Tai Tien, Lir-Wan Fan, Tangeng Ma, Horace H. Loh, and Ing Kang Ho
Nobuaki Matsui, Kazumi Kasajima, Masazumi Hada, Tomomi Nagata, Nobuko Senga,
  Yumiko Yasui, Nobuyuki Fukuishi, and Masaaki Akagi
Toshinori Yamamoto, Tamio Fukushima, Rie Kikkawa, Hiroshi Yamada, and Ikuo Horii
132007 (2)Toshinori Yamamoto, Rie Kikkawa, Hiroshi Yamada, and Ikuo Horii
Yuka Kohda, Yoshiko Matsunaga, Ryugo Shota, Tomohiko Satoh, Yuko Kishi, Yoshiko Kawai, and
   Munekazu Gemba
142008 (3)Kayo Sumida, Koichi Saito, Kenji Oeda, Masanori Otsuka, Kazunari Tsujimura, Hideki Miyaura,
  Masaru Sekijima, Koji Nakayama, Yukiko Kawano, Yuki Kawakami, Makoto Asamoto, and
  Tomoyuki Shirai
Toshinori Yamamoto, Kaori Tomizawa, Masaaki Fujikawa, Yasushi Sato, Hiroshi Yamada, and
  Ikuo Horii
Tamio Fukushima, Yoshimasa Hamada, Hiroshi Yamada, and Ikuo Horii
152009 (4)Masaaki Miyazawa, Yuichi Ito, Nanae Kosaka, Yuko Nukada, Hitoshi Sakaguchi, Hiroyuki Suzuki,
  and Naohiro Nishiyama
Yuka Kohda, Hisashi Shirakawa, Kazuhiko Yamane, Kaoru Otsuka, Tatsuji Kono, Fumio Terasaki,
  and Takao Tanaka
Kiyoshi Shibuya, Junko S. Suzuki, Hideaki Kito, Akira Naganuma, Chiharu Tohyama, and
  Masahiko Satoh
Hiroaki Miida, Yumiko Noritake, Hitomi Shimoda, Kumi Honda, Toshiki Matsuoka, Ken Sakurai,
  Makoto Shirai, Sunao Manabe, Wataru Takasaki, and Koichi Ueno
162010 (4)Mitsuhiro Hirode, Ko Omura, Naoki Kiyosawa, Takeki Uehara, Toshinobu Shimuzu, Atsushi Ono,
  Toshikazu Miyagishima, Taku Nagao, Yasuo Ohno, and Tetsuro Urushidani
Yasufumi Shutoh, Makio Takeda, Ryoichi Ohtsuka, Atsuko Haishima, Satoru Yamaguchi,
  Hideaki Fujie, Yutaka Komatsu, Keizo Maita, and Takanori Harada
Daigo Sumi, Yumiko Numasawa, Akiko Endo, Noriko Iwamoto, and Yoshito Kumagai
Toshihiko Makino, Junzo Kinoshita, Shingo Arakawa, Kazumi Ito, Yosuke Ando, Takashi Yamoto,
  Munehiro Teranishi, Atsushi Sanbuissho, and Hiroyuki Nakayama
172011 (4)Akiko Honda, Hiroaki Komuro, Tatsuya Hasegawa, Yoshiyuki Seko, Akinori Shimada, Hisamitsu
  Nagase, Isao Hozumi, Takashi Inuzuka, Hideaki Hara, Yasuyuki Fujiwara, and Masahiko Satoh
Yuki Matsumoto, Takumi Ishida, Tomoki Takeda, Takayuki Koga, Misaki Fujii, Yuji Ishii,
  Yoshinori Fujimura, Daisuke Miura, Hiroyuki Wariishi, and Hideyuki Yamada
Naoteru Koseki, Jiro Deguchi, Toru Yamada, Hitoshi Funabashi, and Takaki Seki
Daigo Sumi, Masako Akimori, Ken-ichiro Inoue, Hirohisa Takano, and Yoshito Kumagai
182012 (4)Maki Tokumoto, Yasuyuki Fujiwara, Akinori Shimada, Tatsuya Hasegawa, Yoshiyuki Seko,
  Hisamitsu Nagase, and Masahiko Satoh
Hidetoshi Shindoh, Kohnosuke Nakano, Takemi Yoshida, and Masaki Ishigai
Akio Kobayashi, Hideaki Yokoyama, Jiro Kataoka, Tomio Ishida, Hideyuki Kuno, Shoichiro Sugai,
  Hiroyuki Sakakibara and Kayoko Shimoi
Noriyuki Suzuki, Satoshi Ando, Kayo Sumida, Nobuyuki Horie, and Koichi Saito
192013 (4)Katsuhide Igarashi, Satoshi Kitajima, Ken-ichi Aisaki, Kentaro Tanemura, Yuhji Taquahashi,
  Noriko Moriyama, Eriko Ikeno, Nae Matsuda, Yumiko Saga, Bruce Blumberg, and Jun Kanno
Shingo Arakawa, Takanori Maejima, Kazunori Fujimoto, Takashi Yamaguchi, Masae Yagi,
  Tomomi Sugiura, Ryo Atsumi, and Yasushi Yamazoe
Reiko Hirose, Takashi Miura, Ryo Sha, Yasuhiro Shinkai, Toshiko Tanaka-Kagawa, and
  Yoshito Kumagai
Eriko Taniai, Atsunori Yafune, Hitomi Hayashi, Megu Itahashi, Yukiko Hara-Kudo, Kazuhiko Suzuki,
  Kunitoshi Mitsumori, and Makoto Shibutani
202014 (4)Midori Yoshida, Daisetsu Suzuki, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Mariko Shirota, Kaoru Inoue, Miwa Takahashi,
  Takeshi Morita, and Atsushi Ono
Takashi Toyama, Yasuhiro Shinkai, Toshiyuki Kaji, and Yoshito Kumagai
Keishi Ishida, Yaichiro Kotake, Masatsugu Miyara, Kaori Aoki, Seigo Sanoh, Yasunari Kanda, and
  Shigeru Ohta
Nobuhiko Miura, Atsushige Ashimori, Asuka Takeuchi, Katsumi Ohtani, Naoko Takada,
  Yukie Yanagiba, Masaharu Mita, Masako Togawa, and Tatsuya Hasegawa
212015 (3)Yukiko Kametani, Shigenori Iwai and Isao Kuraoka
Akihito Yamashita, Hiroshi Inada, Kazuhiro Chihara, Toru Yamada, Jiro Deguchi, and
  Hitoshi Funabashi
Ke Du, Tsutomu Takahashi, Shusuke Kuge, Akira Naganuma, and Gi-Wook Hwang
222016 (4)Ken Tachibana, Kohei Takayanagi, Ayame Akimoto, Kouji Ueda, Yusuke Shinkai,
  Masakazu Umezawa and Ken Takeda
Kyoko Tsujita-Inoue, Tomomi Atobe, Morihiko Hirota, Takao Ashikaga, Hirokazu Kouzuki
Masayuki Kimura, Sayaka Mizukami, Yousuke Watanabe, Yasuko Hasegawa-Baba, Nobuhiko Onda,
  Toshinori Yoshida and Makoto Shibutani
Yumi Abiko, Alvaro Puga and Yoshito Kumagai
232017 (4)Miki Asanagi, Shigeru Yamada, Naoya Hirata, Hiroshi Itagaki, Yaichiro Kotake, Yuko Sekino
  and Yasunari Kanda
Masayuki Kanki, Min Gi, Masaki Fujioka and Hideki Wanibuchi
Takuya Uchikawa, Toshihiro Kanno, Isao Maruyama, Nobuko Mori, Akira Yasutake, Yuji Ishii
  and Hideyuki Yamada
Yoshika Iwata, Asako Harada, Toshiko Hara, Chiyomi Kubo, Tomoaki Inoue,
  Mitsuyasu Tabo, Corinne Ploix, Tobias Manigold, Heather Hinton and Masayuki Mishima
242018 (3)Hiroko Izumi-Nakaseko, Yuji Nakamura, Takeshi Wada, Kentaro Ando, Yasunari Kanda,
  Yuko Sekino and Atsushi Sugiyama
Naoya Hirata, Shigeru Yamada, Yuko Sekino and Yasunari Kanda
Taisuke Kawamoto, Yuichi Ito, Osamu Morita and Hiroshi Honda
252019 (4)Shohei Yoshimaru, Ryota Shizu, Satoshi Tsuruta, Yuto Amaike, Makoto Kano,
  Takuomi Hosaka, Takamitsu Sasaki, and Koichi Yoshinari
Takehito Isobe, Masaki Honda, Ryuichi Komatsu, and Mitsuyasu Tabo
Shigeru Yamada, Daiju Yamazaki, and Yasunari Kanda
Mariko Sugiyama, Masaharu Akita, Nathalie Alépée, Miyuki Fujishiro, Shigenobu Hagino,
  Yuki, Handa, Hidefumi Ikeda, Noriyasu Imai, Setsuko Jitsukawa, Masakazu Katoh,
  Koji Kurihara, Daiki Kyotani, Shigeyuki Nomura, Yuko Okamoto, Hidenobu Okumura,
  Takashi Omori, Kenji Sugibayashi, Hiroaki Todo, Akemi Toyoda, and Yasuo Ohno
262020(4)Yo Shinoda, Shunsuke Ehara, Satoshi Tatsumi, Eiko Yoshida, Tsutomu Takahashi, Komyo Eto,
  Toshiyuki Kaji, and Yasuyuki Fujiwara
Yusuke Yamamoto, Masaharu Fujita, Sayaka Wanibuchi, Ayako Sato, Miyuki Akimoto,
  Yasuhiro Katsuoka, Atsushi Ono, and Toshihiko Kasahara
Tatsuya Ikuno, Shunsuke Ito, and Tomoaki Inoue
Takehito Isobe, Masaki Honda, Ryuichi Komatsu, and Mitsuyasu Tabo
272021 (3)Yuki Otsubo, Taku Nishijo, Hideyuki Mizumachi, Kazutoshi Saito, Masaaki Miyazawa,
  and Hitoshi Sakaguchi
Tomoka Hisaki, Maki Aiba née Kaneko, Morihiko Hirota, Masato Matsuoka, and Hirokazu Kouzuki
Yuto Amano, Hiroshi Honda, Ryusuke Sawada, Yuko Nukada, Masayuki Yamane, Naohiro Ikeda,
  Osamu Morita, and Yoshihiro Yamanishi
282022 (3)Maky Ideta-Otsuka, Misato Miyai, Naoki Yamamoto, Ayaka Tsuchimoto, Hideki Tamura,
  Kentaro Tanemura, Makoto Shibutani, and Katsuhide Igarashi
Yuki Shimizu, Takamitsu Sasaki, Eri Yonekawa, Hirokazu Yamazaki, Rui Ogura, Michiko Watanabe,
  Takuomi Hisaka, Ryota Shizu, Jun-ichi Takeshita, and Kouichi Yoshinari
Kayoko Tsuji, Shigeru Yamada, Kazuya Hirai, Hiroshi Asakura, and Yasunari Kanda
The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of awards per each year.

Pfizer Highly Cited Paper Award

 This award, which is sponsored by Pfizer Co., USA, was instituted in 2010 and is presented based on the judgment of the Educational Committee. Its purpose is to recognize Society members who have published highly cited papers in a regular issue of JTS (Appendix 7).
Appendix 7. Pfizer Highly Cited Paper Award.
NoYearName
12011 (5)Atsuya Takagi, Akihiko Hirose, Tetsuji Nishimura, Nobutaka Fukumori, Akio Ogata, Norio Ohashi,
  Satoshi Kitajima, and Jun Kanno
Yuko Nukada, Masaaki Miyazawa, Nanae Kosaka, Yuichi Ito, Hitoshi Sakaguchi, and
  Naohiro Nishiyama
Masaaki Miyazawa, Yuichi Ito, Nanae Kosaka, Yuko Nukada, Hitoshi Sakaguchi, Hiroyuki Suzuki,
  and Naohiro Nishiyama
Tomoyuki Kishida, Shin-ichi Muto, Morimichi Hayashi, Masaru Tsutsui, Satoru Tanaka,
  Makoto Murakami, and Junji Kuroda
Yoshiko Ikawa, Kayoko Shiba, Emi Ohki, Nanami Mutoh, Masahiko Suzuki, Hiromi Sato, and
  Koichi Ueno
22012 (3)Yoshimitsu Sakamoto, Dai Nakae, Nobutaka Fukumori, Kuniaki Tayama, Akihiko Maekawa,
  Kiyoshi Imai, Akihiko Hirose, Tetsuji Nishimura, Norio Ohashi, and Akio Ogata
Katsunori Yamaura, Manabu Oda, Eriko Suwa, Masahiko Suzuki, Hiromi Sato, and Koichi Ueno
Joon-Woo Kim, Hiroshi Ishibashi, Ryoko Yamauchi, Nobuhiro Ichikawa, Yuji Takao,
  Masashi Hirano, Minoru Koga, Koji Arizono
32013 (3)Mika Senzui, Toshiaki Tamura, Keiko Miura, Yoshiaki Ikarashi, Yoshiteru Watanabe and
  Makiko Fujii
Yuta Takahashi, Keisuke Mizuo, Yusuke Shinkai, Shigeru Oshio and Ken Takeda
Takashi Miura and Yoshito Kumagai
42014 (3)Tomoyo Hashida, Yaichiro Kotake, and Shigeru Ohta
Maki Tokumoto, Yasuyuki Fujiwara, Akinori Shimada, Tatsuya Hasegawa, Yoshiyuki Seko,
  Hisamitsu Nagase, and Masahiko Satoh
Gi-Wook Hwang, Jin-Yong Lee, Katsunori Ryoke, Fujio Matsuyama, Jong-Mu Kim,
  Tsutomu Takahashi, and Akira Naganuma
52015 (3)Kozue Yaginuma-Sakurai, Katsuyuki Murata, Miyuki Iwai-Shimada, Kunihiko Nakai,
  Naoyuki Kurokawa, Nozomi Tatsuta, and Hiroshi Satoh
Atsumi Yamaguchi, Tomoko Fujitani, Ken-ichi Ohyama, Dai Nakae, Akihiko Hirose,
  Tetsuji Nishimura, and Akio Ogata
Susumu Ohkawara, Toshiko Tanaka-Kagawa, Yoko Furukawa, and Hideto Jinnoo
62016 (4)Daisuke Hibi, Aki Kijima, Ken Kuroda, Yuta Suzuki, Yuji Ishii, Meilan Jin, Masahiro Nakajima,
  Yoshiko Sugita-Konishi, Tokuma Yanai, Takehiko Nohmi, Akiyoshi Nishikawa, Takashi Umemura
Tetsuya Fujimoto, Kazuhiko Kubo, Yasuo Nishikawa and Shuji Aou
Kiyonori Kai, Takashi Yamaguchi, Yu Yoshimatsu, Junzo Kinoshita, Munehiro Teranishi and
  Wataru Takasaki
Masanobu Kawanishi, Sayaka Ogo, Miho Ikemoto, Yukari Totsuka, Kousuke Ishino,
  Keiji Wakabayashi and Takashi Yagi
72017 (5)Asuka Kaizaki, Sachiko Tanaka, and Satoshi Numazawa
Masayuki Ohbayashi, Satoshi Kubota, Aya Kawase, Noriko Kohyama, Yasuna Kobayashi,
  and Toshinori Yamamoto
Yuichi Miki, Jiro Akimoto, Michika Hiranuma, and Yasuyuki Fujiwara
Ke Du, Tsutomu Takahashi, Shusuke Kuge, Akira Naganuma, and Gi-Wook Hwang
Miwa Takahashi, Kaoru Inoue, Tomomi Morikawa, Saori Matsuo, Seigo Hayashi, Kei Tamura,
  Gen Watanabe, Kazuyoshi Taya, and Midori Yoshida
82018 (4)Kumiko Kohri, Eiko Yoshida, Shuji Yasuike, Tomoya Fujie, Chika Yamamoto, and Toshiyuki Kaji
Kyoko Tsujita-Inoue, Tomomi Atobe, Morihiko Hirota, Takao Ashikaga, and Hirokazu Kouzuki
Tomoki Kimura, Akira Onodera, Fumika Okumura, Tsuyoshi Nakanishi, and Norio Itoh
Florian Le Coz, Noriyuki Suzuki, Hirohisa Nagahori, Takashi Omori, and Koichi Saito
92020 (3)Naoya Hirata, Shigeru Yamada, Yuko Sekino, and Yasunari Kanda
Hiroko Izumi-Nakaseko, Yuji Nakamura, Takeshi Wada, Kentaro Ando, Yasunari Kanda,
  Yuko Sekino, and Atsushi Sugiyama
Hiroki Yoshioka, Tsunemasa Nonogaki, Nobuyuki Fukuishi, Yasuro Shinohara, Gi-Wook Hwang,
  Katsumi Ohtani, and Nobuhiko Miura
102021(6)Ryuji Watari, Motoharu Kakiki, Ayumi Oshikata, Toshiaki Takezawa,
  Chihiro Yamasaki, Yuji Ishida, Chise Tateno, Yukie Kuroda, Seiichi Ishida, and Kazutomi Kusano
Yoshimitsu Sakamoto, Motoki Hojo, Yuki Kosugi, Kimiyo Watanabe, Akihiko Hirose, Akiko Inomata,
  Toshinari Suzuki, and Dai Nakae
Hiroyuki Okazaki, Masayo Hirao-Suzuki, Shuso Takeda, Yukimi Takemoto, Ramu Mizunoe,
  Koichi Haraguchi, Kazuhito Watanabe, Masufumi Takiguchi, and Hironori Aramaki
Masahiro Segawa, Shuichi Sekine, Tomoyuki Sato, and Kosei Ito
Tsutomu Takahashi, Saki Suzuki, Suzuka Misawa, Jiro Akimoto, Yo Shinoda, and Yasuyuki Fujiwara
Tin-Tin Win-Shwe, Nay Chi Nway, Motoki Imai, Thet-Thet Lwin, Ohn Mar, and Hidehiro Watanabe
112022 (4)Kaori Ambe, Yuko Sakakibara, Aya Sakabe, Hayato Makino, Tachiya Ochibe,and Masahiro Tohkin
Takato Hara, Shihoko Nakano, Yuki Kitamura, Chika Yamamoto, Shuji Tasuike, and Toshiyuki Kaji
Tomoya Fujie, Fukuta Takenaka, Eiko Yoshida, Shuji Yasuike, Yasuyuki Fujiwara, Yasuhiro Shinkai,
  Yoshito Kumagai , Chika Yamamoto, and Toshiyuki Kaji
Hitomi Fujihiro, Satoko Hamao, Misaki Isawa, and Seiichiro Himeno
The numbers in parentheses indicate the number of awards per each year.

Kitashi Mochiduki Award

 This award, which is sponsored by Public Interest Incorporated Foundation BioSafety Research Center (BSRC) was initiated in 1987 as a fiscal year 1986 award. The candidates are nominated by the JSOT, and finally selected by the Kitashi Mochiduki Award Committee. This award has three categories, including Distinguished Award (Koro-sho), Merit Award (Gyoseki-sho), and Achievement Award (Shorei-sho).
 The Distinguished Award is presented to those who have made distinguished contributions to toxicology over the course of an entire career in areas such as research, teaching, regulatory activities, and service to the Society. The Merit Award is presented to JSOT members who have made significant contributions to toxicology. The Achievement Award is presented to young toxicologists who have made basic scientific contributions towards understanding the fundamental toxicity mechanisms of pharmaceuticals, foods, and pesticides (Appendix 8). Kitashi Mochiduki Award is discontinued since 2019.
Appendix 8. Kitashi Mochiduki Award.
NoYearNameAward
11986 (2)Sumiko TanakaMerit
  Keizo MaitaAchievement
21987 (2)Yoshibumi TanimotoMerit
  Sumie YamanakaAchievement
31988 (2)Yoshito OmoriDistinguished
  Yasushi YamazoeAchievement
41989 (5)Nobumasa Imura Merit
  Hiroaki MiyajimaMerit
  Hiroshi Honda, Kanju OhsawaMerit
  Yoshihiro IsawaAchievement
  Akira NakayamaAchievement
51990 (3)Masahiro MizutaniMerit
  Hikoya HayatsuMerit
  Kyoji Murata Achievement
61991 (2)Shoji TeramotoAchievement
  Tokuma YanaiAchievement
71992 (2)Hitoshi EndouMerit
  Akihiko MaekawaMerit
81993 (3)Tomoji YanagitaDistinguished
  Hiroshi OnoMerit
  Tetsuya KamatakiMerit
91994 (3)Tadashi TakanakaMerit
  Hijiri IwataAchievement
  Ari TakahashiAchievement
101995 (3)Tsutomu ShimadaMerit
  Masaaki KimuraAchievement
  Setsuko TakizawaAchievement
111996 (4)Ryuichi KatoDistinguished
  Tatsuya TakizawaAchievement
  Yasushi KondoAchievement
  Shoji SaitoAchievement
121997 (4)Takeshi OnoderaMerit
  Shoji FukushimaMerit
  Takayoshi DoiAchievement
  Jun YanaseAchievement
131998 (3)Motoi IshidateDistinguished
  Takashi KuwaharaAchievement
  Masanori MurakoshiAchievement
141999 (6)Toshio SofuniMerit
  Fukutaro MizuhashiAchievement
  Yoshihisa KatoAchievement
  Yoshihide MatobaAchievement
  Tadashi FurukawaAchievement
  Hideo FukuiAchievement
152000 (3)Makoto EnomotoDistinguished
  Hiroshi YamazakiMerit
  Midori YoshidaAchievement
162001 (4)Nobuyuki ItoDistinguished
  Ikuo HoriiMerit
  Gotaro TanakaAchievement
  Hiroshi UnoAchievement
172002 (1)Takahiro MiyoshiAchievement
182003 (6)Tetsuo SatohDistinguished
  Mamoru NomuraMerit
  Yasushi YamazoeMerit
  Fumio MoritaAchievement
  Keiji YamamotoAchievement
  Yoshinori KasaharaAchievement
192004 (2)Katsuhiko YoshizawaAchievement
  Hideki WanibuchiAchievement
202005 (3)Yasuyoshi OkunoMerit
  Hitoshi IshidaMerit
  Mari IidaAchievement
212006 (4)Tetsuya KamatakiDistinguished
  Tomoyuki ShiraiMerit
  Naoki KiyosawaAchievement
  Takanori HaradaAchievement
222007 (3)Takemi YoshidaMerit
  Masaaki MiyataAchievement
  Shuichi MasudaAchievement
232008 (2)Kunitoshi MitsumoriMerit
  Tomoya YamadaAchievement
242009 (0)No Award 
252010 (1)Toshihiko MakinoAchievement
262011 (1)Akira NaganumaMerit
272012 (2)Shinji KumagaiMerit
  Akiyoshi NishikawaMerit
282013 (1)Tohru InoueMerit
292014 (1)Koichi UenoMerit
302015 (1)Fumiaki AkahoriMerit
312016 (1)Masakuni DegawaMerit
322017 (1)Fumio SagamiMerit
332018 (1)Seiichiro HimenoMerit
No. 1-No.27: Nominated by the Mochiduki Award Committee
No. 28-Present: Nominated by the Japanese Society of Toxicology
Numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of awardees each year.

JCIA-LRI Award

 This award, which is sponsored by Japan Chemical Industry Association, was initiated in 2015. Young toxicologists who are nominated by the JSOT will be presented the award after approval by the JCIA. The purpose of this award is to foster young toxicologists who have performed outstanding chemical risk assessments (Appendix 9).
Appendix 9. JCIA-LRI Award.
NoYearName
12015Satoshi Kitashima
22016Yasumitsu Ogra
32017Koichi Yoshinari
42018Tsuyoshi Nakanishi
52019Yaichiro Kotake
62020Daigo Sumi
72021Yasumitsu Nishimura
82022Gi-Wook Hwang
Award winners are young toxicologists who is nominated by
the JSOT who have been approved as recipients by the JCIA.
JCIA: Japan Chemical Industry Association
LRI: The Long-range Research Initiative

JSOT PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL TOXICOLOGY ORGANIZATIONS

International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX)

 The purpose of the International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX) is to foster international scientific collaboration among national and other groups of toxicologists and to promote worldwide acquisition, dissemination, and utilization of knowledge related to the science of toxicology, in particular by sponsoring International Congress of Toxicology for the benefit of mankind.
 Prior to the foundation of the IUTOX, the first International Congress of Toxicology (ICT), which is not IUTOX-sponsored, was held in 1977 in Toronto, Canada. At the second congress in Brussels, Belgium in 1980, the IUTOX formation preparation meeting was held, and Dr. Yasuhiko Shirasu (Japan) was invited to attend. IUTOX was officially founded in 1980. Japan’s Toxicological Research Group (TRG), the forerunner of the JSOT, entered into IUTOX membership in 1980. Charter member societies include the UK, USA, India, Japan, Sweden, EUROTOX, Finland, France, and Canada.

Executive Committee Members

 Dr. S. L. Fries (USA) was appointed as the Founding President of IUTOX, and Masayuki Ikeda (Japan) joined the Founding Executive Committee members as a Director. IUTOX Executive Committee members from the JSOT are listed in Table 3.
Table 3. IUTOX Executive Committee JSOT Representatives.
NamePeriodPosition
Masayuki Ikeda1980-1983Director
Fuminori Sakai1983-19862nd Vice President
Hideomi Fukuda1986-1989,
1989-1992
2nd Vice President
Tetsuo Satoh1995-1998,
1998-2001,
2003-2004
2nd Vice President
Yuji Kurokawa2001-20032nd Vice President
Tohru Inoue2004-2007,
2007-2009
2nd Vice President
Jun Kanno2009-2010,
2010-2013
Vice President
Jun Kanno2013-2016President-Elect
Jun Kanno2016-2019President
Yoshito Kumagai2019-2022Executive Committee, Director
Jun Kanno2019-2022Nominating Committee, Chair

International Congress of Toxicology

 The IUTOX-sponsored International Congress of Toxicology (ICT) has been held every three years since 1977. In 1986, the Society hosted the Fourth International Congress of Toxicology (ICT-IV) in Tokyo, Japan (President: Fuminori Sakai). A total of 1,104 participants from 39 different countries attended this event. The venues, countries, and the names of past ICT Presidents are listed in Table 4.
Table 4. International Congresses of Toxicology (ICT).
NumberYearCity, CountryPresident
ICT I1977Toronto, CanadaH. Grice
ICT II1980Brussels, BelgiumM. Mercier
ICT III1983San Diego, USAW. Clayton
ICT IV1986Tokyo, JapanF. Sakai
ICT V1989Brighton, UKD. Davies
ICT VI1992Rome, ItalyP. Preziosi
ICT VII1995Seattle, USAC. Klaassen
ICT VIII1998Paris, FranceJ. R. Claude
ICT IX2001Brisbane, AustraliaM. M. McManus
ICT X2004Tampere, FinlandK. Savolainen
ICT XI2007Montreal, CanadaM. Jurima-Romet
ICT XII2010Barcelona, SpainE. Vilanova
ICT XIII2013Seoul, KoreaB.-M. Lee
ICT XIV2016Merida, MexicoB. Q-Vega
ICT XV2019Hawaii, USAWilliam Slikker, Jr.
ICT XVI2022Maastricht, NetherlandJosé Manautou
ICT XVII2025Beijing, ChinaPingkun Zhou

Asian Society of Toxicology (ASIATOX)

 The roots of the Asian Society of Toxicology (ASIATOX) extend back to a Japan-Korea Joint Symposium on Toxicology organized by the JSOT and the Korean Society of Toxicology (KSOT). This event was held three times between 1987 and 1993: in 1987 in Seoul, Korea; 1990 in Nagoya, Japan; and 1993 in Seoul, Korea.

Preliminary meeting of the formation of ASIATOX

 In 1992, representatives of the JSOT and KSOT met at the Sixth International Congress of Toxicology (ICT-VI) in Rome, Italy to discuss the formation of ASIATOX. After long discussions, it was concluded that formation of ASIATOX was necessary to promote toxicological research and to nurture the education of toxicology specialists in Asia.

Preparatory meeting for the formation of ASIATOX

 The ASIATOX preparatory meeting was held in conjunction with the Third Japan-Korea joint symposium on November 27, 1993 at the Cultural Center of Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. A total of 15 toxicologists, including six from Korea, seven from Japan, and one each from Taiwan and Singapore, attended the event.

Foundation of the ASIATOX

 On June 8, 1994, the founding meeting and the first council meeting of ASIATOX was held at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. Participants from each member society totaled 16, including eight from Japan, three from Korea, two each from China and Taiwan, and one from Thailand.

Member societies

 In addition to the JSOT and the KSOT, other founding member societies include the Chinese Society of Toxicology (CSOT), the Thai Society of Toxicology (TST) (formerly the Toxicological Society of Thailand), and the Toxicology Society of Taiwan (TSTA). ASIATOX founding members were joined by the Iranian Society of Toxicology (2012) and the Toxicology Society (Singapore) in 2013. As of January 20, 2015, ASIATOX boasted more than 3,000 members from a variety of industry, academia and regulatory organizations.

The founding ASIATOX Executive Committee members (1994-1997)

 The names of the Executive Committee members are listed in Table 5. Table 6 shows the ASIATOX Executive Committee members representing the JSOT.
Table 5. Founding Executive Committee members of ASIATOX (1994-1997) .
PositionNameCountry
PresidentTomoji YanagitaJapan
1st Vice PresidentSang Dai ParkKorea
2nd Vice PresidentJionliang ZhouChina
Secretary GeneralMichihito TakahashiJapan
TreasurerKyu-Hwan YangKorea
CouncilorsHitoshi EndouJapan
 Hideaki KarakiJapan
 Tetsuo SatohJapan
 Il-Moo ChangKorea
 Yong-Soon LeeKorea
 Ming-Dao WangChina
 Chen-Yuan LeeTaiwan
 Palarp SinhaseniThailand
AuditorsJen-kun LinTaiwan
 Songsak SrianujataThailand
Table 6. ASIATOX Executive Committee members representing the JSOT.
PeriodPositionName
1994-1997PresidentT. Yanagita
 Secretary GeneralM. Takahashi
 CouncilorH. Endou
1997-2000TreasurerH. Karaki
 CouncilorsH. Endou
  T. Satoh
  M. Takahashi
 Immediate Past PresidentT. Yanagita
2000-2004*CouncilorData Not Available
 Advisor**T. Satoh
2004-20062nd Vice PresidentH. Endou
 CouncilorsS. Tsuda
  I. Horii
  J. Sawada
  C. Tohyama
  Y. Yamazoe
 AdvisorT. Satoh
2006-20091st Vice P residentA. Naganuma
 CouncilorsY. Kanai
  J. Kanno
  S. Manabe
  C. Tohyama
 AdvisorT. Satoh
2009-2012PresidentA. Naganuma
 Secretary GeneralY. Kumagai
 CouncilorsI. Horii
  T. Yoshida
  C. Tohyama
  S. Yamazoe
2012-2015TreasurerH. Kumagai
 CouncilorsI. Horii
  J. Kanno
  C. Tohyama
  T. Yoshida
  S. Manabe
 Immediate Past PresidentA. Naganuma
 AdvisorT. Satoh
2015-2018CouncilorsI. Horii
  S. Kitajima
  T. Yoshida
 AuditorsY. Kumagai
  K. Nakamura
 AdvisorT. Satoh
2019-2022CouncilorsJ. Kanno
  A. Hirose
  Y. Ogra
  K. Taguchi
  Y. Kumagai
 AuditorY. Kumagai
 AdvisorT. Satoh
2023-2026TreasurerT. Kaji
 CouncilorsJ. Kanno
  A. Hirose
  Y. Ogra
  K. Taguchi
  T. Kumagai
 AdvisorT. Satoh
* Due to an unexpected problem, the ASIATOX-III congress was held one year behind schedule.
** The Advisor is appointed by the President every three years.

International Congresses of ASIATOX

 The ASIATOX Congresses have been hosted by member societies on a rotating basis every 3 years, with the first (ASIATOX-I) hosted by JSOT in Yokohama in 1997. A total of 474 participants from 13 countries attended this event. In 2012, the JSOT hosted ASIATOX-VI in Sendai, Japan. This event attracted 522 participants from 17 countries including 327 from Japan, 73 from Korea, 44 from China, 42 from Taiwan, and four each from Thailand and Singapore. At the General Assembly of the ASIATOX-VIII, and in 2018, rotation of the future ASIATOX congresses was amended to every 2 years. The Presidents and the host venues of all Congresses are listed in Table 7.
Table 7. International Congresses of ASIATOX.
No.DateYearCity, CountryPresident
IJun 29-Jul 21997Yokohama, JapanTomoji Yanagita
IIAug 23-252000Jeju, KoreaIl-Moo Chang
IIIFeb 1-62004Bangkok and Chiang Mai, ThailandSongsak Srianujata
IVJun 18-212006Zhuhai, ChinaJun-Shi Chen
VSep 10-132009Taipei, TaiwanJou-Fang Deng
VIJul 17-202012Sendai, JapanAkira Naganuma
VIIJun 23-262015Jeju, KoreaMyung-Haing Cho
VIIIJun 17-202018Pattaya, ThailandSongsak Srianujata
IXSep 23-262020Hangzhou, ChinaLijie Fu
XJuly 17-202023Taipei, TaiwanJih-Heng Li
XITBA2026TBA, Malaysia,Rozaini Binti Abdullah

CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

 The development of toxicology as a recognized scientific discipline has proceeded at a rapid pace over the past 10 years. Its genomic basis, in particular, has been of consequence, and its growth is likely to accelerate in the future. Over the years, the JSOT has achieved exceptional success with its meetings, publications, member services, and outreach activities. The Society’s two ongoing missions are maintaining the high quality of its certification program for toxicologists and considering ways to improve the Society journals.
 Concerning certification, the number of JSOT-certified toxicologists has increased every year and the certification program is now well recognized worldwide. Society diplomats receive several benefits such as promotion at the workplace. Another goal is the expansion of this program to include toxicologists in other countries. As for the journal, the JTS editorial team envisions building a publication with increased visibility, and which will enhance the scientific edge in the field of toxicology.
 As JTS modernizes, it will provide a highly efficient web-based manuscript submission and review system in the near future. This system will facilitate all aspects of manuscript submission, including tracking and communication between authors, reviewers, and editors.
 Ultimately, the mission of the JSOT is to develop an implementation plan that ensures a systematic and efficient expenditure of energies and resources, and that is most closely aligned with a carefully considered strategy for accomplishing its long-range plans.

Conflict of interest---- The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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