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Carcinological Society of Japan
Carcinological Society of Japan was founded in 1961 to promote study of crustacean biology of any scientific fields and to encourage collaboration among crustacean biologists.

History
In April 1961, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito celebrated his 60th birthday. Hirohito was a renowned marine biologist, and in honor of his birthday, Dr. Isabella Gordon of the British Museum of Natural History (now The Natural History Museum, London) was invited to Japan for a face-to- face talk with Hirohito. Dr. Gordon and Hirohito held a long conversation at the Biological Laboratory (Imperial Palace, Tokyo). This meeting was also attended by several Japanese carcinologists, including Prof. Tsune Sakai (Yokohama National University), Prof. Itsuwo Kubo (Tokyo University of Fisheries), and Dr. Yo K. Okada (Director of the National Science Museum, Tokyo).

The above meeting led to the formation of the Carcinological Society of Japan to promote the study of crustacean biology and to encourage collaboration among carcinologists. The business office was established at the Odawara Carcinological Museum, Tokyo. Prof. T. Sakai was elected President, Dr. Gordon was the first honorary member, and Drs. Y. Okada and T. Fukui were scientific advisers.

Since then, many carcinologists from around the world have visited the society to collect material in Japan and to discuss future collaboration, including Drs. J. Forest (France), J. Crane (U.S.A), J. Harding (U.K.), H. S. Kim (Korea), R. Serene (Singapore), L.B. Holthuis (Netherlands), J. Garth (U.S.A.), F.M. Bayer (U.S.A.), M. Turkay (Germany) and T. Wolff (Denmark).

The first annual meeting of the society was held at the marine laboratory of Yokohama National University in December 1961. The first volume of the official journal “Researches on Crustacea” was issued in 1963 and included original articles, short notes and reviews written in English or Japanese. In 1993, the journal was renewed, and the name was changed to “Crustacean Research". A special number of this journal has also been published irregularly since 1982.

The society’s newsletter, “Nihon Koukakurui Gakkai News” was first published in December 1972. The name was subsequently changed to “CANCER” in 1991.

In 1987, Dr. Sadayoshi Miyake, Professor Emeritus of Kyushu University, was elected the second president of the society. The business office was transferred to Tokyo University of Fisheries (currently, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology) in 1991, and Prof. Seiichi Watanabe was appointed the Secretary. In 1998, Dr. Hiroshi Suzuki, Professor Emeritus of Yokohama National University, was elected the third President of the Society. Prof. Suzuki appointed Prof. Keiji Baba as Vice President.

During the tenure of President Keiji Baba, the CSJ accepted the offer from The Crustacean Society (USA) to hold a joint meeting of the two societies in Japan, and this plan reached the stage of realization in 2009 during the tenure of the fifth President, Prof. Seiichi Watanabe, under the leadership by Dr. Akira Asakura, President-Elect of The Crustacean Society at that time. This meeting was truly the world's premier event on crustacean biology and attended by over 350 people from all over the world. A proceedings volume of this meeting was edited by Dr. Asakura and published as Crustaceana Monographs 15, entitled “New Frontiers in Crustacean Biology” from Brill, The Netherlands. In addition, the proceedings volume of the symposium “Biology of Anomura III” held in the same meeting was published as a special issue of Nauplius, the official journal of Brazilian Crustacean Society (eds. Drs. Fernando L. Mantelatto & Christopher C. Tudge), and the proceedings volume of the symposium from the same meeting, “Phylogeography and Population Genetics in Crustacea” was edited by Drs. Christoph Held, Stefan Koenemann, and Christoph D. Schubart and published as one of a series of Crustacean Issues from CRC Press.

The business office was transferred to Hokkaido University. In 2012, Akira Asakura, Professor of Kyoto University and President of The Crustacean Society 2010-2011, was elected the sixth President of CSJ.

In 2014, the society again hold an international conference with International Association of Astacology as "IAA&CSJ Joint International Conference on Crustacea" at Sapporo under the leadership by Dr. Tadashi Kawai. IAA was founded in Hinterthal, Austria in 1972, which is dedicated to the study, conservation, and wise utilization of freshwater crayfish. The CSJ invited the world's leading scientists in the field of crustacean biology, including Prof. Amir Sagi (Negev Ben Gurion University; Past President of International Society for Invertebrate Reproduction and Development), Prof. Sérgio Bueno (University of São Paulo, Brazil; Past President of Brazilian Crustacean Society), Prof. Neil Cumberlidge (Northern Michigan University, USA; Chair of Freshwater Crustacean Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, International Union for Conservation of Nature). The Conference was a great success.

In 2015, Akira Asakura, Professor of Kyoto University, was elected President of CSJ. The business office was transferred to Okayama University. In 2018, Akira Asakura, Professor of Kyoto University, was elected President of CSJ.

Meetings and Symposia
Annual Meetings

Symposia

Journals
Crustacean Research

Crustacean Research, Special Number

Cancer

Awards
Excellent Paper Award, Best Oral Presentation Award, Best Poster Presentation Award

Links
Official Web Site (English)

Official Web Site (Japanese)

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