International relations, activity, and conferences



1986, JuneSecond International Symposium on Indo-Pacific Marine Biology (Guam Hilton Conference Center, Guam, U.S.A.).  Presentation: Asakura, A. Mating system of the hermit crab, Diogenes nitidimanus.  
1986, JulyFourth International Congress of Ecology (Syracuse University, New York, U.S.A).  Presentation: Asakura, A. Dynamics of the shell utilization system of a hermit crab, Diogenes nitidimanus
19891991Leader: International Collaborative Research "Natural History of Izu-Ogasawara-Mariana Arch".  Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba; University of Guam; and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
1990, JulyFourth International Crustacean Conference (Queensland University, Brisbane, Australia).  Presentation: Asakura, A. Competition in the intertidal hermit crab assemblages in Okinawa, Ogasawara, and Guam. 
1990, JulyResearch in: Queensland Museum, Brisbane; Australian Museum, Sydney
1990, AugFifth International Congress of Ecology.  Symposium on Marine Hard Bottom Communities; Structuring Processes and Inter- and Intra-specific Relationship.  Presentation: Asakura, A. Competitive hierarchy in the intertidal hermit crab assemblages in Okinawa, Ogasawara, and Guam. (Yokohama, Japan) 
1990, SepResearch in: Bernice P. Bishop MuseumHonolulu, Hawaii. U.S.A.).
1990, SepTenth Pacific Science Congress (Honolulu, Hawaii). Presentation: Asakura, A., Y. Kondo and W. Sato-Okoshi. Species diversity in the rocky shores of Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands. 
1991, MayJune Organizer: Biological Expedition to the Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia. Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, University of Guam, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
1993, OctInternational Senckenberg Symposium on Decapod Crustacea (Frankfurt a.m., Germany). Presentation: Asakura, A. Polymorphism in chelae in male Diogenes nitidimanus Terao.
1993, OctResearch in: Nationaal Natuurhisch Museum, LeidenThe Netherlands).
1994, Feb.  Chief Organizer: International Symposium on Natural History of the Izu-Ogasawara-Mariana Arc.  Presentation: Asakura, A. Latitudinal gradient in species diversity in rocky shore animal communities on the islands along the Izu-Mariana Arc. (Chiba, Japan)
1994, SeptResearch in: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, ParisFrance).
1997, JulyPacific Science Inter-Congress (University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji). Presentation: Asakura, A. Results of the Biological Expedition to the northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia.
1998, JulyFourth International Crustacean Congress, Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Presentation: Asakura, A. A revision of hermit crab genus Catapagurus from Indo-west Pacific.
1999, MayRaymond B. Manning Symposium, The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting (Louisiana, U.S.A.).  Presentation: Asakura, A. A new hermit crab of the genus Calcinus from Micronesia, including new information on Calcinus revi (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae).      
1999, JuneResearch in: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (Washington D.C., U.S.A.).
2000, MayResearch in: The Natural History Museum, London (U.K.). Research in: University of Cambridge Zoological Museum (U.K.). 
2000, OctResearch in: Western Australian Museum (Perth, Australia).
2001, 6JulyHost Scientist of National Science Foundation (U.S.A.), hosting Prof. Floyd Sandford (Coe College, U.S.A.)
2001, JulyResearch in: Australian Museum (Sydney, Australia) .
2001, JulyInternational Crustacean Council (University of Melbourne, Australia)
   Fifth International Crustacean Congress (University of Melbourne, Australia).  Presentation: Asakura, A. A taxonomic review of the hermit crab of Diogenes with the simple rostral process from Japan and the adjacent waters (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae).
2001, Sept.OctResearch in: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (Washington D.C., U.S.A.). 
2001, DecDoctor dissertation reviewer: University of Madras (India).
2002, AprResearch in: Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (France). 
2002, JulyInternational Crustacean Council (University of Lodz, Poland).
  Fourth European Crustacean Conference (University of Lodz, Poland).  Presentation: Asakura, A. Intraspecific morphological variation in the hermit crab Diogenes avarus Heller (Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae).
2003, June.  The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting (Williamsburg, U.S.A.).  Presentation: Asakura, A. Hermit crabs of the genus Pseudopaguristes (Decapoda Anomura: Diogenidae) from Japanese waters.
2003, JuneResearch in: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (Washington D.C., U.S.A.).
2003, Sept.-Oct.  Research in: South African MuseumCape Town, South African
2003, Oct.  Research in: The Natural History Museum, London (U.K.).
2004, May.  Research in: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (France).
2004, NovResearch in: Bernice P. Bishop MuseumHonolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A..  
2005, July.  Sixth International Crustacean Congress (University of Glasgow, U.K.).  Presentation: Asakura, A. Agonistic, aggressive and sexual behavior of five species of hermit crabs from Japan (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae and Diogenidae).
2007, OctPublish: Asakura, A. (ed.) Biology of Anomura II: Proceedings of the Symposium, Sixth International Crustacean Congress, Glasgow, U.K.
2008, Jan.  Symposium: Advances in Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics (The Crustacean Society Winter Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Antonio, U.S.A.).  Presentation: Asakura, A.  Evolution of mating system in decapod crustaceans. 
2009, Jan.  Symposium: The Biology of the Parasitic Crustacea (The Crustacean Society Winter Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Boston, U.S.A.) Presentation: Asakura, A., & Imazu, M.  Occurrence of the rhizocephalan and isopod parasites on three intertidal hermit crabs in Japan.
2009, JuneKorea and Japan Joint Symposium on Biology of Tidal Flats 2009, Suncheon, Korea.
2009, Sept.  Secretary General: organizing The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting, 2009, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo Japan
2010, June.  Chairperson: 7th International Crustacean Congress (Qingdao, People's Republic of China)
2009, Jan.  Symposium: Population Dynamics of Crustaceans (The Crustacean Society Winter Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City, U.S.A.)
2011, June.  Editor-in-Chief: "New Frontiers in Crustacean Biology" Brill, The Netherlands.
2011, June.  The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii (U.S.A.)
2013, Jan.  The Crustacean Society Winter Meeting & Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco (U.S.A.)
2013, Feb.  First JAMBIO International Symposium Marine Biology - Cell and Evolution  Tokyo Campus, University of Tsukuba.  Presentation: Asakura, A. Diversity and evolution of mating and social systems in crustaceans.
2013, July.  Member of the Scientific Committee: The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting & Latin American Association of Carcinology Meeting, San Jose (Costa Rica)
2014, Sept. IAA & CSJ Joint International Conference on Crustacea.  President, Carcinological Society of Japan. Sapporo (Japan)