Professional membership (In English)


The Crustacean Society (web)


President20102011

(see "Message from the President"; May 2010, Nov 2010, May 2011, and Nov 2011)

President-Elect20082009

Asian Governor20022007

Secretary General, Organizing Committee; The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting in Japan (2009).  See photos on 20日21日22日23日



Member, Scientific Committee; 10th Colloquium Crustacean Decapoda Mediterranean and The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting and the Athens, GREECE (2012)

Member, Scientific Committee; The Crustacean Society Mid-Year Meeting, Universidad Catalica del Norte, Coquimbo, CHILE, (2007).
Editor-in-ChiefNew Frontiers in Crustacean Biology  (Brill, The Netherlands) (2011)
Editor-in-ChiefProceedings of the Symposium "Biology of Anomura II" at International Crustacean Congress, Glasgow, 2005. Crustacean Research Special Number 6.(2006) 

Member, Student Award Committee, The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting2003, 2009)


International Crustacean Congress


Chairperson, Scientific Committee; Seventh International Crustacean Congress, Qingdao, CHINA (2010)


International Crustacean Council
President20102011
Official Representative, Carcinological Society of Japan (20002001



Carcinological Society of Japan (web)

President (2012)(see Message from the President)

Vice President20092011
Council member2000-)
Editorial Board, Crustacean Research2001-)
Editor-in-Chief, Crustacean Research (2015-)
Chair, Society Award Committee20092011
Chair, Election Committee1999
Liaison officer, The Union of the Japanese Societies for Systematic Biology20032008



Japanese Association of Benthology (web)


Steering Committee member19951998, 20012004, 20072010

Editor-in-Chief, Japanese Journal of Benthology19992002

Editorial Board member, Japanese Journal of Benthology20032006

Editorial Board member, Benthos Research19931996

Editorial Board member, Plankton & Benthos Research2009-)

Award Committee member2003, 2007, 2008)

Chair, Election Committee2004



Liaison OfficerThe Union of Japanese Societies for Natual History20072008



Society of Japanese Biological Scientists (web)

Editorial Board member, Biological Science1999-)



Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology

Executive Council member20042007

Council member20062007

Editor-in-Chief, Taxa Proceedings of Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology20042007



International Journal of Lakes and Rivers (web)

Editorial Board member2005-)



Malacological Society of Japan (web)

Council member19972002



Ecological Society of Japan (web)

Kanto Branch Commiitee member19921993




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Manuscript Reviewer for



Marine BiologySpringer-Verlag; Germany
Marine Ecology Progress SeriesInter-Research Science; Germany
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and EcologyElsevier Science; The Netherlands
Aquatic EcologySpringer-Verlag; The Netherlands
ZootaxaMagnolia Press, New Zealand
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution; U. S. A
Journal of Crustacean BiologyThe Crustacean Society; U. S. A.
Journal of Marine Biological Association of United Kingdom Biological Association of United Kingdom; United Kingdom
Regional Studies in Marine Science (Elsevier Science; The Netherlands
Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society (Thailand)
ZoosystemaMuséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris; France
Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris; France
Records of the Western Australian Museum Western Australian Museum; Australia
Memoirs of Museum VictoriaMuseum Victoria; Australia
Pacific Science (University of Hawaii; U.S.A.)
International Journal of Lakes and RiversResearch India Publication; India
Zoological Science(日本動物学会)
Zoological Studies (Academica Sinica, Taiwan)
Journal of Ethology(日本動物行動学会)
Ecological Research(日本生態学会)
Crustacean Research(日本甲殻類学会)
Crustacean Research, Special Number(日本甲殻類学会)
Benthos Research(日本ベントス学会)
Plankton and Benthos Research(日本プランクトン学会+日本ベントス学会)
Venus, Japanese Journal of Malacology (日本貝類学会)
Biological Magazine, Okinawa(沖縄生物学会)
Natural History Research (千葉県立中央博物館)
Natural History Research, Special Issue(千葉県立中央博物館)
Publications of Seto Marine Biological Laboratory (京都大学瀬戸臨海実験所)
生物科学(日本生物科学者協会:日本)
日本生態学会誌(日本生態学会;日本)
日本水産学会誌(日本水産学会;日本)
日本ベントス学会誌(日本ベントス学会;日本)
日本動物分類学会誌「タクサ」(日本動物分類学会;日本)