1986, June．Second
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, July．Fourth
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.
1989〜1991．Leader: 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, July．Fourth
International Crustacean Conference (Queensland University, Brisbane,
Australia). Presentation:
Asakura, A. Competition in the intertidal hermit crab assemblages in Okinawa,
Ogasawara, and Guam.
1990, July．Research
in: Queensland Museum, Brisbane; Australian Museum, Sydney
1990, Aug．Fifth
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, Sep．Research
in: Bernice P. Bishop Museum（Honolulu, Hawaii. U.S.A.).
1990, Sep．Tenth
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, May〜June． 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, Oct．International
Senckenberg Symposium on Decapod Crustacea (Frankfurt a.m., Germany).
Presentation: Asakura, A. Polymorphism in chelae in male Diogenes nitidimanus Terao.
1993, Oct．Research
in: Nationaal Natuurhisch Museum, Leiden（The 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, Sept．Research
in: Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris（France).
1997, July．Pacific
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, July．Fourth
International Crustacean Congress, Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Presentation:
Asakura, A. A revision of hermit crab genus Catapagurus from Indo-west Pacific.
1999,
May．Raymond 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, June．Research
in: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (Washington
D.C., U.S.A.).
2000, May．Research
in: The Natural History Museum, London (U.K.). Research in: University of
Cambridge Zoological Museum (U.K.).
2000, Oct．Research
in: Western Australian Museum (Perth, Australia).
2001, 6〜July．Host Scientist of National Science Foundation (U.S.A.), hosting
Prof. Floyd Sandford (Coe College, U.S.A.)
2001, July．Research
in: Australian Museum (Sydney, Australia) .
2001, July．International
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.〜Oct．Research in: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution (Washington D.C., U.S.A.).
2001, Dec．Doctor
dissertation reviewer: University of Madras (India).
2002, Apr．Research
in: Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (France).
2002, July．International
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, June．Research
in: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (Washington
D.C., U.S.A.).
2003, Sept.-Oct. Research
in: South African Museum（Cape
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, Nov．Research
in: Bernice P. Bishop Museum（Honolulu, 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, Oct．Publish:
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, June．Korea
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)