Professional membership (In English)


The Crustacean Society (web)


President(2010-2011)

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

President-Elect(2008-2009)

Asian Governor(2002-2007)

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-Chief:New Frontiers in Crustacean Biology  (Brill, The Netherlands) (2011)
Editor-in-Chief:Proceedings 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 Meeting(2003, 2009)


International Crustacean Congress


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


International Crustacean Council
President(2010-2011)
Official Representative, Carcinological Society of Japan (2000-2001)



Carcinological Society of Japan (web)

President (2012-)(see Message from the President)

Vice President(2009-2011)
Council member(2000-)
Editorial Board, Crustacean Research(2001-)
Editor-in-Chief, Crustacean Research (2015-)
Chair, Society Award Committee(2009-2011)
Chair, Election Committee(1999)
Liaison officer, The Union of the Japanese Societies for Systematic Biology(2003-2008)



Japanese Association of Benthology (web)


Steering Committee member(1995-1998, 2001-2004, 2007-2010)

Editor-in-Chief, Japanese Journal of Benthology(1999-2002)

Editorial Board member, Japanese Journal of Benthology(2003-2006)

Editorial Board member, Benthos Research(1993-1996)

Editorial Board member, Plankton & Benthos Research(2009-)

Award Committee member(2003, 2007, 2008)

Chair, Election Committee(2004)



Liaison Officer:The Union of Japanese Societies for Natual History(2007-2008)



Society of Japanese Biological Scientists (web)

Editorial Board member, Biological Science(1999-)



Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology

Executive Council member(2004-2007)

Council member(2006-2007)

Editor-in-Chief, Taxa – Proceedings of Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology(2004-2007)



International Journal of Lakes and Rivers (web)

Editorial Board member(2005-)



Malacological Society of Japan (web)

Council member(1997-2002)



Ecological Society of Japan (web)

Kanto Branch Commiitee member(1992-1993)




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Manuscript Reviewer for



Marine Biology(Springer-Verlag; Germany)
Marine Ecology Progress Series(Inter-Research Science; Germany)
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology(Elsevier Science; The Netherlands)
Aquatic Ecology(Springer-Verlag; The Netherlands)
Zootaxa(Magnolia Press, New Zealand)
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution; U. S. A)
Journal of Crustacean Biology(The 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)
Zoosystema(Muséum 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 Victoria(Museum Victoria; Australia)
Pacific Science (University of Hawaii; U.S.A.)
International Journal of Lakes and Rivers(Research 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)