2024 fiscal year

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Examination for analysis method of time-series variation on plant biomass production from land to lake area around south side of Lake Biwa

  Principal investigator ／ Yasufumi Satoguchi (Lake Biwa Museum)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Assessment of Environmental Pollution Caused by Earthquakes through Dating and Various Analyses of Sediments

  Principal investigator ／ Jun Inoue (Osaka Metropolitan University)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Evaluation of in silico interaction of halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with nuclear receptors

  Principal investigator ／ Kazuki Kanda (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Comparative Gene Expression in Morelet’s Crocodile Across Habitats: A De Novo RNA-Seq Analysis

  Principal investigator ／ Midori Iida (Kyushu Institute of Technology)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Experimental detection for most suitable CTD casts from a multi-copter

  Principal investigator ／ Kaoru Ichikawa (Kyushu University)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  In Vitro Testing for Marine Mammal Chemical Risk Assessment

  Principal investigator ／ Luise Henneberger (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  In vitro-to-in vivo extrapolation for marine mammal chemical toxicity assessment

  Principal investigator ／ Satoshi Endo (National Institute for Environmental Studies)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Establishment of non-invasive evaluation method for drug susceptibility in endangered avian species

  Principal investigator ／ Akira Kubota (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Development of a new non-target analysis scheme using es-BANK samples and evaluation of its practicality.

  Principal investigator ／ Teruyo Ieda (National Institute for Environmental Studies)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Evaluation of trace element accumulation in Mexican crocodile

  Principal investigator ／ Izumi Watanabe (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  The species-specific characteristics of iron stable isotope ratios in tissues of cetaceans and their relation with the feeding habits.

  Principal investigator ／ Nanako Hasegawa (The University of Tokyo)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Analysis of stress response mechanisms in the coastal environment of the freshwater ciliate Colpoda

  Principal investigator ／ Yoichiro Sogame (National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Bioaccumulation features of persistent organic pollutants in seals and narwhal, the top predator of marine ecosystem in Greenland

  Principal investigator ／ Monika Ogawa (Hokkaido University)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  鯨類胃内における海洋プラスチックを介したPOP溶出の検証 －鯨類胃液のPOPsプロファイルに注目して－

  Principal investigator ／ Toru Oeda (University of Tsukuba)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Research to use analytical equipment serve assessment trace metal and harmful toxins in marine aquaculture environment

  Principal investigator ／ Ngoc Thien Luu (Research Institute for Marine Fisheries)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Exploration of molecular structural/evolutionary characteristics of ligand selectivity of AHR

  Principal investigator ／ Kim Eun-Young (Kyung Hee University)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Study on the relationship between exposure to environmental chemicals and polymorphism in cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYPs) employing companion animals as a natural surrogate model.

  Principal investigator ／ Kohei Saeki (Okayama University of Science)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Induction of Th17/Treg cell differentiation in fish using a non-toxic AhR ligand and effect on susceptibility to bacterial disease.

  Principal investigator ／ Masatoshi Yamasaki (Kagoshima University)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Trial to establish a new immortalized whale cell line

  Principal investigator ／ Akifumi Nakata (Hokkaido University of Science)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Mobile Ship Observation for KYUCHO in the Bungo Channel according to the ocean prediction

  Principal investigator ／ Hakase Hayashida (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Intra-class correlation coefficients (ICCs) for urinary neonicotinoid insecticides concentration

  Principal investigator ／ Tomohiko Isobe (National Institute for Environmental Studies)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Three-dimensional dynamics of tidal front and cross-front nutrients transport

  Principal investigator ／ Menghong Dong (Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 1

  Investigation of Plastic Waste Dispersion at Nhat Le Estuary, Quang Binh Using Modelling

  Research 1: Pathogen and pest control with reduced drug dependence and environmental impact: towards sustainable infectious disease control and agriculture

  Principal investigator ／ XUAN LOC NGUYEN (VNU University of Science)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 1

  Insecticide resistance status and future insecticide choices for vector control strategies in Bangladesh

  Research 1: Pathogen and pest control with reduced drug dependence and environmental impact: towards sustainable infectious disease control and agriculture

  Principal investigator ／ Ashekul Islam (Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 1

  Application of proteomic technology in the study of resistance to diseases caused by Vibrio in clams (Meretrix meretrix)

  Research 1: Pathogen and pest control with reduced drug dependence and environmental impact: towards sustainable infectious disease control and agriculture

  Principal investigator ／ Thao Lan Nguyen (Research Institute for Marine Fisheries)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 1

  Comparative Virome Study of Dengue Vector Mosquitoes in Cimahi City

  Research 1: Pathogen and pest control with reduced drug dependence and environmental impact: towards sustainable infectious disease control and agriculture

  Principal investigator ／ Muhammad Akbar Thufail (Padjadjaran University)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 1

  Metagenomic profiling of Bacterial Community and their antimicrobial resistance in anthropogenic impacted Selangor River, Malaysia

  Research 1: Pathogen and pest control with reduced drug dependence and environmental impact: towards sustainable infectious disease control and agriculture

  Principal investigator ／ Yi You Wong (Universiti Malaya)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 1

  Impact of the Western Boundary Current on the global air-sea exchange flux of Polychlorinated Biphenyls

  Research 1: Pathogen and pest control with reduced drug dependence and environmental impact: towards sustainable infectious disease control and agriculture

  Principal investigator ／ Min Yang (Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 1

  Occurrence of Different Classes of Antibiotics in the Surface Water of Buriganga River and Risk Assessment

  Research 1: Pathogen and pest control with reduced drug dependence and environmental impact: towards sustainable infectious disease control and agriculture

  Principal investigator ／ Anwar Hossain (University of Dhaka)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 2

  Biological effects of environmental pharmaceuticals and chemicals on small fish

  Research 2: Creation of platform for signal toxicity evaluation starting from the development of neurotransmission network disturbance detection method

  Principal investigator ／ Ayane Nakamura (Tokyo University of Science)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 2

  Exploring metabolite biomarkers for signalling toxicity caused by chemical exposure using metabolomic analysis.

  Research 2: Creation of platform for signal toxicity evaluation starting from the development of neurotransmission network disturbance detection method

  Principal investigator ／ Tetsushi Hirano (University of Toyama)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 2

  Sharing of technologies for analyzing endogenous and exogenous compounds in non-target analyzed data for biological sample data

  Research 2: Creation of platform for signal toxicity evaluation starting from the development of neurotransmission network disturbance detection method

  Principal investigator ／ Akifumi Eguchi (Chiba University)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 2

  Establishment of testing method for developmental neurotoxicity of chemicals and development of sensitive biomarkers using zebrafish embryos

  Research 2: Creation of platform for signal toxicity evaluation starting from the development of neurotransmission network disturbance detection method

  Principal investigator ／ CHEN Chaobao (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Others

  Integrated assessment of chemical pollution and its impacts on wild populations of Crocodylus moreletii in the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula

  Others: New discipline and interdisciplinary fusion research proposed by applicants

  Principal investigator ／ Mauricio González Jáuregui (Autonomous University of Campeche)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Others

  Exploring a Network Model of Marine Social Science Variables that Can Be Linked to the Marine Physical Environmental Model: Toward an Integrated SES (Social-Ecological System) Model for the Seto Inland Sea

  Others: New discipline and interdisciplinary fusion research proposed by applicants

  Principal investigator ／ Hiroaki Sugino (Yamaguchi University)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Others

  Effects of pesticide intake on gut microbiota and metabolites

  Others: New discipline and interdisciplinary fusion research proposed by applicants

  Principal investigator ／ Toshiki Tajima (Nagoya University)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Water exchange between Ikushima Bay and Seto Inland Sea, Japan based on numerical experiment

  Principal investigator ／ ANUKUL BURANAPRATHEPRAT (Burapha University)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Development of monitoring methods for virome composition and virus genetic diversity in mosquitoes

  Principal investigator ／ Artem Baidaliuk (Institut Pasteur)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Semi-annual monitoring of hypoxic water masses and their impact on the Jakarta Bay ecosystem (Wet and Dry Seasons in 2024)

  Principal investigator ／ Endro Soeyanto (National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Ocean thermal and ecological responses to typhoons

  Principal investigator ／ Shukui Cheng (Zhejiang University)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Variability of the M₂ internal tide in the South China Sea under climate change

  Principal investigator ／ Zheng Guo (Zhejiang Ocean University)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Risk assessment for Thai residents exposed to microplastics

  Principal investigator ／ Chalida Chompoobut (Chulabhorn Research Institute)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Investigation of the variability of oceanic fields in the Gulf of Thailand due to changes in freshwater discharges from the Mekong River

  Principal investigator ／ KIM CUONG NGUYEN (VNU University of Science)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Metagenomic and binning analyses of antibiotic resistance genes and their hosts in periphyton along a macrolide antibiotic pollution gradient in river

  Principal investigator ／ Jiahua Guo (Northwest University)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Diversity and Blood Meal Analysis of Mosquitoes in Livestock and Human Settlements in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

  Principal investigator ／ Atikah Fitria Muharromah (Universitas Gadjah Mada)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Distribution, Relative Abundance, and Intraspecific Genetic Variation of Horseshoe Crabs in the Philippines using environmental DNA

  Principal investigator ／ Ivane Gerasmio (Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Distribution and effects of PAHs on the soil microbial structure and carbon-cycling in the riparian zone of Beiluo River

  Principal investigator ／ Haotian Sun (Northwest University)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Metagenomic analysis of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria of endangered Sardinella tawilis and farmed Oreochromis niloticus in Taal lake, Philippines

  Principal investigator ／ Khristina Judan Cruz (Central Luzon State University)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Viral metagenomic analysis of the field-caught Aedes aegypti from the dengue hotspot areas in Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines

  Principal investigator ／ Von Carlo Dela Torre (University of the Philippines Mindanao)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Multi-trophic Diversity Assessment of River Systems in Tropical Biodiversity Hotspot inferred from eDNA Metabarcoding

  Principal investigator ／ Jomel Limbago (Cavite State University)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Research to evaluate the residual PBDEs content in seafood products

  Principal investigator ／ Quoc Cuong Truong (Research Institute for Marine Fisheries)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Understanding mosquito blood feeding and oviposition behavior using novel deep-learning based tools.

  Principal investigator ／ Felix Hol (Radboud University Medical Center)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Study of onset date of spring phytoplankton bloom in the Southern Yellow Sea and the dynamic mechanism

  Principal investigator ／ Xiaolu Tian (Ocean University of China)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Study on the ensemble forecast of green tide in the Yellow Sea

  Principal investigator ／ Yinlin Zhu (Tianjin University of Science and Technology)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Capturing natural occurrences of CFAV-EVEs and probing its consequences on CFAV prevalence in wild-caught Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

  Principal investigator ／ Ma. Anita Bautista (University of the Philippines Diliman)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Study on the distributions of nutrients from atmospheric deposition and rivers in the Yellow Sea and their contributions to primary productivity.

  Principal investigator ／ Qingling Zhang (Ocean University of China)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Evolution of tides and tidal currents in the East China Seas since the Last Glacial Maximum.

  Principal investigator ／ Wenxin Liu (Ocean University of China)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Numerical studies on biogeochemical cycle of mercury in the Bohai Sea

  Principal investigator ／ Yanan Wang (Ocean University of China)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Metagenomic profiling of hospital-specific antibiotic resistance genes in general, pediatric, orthopedic, and eye hospitals through wastewater analysis

  Principal investigator ／ Md Shafiujjaman (University of Dhaka)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Comprehensive detection of viruses by metagenomic analysis of sewage and their host estimation by machine learning

  Principal investigator ／ Kyle Young Low (Universiti Malaya)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Occurance and behavior of pesticides in surface waters and aquatic organisms from Indonesia

  Principal investigator ／ Agus Sudaryanto (National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Identification and decontamination of liquid waste contaminated with chlorinated and fluorinated persistent organic pollutants sampled from various Indonesian environmental compartments

  Principal investigator ／ Dwindrata Aviantara (National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Microplastic Contamination and its Potential Stress Markers in the tissues of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus, L. 1758) from Selected Lakes in San Pablo, Laguna

  Principal investigator ／ Maria Claret Tsuchiya (University of the Philippines Los Baños)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Hydrodynamic and Internal Tide Processes at Losin Pinnacle and their relationships with Coral Reef- Thailand

  Principal investigator ／ Tanuspong POKAVANICH (Kasetsart University)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Comprehensive monitoring of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) and artificial sweeteners in surface water and fish in northern Vietnam: Contamination status, bioaccumulation potentials, and risk assessment

  Principal investigator ／ Quoc Anh Hoang (University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Assessment of Post-COVID-19 Occurrence of Pharmaceutical Residues in Wastewater and Surface Water: Implications for Aquatic Organisms in Sri Lanka

  Principal investigator ／ Keerthi S. GURUGE (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Investigation of the Existence of Fresh Water MP (Micro Plastic) in Indonesian Lake: A Case of Various Cirata Reservoirs Water Utilization Clusters

  Principal investigator ／ Ikhsan Budi Wahyono (National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Occurrence and Fate of Pesticides in the River Water Systems of Borneo Island: A Study in the Malaysia and Indonesia Sections

  Principal investigator ／ Tony Hadibarata (Curtin University Malaysia)

• International symposium and research meeting

  Metabolomics and advanced analytical technologies in the study of insects, vector-borne diseases and biological control

  Principal investigator ／ Anna Karen LASERNA (De La Salle University)

• International symposium and research meeting

  8th International Chemical Hazard Symposium ~The Frontiers of Wildlife Research in Environmental Chemistry~

  Principal investigator ／ Yoshinori Ikenaka (Hokkaido University)

• International symposium and research meeting

  Marine Pollution in the Philippine Archipelago: A Glimpse on Plastic Waste and Oil Spill

  Principal investigator ／ Hernando BACOSA (Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology)

• International symposium and research meeting

  Workshop for fishery environment studies in the Seto Inland Sea

  Principal investigator ／ Masayuki Yamamoto (Fukui Prefectural University)

• International symposium and research meeting

  Gene identification of heavy metal – resistant bacteria for bionanotechnology and environmental remediation applications

  Principal investigator ／ Jose Isagani Janairo (De La Salle University)

• International symposium and research meeting

  Meeting on observation and modeling of ocean turbulence

  Principal investigator ／ Eisuke Tsutsumi (Kagoshima University)

• International symposium and research meeting

  8th Workshop on Assessment and Projection of Coastal Ecosystem

  Principal investigator ／ Masahiko Fujii (The University of Tokyo)