On June 29, 2026, the “IRRI–MAFF CoolRice Project Kick-Off Meeting” was held at the headquarters of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Baños, Philippines. Dr. HASEGAWA Toshihiro, President of the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), gave a presentation.
A research proposal submitted by a researcher from the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) has been conditionally selected as a new research project for FY2026 under SATREPS (Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development), a program jointly implemented by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).