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Paper by Senior Researchers ARAI Miwa and IKAZAKI Kenta Selected for the JSSSPN English Journal Paper Award
The paper, “Protective role of reactive aluminum phases to stabilize soil organic matter against long-term cultivation in the humid tropics under volcanic influence, authored by JIRCAS Senior Researchers ARAI Miwa and IKAZAKI Kenta (both in the Crop, Livestock and Environment Division), has been selected for the 24th Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (JSSSPN) SSPN Award (English Journal Paper Award).
JIRCAS and Philippine Partner Institutions Review Five Years of Joint Research — Toward On-Site Demonstration of Sugarcane Cultivation Technologies
On December 1, 2025, on Negros Island in the Republic of the Philippines, the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) held a symposium with its Philippine research partners to review the achievements of their five-year international collaborative research. Hosted by JIRCAS, the event was attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ENDO Kazuya and First Secretary AKASAKA Hidenori from the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, reaffirming the importance of Japan–Philippines cooperation.