1. Cooperation, Public Relations
  2. Press Release
  3. 2025

JIRCAS and Tokyo University of Agriculture Sign Comprehensive Collaboration Agreement
–Toward Advancing International Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Research and Accelerating Social Implementation–

press202529.pdf610.86 KB
Announcement

2026-03-11
Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)
Tokyo University of Agriculture

Key Points

  • On March 9, 2026, JIRCAS and Tokyo University of Agriculture signed a comprehensive collaboration agreement to promote international agriculture, forestry, and fisheries research, among other areas.
  • Links the educational and research resources and regional networks of all Tokyo University of Agriculture campuses with JIRCAS research activities to strengthen international research infrastructure and accelerate social implementation.
  • Contributes to solving global food and environmental issues and building sustainable food systems through joint research, human resource development programs, and demonstration studies.

Overview

On Monday, March 9, 2026, JIRCAS signed a comprehensive collaboration agreement with Tokyo University of Agriculture (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo) aimed at further strengthening the promotion of international agriculture, forestry, and fisheries research, human resource development, social implementation of research results, and related areas. On the same day, a signing ceremony was held at the Tokyo University of Agriculture Setagaya Campus, where representatives from both institutions signed the agreement.

Tokyo University of Agriculture is one of Japan’s leading educational and research institutions in fields such as agriculture, life sciences, and food science, with a strong track record of close collaboration with local communities and an extensive network. By complementarily leveraging the university’s educational and research resources as well as its regional networks alongside JIRCAS’s international research activities, further contributions to international agriculture, forestry, and fisheries research are expected.

This agreement covers the university as a whole, including the Setagaya, Atsugi, and Hokkaido Okhotsk campuses. In addition to strengthening the international research infrastructure, it aims to further promote the social implementation of research results both domestically and internationally, thereby contributing to solving global food and environmental issues and building sustainable food systems.

Going forward, JIRCAS and Tokyo University of Agriculture will sequentially develop various collaboration activities, including joint research, human resource development programs, field-based demonstration studies, and co-hosting of symposia and seminars, to further advance international agriculture, forestry, and fisheries research and the social implementation of its results.

【Areas of Collaboration and Cooperation】

Under this comprehensive collaboration agreement, JIRCAS and Tokyo University of Agriculture will collaborate and cooperate on the following:

  1. Promotion of joint research
  2. Dissemination of research results
  3. Promotion of research exchanges between researchers and faculty
  4. Promotion of researcher and student exchange programs
  5. Mutual use of research facilities, equipment, and materials
  6. Sharing and mutual dissemination of information

Through these efforts, both institutions aim to co-create by leveraging their intellectual resources and technical capabilities, contributing to solving domestic and international challenges in agriculture, food, and environmental fields, as well as advancing academia and society.

Contact

JIRCAS President: KOYAMA Osamu

Press Coordinator 
OMORI Keisuke (Head, Information and Public Relations Office)
Press e-mail info-pr@jircas.go.jp

【Reference Materials】

Signing ceremony photos

Presentation of the agreement document

Tokyo University of Agriculture President EGUCHI Fumiya (left) and JIRCAS President KOYAMA Osamu (right). Location: Tokyo University of Agriculture Setagaya Campus

Commemorative group photo following the signing ceremony (28 participants total)

Related Pages