JIRCAS Report - United States
Senior Researcher Subbarao and Colleagues Appear on the Crop Science Society Podcast “Field, Lab, Earth” to Introduce Their Research on Sorgoleone and BNI
In February 2026, an episode titled “Sorgoleone with Drs. Sakiko Okumoto, Bill Rooney, and Guntur Subbarao” was released on Field, Lab, Earth, a podcast distributed by three major U.S. crop science societies — the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America, and the Soil Science Society of America.
Pres. Masa Iwanaga at the 7th CGIAR System Council Meeting
The 7th CGIAR System Council Meeting hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was held on November 15-16, 2018 in Seattle, USA. JIRCAS Pres. Masa Iwanaga attended the meeting with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Agriculture of Japan.
JIRCAS signs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
JIRCAS signs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Texas A&M AgriLife Research, USA
Dr. Marcy Wilder, Senior Researcher in the Fisheries Division, serves as a speaker at the 2014 USJC-ACCJ Women in Business Summit
The 2014 U.S.-Japan Council (USJC)-American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) Women in Business Summit was held at the ANA InterContinental Hotel in Tokyo on May 27, 2014. Dr. Marcy Wilder of the JIRCAS Fisheries Division attended the Summit as a speaker. The Summit aimed to bring together Japan’s many diverse women’s organizations that are working toward the goals of better conditions for and representation of women in the working environment in Japan, and featured a full program of speakers, panel discussions, workshops and networking opportunities throughout the day.