On Thursday, May 30, 2024, 37 first-year students and 2 teachers from Tokyo Metropolitan High School of Science and Technology visited the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) as part of their SSH (Super Science High Schools) overnight study program.

From May 18 to 25, 2024, at the 10th World Water Forum held on Bali Island, Republic of Indonesia, the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) exhibited its research achievements, including alternate wetting and drying (AWD) irrigation and Subak research, and provided explanations to many visitors, including researchers, government officials, and students (from middle school to university).

On May 23, 2024, researchers from the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) participated in the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Expert Group Meeting on Irrigation Technology in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

On Monday, May 20, 2024, the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) and the Embassy of the Plurinational State of Bolivia in Japan held the Japan-Bolivia exchange event "Bolivia Symposium: The Charms of Salar de Uyuni, Quinoa, and Llamas" in a hybrid format at the Tokyo Headquarters Annex of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
An archived video of this event is now available on the YouTube "JIRCAS channel." For those who missed it, we invite you to watch the videos, which include simultaneous interpretation in Japanese and Spanish.

On Monday, May 20, 2024, the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) and the Embassy of the Plurinational State of Bolivia in Japan held the "Bolivia Symposium: The Charms of Salar de Uyuni, Quinoa, and Llamas" at the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Tokyo Headquarters Annex (also available online).

The Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) invites qualified postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers to participate in the Research Fellow Empowerment Initiative, which will be implemented under two research themes. This initiative aims to empower Japanese students and researchers through international experiences and collaborations with various partners at JIRCAS research sites abroad.

The “TSUKUBA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PRE EVENT 2024,” a pre-event for Science and Technology Week, was held in Tsukuba City on Sunday, April 14. Research institutions and scientific communities in the city gathered to interact with visitors through exhibitions and talk events. 
On Monday, April 15, the “JIRCAS ONLINE Science and Technology Week Special Site” was launched, where mini-lectures and talks by JIRCAS researchers were streamed for a limited time. 

On Friday, April 26, 2024, the “JIRCAS Tour” from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) was held for the first time. The tour was attended by 33 staff members of MAFF who came to observe the major research activities of JIRCAS. As part of the tour, they visited the experimental field where BNI-enabled wheat is growing.

The JIRCAS Fellowship Program FY2024 is now open and qualified applicants are encouraged to apply for the five selected research themes. The program offers a one-year opportunity to conduct research in Japan or at JIRCAS research sites abroad under the supervision of JIRCAS researchers.

As a newly adopted research topic (biological resources field) in FY2020 of SATREPS (International Science and Technology Cooperation Program for Responding to Global Issues), which is jointly implemented by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Agricultural Research's proposed project was accepted with some conditions.