Chairs

Hisanori Kato, PhD, University of Tokyo, Japan
Hitomi Kumagai, PhD, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan

Presentations

Activities of the Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science and status of nutritional science in Japan. Hisanori Kato, PhD, University of Tokyo, Japan

The 2nd Health Japan 21:  Goals and Challenges.  Nobuo Nishi, MD, PhD, MSc, MBA, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan

Achievements and discoveries as to functional foods in Japan.  Hitomi Kumagai, PhD, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan

Future strategies for the development of functional foods in Japan.  Makoto Shimizu, PhD, University of Tokyo, Japan