Conference Information

Date: October 13 – 17, 2026
Venue: PACIFICO Yokohama (Yokohama, Japan)
Co-organized by: The Japanese Society for Food Factors (JSoFF)
Official Language: English

Joint Organizing Committee

Chairs, Joint Organizing Committee

Kaeko Murota (President of ICoFF2026, Shimane University)
Naomi Osakabe (President of ICPH2026, Shibaura Institute of Technology)

Vice Presidents

Yoshimasa Nakamura (Okayama University)
Yoji Kato (University of Hyogo)

Secretaries-General

Hiroyuki Sakakibara (Kobe University)
Takashi Hosono (Nihon University)

Chair, Joint Finance Committee

Kyuichi Kawabata (Konan Women's University)

Chair, Fundraising Committee

Tomohisa Takagi (Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)

Vice Chair, Fundraising Committee

Tatsuya Sugawara (Kyoto University)
Kiyotaka Nakagawa (Tohoku University)


Domestic Organizing Committee Members
Mitsugu Akagawa
(Tokushima University)
Toshiyuki Nakamura
(Okayama University)
Hirofumi Arai
(Kitami Institute of Technology)
Fumie Nakashima
(Nagoya University)
Miho Chikazawa
(Meijo University)
Tsutomu Nakayama
(University of Shizuoka)
Chaohui Feng
(Kitami Institute of Technology)
Midori Natsume
(Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd.)
Yoshinori Fujimura
(Kyushu University)
Miyu Nishikawa
(University of Miyazaki)
Itsuko Fukuda
(Kobe University)
Kenjiro Ogawa
(University of Miyazaki)
Tsuyoshi Goto
(Kyoto University)
Kousaku Ohinata
(Kyoto Universituy)
Naoki Harada
(Osaka Metropolitan University)
Yoichi Sakakibara
(University of Miyazaki)
Shizuka Hirai
(Chiba University)
Kozue Sakao
(Kagoshima University)
Masashi Hosokawa
(Hokkaido University)
Emi Saita
(BAIKA Women's University)
Shinichi Ikushiro
(Toyama Prefectural University)
Hideo Satsu
(Gunma University)
Takeshi Ishii
(Kobe Gakuin University)
Hiroko Segawa
(Tokushima University)
Akari Ishisaka
(University of Hyogo)
Takahiro Shibata
(Nagoya University)
Ichiro Kaneko
(University of Hyogo)
Yasutaka Shigemura
(Tokyo Kasei University)
Katsuko Kajiya
(Kagoshima University)
Toshihiko Shoji
(National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)
Youngil Kim
(Pharma Foods International Co., Ltd.)
Hiroyuki Suganuma
(KAGOME Co., Ltd.)
Hiroko Kishi
(Shimane University)
Hirofumi Tachibana
(Kyushu University)
Yoshimi Kishimoto
(Setsunan University)
Suu Taira
(Fukushima University)
Tomoya Kitakaze
(Osaka Metropolitan University)
Tappei Takada
(The University of Tokyo)
Tatsu Kobayakawa
(National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Nobuyuki Takahashi
(Tokyo University of Agriculture)
Harumi Kondo
(Nihon University)
Yu Takahashi
(The University of Tokyo)
Motofumi Kumazoe
(Kyushu University)
Mikako Takasugi
(Kyushu Sangyo University)
Miki Hiemori-Kondo
(University of Kochi)
Daisuke Takemoto
(Suntory Wellness Limited)
Shuichi Masuda
(University of Shizuoka)
Masako Toda
(Tohoku University)
Saeko Masumoto
(Fukushima University)
Ryoichi Yamaji
(Osaka Metropolitan University)
Kentaro Matsumiya
(Kyoto University)
Yusuke Yamaguchi
(Nihon University)
Ken'ichiro Minato
(Meijo University)
Norio Yamamoto
(House Foods Group Inc.)
Takumi Misaka
(The University of Tokyo)
Yoshio Yamauchi
(The University of Tokyo)
Takakazu Mitani
(Shinshu University)
Masao Yamasaki
(University of Miyazaki)
Shinji Miura
(University of Shizuoka)
Yumi Yamasaki
(University of Miyazaki)
Shingo Miyamoto
(Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)
Hanae Yamazaki
(Ryukoku University)
Noriyuki Miyoshi
(University of Shizuoka)
Yoko Yamashita
(Kobe University)
Rie Mukai
(Tokushima University)
Michiko Yasuda
(Sugiyama Jogakuen University)
Akira Murakami
(University of Hyogo)
Daigo Yokoyama
(University of Miyazaki)
Domestic Advisory Board
Keiko Abe
(The University of Tokyo)
Toshiyuki Sakaki
(Toyama Prefectural University)
Soichi Arai
(Former Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture,  The University of Tokyo)
(Chair, 3rd ICoFF)
Kenji Sato
(Kyoto University)
Hitoshi Ashida
(Mukogawa Women’s University, Former Professor; Kobe University)
(Chair, 7th ICoFF; Chair, 9th ICPH; President, Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science)
Ryuichiro Sato
(The University of Tokyo)
De-Xing Hou
(Kagoshima University)
Taiichiro Seki
(Nihon University)
Hideyuki Ito
(National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN))
Shigeru Shigeoka
(Kindai University)
Yasue Kikuzaki
(Former Professor, Nara Women’s University)
Makoto Shimizu
(Tokyo University of Agriculture; former Professor, The University of Tokyo)
Masuko Kobori
(National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NIBIOHN))
Kayoko Shimoi
(Former Professor, University of Shizuoka)
(Chair, 9th ICPH)
Kazuo Kondo
(Former Professor, Ochanomizu University)
Yoshiharu Shimomura
(Former Professor, Nagoya University)
Hitomi Kumagai
(Nihon University)
(Vice Chair, IUFoST-Japan)
Fumio Shimura
(Former Professor, Jumonji University)
(President, Japan Society for Polyphenol Research)
Mari Maeda-Yamamoto
(National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO))
Hirohito Sone
(Niigata University)
(Vice President, Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science)
Yusaki Matsumura
(Kyoto University)
(Chair, IUFoST-Japan)
Junji Terao
(Former Professor, Tokushima University)
(Chair, 3rd ICPH)
Tatsuya Matsuura
(Yasuda Women’s University)
(President, Vitamin Society of Japan)
Shinya Toyokuni
(Nagoya University)
Kazuo Miyashita
(Hokkaido Bunkyo University)
Mariko Uehara
(Tokyo University of Agriculture )
(President-Elect, Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry)
Teruo Miyazawa
(Tohoku University)
Shaw Watanabe
(Life Science Foundation of Japan; former Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture)
Misao Miwa
(Former Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture)
Shizuo Yamada
(University of Shizuoka)
Akira Murakami
(University of Hyogo)
Kazuyoshi Yazawa
(Waseda University)
Yuji Naito
(Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)
Hiroshi Yoshida
(The Jikei University School of Medicine)
Tsutomu Nakayama
(Former Professor, University of Shizuoka)
(Representative Director, Japanese Society of Catechinology)
Kumi Yoshida
(Aichi Shukutoku University)
Hoyoku Nishino
(Former Professor, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)
Toshikazu Yoshikawa
(Louis Pasteur Center for Medical Research; Life Science Foundation of Japan; former Professor, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)
(Chair, 4th ICoFF)
Toshihiko Osawa
(Former Professor, Nagoya University)
(Chair, 1st ICoFF)
International Advisory Board
Cristina Andres-Lacueva
(University of Barcelona, Spain)
(Chair, 5th ICPH)
Pingfan Rao
(Fuzhou University, UK)
(Chair, 8th ICoFF)
Aedin Cassidy
(Queen’s University Belfast, UK)
(Chair-Elect, ICPH)
Patricia I. Oteiza
(University of California, Davis, USA)
Sue-Joan Chang
(National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
Howard D. Sesso
(Harvard Medical School, USA)
(Chair, 11th ICPH)
Kevin D. Croft
(University of Western, Australia)
Jeremy Spencer
(University of Reading, UK)
(Chair, 10th ICPH)
Yves Desjardins
(Laval University, Canada)
(Chair, 8th ICPH)
Young-Joon Surh
(Seoul National University, Korea)
Cesar G. Fraga
(University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
(Chair, 6th ICPH)
Francisco Tomás-Barberán
(CEBAS-CSIC, Spain)
(Chair, 5th ICPH)
Lucy S. Hwang
(National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
(Chair, 5th ICoFF)
Gow-Chin Yen
(National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan)
JoAnn E. Manson
(Harvard Medical School, USA)
(Chair, 11th ICPH)
Chin-Kun Wang
(Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan)
André Marette
(Laval University, Canada)
(Chair, 8th ICPH)
Gary Williamson
(University of Leeds, UK)
(Chair, 4th ICPH)
Christine Morand
(INRAE, France)
(Chair, 7th ICPH)
Suk Hoo Yoon
(Woosuk University, Korea)
(Chair, 6th ICoFF)

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