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

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

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)
Tsutomu Nakayama
(University of Shizuoka)
Hirofumi Arai
(Kitami Institute of Technology)
Toshiyuki Nakamura
(Okayama University)
Miho Chikazawa
(Meijo University)
Fumie Nakashima
(Nagoya University)
Chaohui Feng
(Kitami Institute of Technology)
Midori Natsume
(Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd.)
Itsuko Fukuda
(Kobe University)
Miyu Nishikawa
(University of Miyazaki)
Yasuyuki Fujii
(Osaka Metropolitan University)
Kenjiro Ogawa
(University of Miyazaki)
Yoshinori Fujimura
(Kyushu University)
Kousaku Ohinata
(Kyoto University)
Tsuyoshi Goto
(Kyoto University)
Emi Saita
(BAIKA Women's University)
Naoki Harada
(Osaka Metropolitan University)
Kozue Sakao
(Kagoshima University)
Miki Hiemori-Kondo
(University of Kochi)
Yoichi Sakakibara
(University of Miyazaki)
Shizuka Hirai
(Chiba University)
Hideo Satsu
(Gunma University)
Masashi Hosokawa
(Hokkaido University)
Hiroko Segawa
(Tokushima University)
Shinichi Ikushiro
(Toyama Prefectural University)
Yasutaka Shigemura
(Tokyo Kasei University)
Akari Ishisaka
(University of Hyogo)
Takahiro Shibata
(Nagoya University)
Takeshi Ishii
(Kobe Gakuin University)
Toshihiko Shoji
(National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)
Katsuko Kajiya
(Kagoshima University)
Hiroyuki Suganuma
(KAGOME Co., Ltd.)
Ichiro Kaneko
(University of Hyogo)
Shu Taira
(Fukushima University)
Hiroko Kishi
(Shimane University)
Tappei Takada
(The University of Tokyo)
Yoshimi Kishimoto
(Setsunan University)
Nobuyuki Takahashi
(Tokyo University of Agriculture)
Tomoya Kitakaze
(Osaka Metropolitan University)
Yu Takahashi
(The University of Tokyo)
Youngil Kim
(Pharma Foods International Co., Ltd.)
Mikako Takasugi
(Kyushu Sangyo University)
Harumi Kondo
(Nihon University)
Daisuke Takemoto
(Suntory Wellness Limited)
Tatsu Kobayakawa
(National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Hirofumi Tachibana
(Kyushu University)
Motofumi Kumazoe
(Kyushu University)
Masako Toda
(Tohoku University)
Kentaro Matsumiya
(Kyoto University)
Ryoichi Yamaji
(Osaka Metropolitan University)
Shuichi Masuda
(University of Shizuoka)
Yusuke Yamaguchi
(Nihon University)
Saeko Masumoto
(Fukushima University)
Norio Yamamoto
(House Foods Group Inc.)
Ken'ichiro Minato
(Meijo University)
Masao Yamasaki
(University of Miyazaki)
Takumi Misaka
(The University of Tokyo)
Yumi Yamasaki
(University of Miyazaki)
Takakazu Mitani
(Shinshu University)
Yoko Yamashita
(Kobe University)
Shinji Miura
(University of Shizuoka)
Hanae Yamazaki
(Ryukoku University)
Shingo Miyamoto
(Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)
Yoshio Yamauchi
(The University of Tokyo)
Noriyuki Miyoshi
(University of Shizuoka)
Michiko Yasuda
(Sugiyama Jogakuen University)
Akira Murakami
(University of Hyogo)
Daigo Yokoyama
(University of Miyazaki)
Rie Mukai
(Tokushima University)
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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