Honors and Awards:

1988 Nakamura Award

1995 Enzyme Application Award

2011 Keynote Lecture in The Grand Opening Ceremony of ARDA New Building

2014 Contribution Award to Chugoku-shikoku branch of Japan Society for Bioscience,Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry

2016- Fellow in Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry 2023 JSBBA Award for Senior Scientists

Memberships

1981- Japanese Biochemistry Society

1981- Japanese Molecular Biology Society 1990- Japanese Agricultural Chemistry Society 2002- The Vitamin Society of Japan

2003- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2003- Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

Editors & Others

2002-2008  Organizing Member for JSPS-NRCT Core Program on Development of Thermotolerant Microbial Resources and Their Application

2005- Regional Editor for Journal of Biological Sciences

2005- Advisory Board of International Conference of Fermentation Technology for Value Added Agricultural Products

2007- Editorial Board Member for The Open Biotechnology Journal

2008-2013  Organizer and coordinator for the Asian Core Program on “Capacity Building and Development of Microbial Potential and Fermentation Technology towards New Era”

2009-2010  Vice president of Chugoku-shikoku branch of Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry

2010-2013  Organizer and coordinator for the Asia-Africa Science and Technology Strategic Cooperation Promotion Program (MEXT-ARDA Project) on “Development of Economical High-temperature Fermentation Technology Using Thermotolerant Microbes from Tropical Areas”

2011-2012  President of Chugoku-shikoku branch of Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry

2011-2017  Editor for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry

2015-2019  Organizer and coordinator for the Core to Core Program (Advanced Research Networks) on “Establishment of an international research core for new bio-research fields with microbes from tropical areas”

2017-2020  Organizer and coordinator for e-ASIA Joint Research Program on “Development of New Processes with Thermotolerant Microbes for Bio-refinery Including Biofuels”

2022- Associate editor of Frontiers in Genetics

2022- Associate editor of Fuels

2023-2027  Organizer and coordinator for Japan-Thailand bilateral project “Plant disease control research in the post-drug resistant era using “ETHANOL+”