Dear Members of the Zoological Society of Japan

Here are the results of the Board of Directors candidate election, which closed at noon on Friday, April 15 (Revised Edition).

■ Hokkaido (2 people)
1 Ryuichi Masuda (Division of Biodiversity Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University)
2 Mari Kuroiwa (Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University)

■ Tohoku (2 people)
1 Ryusaku Deguchi (Biology Laboratory, Miyagi University of Education)
2 Koji Tamura (Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University)

■ Kanto (6 people)
1. Hiroshi Wada (University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences)
2 Etsuro Ito (Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University)
3 Shinji Kanda (Division of Marine Life Sciences, Department of Physiology, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo)
4 Toru Miura (Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo / Misaki Marine Biological Station)
5 Manabu Yoshida (Misaki Marine Biological Station, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
6 Mikiko Tanaka (Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

■ Chubu (2 people)
1 Nobuo Suzuki (Marine Biological Station, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University)
2 Takahiro Asami (Faculty of Science, Shinshu University)

■ Kinki (2 people)
1 Takehiro Kusakabe (Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University)
2 Akihisa Terakita (Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University)

■ China and Shikoku (2 people)
1 Tatsuya Ueki (Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University)
2 Kazuyoshi Ukena (Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University)

■ Kyushu (2 people)
1 Yamawaki, Choshi (Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University)
2 Yuichi Hirose (Department of Marine and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus)

Next, we will hold the election for the "candidate for next president" through mutual voting among the 18 director candidates.
The top three candidates for the next president have been selected, and a preference vote by all members will now take place.
The voting period for the next chairperson's intention poll is scheduled from Wednesday, April 27 to Wednesday, May 11 at noon.

□ Final voter turnout by branch

Hokkaido: 25.491 TP3T (26/102)
Tohoku　　　30.40% (38/125)
Kanto　　　19.02% (151/794)
Chubu　　　26.61% (62/233)
Kinki　　　25.09% (67/267)
Chugoku-Shikoku: 30.701 TP3T (70/228)
Kyushu　　　34.27% (49/143)

That's all.

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