Dear Members of the Zoological Society of Japan

Voting closed at noon today. The vote-counting results for the 2026-2027 President Candidate Member Preference Vote are as follows:

Shiga Mukako (Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University) 223 votes
Takuma Fukatsu (Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)) 119 votes
Koji Tamura (Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University) 117 votes

Voter turnout: 24.48% (459/1,875 voters)

Following the above vote counting results, the candidate for the next president is member Mukako Shiga, and the candidate for the next vice president is member Takuma Fukatsu.

June 19, 2026
Election Administration Committee of the Zoological Society of Japan
Chairperson Mikiko Tanaka
Committee members: Kazuyoshi Ukena, Choshi Yamawaki