Dear Members of the Zoological Society of Japan

Recently, through an election by our members, the candidates for the next board of directors and the candidate for president have been decided.
In addition to the "Director Candidates" decided by this election, we hereby announce that, in accordance with the Bylaws below, the following three members and one external individual are nominated as "Director Candidates" as recommended directors. Regarding the three members, we have already obtained consent for their nomination as director candidates from both the individuals themselves and the presidents of their respective regional chapters.

Kazuko Koshiba (Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Toyo University)
Midori Sakura (Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University)
Kaoru Yoshida (Toin University of Yokohama, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering)
Outside Director Noriko Ueki (Faculty of Law, Department of Law / Natural Science Center, Hosei University)

Articles of Incorporation Bylaws
Article 8. The fixed number of directors shall be two for each branch excluding the Kanto Branch, and six for the Kanto Branch. Director candidates shall be elected from general members and student members, excluding honorary members, and separately, at least one external director as prescribed in Article 5, Paragraph 15 of the Act on Authorization of Public Interest Incorporated Associations and Public Interest Foundation Associations shall be appointed. Director candidates other than external directors shall be elected by members on a branch-by-branch basis and appointed at the general meeting of members. The President and Vice Presidents may recommend a certain number of director candidates in addition to the branch-elected director candidates. External director candidates shall also be recommended by the President and Vice Presidents, and external directors shall be appointed at the general meeting of members from among the candidates so recommended.
Article 9 (2) The selection of candidates for directors recommended by the Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons shall take into consideration diversity in terms of age, gender, field of expertise, region, and other factors, and shall be subject to the consent of the candidate and the branch manager of the branch to which the candidate belongs.

Members Koshiba, Sakura, and Yoshida will be excluded from the election, just like other director candidates, in the branch committee elections at each branch.

In addition, like the candidates elected by vote, they will assume the position of director after receiving approval from all regular members at the first general meeting to be held at the Sapporo Convention on Friday, September 4, 2026.

Zoological Society of Japan
President: Muko Shiga
Vice Chairman Takeuma Fukatsu