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Election results for the 2025 Board of Directors

We are pleased to announce the results of Board of Directors Election (Electronic voting by Councilors) held from December 24, 2024 to January 9, 2025. The following 10 new directors have been elected and 10 re-appointed directors were confirmed by a vote of confidence.
(Listed in Japanese syllabary order, titles omitted.)
■New Directors(10 persons)
Term of New Directors
(1st term: June 2025–June 2027 / 2nd term: June 2027-June 2029)
Domain A. Basic Neuroscience(6 persons)
Noriko Osumi
Toshihisa Ohtsuka
Hiroshi Kawasaki
Kumi O. Kuroda
Sayaka Takemoto-Kimura
Haruhiko Bito
Domain B. Systems & Information Neuroscience(2 persons)
Kenichi Ohki
Ken-Ichiro Tsutsui
Domain C. Clinical & Pathological Neuroscience(2 persons)
Kiyoto Kasai
Akiko Hayashi-Takagi
■Re-appointed Directors(10 persons)
Term of Re-appointed Directors
(2nd term: June 2025-June 2027 (Continued from the 1st term))
(Academic Domain in parentheses)
Hitoshi Okamoto (A)
Fumi Kubo (B)
Kenji Tanaka (C)
Takashi Hanakawa (B)
Mariko Miyata (A)
Rieko Muramatsu (A)
Masanori Murayama (B)
Masashi Yanagisawa (A)
Koji Yamanaka (C)
Ayako M. Watabe (A)

Number of eligible voters :
100
Number of valid votes :
98
Voter turnout :
98.0%
The above elected members will be officially appointed to the Board of Directors after approval at the Annual General Assembly to be held in June 2025. The new directors will receive a vote of confidence after 2 years and can be re-appointed for another term (2 years).
Election Administration Committee
Secretariat of the Japan Neuroscience Society
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