| K. Kobayashi | U.S.A | Atlas Workshop, Air Pollution Workshop | Apr. 15 - Apr. 18, 1996 |
| H. Seino | China | International Symposium on Transact studies on Global Change and Biodiversity | May 5 - May 9, 1996 |
| E. Yano | Austria | IOBC/WPRS Workshop "Integrated control in glasshouses" | May 19 - May 24, 1996 |
| N. Oura | U.S.A | 2nd International IGBP-GCTE Workshop | May 18 - May 25, 1996 |
| H. Tsuruta | Thailand | Integrated IGBP/IHDP/WCRP Global Change Study of Land-use Change in Southeast Asia | May 26 - Jun. 1, 1996 |
| H. Kawashima | United Kingdom | EB'96: Environmental Biomonitoring, The Biotechnology - Ecotoxicology Interface | Jun. 4 - Jun. 13, 1996 |
| T. Miwa | The Netherlands | The 18th International Biometric Conference | Jul. 1 - Jul. 5, 1996 |
| K. Takagi | France | 2nd International Symposium on Environmental Aspects of Pesticide Microbiology and Soil Quality | Jul. 5 - Jul. 11, 1996 |
| K. Ae | U.S.A | International Society of Root Research 5th Symposium | Jul. 13 - Jul. 19, 1996 |
| G. Saito | China | International Symposium on Environmental Remote Sensing of Northeast Asia | Jul. 21 - Aug. 3, 1996 |
| N. Matsumoto | U.S.A | 5th International Plant Cold Hardiness Seminar | Aug. 4 - Aug. 10, 1996 |
| H. Seino | The Netherlands | 28th International Geographic Congress | Aug. 4 - Aug. 12, 1996 |
| T. Maki | The Netherlands | 28th International Geographic Congress | Aug. 4 - Aug. 12, 1996 |
| K. Okamoto | Canada | Pacific Ocean Remote Sensing Conference Porsec-Victoria '96 | Aug. 12 - Aug. 19, 1996 |
| N. Mino | Canada | Pacific Ocean Remote Sensing Conference Porsec-Victoria '96 | Aug. 12 - Aug. 19, 1996 |
| N. Minaka | Hungary | 5th International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology | Aug. 16 - Aug. 26, 1996 |
| H. Kawashima | Denmark | Ecological Summit '96 | Aug. 17 - Aug. 25 , 1996 |
| M. Yokozawa | Denmark | Ecological Summit '96 | Aug. 17 - Aug. 25, 1996 |
| S. Mishima | Denmark | Ecological Summit '96 | Aug. 17 - Aug. 25, 1996 |
| S. Ninomiya | Switzerland | The 19th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval | Aug. 17 - Aug. 24, 1996 |
| M. Oide | Switzerland | The 19th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval | Aug. 17 - Aug. 24, 1996 |
| H. Ishii | United Kingdom | 4th Workshop on Integrated Control of Pome Fruit Diseases | Aug. 18 - Aug. 21, 1996 |
| I. Taniyama | Germany The Netherlands | 9th Conference of the International Soil Conservation Organization 2nd International Congress of the European Society of Soil Conservation | Aug. 23 - Sep. 8 , 1996 |
| O. Saito | Italy | The 20th International Congress of Entomology | Aug. 23 - Sep. 2, 1996 |
| N. Morimoto | Italy | The 20th International Congress of Entomology | Aug. 23 - Sep. 2, 1996 |
| K. Yamamura | Italy | The 20th International Congress of Entomology | Aug. 24 - Sep. 2, 1996 |
| K. Yara | Italy | The 20th International Congress of Entomology | Aug. 24 - Sep. 2, 1996 |
| E. Yano | Italy | The 20th International Congress of Entomology | Aug. 24 - Sep. 6, 1996 |
| O. Imura | Italy | The 20th International Congress of Entomology | Aug. 26 - Aug. 30, 1996 |
| M. Nishio | Finland | Seminar on Agriculture and the Environment | Sep. 8 - Sep. 15, 1996 |
| J. Shindo | The Netherlands | International Workshop on Monitoring and Modelling on Effect of Acidic Deposition | Sep. 9 - Sep. 15, 1996 |
| H. Oda | United Kingdom | The 5th International Conference on Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry | Sep. 13 - Sep. 22, 1996 |
| M. Nemoto | Spain | First World Congress on Allelopathy | Sep. 14 - Sep. 22, 1996 |
| Y. Fujii | Spain | First World Congress on Allelopathy | Sep. 14 - Sep. 22, 1996 |
| M. Yokohari | Italy | 33rd IFLA World Congress | Oct. 8 - Oct. 21, 1996 |
| M. Ide | Italy | 33rd IFLA World Congress | Oct. 11 - Oct. 17, 1996 |
| K. Yamamoto | Italy | 33rd IFLA World Congress | Oct. 11 - Oct. 21, 1996 |
| K. Matsumori | Italy | 33rd IFLA World Congress | Oct. 11 - Oct. 21, 1996 |
| M. Nishio | Taiwan | Training Workshop on Microbial Fertilizers and Composting | Oct. 15 - Oct. 22, 1996 |
| H. Seino | Thailand | The 10th Asian Agricultural Symposium on Sustainable Agriculture | Oct. 15 - Oct. 18, 1996 |
| R. Kimura | Taiwan | Training Workshop on Microbial Fertilizers and Composting | Oct. 15 - Oct. 22, 1996 |
| H. Tsuruta | Australia | The 13rd Conference on Fire and Forest Meteorology | Oct. 26 - Nov. 1, 1996 |
| S. Hiratate | U.S.A | American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America | Nov. 1 - Nov. 10 , 1996 |
| K. Takagi | U.S.A | SETAC 17th Annual Meeting | Nov. 16 - Nov. 23, 1996 |
| T. Hakamata | Switzerland | Workshop on Geostatistics and Pollution | Dec. 9 - Dec. 18, 1996 |
| H. Tsuruta | Indonesia | Indonesia National Action Plans Workshop | Jan. 5 - Jan. 10, 1997 |
| K. Kobayashi | Indonesia | START-WCRP-GCTE Workshop | Feb. 18 - Feb. 23, 1997 |
| G. Saito | Indonesia | The First WMO International Workshop on Monsoon Studies | Feb. 21 - Mar. 2, 1997 |
| T. Nagata | U.S.A | The International Conference on Regulatory Issues in Crop Production and their Implications for the Food Supply | Feb. 22 - Feb. 28 , 1997 |
| I. Nouchi | U.S.A Hawaii | Workshop on Uses of Improved Knowledge about Global Change | Mar. 9 - Mar. 14 , 1997 |
| K. Okamoto | U.S.A Hawaii | Workshop on Uses of Improved Knowledge about Global Change | Mar. 9 - Mar. 14, 1997 |
| N. Mino | U.S.A Hawaii | Workshop on Uses of Improved Knowledge about Global Change | Mar. 9 - Mar. 14, 1997 |
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