2024 Volume 78 Issue 1 Pages 31-38
Since 2002, the academic societies of pharmacognosy in Japan (JSP), Korea (KSP), and China (CCTCNM/CSP) have organized 11 Trilateral Joint Symposiums (TSs). This review describes the history and holding of the TSs, with particular emphasis on the recent 9th, 10th, and 11th TSs. A Joint Seminar on Pharmacognosy between Japan and Korea (1985-1998), which mainly consisted of plant collecting activities, became more academia-oriented to lead the Japan meeting in 2000, the Japan-Korea Joint Seminar on Pharmacognosy. The Chinese society members joined the following 2002 symposium in Korea to eventually become the first TS. Since then, the TS has continued on an annual or biennial basis, with the International Symposium Committee in charge as far as JSP is concerned. The 11th seminar hosted by the JSP (2021) was the first time that the industry associations related to crude drugs and Kampo medicines organized a special TS session aimed at industry-government-academia collaboration, entitled Traditional East Asian Medicinal (TEAM) Products: Current and Future Trends in TEAM Products for an Aging Society. It is hoped that a TS will continue as an opportunity for the three societies to further strengthen their collaboration as TEAM partners in academic activities, medical treatment and health promotion.
