Abstract
This paper is described mainly for the reference of overseas banders or others who wish to know the bird-banding activities in Japan. At the beginning, the history of Japanese bird-banding is described in the three periods, the period before the War (1924-1945), the period of the Forestry Agency (1961-1971) and the period of the Anvironment Agency (1972-present). In the next part, the results of the national birdbanding shceme carried out for 1988 are abstracted and briefly described as to the numbers of birds banded, the notable banding records, the numbers of recoveries, the notable recovery records and longevity records revealed by bird-banding.
