Abstract
Scientific activities of the Japanese Association of Mycotoxicology since its establishment in 1974 were briefly overviewed. These acitivities included 49 annual meetings with 21 symposia and 8 workshops, international symposia in 1983 (IMC 3, Tokyo), 1988 (IUPAC, Tokyo) and 1999 (ISMYCO ′99, Chiba), technical seminars, publication of the journal “Mycotoxins”, opening the home-page, and international co-operations. In addition, author′s personal opinions regarding the following issues were mentioned in expectation of the future development of the Association: dynamics of fungi/mycotoxin-contamination and its effects, challenges to the discovery of new mycotoxins, the risk assessment and management of mycotoxins in Japan, and so on.
