Abstract
The “Japanese Monkey Bioresource Project” has been launched since 2002 as a part of the National Bioresource Project of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). The project is aimed at establishing a stable breeding and supply system of the Japanese monkeys for experimental use. The project is run by the committee set in the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Okazaki, and actual breeding is proceeded in Kyoto University Primate Research Center in Inuyama and a breeding facility of a private company. Although the project has met a counteractive action by an antivivisectionist group, we have made efforts to establish good public relations by organizing open symposiums and other publishing activities. So far, the project is expanding on schedule. I will talk on the current state of the project in this symposium. [Jpn J Physiol 55 Suppl:S60 (2005)]
