Abstract
The Society for Risk Analysis Japan held the 23rd annual symposium entitled “ Safety control based on risk assessment: Potential of SRA-Japan ” at Sanjo Conference Hall, The University of Tokyo on 18th June 2010. Three panelists talked on how we could promote safety control based on risk assessment in the area of food safety, chemical risk and management system. The review articles in this volume were written by the panelists based on their talk in the symposium.