Title: The mechanism of the effect of forest environments on human health
Date: March 30, 2009
Place：Tokyo, Japan

Chairpersons
Qing Li, MD, PhD (Nippon Medical School)
Osamu Mohara, MD (The President of The Wakayama Wellness Foundation)

1. Five senses and relaxation
Yoshifumi Miyazaki, Prof, PhD (Chiba University, Chiba, Japan)

2. Individual Differences in Physiological Effects of “Shinrin-yoku”
Yuko Tsunetsugu, PhD (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan)
Bum-Jin Park, PhD and Yoshifumi Miyazaki, Prof, PhD (Chiba University, Chiba, Japan)

3. Effect of Negatively-Charged Air Environments on Human Health.　
Takemi Otsuki, Prof, MD, PhD (Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan)

4. Concentration of Phytoncides in Forest air
Tatsuro Ohira, PhD (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan)

5. Effect of Forest Environmental Factors, Phytoncydes on Human Immune Function
Qing Li, MD, PhD (Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan)

Title: The trends in research on forest bathing trips in Japan, Korea and around the World
Date: March 29, 2008 (Sat) at 14：00〜16：00
Place：Big Hall at Kumamoto Civic Hall
Chairpersons
Qing Li, MD, PhD (Nippon Medical School)
Yoshifumi Miyazaki, Prof, PhD (Chiba University)

1. Keynote lecture 1
Forests and human health - global trends in research and practice-
Hannu Raitio, Prof, PhD (Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland)

2. Keynote lecture 2
Trends in research on the therapeutic effects of forest use in Korea
Won Sop Shin, Prof, PhD (Chungbuk National University, Korea)

3. Trends in research on forest bathing trips in Japan
1) Fields studying on the therapeutic effects of forest and related topics
Hideki Hirano, PhD (Forest Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan)

2) The forest environment and subjective evaluation of a forest bathing trip
Takahide Kagawa, MS (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan)

3) The physiological effects of Shinrin-yoku (taking in the atmosphere of the forest)
Yuko Tsunetsugu, PhD (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute)
Bum-Jin Park, PhD and Yoshifumi Miyazaki, Prof., PhD (Chiba University, Japan)

4) The effects of forest bathing trips on human immune function
Qing Li, MD, PhD (Nippon Medical School, Japan)

Title: Verifying the effect of forest bathing trip from the scientific viewpoint

Date: March 26, 2007
Place：Osaka

Chairpersons:
Qing Li, MD, PhD (Nippon Medical School)
Hideki Hirano, PhD (Ministry of Environment, Japan)

1. Forest, Environmental Policy and Forest Therapy
Hideki Hirano, PhD (Environmental Impact Assessment, Ministry of the Environment, Japan)

2. Nature and Comfort
Yoshifumi Miyazaki, PhD (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan)

3. A variety of biological factors from forest activities would be used for designs of indoor amenity
Akio Kobayashi, PhD, Prof (Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering, Japan)

4. The Physiological Efficacy of Forest Therapeutic Effects-Results of field tests at 24 sites throughout Japan-
Bum-Jin Park, PhD (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan)

5. Healing and Health Effects of Kumano-Kodo
Osamu Mohara, MD (The President of The Wakayama Wellness Foundation, Japan）

6. Forest bathing trips enhance human immune function
Qing Li, MD, PhD (Nippon Medical School, Japan)

Date: March 29, 2008 (Sat) at 14：00〜16：00
Place：Big Hall at Kumamoto Civic Hall
Chairpersons (Society of Forest Medicine)
Qing Li, MD, PhD (Nippon Medical School, qing-li@nms.ac.jp)
Yoshifumi Miyazaki, Prof, PhD (Chiba University, ymiyazaki@faculty.chiba-u.jp)

1. Keynote lecture 1
Forests and human health - global trends in research and practice-
Hannu Raitio, Prof, PhD (Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland)

2. Keynote lecture 2
Trends in research on the therapeutic effects of forest use in Korea
Won Sop Shin, Prof, PhD (Chungbuk National University, Korea)

3. Trends in research on forest bathing trips in Japan
1) Fields studying the therapeutic effects of forest and related topics
Hideki Hirano, PhD (Forest Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan)

2) The forest environment and subjective evaluation of a forest bathing trip
Takahide Kagawa, MS (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute)

3) The physiological effects of Shinrin-yoku (taking in the atmosphere of the forest)
Yuko Tsunetsugu, PhD (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute)
Bum-Jin Park, PhD and Yoshifumi Miyazaki, Prof., PhD (Chiba University)

4) The effects of forest bathing trips on human immune function
Qing Li, MD, PhD (Nippon Medical School)