Our 2026 Local Organising Committee is made up of WMS members from Japan and across the region. The Committee Co-Chairs, Ichizo Nishino and Takashi Kurashige, are particularly keen to make sure WMS 2026 represents countries from across east Asia, not just Japan.
Local Organising Committee Co-Chairs |
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| Takashi Kurashige (Co-Chair) | Hiroshima |
| Ichizo Nishino (Co-Chair) | Tokyo |
Japan-based Local Organising Committee members |
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| Yoshitsugu Aoki | Tokyo |
| Yukari Endo | Tokyo |
| Keiko Ishigake | Tokyo |
| Motoi Kanagawa | Ehime |
| Yuko Shimizu-Motohashi | Tokyo |
| Kazuma Sugie | Nara |
International Local Organising Committee members |
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| Anna Cho | Seoul |
| Wen-Chen Liang | Kaohsiung |
| Jantima Tanboon | Bangkok |
| Wenhua Zhu | Shanghai |
