On April 15, 2025, we held an in house meeting to discuss what needs to be done for the protection and welfare of laboratory and livestock animals. 200 people filled the room, and in an enthusiastic atmosphere, 18 congressmen and 19 deputies came out for the animals used in industry.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all of you who took time off for the animals and traveled from afar to attend the meeting on a busy weekday at the beginning of the fiscal year. We hope that your thoughts will reach the Diet and we will continue to appeal for solutions to the issues.
Members of Congress who participated (in alphabetical order)
Chie Ishii, Member of the House of Representatives
Soichiro Okuno, Member of the House of Representatives
Sayuri Kamata, Member of the House of Representatives
Ryuhei Kawada, Member of the House of Councillors
Ms. Yuko Kitano, Member of the House of Representatives
Seiichi Kushida, Member of the House of Councillors
Yasuko Komiyama, Member of the House of Representatives
Takashi Shinohara, Member of the House of Representatives
Kazunori Tanaka, Member of the House of Representatives
Midori Tanno, Member of the House of Representatives
Mitsuko Numazaki, Member of the House of Representatives
Mizuho Fukushima, Member of the House of Councillors
Kaoru Fukuda, Member of the House of Representatives
KENKO MATSUKI, Member of the House of Representatives
Hitoshi Matsubara, Member of the House of Representatives
Satoshi Mano, Member of the House of Representatives
Shin Miyagawa, Member of the House of Representatives
Hiroyuki Moriyama, Member of the House of Representatives
Members of Congress who expressed interest and were joined by their deputy secretaries (in alphabetical order)
Toshiko Abe, Member of the House of Representatives
Tomoko Abe, Member of the House of Representatives
Kenta Izumi, Member of the House of Representatives
Takeshi Iwaya, Member of the House of Representatives
Otsuki Momiji, Member of the House of Representatives
Akiko Kamei, Member of the House of Representatives
Mitsu Shimojo, Member of the House of Representatives
Shinji Sugimura, Member of the House of Representatives
Takashi Takai, Member of the House of Representatives
Takaaki Tamura, Member of the House of Representatives
Koichi Hagiuda, Member of the House of Representatives
Motohisa Furukawa, Member of the House of Representatives
Yoriko Yen, Member of the House of Representatives
Hideyuki Mizunuma, Member of the House of Representatives
Motoko Mizuno, Member of the House of Councillors
Daiki Michishita, Member of the House of Representatives
Kentaro Yazaki, Member of the House of Representatives
Makoto Yamazaki, Member of the House of Representatives
Yoko Wanibuchi, Member of the House of Representatives
The presentation was very rich and important, and can be viewed on Youtube.
(* Due to corporate reasons, JP Morgan Chase Kato’s lecture on livestock animals, “Cultivating Animal Welfare Awareness in the Corporate World,” is not posted here.)
