December 20, 2024 “Rare Sugar Series Episodes 1-3 now on the journal Glycoforum”?
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December 6, 2024 Rare sugar achievements will be on Expo 2025 Osaka/Kansai!
November 30, 2024 “Rare Sugar Congress 2025”
October 30, 2024 Kagawa Glycobiotechnology Forum 16th Symposium “Rare Sugars and Wellness”
September 9, 2024 Chairmen/Vice Chairmen of Kagawa and Okayama?Prefectural Assemblies visit our Rare Sugar Production Station
August 1, 2024 A special series on rare sugars started in the journal Glycoforum!
July 18 & 19, 2024 NHK featured rare sugar D-allulose in different programs two days in a row.
June 27, 2024 Forty-one students from Daegu Catholic University, South Korea visited IIRSRE.
May 22, 2024 D-Allose project was adopted by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED).
April 25, 2024 Rare sugar research and development was introduced in the Mainichi Shinbun (Newspaper).
January 4, 2024 Rare sugars were introduced in the magazine Tarzan (No.871 Special Issue).
December 26, 27, 2023 Rare sugar research and development was introduced in the Yomiuri Shimbun(Newspaper) twice in a row.
October 30, 2023 The project from Cabinet Office of Japanes govorment for Enhancing the Environment to Create Innovation in Regional Core UniversitiesRegion was granted.
October 14, 2023 Emeritus Professor Ken Izumori was introduced on NHK WORLD-JAPAN "BIZ STREAM" as "Rare Sugar: Developed from one person's research! Products and Technologies Drawing Worldwide Attention".
October 1, 2023 IIRSRE will be partially restructured starting October 2023, after promoting research, research support, and educational activities since its establishment in April 2016.
August 2, 2023 Nikkei Newspaper featured a research development of rare sugars toward next 10 years by Industry, Government, and Academic collaboration.
June 28, 2023 IIRSRE held a conference on recent receive of the Minister of Education,Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, and a future development of rare sugar researches.
June 20, 2023 TV program “Learning with Kazu Laser.” (Nippon TV) featured rare sugar D-Allulose.
June 15, 2023 IIRSRE?received?the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology?Award.
May 19, 2023 Emeritus Prof.?Ken Izumori will give a keynote lecture at "ifia & HFE JAPAN 2023" to be held at Tokyo Big Sight.
March 31 to April 2, 2023 Eighth International Symposium “RareSugarCongress 2023”held on March 31 to April 2, 2023
March 31 to April 2, 2023 Rare Sugar Award was granted to Visiting Professor of Kagawa University & Emeritus Professor of Oxford University George Fleet in the?Eighth International Symposium “Rare Sugar Congress 2023”.
March 29, 2023 TV program?“News you can learn in 60 seconds”?(TV Tokyo)featured rare sugars.
January 10, 2023 Rare sugar was introduced in the Nikkei Newspaper and
five TXN-affiliated BS national broadcasts.
January 1 to 8, 2023 Cable Media Shikoku features rare sugars.
November 30, 2022 Governor Toyohito Ikeda visits IIRSRE.
October 3, 2022 IIRSRE was selected as J-Innovation HUB by METI.
April 18, 2022 A signing ceremony for a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Kyowa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., was held on 18 April, 2022.
March 9, 2022 Online symposium for the Regional Innovation Ecosystem Formation Program ?was held.
February 8, 2022 The outline of online symposium for the Regional Innovation Ecosystem Formation Program is announced.
February 8, 2022 The outline of online symposium for the Regional Innovation Ecosystem Formation Program is announced.
January 26, 2022
Web magazine “aff” of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries picked up Rare Sugars
November 30, 2021
"Astraea Pro", a powdered soft drink using rare sugar D-psicose (allulose) crystals, was accepted as a food with functional claims.
November 16, 2021 NHK News featured rare sugars.
October 6, 2021 Pure crystal product of rare sugar D-psicose (D-allulose) on market nationwide in Japan
September 16, 2021 Progress report on development of a new diabete treatment diet using the rare sugar D-allulose
September 2, 2021 Kagawa University and Matsutani Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. were honored to receive the Technology Development Award at the 70th Japanese Society for Applied Glycocience
September 2, 2021 Rare sugar D-psicose (D-allulose) pure crystal product will be on market nationwide in Japan from Matsutani
Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
August 27, 2021 A company (Takamatsu Teisan Co., Ltd.) in Kagawa started a production and supply business of rare sugars
using a hydrogenation reaction
July 19, 2021 Nikkei Newspaper featured new application of rare sugars
January 6, 2021 Nikkei Newspaper featured rare sugars.
October 19, 2020 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized Nutrition Fact Labeling for rare sugar D-allulose
September 17, 2020 The first arrival of "D-psicose (= D-allulose)" crystal from a factory dedicated to rare sugars newly established in Mexico.
August 18, 2020 Widely expanded Rare sugar researches were featured in University PR brochures; such as "Introduction of cutting-edge research: Approaching the mystery of rare sugars full of possibilities" in KADAI Frontier 2021 and "Rare sugar research now: Researches on rare sugars evolves beyond the faculties" in Kaga ad, respectively.
August 6, 2020 Announcement was made for the results of agrochemical development using rare sugar D-tagatose, as a part of the development of rare sugar applications that are expanding in various scientific fields by strengthening research on rare sugar production technology.
July 22, 2020 A signing ceremony for a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Matsutani Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., was held on 22 July, 2020.
June 23, 2020 A book explaining Izumofleet formula was distributed to all members of the Institute
March 27, 2020 Due to amendment of the notification of food labeling standards, D-allulose (= D-psicose) can be displayed as 0 kcal (zero kilocalorie)
January 21, 2020 NHK World featured English news of rare sugars.
December 13, 2019 Seventh International Symposium “Rare Sugar Congress 2019” held on Dec 3 to 5, 2019.
December 13, 2019 Rare Sugar Award was granted to Emeritus Prof. Ken Izumori in Rare Sugar Congress 2019
October 18, 2019 Schedule of the Seventh International Symposium “Rare Sugar Congress 2019”
August 14, 2019 Approval of the first “Foods with Function Claims" for rare sugar
July 19, 2019 Setouchi Triennale 2019 participating works 「Dr. Rare appears!」
July 10, 2019 Setouchi Triennale 2019 participating works 「Izumoring-cosmos of rare sugar?
June 17, 2019 Her Royal Highness Princess Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand and over 20 members of her delegates visited Rare Sugar Production Station.
April 18, 2019 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released Nutrition Fact Labeling guidelines for rare sugar
March 20, 2019 NHK radio Nradi featured rare sugars.
March 7, 2019 NHK News Web featured rare sugars.
March 1, 2019 Royal Thai Ambassador visited Rare Sugar Production Station
March 29, 2018 “2017 Seisaku shōrei-shō” (Policy Encouragement Award) was granted in the Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
January 17, 2018 “Rare Sugar” and “Psicose” were selected by Kojien 7th edition (Iwanami Shoten Publishers)
October 1, 2017 Greeting by New Director
August 1, 2017 Regional Innovation Ecosystem Formation Program was granted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
July 31, 2017 Exhibition of rare sugar study at Innovation Japan 2017 willl be from August 31 to September 1, 2017 at Tokyo Big Sight
February 22, 2017 Rare Sugar Seminars was held at the Lounge of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
January 4, 2017 Rare Sugar exhibition started at the entrance of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Japan from Jan 4 to Feb 22, 2017
January 4, 2017 Assistant Professor L. Kong arrived to the division of Rare Sugar Production
December 20, 2016 Rare sugar researches were featured as “Rare Sugar: Toward the next stage” in University PR brochure Kaga-Ado
December 1, 2016 Assistant Professors S. Mochizuki and S. Kato arrived to the division of Rare Sugar Production
December 1, 2016 Professor emeritus of Oxford University G.W.J. Fleet arrived Kagawa University as a visiting professor position
November 26, 2016 More than 200 researchers arrived for Rare Sugar Congress 2016 , and over 350 attendance was counted for “Rare Sugar Seminars for Public” and exhibition by rare sugar-related companies
October 9, 2016 IIRSRE was picked up in the Asahi Shimbun（Asahi Newspaper) in the education section of national edition.
July 15, 2016 The Sixth International Rare Sugar Congress in Kagawa will be hold at International Convention Facility for 24-26 November, 2016
July 8, 2016 36 students from Takamatsu Elementary School Attached to Faculty of Education, Kagawa University arrived
July 5, 2016 Dean Park and 11 students from Catholic University of Daegu arrived
June 1, 2016 Rare sugar was picked up in “Good morning Japan” on NHK national network
May 12, 2016 Celebration of the 23th Ashihara Scientific Award
May 6, 2016 Rare sugar was picked up in NHK program on Kansai regional network
April 27, 2016 The founding memorial symposium of International Institute of Rare Sugar Research and Education
April 1, 2016 Establishment of International Institute of Rare Sugar Research and Education
