A mini symposium, co-sponsored by IAWA, about research of wood anatomy and properties in Southeast Asian countries, in Annual Meeting of Japan Wood Research Society, will be held in the evening on March 15, 2026. Researchers from the main timber producing countries, Indonesia and Vietnam, will present the current status and achievements of research in each country. In addition, the latest research findings by young Japanese researcher conducting studies on properties of wood growing in tropical Asian forests will also be introduced. For detailed information, please refer to the website https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeLljCzxVaiR9cxifCYp0AXXFd6CVuM6N5XYIYF16KEuYT6pw/viewform.

Abe Hisashi, Japan