Projects awarded:* Grantee
Upper row: Project Scientist (PS)
Lower row: Project Coordinator (PC)2023-2 (New)CountryGrantee

Project title

Indonesia

Dr Syahfitri Anita

Unveiling the evolution of the unique defensive system ofProf. Akira Mori

Asian snakes: exploring the molecular genetics, morphology,
and gland-related behavior of Rhabdophis from Sulawesi,
Indonesia

Indonesia

Mr Nasri

Ecological distribution and genetic diversity of endangered

Dr Koichi Kamiya

dipterocarp species in Sulawesi Island for sustainable forest
conservation in the era of climate changeIndonesia
Mongolia

VietnamMs Gresia Puteri

Diversity of predatory wasp communities, their prey, and their

Dr Fuki Morooka

interaction with different landscapes in JapanMr Gansukh Yadamsuren

Indicators of environmental change on soil-vegetation-

Prof. Masayuki Kawahigashi

permafrost interaction in north-eastern wetland, Mongolia

MSc. Manh Linh Nguyen

Assessing species diversity, density, biomass, and distribution

Dr Shingo Akitaof Padina Adanson, 1763 (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) brownseaweedin

theGulfofTonkin:

Towardintegrated

management, conservation, and sustainable development inAlignment with the SDGs
2023-1CountryGrantee

Project title

Indonesia

Dr Nur Indah Septriani

Comparative habitat utilization of male and female Anguilla

Dr Noritaka Mochioka

bicolor bicolor in the coastal regions of southern Java,Indonesia

Indonesia
Indonesia

Mr Kiki Nur Azam Kholil

Unravellingthehidden

biodiversityofGobiopterus

Dr Yoshinori Kumazawa(Gobiiformes: Oxudercidae) in the Indonesian Archipelago

Mr Muhammad Nurfa’iq

Taxonomy and biogeography of coastal fishes Eleutheronema

Hibatullah(Polynemidae) around the Indonesian Archipelago

Dr Yoshinori Kumazawa
Indonesia

Mr Abdullah Langgeng

Staying alive: unveiling the physiological and ecological drivers

Dr Andrew James Jonathanof translocations success in slow loris

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Malaysia

Dr Wan Faridah Akmal Jusoh

Building an inventory of light emission patterns of fireflies in

Dr Hirobumi Suzuki

different habitats in Malaysia for global conservation
monitoring efforts

NepalMr Gopal Khanal

Does livestock benefit the snow leopard population?

Dr Kodzue Kinoshita

Assessing spatial and temporal pattern wild prey vs livestock
consumption by snow leopards and their conservation
physiology in Shey Phoksundo National Park, Nepal

2022-2
CountryGrantee

Project title

Indonesia

Dr Siti Nurul Aini

Identification and monthly progression rates of the coral-killing

Dr Hideyuki Yamashiro
Thailandsponge that invades coral communities in Tulamben, Bali,
Indonesia

Dr Booppa PetcharadSpecies composition and diversity of web-building spiders in

Dr Akio Tanikawa

organic and conventional rice agroecosystems in Northeastern
Thailand

VietnamMr Van Tho Le

Wild bee diversity and their floral resources in the Can Gio

Dr Ryoichi Miyanaga

Mangrove Biosphere Reserve in Ho Chin Minh City, VietnamCountryGrantee

Project title

Vietnam

Dr Thinh Dinh Do

Density, biomass and genetic diversity of the black sea

Dr Toshihiko Fujita

cucumber Holothuria (Halodeima) atra Jaeger, 1833 in the Gulf

2022-1of Tonkin towards sustainable exploitation and conservation

2021
Country

Grantee

Project title

Vietnam

Dr Thanh Thi Hai Nguyen

Understanding

Dr James Davis Reimer

environment in Nha Trang Bay: toward a better management

coralreef

symbiosis

underchanging

and conservation of coral reefs

2020
CountryGrantee

Project title

Vietnam

Dr Dang Viet Do Hung

Reproductive timing of Scleractinian corals at Co To Marine

Dr Hironobu Fukami

Protected Area, North Vietnam: Towards a better ecosystemmanagement and enhancement of the restoration processes forthe degraded coral reefs

VietnamVietnam

Dr Binh Thi Hoang

Diversity of medicinal plants used by ethnic minorities people in

Dr Tetsukazu Yahara

the surrounding areas of Langbiang Biosphere Reserve

Dr Ngoc Van Nguyen

Species diversity and conservation status assessment of theDr Shuichiro Tagane

dye-yielding plants used by indigenous people in Lam Dong
Province, Vietnam

2019CountryGrantee

Project title

ThailandDr Narongrit Muangmai

Species diversity and distributional patterns of tropical brown

Dr Prachya Musikasinthorn

algae of the genus Lobophora (Dictyotales, Phaecophyta) inThailand with reference to environmental impacts: implications
for coastal conservation and management

2018
CountryGrantee

Project title

Lao PDR

Ms Phetlasy Souladeth

Floristic inventory and plant diversity assessment of Bolaven

Dr Shuichiro Tagane

Plateau, southern Laos

Ms Faiznur Ain Binti

Factors affecting distribution and behaviour of wild mammals

Ahmad Bakri

in Gunung Ledang, southern Peninsular Malaysia

MalaysiaDr Masatoshi Yasuda
VietnamVietnam

Dr Tao Thien Nguyen

A region of high species richness: Herpetofauna diversity onDr Masaharu Motokawa

the mountainous border of Vietnam and China

Dr Ninh Nguyet Hai Le

Reveal the status of some species of the genus Camellia

Dr Chiyomi Uematsu(Theaceae) already/almost extinct from the nature in North
area of Vietnam

2017
CountryGrantee

Project title

Malaysia

Dr Alvin Meng Shin Lau

Carbon storage and canopy structure mapping of tropical

Dr Toshinori Okuda

rainforest using unmanned air vehicle (UAV) and satellite data

Dr Prasert Tongnunui

How do intertidal seagrass habitats contribute to higher

Dr Masahiro Horinouchi

biodiversity and local fisheries in coastal areas? - a case study

Thailandin Trang, southern Thailand-2016
CountryGrantee

Project titleIndonesia

Dr Sugiarto

Tree species composition and longhorn beetle (familyDr Takeshi Toma

Cerambycidae) fauna of Karangan Research and Education
Forest of College of Agricultural Sciences (STIPER), in alimestone area, East Kalimantan, Indonesia