COMMISSION K: ELECTROMAGNETICS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE(November 2016 – October 2020)
Introduction
In the field of radio science, various researches have been conducted on the relationshipbetween radio waves and a human body. Portable wireless terminals have become widespread in thefield of wireless communication, and magnetic resonance imaging devices and thermal treatment
devices for cancer have been put to practical use in the field of medical applications. Furthermore, inrecent years, devices and equipment that use electromagnetic fields, such as wireless power supply,
sensor networks, and magnetic levitation railroads, have become widespread. In addition, in the
medical field, surgical devices using microwave energy so called microwave energy devices andtranscranial magnetic stimulators for treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders have also
been launched. Therefore, there is a need to establish compatibility between safe and secure humanlife and electromagnetic fields. The following is an activity summary of Japanese URSI-Commission
K for 2016-2020.
We have held regular meetings of Japanese URSI-Commission K and annual scientificsymposiums on the field, and have been promoting activities in cooperation with various fields suchas electrical and electronic engineering, medicine, and biology. In addition, we have been conducting
activities to gain international recognition for our research results through journal papers and scientificconferences.
BioEM is the world's largest conference on bioelectromagnetics, attracting academic andindustrial participants from all over the world at all career stages, and is highly regarded. Therefore,
the core members of Commission K in Japan have submitted a proposal to the Bioelectromagnetic
Society and the European BioElectromagnetics Association to hold BioEM 2022 in Nagoya, and as aresult, it has been decided that BioEM 2022 will be held in Nagoya.
1. Annual scientific symposium on Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine in Japan(Co-operated by Japanese Society for Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine)
Date: January 23, 2017
Five oral presentations and one special lecture were given with 37 participants.
Special Lecture: “Dosimetry for biological effect exposed to electromagnetic field from low frequency
to millimeter wave band and development of exposure apparatuses” by Suzuki, Y. (Tokyo Metropolitan
University)
Date: March 1, 2018
Eight oral presentations and one special lecture were given with about 40 participants.
Special Lecture: “Medical applications of electromagnetic wave technology” by Ito, K. (Chiba Univ.)
Date: February 20, 2019
Seven oral presentations and one special lecture were given with about 40 participants.

Special Lecture: “30 years of URSI Commission K” by Taki, M. (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Date: February 17, 2020
Seven oral presentations and one special lecture were given with 37 participants.
Special Lecture: “Development of medical devices at clinical sites” by Takeshita, N. (National Cancer
Center, Hospital East, Japan)
2. Awards related to the URSI (Winner related to Japanese URSI-Commission K)
Balthasar van der Pol Gold Medal at URSI GASS 2020
Professor Koichi Ito (Chiba University) won the Balthasar van der Pol Gold Medal for his
contributions to research and development in the fields of medical applications of electromagnetic
waves and their evaluation using human-equivalent phantoms.
Young Scientist Award at URSI GASS 2017
Mr. Ryota Takei (Chiba University) won the Young Scientist Award for his paper entitled “Specificabsorption rate and temperature rise in the abdomens of pregnant woman models exposed to asmartphone radiation.”
Dr. Jose Gomez-Tames (Nagoya Institute of Technology) won the Young Scientist Award for his
paper entitled “Activation thresholds for electrostimulation by TMS and DES: Brain mapping via
multiscale model.”Young Scientist Award at URSI GASS 2019
Dr. Yuto Shimizu (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology) won the Young
Scientist Award for his paper entitled “Comparisons of SAR values measured between fast and fullmeasurement procedures for cellular phones.”
Young Scientist Award at URSI GASS 2020
Dr. Yinliang Diao (Nagoya Institute of Technology) won the Young Scientist Award for his paper
entitled “Comparison of spatial averaging methods of in situ electric field for low-frequency magnetic
field exposures.”
Dr. Kun Li (Kagawa University) won the Young Scientist Award for his paper entitled “Computational
Comparison of Power Density Definitions in the Proximity of Antennas for the Assessment of Human
Exposure to EMF above 6 GHz.”
Dr. Kento Takabayashi (Okayama Prefectural University) won the Young Scientist Award for his
paper entitled “A study on Smart BAN physical layer applying multi-level PSK modulation.”
Student Paper Competition at URSI GASS 2020
Mr. Shuang Liu (The University of Tokyo) was selected as a finalist of student paper competition forhis paper entitled “Design of multi-locus transcranial magnetic stimulation coil with single driver.”Young research excellent presentation awards at the Scientific Symposium of the JapaneseSociety for Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine
Dr. Kun Li (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology) won the youngresearch excellent presentation award for his presentation entitled “Theoretical analysis of human
exposure to electromagnetic waves from 6 GHz to 1 THz.”, 2018.
Dr. Atsushi Saito (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry) won the young research
excellent presentation award for his presentation entitled “Real-time detection of nerve excitation
by intermediate frequency magnetic field.”, 2019.
Ms. Yingyi Xiao (The University of Tokyo) won the young research excellent presentation award
for her presentation entitled “Numerical evaluation and experimental validation of magnetic
markers for localised tumour excision.”, 2020.

Commission K (Electromagnetics in Biology & Medicine) Activity Report
October 2016 – March 2017
March 20, 2017
Koichi Ito
1 Activity
4th meeting of Japanese URSI-Commission K for the 23rd term of the Science
Council of Japan Date: January 23, 2017
 Place: Akihabara satellite campus of Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo Topics:
The URSI sub-committee, Science Council of Japan, and URSI GASS 2017 werereported by Emeritus Prof. Ito.
Scientific symposium (Co-operated by Japanese Society for Electromagnetics in
Biology and Medicine)• One invited lecture and five research reports were presented with 37 participants.
 “Development of a transcranial magnetic stimulation coil absorbing navigation
error for home care” by Kawasaki, Y. (Tokyo University) et al.
 “Acceleration of FEM calculation of induced electric field in human body due
to low frequency magnetic field exposure” by Yoshikawa, Y. (Utsunomiya
University) et al.
 “Development of scalpel using microwave and RF electric current” by Suzuki,
S. and Saito, K. (Chiba University) et al.
 “Test for electromagnetic interference with medical devices due to radio waves
emitted by Wireless-LAN terminals” by Shimojima, S. (NTT DOCOMO, INC.)
et al.
 “Injury and disaster by static electricity in medical front” by Endo, Y. (JNIOSH)
et al.
 Invited lecture: “Dosimetry for biological effect exposed to electromagnetic
field from low frequency to millimeter wave band and development of exposure
apparatuses” by Suzuki, Y. (Tokyo metropolitan University)
2

Associated meetings

2.1 Past meetings
1)

Action and perception thresholds of static and ELF magnetic and electric fields andcontact

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Oberschleissheim/Neuherberg, Germany, 26-27 October, 2016
2)

5th International Workshop on the Causes of Childhood Leukemia, Munich,Germany, 14-16 November, 2016, <http://www.leukemia-workshop.de/>3)

NICT/ICNIRP WS, Tokyo, Japan, 2 December 2016

2.2 Future meetings
4)

BioEM2017, Hangzhou, China, 5-9 June 2017

5)

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Bio Conference (IEEE-IMBioC), Göteborg,
Sweden, 15-17 May 2017, < http://www.imbioc-ieee.org/about>

6)

IEEE EMBC2017, Jeju Island, Korea, 11-15 July 2017, <http://embc.embs.org/2017/>7)

Asian Electromagnetics Symposium, Karnataka State, India, 23-27 July 2017, <http://www.asiaem2017.org/index.html>

8)

URSI

GASS2017,

Montreal,

Canada,19-26

August2017,<http://www.ursi2017.org/>
9)

The 34th annual meeting of Japanese society for thermal medicine, Kyoto, Japan,
15-16 September 2017, <http://web.apollon.nta.co.jp/jstm34/index.html>

Commission K (Electromagnetics in Biology & Medicine) Activity Report
March 2017 – September 2017
September 15, 2017
Koichi Ito
1

Activities

1.1 Commission K Business Meetings
 Date: August 21, 23 and 25, 2017
 Place: The venue of URSI GASS 2017, Montreal, Canada Topics:
1) Election of New Chair, Vice-Chair, ECR (Early Career Representative)
Chair: Joe Wiart, France (3 years)
Vice-Chair: Koichi Ito, Japan (3 years as VC and then 3 years as Chair)
ECR: Kensuke Sasaki, Japan (6 years)
2) Appointment of Technical Advisory Committee
Joe Wiart, France (Chair)
Koichi Ito, Japan (Vice-Chair)
Puyan Mojabi, Canada (ECR)
Kensuke Sasaki, Japan (ECR)
Masao Taki, Japan
Guglielmo D’Inzeo, Italy
Alexandre Legros, Canada
Lluis Mir, France
Tongning Wu, China
Niels Kuster, Switzerland
Vijayalaxmi, US
Mahta Moghaddam, US
3) Appointment of RSB Associate Editor
Kensuke Sasaki, Japan
4) Review the terms of reference
The Commission is charged with promoting research and development in thefollowing domains (No change proposed):•Physical interaction of electromagnetic fields* with biological systems;•Biological effects of electromagnetic fields;•Mechanisms underlying the effects of electromagnetic fields;•Experimental electromagnetic fields exposure systems;•Assessment of human exposure to electromagnetic fields;

•Medical applications of electromagnetic fields.
* (frequency range from static to optical)
1.2 The 5th meeting of Japanese URSI-Commission K for the 23rd term of the
Science Council of Japan Date: September 12, 2017
 Place: Setagaya campus of Tokyo City University, Tokyo Topics:
1) Prof. Jianqing Wang (Nagoya Institute of Technology) was approved as thenominee of the committee chairperson of Japanese URSI-Commission K for the
24th term of the Science Council of Japan by a confidence vote with bylaw.
2) The URSI sub-committee, Science Council of Japan, and URSI GASS 2017 werereported by Emeritus Prof. Ito.
2

Associated meetings

2.1 Past meetings
1)

BioEM2017, Hangzhou, China, 5-9 June 2017

2)

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Bio Conference (IEEE-IMBioC), Göteborg,
Sweden, 15-17 May 2017, < http://www.imbioc-ieee.org/about>

3)

IEEE EMBC2017, Jeju Island, Korea, 11-15 July 2017, <http://embc.embs.org/2017/>

4)

Asian Electromagnetics Symposium (ASIAEM), Karnataka State, India, 23-27 July
2017, < http://www.asiaem2017.org/index.html>

5)

URSI

GASS2017,

Montreal,

Canada,19-26

August2017,<http://www.ursi2017.org/>
2.2 Future meetings
6)

The 34th annual meeting of Japanese Society for Thermal Medicine, Kyoto, Japan,
15-16 September 2017, <http://web.apollon.nta.co.jp/jstm34/index.html>

7)AT-RASC 2018, Gran Canaria, Spain, 28 May – 1 June, 2018,< http://www.atrasc.com/homepage.php >8)IEEE-IMBioC2018, Philadelphia, USA, 14-15 June 2018, < https://imbioc-ieee.org/>

9)

BioEM 2018, Piran, Slovenia, 25-29 June 2018, < http://www.bioem2018.org/>

10) AP-RASC 2019, New Delhi, India, 9-15 March 2019, <http://aprasc2019.com/>Commission K (Electromagnetics in Biology & Medicine) Activity Report
October 2017 – May 2018
June 11, 2018
Jianqing Wang
1 Activities
1.1 Core member (past- chairperson and secretaries, nominee of next
chairperson and candidates of next secretary) meeting of the JapaneseCommission K
Date: December 19, 2017
Place: Akihabara Satellite Campus, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo
Topics:1) The candidates of secretaries of the Japanese URSI-Commission K for 24 thterm of the Science Council were decided.
2) Inheritance and confirmation of work contents of Japanese URSI-Commission K
were done.
1.2 Preparation meeting of the Japanese URSI-Commission K for the 24th term of
the Science Council of Japan
Date: March 1, 2018
Place: Akihabara Satellite Campus, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo
Topics:1) The nominees of the 24th term committee members were introduced by Prof.
Jianqing Wang (Nagoya Inst. of Tech.), who was approved as the nominee ofthe committee chairperson of Japanese URSI-Commission K for the 24th termof the Science Council of Japan.
2) The candidates of secretaries of the committee were confirmed.
3) The activity policy of the committee was discussed.
4) The meeting of the Japanese URSI for the 23rd term of the Science Council ofJapan was introduced by Prof. K. Ito (Chiba Univ.).
1.3 Scientific symposium (Co-operated by Japanese Society for Electromagnetics
in Biology and Medicine)
8 oral presentations and one special lecture were given with ?? participants. A young
research excellent presentation award was given to the third presenter.
1) “Assessment of human exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields in thevicinity of smart meter” by T. Shina (CRIEPI) et al.
2) “A study on nonlinear effect of modulated low frequency electromagnetic field on
response of nerve stimulation” by H. Shinoda, et al. (Nagoya Inst. of Tech.)3) “Theoretical analysis of human exposure to electromagnetic waves from 6 GHz to 1
THz” by K. Li (NICT) et al.
4) “A flexible coil for various transcranial magnetic stimulation patterns” by M. Liu (Tokyo
Univ.) et al.
5) “Study on SAR probe calibration by two antenna method and uncertainty ofcalibration method” by S. Shimoyama (Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture Tech.) et al.
6) “Evaluation of heat generation characteristics of implantable medical devices” by T.
Komatsu (Tokai Univ.) et al.
7) “Evaluation of the thermal damages by microwave surgical devices” by R. Manago(Chiba Univ.) et al.
8) “Multiband antenna for wireless capsule endoscopic communication by impulse radio
system” by Y. Peng (Chiba Univ.) et al.
9) “Medical applications of electromagnetic wave technology” (Special lecture) by K. Ito(Chiba Univ.)
2 Associated meetings
2.1 Past meetings1) WHO meeting on the International Systems of Radiation Protection, Munich,Germany, 8-10 November 20172) Global Coordination of Research and Health Policy on RF Electromagnetic Fields(GLORE Meeting BioEM2017, Washington D.C., USA, 30 November-1 December
20173) The 7th Asian Congress of Hyperthermic Oncology (ACHO), Seoul, Korea, 23-25
May 2018
4) AT-RASC 2018, Gran Canaria, Spain, 28 May-1 June, 2018,< http://www.atrasc.com/homepage.php >5) 5th European IRPA Congress, 4-8 June 2018, The Hague, Netherlands
6) IEEE-IMBioC2018, Philadelphia, USA, 14-15 June 2018, < https://imbioc-ieee.org/>
2.2 Future meetings7) BioEM 2018, Piran, Slovenia, 25-29 June 2018, < http://www.bioem2018.org/>
8) The 35th annual meeting of Japanese Society for Thermal Medicine, Fukui, Japan,
30 August-1 September 2018, < http://web.apollon.nta.co.jp/jstm35/>

9) AP-RASC 2019, New Delhi, India, 9-15 March 2019, <http://aprasc2019.com/>Commission K (Electromagnetics in Biology & Medicine) Activity Report
July 2018 – April 2019
April 15, 2019
Jianqing Wang
1 Activities
1st Meeting of the Japanese URSI-Commission K for the 24th term of the Science
Council of Japan
Date: July 17, 2018
Place: Akihabara Satellite Campus, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo
Topics: 1) Election of Professor Jianqing Wang as the new chair of Commission K JapaneseCommittee.
2) Plan of committee activities.
3) Schedule and session organization of AP-RASC 2018.
4) Minute of 24th term of Japanese URSI Committee Meeting.
Core member (present- and past- chairperson, secretaries, and several members)
meeting of the Japanese Commission K
Date: November 6, 2018
Place: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Otemachi, Tokyo
Topics: 1) Scientific symposium (Co-operated by Japanese Society for Electromagnetics in
Biology and Medicine)2) Hosting the 2022 Annual Meeting of BioEM in Japan.
2nd Meeting of the Japanese URSI-Commission K for the 24th term of the Science
Council of Japan
Date: February 20, 2019
Place: Akihabara Satellite Campus, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo
Topics: 1) Minute of 1st Meeting of the Japanese URSI-Commission K
2) Announcement of AP-RASC2019 and URSI-GASS
3) Announcement of JRSM20194) Hosting the 2022 Annual Meeting of BioEM in Japan
5) URSI Centenary Book
6) Associated conferences

Scientific symposium (Co-operated by Japanese Society for Electromagnetics in
Biology and Medicine)
Date: February 20, 2019
Place: Akihabara Satellite Campus, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo
Seven oral presentations and one special lecture were given to the participants. A young
research excellent presentation award was given to Dr. Atsushi Saito.
1) “SAR measurement techniques for human whole body in close proximity to MHz band
wireless power transfer system” by T. Sakai et al. (Tokyo University of Agriculture andTechnology)2) “Measurement of increase in SAR of a translucent phantom caused by metallic implants”
by E. Matsuda et al. (Hokkaido University)
3) “Increase in temperature within the ocular bulb caused by 6-30 GHz dipole antennas” by
S. Nishikawa et al. (Aoyama Gakuin University)
4) “Real-time detection of nerve excitation by intermediate frequency magnetic fields” by A.
Saito et al. (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)5) “Temperature imaging of tissues containing water and lipids for MR-guided high intensity
focused ultrasound therapy” by K. Kurihara (Tokai University)
6) “Measurement of blood pressure based on body-area-network electrocardiography andphotoplethysmography” by Y. Sawatari (Nagoya Institute of Technology)
7) “Development of microwave catheter for denervation and novel evaluation techniques forheating characteristics” by S. Matsuhara (Chiba University)
Special Lecture:“30 years of URSI Commission K” by M. Taki (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
2 Associated meetings
2.1 Past meetings
1.

AP-RASC, New Delhi, India, 9 – 15 March 2019, < http://aprasc2019.com/ >2.2 Future meetings
1.

BioEM 2019, Montpellier, France, 23 - 28 June 2019, < https://www.bioem2019.org/ >2.

47th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine,
Kumamoto, Japan, 20 – 22 September 2019, < http://www.congre.co.jp/jsmrm47/ >3.

URSI GASS, Rome, Italy, 29 August - 5 September 2020, < http://www.ursi2020.org/ >4.

36th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Thermal Medicine, Kawagoe, Japan,
6 – 7 September 2019, < http://web.apollon.nta.co.jp/jstm36/ >Commission K (Electromagnetics in Biology & Medicine) Activity Report
April 2019 – September 2020
September 18, 2020
Jianqing Wang
1 Activities
2019 URSI-Japan Radio Science Meeting
Date: September 5-6, 2019
Place: The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo
Topics:1) Professor Emeritus Shoogo Ueno (The University of Tokyo) gave an invitedlecture entitled “New horizons in electromagnetics in medicine and biology.”2) Oral Session 1: Recent Research Trends in Bioelectromagnetics (1) consisted of
5 invited talks.
3) Oral Session 2: Recent Research Trends in Bioelectromagnetics (2) consisted of
5 invited talks.
4) Poster Session: Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine consisted of 5presentations.

3rd Meeting of the Japanese URSI-Commission K for the 24th term of the Science
Council of Japan
Date: September 6, 2019
Place: The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo
Topics: 1) Minute of 2nd Meeting of the Japanese URSI-Commission K.
2) Hosting the 2022 Annual Meeting of BioEM in Japan.
3) Recommendation of a candidate for the URSI Award (van der Pol Gold Medal).
4) URSI Centenary Book.
5) Organization of scientific sessions for URSI GASS 2020 at Rome.
6) Associated conferences.
Scientific symposium (Co-operated by Japanese Society for Electromagnetics in
Biology and Medicine)
Date: February 17, 2020
Place: Akihabara Satellite Campus, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo
Number of participants: 37
Seven oral presentations and one special lecture were given to the participants.

1) “Numerical evaluation and experimental validation of magnetic markers for localised
tumour excision” by Y. Xiao et al. (The University of Tokyo)
2) “Investigation of the brain response to the motor cortical stimulation in rats” by Z. Xin et al.
(The University of Tokyo)
3) “Preliminary study on the method to estimate the condition of fruits using electromagnetic
fields” by Y. Jin et al. (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
4) “Development and evaluation of a catheter for microwave denervation” by S. Matsubara
et al. (Chiba University)5) “Methods for calculating electric field intensity in microwave dosimetry of WPT systems”
by N. Fujita (Aoyama Gakuin University)
6) “FDTD simulations for investigating quantitative relations between the electric field
intensity and the rat whole body SAR in a reverberation. chamber” by R. Ito (Nagoya
Institute of Technology)7) “Methods for calibrating optical electric field probes for measuring induced fields in the
body at 85 kHz” by E. Oho (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Special Lecture) Development of medical devices at clinical sites by N. Takeshita (National
Cancer Center Japan)
4th Meeting of the Japanese URSI-Commission K for the 24th term of the Science
Council of Japan
Date: February 17, 2020
Place: Akihabara Satellite Campus, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo
Topics: 1) Minute of 3rd Meeting of the Japanese URSI-Commission K.
2) Hosting the 2022 Annual Meeting of BioEM in Japan.
3) URSI GASS 2020 at Rome.
4) Associated conferences.
Core member meeting of the Japanese Commission K
Date: November 27, 2019, March 25, May 7, May 14, May 27, July 30, and August 19, 2020,
Place: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Otemachi, Tokyoor teleconference
Topic: Hosting the 2022 Annual Meeting of BioEM in Japan.
Hosting the 2022 Annual Meeting of BioEM in Japan
BioEM is the world's largest and most highly recognized bioelectromagnetics conference
attracting academic and industrial participants at all career stages from all over the world.

The core members of Japanese Commission K submitted a proposal of hosting BioEM 2022
in Nagoya to the Bioelectromagnetic Society and European BioElectromagnetics Association.
Their decision will be announced soon.
2 Awards
Balthasar van der Pol Gold Medal at URSI GASS 2020

Professor Koichi Ito (Chiba University) won the Balthasar van der Pol Gold Medal for his
contributions to research and development in the fields of medical applications ofelectromagnetic waves and their evaluation using human-equivalent phantoms.

Young Scientist Award at URSI GASS 2020
Dr. Yinliang Diao (Nagoya Institute of Technology) won the Young Scientist Award for his
paper entitled “Comparison of spatial averaging methods of in situ electric field for lowfrequency magnetic field exposures.”Dr. Kun Li (Kagawa University) won the Young Scientist Award for his paper entitled“Computational Comparison of Power Density Definitions in the Proximity of Antennas
for the Assessment of Human Exposure to EMF above 6 GHz.”

Dr. Kento Takabayashi (Okayama Prefectural University) won the Young Scientist Awardfor his paper entitled “A study on Smart BAN physical layer applying multi-level PSK
modulation.”

Student Paper Competition at URSI GASS 2020
Mr. Shuang Liu (The University of Tokyo) was selected as a finalist of student paper
competition for his paper entitled “Design of multi-locus transcranial magnetic stimulationcoil with single driver.”A young research excellent presentation award at the Scientific Symposium of theJapanese Society for Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine


Ms. Yingyi Xiao (The University of Tokyo) won the young research excellent presentation
award for her presentation entitled “Numerical evaluation and experimental validation ofmagnetic markers for localised tumour excision.”

3 Associated meetings
3.1 Past meetings
5.

BioEM, Montpellier, France, 23 - 28 June 2019, < https://www.bioem2019.org/ >6.

URSI-Japan Radio Science Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, 5 – 6 September 2019,< http://www.ursi.jp/conference/jrsm2019/ >7.

BioEM, Oxford, UK, 21 - 26 June 2020, < https://www.bioem2020.org/ >8.

URSI GASS, Rome, Italy, 29 August - 5 September 2020, < http://www.ursi2020.org/ >