| 1982 | The Society for Research on Umami Taste established | |
| 1983 | Panel discussion / Tokyo, Japan | |
| 1984 | Lecture by Dr. M. O'Mahony, University of California / Tokyo, Japan Lecture by Dr. M.R. Kare, Director, Monell Chemical Senses Center / Tokyo, Japan "Umami Symposium" / Tokyo, Japan |
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| 1985 | The 1st International Symposium on Umami Taste / Hawaii, USA | |
| 1986 | Workshop in the annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Ntrition and Food Science: "The Current Studies on Umami in the World" / Nagoya, Japan Forum in 1986 / Tsukuba, Japan |
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| 1987 | Forum in 1987 / Tokyo, Japan | |
| 1988 | Forum in 1988 / Tokyo, Japan Lecture by Dr. B.P. Halpern, Cornell University, USA / Tokyo, Japan |
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| 1989 | "Umami Forum", A satellite symposium in the International Conference on the Physiology of Food and Fluid Intake / Paris, France Workshop: "Umami Taste" in the International Congress on Nutrition / Seoul, Korea Forum in 1989 / Tokyo, Japan |
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| 1990 | The 2nd International Symposium on Umami Taste / Sicily, Italy | |
| 1992 | Forum 1992 / Tokyo, Japan | |
| 1993 | Symposium: "Umami: Physiology, Nutrition and Food Science" in the International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste XI / Sapporo, Japan "Umami International Symposium" / Tokyo, Japan |
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| 1995 | Initiated call for umami research proposal in Japan | |
| 1996 | SRUT Symposium: "Mechanisms for Reception and Reciprocity of Chemical Stimuli-Considering the Mechanism of Synergism by Glutamate and Nucleotides" | |
| 1997 | SRUT Symposium: "Acceptability of Foods" / Tokyo, Japan Symposium: "Umami: Taste Perception, Nutrition and Central Mechanisms" in International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste XII / San Diego, USA |
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| 1998 | SRUT Symposium: "Taste and Health" / Tokyo, Japan Symposium: "Umami: Receptors, Perception and Intake" in the Joint Meeting of the International Conference on the Physiology of Food and Fluid Intake XII / Pecs, Hungary |
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| 1999 | SRUT Symposium: "Taste and Food Habits" / Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2000 | SRUT Symposium: "Brain mechanisms of palatability from a viewpoint of neurochemicals in the brain." / Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2000 | Symposium:"Glutamate Receptors" in International Symposium on olfaction and Taste XIII/ Brighton, England | |
| 2001 | SRUT Symposium: "Food Palatability - Fundamentals, R&D and Marketing" / Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2002 | SRUT Symposium: "Palatability and "body" in cuisine" / Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2003 | SRUT Symposium: "Palatability and healthy life" / Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2004 | SRUT Symposium: "Science of Palatability and Aging of Foods" / Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2004 | Symposium: "Candidate Receptors and Signal Transduction Mechanisms for Umami Taste" in International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste XIV / Kyoto, Japan | |
| 2005 | SRUT Symposium: "Palatability of Foodstuffs" / Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2006 | SRUT Symposium: "Science for the Palatability Signaling and Obesity(weight control)"/ Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2007 | SRUT Symposium:“Science for Traditional Food – Roots, Palatability and Function”/ Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2008 | SRUT Symposium: Centenary Anniversary Symposium of Umami Discovery (Tokyo, Japan) International Symposium: 100th Anniversary Symposium of Umami Discovery(Tokyo, Japan) Symposia:"Umami" in International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste XV / San Francisco, U.S.A. |