Overview of the Organization

 

Name of organization	NPO Research Institute of Fucoidan
Principal office	Sun Building 4F, 1-18 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka city, Japan
Secondary office	13-12, Ginza 5-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
President	Toshiya Satoyama
Purpose of establishment	Our organization has carried out activities aiming to help people live healthy and comfortable lives through diet, by widely disseminating the benefit of "fucoidan" which is a high molecular polysaccharide, extracted from seaweed (brown algae). Fucoidan is said to have a natural healing power (immunity) activation component.
Directors	Kazumasa Kawahara Medical Doctor Mitsuya Shimoda Honorary Professor,Doctor of Agriculture,Kyushu University Graduate School Masakuni Takou Ryukyu University, Professor, Doctor of Agriculture, Daisuke Tachikawa Doctor, Doctor of Medicine, Food Health Educator Visiting Professor, Kyushu University Graduate School Satoshi Hirata Fukuoka University of Education, Professor, MD Shin Fujii Kagoshima University, Professor, Doctor of Agriculture Aihiko Fujimoto Shen de Van animal Hospital, Director Takeshi Fujiyoshi Ryojunkai & Fujiyoshi Clinic, Medical Corporation Association , President , Director Yoshiyuki Miyazaki Associate Professor,Kyushu University Graduate School Tetsuji Yuda Former President
Auditor	Hideaki Ohta Nakamura Gakuen University ,Professor Emeritus, Doctor of Agriculture
Date of Establishment	April 8, 2003
Date certified by the Cabinet Office	September 17, 2004

Today, active research is conducted on fucoidan and various bioactive functions of fucoidan, such as “anti-cancer action,” “cholesterol-lowering action,” “blood-pressure lowering action” and “anti-virus action,” have been revealed.

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