RESTEC (Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan) coordinated with AFSIS (ASEAN+3 Food SecurityInformation System) organized Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science in Japan under SAKURA Exchange program in Science in Japan.
There are 14 participants from 7 countries attending this program during 15-24 October 2018. This program played an important role in inspiring future rising talented civil servant, as important force in science and technology field especially Geo Informatics technology..RESTEC agency gives trainees wide range of special lecturing classes and exhibitions, include interesting and useful fieldtrip. These visiting consist of Tsukuba Space Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Earth Observation Center (EOC), Nation Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), Hitachi Corp. Center for exploratory research, irrigation facility for agriculture, and Saitama agriculture management junior college. The lecturing class about remote sensing at Rissho University, Tokyo Denki University and RESTEC.
On June 11-13, 2025, Tropical Cyclone Wutip, along with INVEST 94W and the intensified southwest monsoon, significantly impacted several Southeast Asian countries, particularly Vietnam and Lao PDR, causing widespread agricultural damage, flooding, and disruptions to local communities. While it weakened after landfall in China, its effects, including strong winds, heavy rains, and flooding, were felt across the region. Lao PDR and Vietnam suffered substantial losses in rice and crop production, prompting urgent government responses such as the distribution of rice seeds, infrastructure assessments, and disaster preparedness measures.
On 30 June 2025, the ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Secretariat, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (MAFF-Japan), successfully organized the Online Workshop on the Maize Growing Outlook (MGO) Preparation Guideline under the Project for Strengthening ASEAN Food Security Information System Function for Emergency (SAFER) via Zoom Meeting.
On 23-24 June 2025, the ASEAN Food Security Information System (AFSIS) Secretariat, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF-Japan), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC), and the Settlement and Land Records (SLRD), Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MOALI) of Myanmar, successfully held a workshop titled "Promote Rice Planted Area and Production Estimation Using Space-Based Technologies in Myanmar" at Nay Pyi Taw,
On 17–18 June 2025, the 23rd AFSIS Focal Point Meeting was successfully convened in Yangon, Republic of the Union of Myanmar. The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation (MOALI) of Myanmar hosted the meeting in collaboration with the AFSIS Secretariat.
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