Several members of our laboratory presented their research at the Vision Society of Japan (VSJ) Winter Meeting. A special congratulations goes to Watanabe-kun (M1), who received the Best Presentation Award. His award-winning study focused on data collected during his month-long research stay in Australia. It is a fantastic achievement to see such dedicated international fieldwork recognized by the society.

A paper by doctoral student Son-san has been published in Color Research & Application. The study demonstrates that when environmental luminance changes abruptly, not only sensitivity to color but also the perceived saturation can decrease. Son-san is currently making final preparations toward obtaining his PhD, with his dissertation defense upcoming.

• Minwoo Son, Takehiro Nagai: Time course of color appearance under the abrupt decrease in background luminance. Color Research & Application, 51(1):e70042, 2026. (https://doi.org/10.1002/col.70042)

Entering the latter half of the academic year, our doctoral students have been actively presenting their research at conferences. For example, Killian, a PhD candidate, delivered an excellent invited talk. Several of their research outcomes are now being prepared as manuscripts, with some nearing publication. Meanwhile, our master’s and undergraduate students are also fully engaged as they work toward completing their respective research projects. 

The summer conference season has come to a close, and the fall semester is now underway. This September, several members completed their time in our lab: Li-san (Ph.D. course), Jiang-san (Master’s course), Zhu-san (graduate research student), and Horvathova-san (international exchange student). Congratulations to all of you, and thank you for your hard work! We wish you every success in your future endeavors. At the same time, we are delighted to welcome new members starting this semester: Shiyang Wang  (Ph.D. course), Sizhong Li  (Master’s course), and Megumi Kobayashi (research student). We look forward to working together and making great progress with our new team!