Conflict of Interest （COI） Disclosure Policies

All presenting authors including spouses, relatives of the first degree, and persons with whom they share a living, are required to report on *Appendix, Items 1 to 9 （items that need to be self-reporting and standard amounts） concerning conflicts of interest.
All first presenters are required to disclose their conflict of interest status at the beginning of their presentation slides using forms 1 and 2 below. If you have no relationships to disclose, please use form 1, If you do have such relationships to disclose, use form 2.

Form 1	Form 2

Cases that need to be self-reported and the standard amount

1. For executives and advisors of companies and organizations, self-reporting is required when the amount of remuneration from a single company or organization is 1 million yen or more per year.
2. With regard to stock ownership, self-reporting is required when the profits from stock (sum of dividends and profits from sales) in one company for one year are 1 million yen or more, or 5% or more of the total stock in question is owned.
3. For patent royalties from companies and organizations, self-reporting is required when the annual royalty for a single patent is 1 million yen or more.
4. Regarding the daily allowance (lecture fees, etc.) paid by a company/organization for the time and effort spent by the researcher in attending (presenting at) a conference, self-reporting is required if the total annual lecture fee from a single company/organization is 500,000 yen or more.
5. With regard to manuscript fees paid by companies/organizations for writing pamphlets, etc., self-reporting is required when the total annual manuscript fee from a single company/organization is 500,000 yen or more.
6. Regarding research funding provided by companies/organizations, self-reporting is required when the total amount paid by a single company/organization for research (contracted research, joint research, etc.) is 2 million yen or more per year.
7. For donations provided by companies/organizations, self-reporting is required if the total amount paid by a single company/organization to the individual filer, the department (course, etc.) to which the filer belongs, or the representative of the laboratory is 2 million yen or more per year.
8. Self-reporting is required when the filers belong to the endowed courses offered by companies/organizations.
9. For other offerings (travels, gifts, etc. that are not directly related to research), self-reporting is required if the total amount received from a single company or organization is 50,000 yen or more per year.