--- title: "Mitsuru Kakimoto - IVU - International Vegetarian Union" description: "Mitsuru Kakimoto: IVU Council Member (1996-2002 ; 2004-06) IVU Patron I was born 1945 and am 55 years old now. I am president of the Japan Vegetarian Society, and vice-president and professor at Osaka Shin-ai College, Japan." url: "https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/4362-members-council-mitsuru-kakimoto.html" date: "2026-11-06T00:07:41+00:00" language: "en-GB" --- # Mitsuru Kakimoto **Mitsuru Kakimoto D.D. Sc., Ph.D., M.S.A.** IVU Council Member (1996-2002 ; 2004-06) IVU Patron I was born 1945 and am 55 years old now. I am president of the Japan Vegetarian Society, and vice-president and professor at Osaka Shin-ai College, Japan. In 1996, I was elected as a member of the IVU Council at the World Vegetarian Congress in the U.S.A. In 1999, he was reelected at the World Vegetarian Congress in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I am now designated as the 'Research Co-ordinator' on behalf of the International Council. I have been studying vegetarians from a viewpoint of medical science and dietetics, and devote myself to promoting vegetarianism in Japan. I have written theses in Jap. J. Nutr. and other journals. I am the author of "Introduction of Healthy Vegetarian," published in Japan for Japanese readers. In 1988, I went to the U.S.A to attend the IFHE Congress. Then I visited Loma Linda University and had an opportunity to get to know many researchers including Prof. Register. That led me to become a vegetarian. I live with my wife and two sons. I play tennis and hike in the mountain for fun. Actually I go on a hike with my wife and sons. We love nature. My wife is a grade school teacher. My firstborn son is an office worker. And my second son studied in the U.S.A. for one year and is now studying here in Japan to become a veterinarian. Living in a vegetarian way is good to us and the world we live in. My dream is to work with vegetarians around the world to promote vegetarianism. | ![[Mitsuru Kakimoto]](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/members/pics/mitsuru.jpg) *Mitsuru at the Chiang Mai World Vegetarian Congress* | - [**Three Main Vegetarian Influences in Japanese Cuisine** ](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/3309-congress-2002-texts-japan.html)(World Congress 2002) - [**Vegetarian Diets from the viewpoint of Preventive Medicine and Dietics** ](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5676-news-march2000-diets.html) (IVU News, March 2000) - **Deutsch** - [Vegetarische Ernährung aus der Sicht von Präventivmedizin und Ernährungslehre](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6148-german-news-march2000-diets.html) - **Español** - [Las dietas vegetarianas desde el punto de vista de la medicina preventiva y la dietética ](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5941-spanish-news-march2000-diets.html) - **Italiano** - [La dieta vegetariana in relazione alla medicina preventiva e alla dietetica](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6055-italian-news-march2000-diets.html) - [**Vegetarianism and Vegetarians in Japan**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/3743-congress-thai99-texts-kakimoto.html) (World Vegetarian Congress 1999) - [**Vegetarianism and Vegetarians in Japan**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5523-news-3-98-japan1.html) (IVU News 3-98) - **中文** *(Chinese Big5)* [日本的素食者和素食主義](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6377-chinese-news-3-98-japan1-big5.html) - **笢恅** *(Chinese GB)* [日本的素食者和素食主义](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/6378-chinese-news-3-98-japan1-gb.html) - **Español** - [El Vegetarianismo y los Vegetarianos en Japón](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/5892-spanish-news-3-98-japan1.html) - **Français** - Végétarisme et Végétariens au Japon - **Indonesia** - Vegetarianisme dan Vegetarian di Jepang - **Magyar** - Vegetarianizmus es a vegetarianusok Japanban - [**Comparing Nutrition and Health of Japanese High School Students: SDA Vegetarians and Non-vegetarians**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/4257-congress-wvc96-texts-japan.html) (WVC 1996) - [**From the Cybercafe**](https://ivu.org/international-vegetarian-union/resources/interviews/4234-congress-wvc96-ivu-council.html) - with other IVU Councillors at the World Vegetarian Congress, Johnstown, USA, 1996 - President of the [**Japan Vegetarian Society**](http://www.jpvs.org/) Osaka, Japan A note on this archive. The history section of this website is drawn from a body of legacy content originally compiled by John Davis, former manager of the International Vegetarian Union. It represents his curation of historical material, and in places includes passages written by him directly. Over the years, the IVU website has migrated between several different hosting servers. In the course of these migrations, a number of PDF files were unfortunately lost, and **some links to PDF documents may no longer function**. 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