Wild Bird Society of Japan (日本野鳥の会) was founded in 1934 in Tokyo, Japan. The organization has 47,000 members and publishes a newsletter called Strix. Other relevant publications include the Field Guide to the Birds of Japan, Birds of East Asia, and A Birdwatchers's Guide to Japan by Mark Brazil

Mark Brazil

Dr Mark Andrew Brazil is a conservationist, author and journalist, particularly noted for his work on east Asian birds.Brazil was born in Worcestershire, England, and studied at Keele University, Staffordshire, and Stirling University, Scotland...

, (published by Kodansha

Kodansha

, the largest Japanese publisher, produces the manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Evening, and Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as more literary magazines such as Gunzō, Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary Nihongo Daijiten. The company has its headquarters in Bunkyō, Tokyo...

).

After 15 years of lobbying by WBSJ and many other conservation organisations, the Hokkaido Government decided not to build drainage channels along the Chitose River

Chitose River

is a river in Hokkaidō, Japan. The river is a class A river. In the city of Ebetsu, the river is sometimes known as .In the Ainu language Chitose was originally called shikotsu, meaning big depression or hollow, like Lake Shikotsu a caldera lake. To the Japanese, this sounded too much like , so it...

 in Chitose, Hokkaidō

Chitose, Hokkaido

-Economy:China Airlines operates its Sapporo office on the third floor of the airport building.The airline Hokkaido Air System was at one time headquartered at the New Chitose Airport in Chitose...

. The plan threatened wetlands in southern Hokkaido. Lobbying by WBSJ and others was also successful in getting the plan to reclaim Fujimae Tidal Flat, an important migration stop-over site for shorebirds to be dropped.

Wild Bird Society of Japan (WBSJ) is a BirdLife International

BirdLife International

BirdLife International is a global Partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources...

 Partner. Princess Takamado

Princess Takamado

is, through marriage, a member of the Japanese Imperial Family.-Biography:She is the eldest daughter of Japanese industrialist Shigejiro Tottori. Hisako accompanied her father to England, where he was transferred for work, and while still a child became fluent in the English language...

 is honorary president of BirdLife International.

Mission

The mission of the organisation is:

Conservation of birds

Education about protection of birds

Promotion of research and surveys on birds

International Activities

Wild Bird Society of Japan is engaged in a number of international partnerships and campaigns:

In conjunction with WBFT (BirdLife in Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

), Hong Kong Bird Watching Society

Hong Kong Bird Watching Society

The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society is an environmental non-governmental organization dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats in Hong Kong, a territory on the southern coast of China. It is a BirdLife International affiliated organisation...

 (BirdLife in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

) and other organisations, in a joint-project sponsored by JFGE and the Council of Agriculture of Taiwan (COA), successfully tracked Black-faced Spoonbills to previously unknown nesting sites in the Demilitarized Zone in Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

, and also identified several new important stopover sites in China

China

Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

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Worked with the Heilongjiang Farm Bureau to design nature reserves at the Sanjiang Plain in China, sponsored by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Japan Bank for International Cooperation

The , also known by its acronym, JBIC, is a Japanese public financial institution and export credit agency, and was created on October 1, 1999, through the merging of the Japan Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund ....

 (JBIC).

In conjunction with Wetlands International

Wetlands International

Wetlands International is a global organisation that works to sustain and restore wetlands and their resources for people and biodiversity. It is an independent, not-for-profit, global organisation, supported by government and NGO membership from around the world...

, worked to promote the Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Strategy.

WBSJ also funded and supported the opening of an education centre at Muraviovka Nature Park, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

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Japan and Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 also shared lead roles in the promotion of international bird conservation links, for example with the Japan Australia Migratory Bird Agreement

Japan Australia Migratory Bird Agreement

The Japan Australia Migratory Bird Agreement is a treaty between Australia and Japan to minimise harm to the major areas used by birds which migrate between the two countries. Towra Point Nature Reserve plays a role in the agreement, being an area in Australia used by migratory birds...

(JAMBA) treaty which came into force in 1981.