Royal Society of Chemistry CEO Dr Helen Pain celebrated ‘the renewal of a historic agreement’ after re-signing our joint Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ). She met with science leaders and gave a series of speeches as the two societies re-established their alliance dating back to 2010. The trip to Tokyo featured the second renewal of our formal partnership with our Japanese counterparts and came three years after the previous attempt to renew this collaborative pact was thwarted by the COVID pandemic. The RSC also played host to the Japan Editorial Board Summit, bringing together Editorial Board and Advisory Board members based in Japan. Read more