Assistant Professor, Akira Akamatsu gave a presentation on Plant-Microbe interaction between legume plants and rhizobial bacteria at the Taiwan-Japan Plant Biology 2023 (TJPB2023), which was held from 13/10/2023 to 16/10/2023 in Taiwan. The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists (JSPP) and the Taiwan Society of Plant Biologists (TSPB) are the representative societies for plant science in Japan and Taiwan, respectively. This conference is known as a very important conference for enhancing collaboration between plant biologists in Taiwan and Japan. This year's conference also featured very active discussions and presented cutting-edge research in plant science.