Since 2008, a Taiwan–Japan Ecology Workshop has been organized every other year in Taiwan and Japan alternately.  This relationship has lasted almost 10 years.  Specific purposes of the workshops include facilitating research co-operation and comparative studies between Taiwan and Japan, encouraging students and scientists to participate in such cooperation, exchanging ideas among scientists and students, and discussing important ecological and environmental issues of the 21st century.  The workshops have featured various themes chosen by the organizers.  The goals of these workshops are to serve as conduits for research cooperation between Taiwan and Japan, and to increase our understanding of ecological phenomena unique to East Asia.