Nishi, Emiko
Suzuki-Hashido, Nami
Hayakawa, Takashi
Tsuji, Yamato
Suryobroto, Bambang
Imai, Hiroo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0729-0322
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (16H01338, 15H02421, 15H05242, Bilateral Research, 12J04270, 16K18630, 25257409, 12J04300, 17K15203)
Kobayashi International Scholarship Foundation
Article History
Received: 16 March 2018
Accepted: 23 July 2018
First Online: 6 September 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: Colobine monkey behavioral experiments were conducted at the Japan Monkey Centre, Aichi, Japan. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Japan Monkey Centre (#2017-014) based on the Ethical Guidelines for Research in Japan Monkey Centre (April 1st, 2016) as Collaborative Research of the Japan Monkey Centre (#2017013) The Japanese macaque experiment was conducted at the Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University. Both experiments were approved by the Animal Welfare and Animal Care Committee of Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University (#2017-178) and were in compliance with the Guidelines for Care and Use of Nonhuman Primates of the Primates Research Institute, Kyoto University (Version 3, issued in 2010). These guidelines were prepared based on the provisions of the Guidelines for Proper Conduct of Animal Experiments (June 1, 2006; Science Council of Japan), Basic Policies for the Conduct of Animal Experiments in Research Institutions under the Jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (effective on June 1, 2006; Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare), Fundamental Guidelines for Proper Conduct of Animal Experiment and Related Activities in Academic Research Institutions (Notice No. 71 of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology dated June 1, 2006), and Standards Relating to the Care and Management of Laboratory Animals and Relief of Pain (Notice No. 88 of the Ministry of the Environment dated April 28, 2006).