On June 5, 2024, we visited the Agro Biotechnology Institute (ABI) under the National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia and had a special Science Cafe session that Prof. Sudesh from USM, Dr. Kosugi and Dr. Uka from JIRCAS gave a talk on information on studying abroad in Japan. We also discussed the possibility of continuing joint research on palm biomass in the post-SATREPS OPT project with ABI.