Abstract
The origins of life remains an unsolved mystery for all of humankind which requires a uniquely interdisciplinary approach incorporating many different subfields from astronomy, to geology, to chemistry, to biology, and beyond. One of these subfields which contributes greatly to understanding of various aspects of the origins of life is biophysics. As part of the 21st IUPAB/62nd BSJ Joint Congress in Kyoto, Japan, a symposium on the Origin of Life was held on June 28, 2024, featuring invited and contributed presentations on various aspects of origins of life research from Japan and around the world.