This special issue of Catalysis Survey from Asia is dedicated to the first joint international conferences of the The Sixth Tokyo Conference on Advanced Catalytic Science and Technology (TOCAT6) and The Fifth Asia Pacific Congress on Catalysis (APCAT5) from July 18 to 23, 2010 in Sapporo (Cochaired by Prof. Wataru Ueda and Prof. Masakazu Iwamoto with Prof. Atsushi Fukuoka as secretary), Japan. For this conference we have prepared two types of proceedings. One is for original papers which will appear in Catalysis Today as an special issue of TOCAT6/APCAT5. The other one is this issue. We only include review papers contributed by plenary and invited speakers especially in Asian area. We hope this special issue will make a new wind from Asian countries prevailing over the world.