Dear colleagues,

As previously announced, we had been proceeding forward to prepare to hold the 67th annual meeting as originally scheduled on June 4th – 6th, 2020 in Kobe, while carefully monitoring the evolving COVID-19 impact. However, due to recent worldwide public health crisis and Japanese government recommendation as of Mar. 19th against COVID-19, JSA has taken a final decision to conduct an online conference instead of holding the on-site meeting in Kobe.

We will arrange to record the sessions for the 67th annual meeting in advance as many as possible to be watched on Web site. In addition, as for the grants for participation, we will investigate alternative ways to avoid giving disadvantage to the members who registered to the annual meeting. 

For more detailed information such as viewing method and period of the online presentation etc., we will announce on JSA website, when decided accordingly.

We sincerely apologize for the great concern and inconvenience caused to all participants and everyone involved in the annual meeting.

      
March 27th, 2020