Abstract
The new era of Japan, Reiwa, began in May 2019, and it has been almost a year since then. In the first half of the year, big typhoons in autumn have caused enormous damage in eastern Japan, and in the last six months, we have suffered with the spread of coronavirus infection. These disasters had a great impact on our daily lives. Due to the coronavirus, meetings, especially involving the movement of people, have been restricted by the declaration of emergency and many conferences have been cancelled and/or postponed. The 27th Annual IAPS Annual Meeting, IAPS 2020, scheduled to be held in Xi'an in March, has been postponed until the end of September 2020. Nowadays, people is suffering from natural disasters including virus disaster. This is changing our daily lives. We should start to
prepare for it as soon as possible. IAPS members need to create a new era, Reiwa, for our further progress.
