Ten years have already passed since the foundation of Japan Society of Music and Medicine (JSMM) in 2007. This small article is a review of the ten years history of JSMM. The ultimate goal of JSMM to propagate the music-therapy in every medical therapeutic field is still in progress. In order to realize the ultimate goal of JSMM, we have to open to the public our activities of music therapy in various medical fields through publications in our journal “Music and Medecine”.

Cochrane Library Review to music therapy was studied in last ten years and changes of assessment were compared. Target disorder increased from 5 in 2008 to 12 in 2012. Afterward, the review number was almost the same. Recently, the evaluation has become more extensive and multifaceted. It reflects that music therapy has become one of actual medical intervention methods. At present, music therapy is evaluated to be effective for various disorders and its evidence levels are no less than other intervention therapies.