The 62nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Respiratory Society will be held at the KyotoInternational Conference Center from Friday,April 22 to Sunday,April 24,2022. Ilt is a
tremendous honor to be able to be made in charge of this Annual Meeting with great tradition.We remain in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccine rollout is progressing steadily, butthere is no clear prospect as to what general conditions will be in Japan and abroad next spring,when the Annual Meeting is scheduled.Steady preparation is underway, hoping that we canreturn to a pre-COVID format in Japan, albeit perhaps not a fully complete form, but anticipatingthe use of a hybrid format in the New Normal.