●As of October 1st, Dr. Atsuko Matsuoka joined us as a late-stage resident in our department (for a while she will also be working in the Medical Checkup Department). This means we now have a large team of 10 doctors, including 8 full-time staff (1 department head, 3 deputy department heads, and 4 late-stage residents) and 2 part-time (outpatient) staff. Without relying on our numbers, we will continue to work hard towards our long-awaited goal of establishing basic research in addition to our existing clinical research and collaborative research.