The 37th ICMART World Congress on Medical Acupuncture (ICMART) was held on Jeju Island, South Korea, from September 27 to 29, 2024. The theme of the congress was "Future of Integrative Healthcare, Convergence of Acupuncture, Medical Science, and Technology," and the event was organized by the Society of Korean Medicine (SKOM), which officially became a member of ICMART in 2019. During the ICMART General Assembly on September 28, 2024, the formal membership of our society was officially approved. This article provides an overview of the process leading to our society's membership in ICMART, and the proceedings of the ICMART General Assembly. It also summarizes the ICMART 2024 Congress and highlights a joint session between our society and the Korean Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine Society (KAMMS) focusing on facial nerve paralysis.

Following the Japan-Korea Symposium at the 37th ICMART World Congress in Jeju, Korea, September 27-29, 2024, another international symposium was held in Daegu on November 17, 2024, by three countries, including not only Japan and Korea but also the Chinese Medical Association of Acupuncture in Taiwan. In addition, a Korean domestic symposium was held by three societies under the Society of Korean Medicine.　Korea has been actively inviting such international symposiums in recent years, and international exchanges in the field of acupuncture and moxibustion has been progressing further than ever before. Academia of traditional medicine in Japan needs to respond actively to this trend, including human resource development.

In Japan, where natural disasters occur repeatedly, it plays an important role in future disaster-related health management to pass on not only knowledge of disaster situation but also response strategies to future generations. The symposium “The Role of Oriental Medicine in Repeated Natural Disasters” was held at the annual conference of the Japan Society for Oriental Medicine on June 2, 2024, and included presentations on the following topics “The Role of Oriental Medicine in the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake,” “The Role of Oriental Medicine in Repeated Natural Disasters, Great East Japan Earthquake and Kumamoto Earthquake,” “Acupuncture and Moxibustion Massage Support in the Kanto and Tohoku Heavy Rain Storms,” “Use of Kampo in the Noto Peninsula Earthquake,” and “Summary of the Society’s Response: In the Event of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake.” The speakers presented and discussed the role of Oriental medicine in repeated natural disasters. Support through Oriental medicine is one of the activities that can contribute to addressing social issues in disasters. This report summarizes the contents of the symposium.

At the 74th Annual Congress of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (JSAM), held in Nagoya from May 30 to June 1, 2025, three major international events took place: the Japan-Korea-Taiwan Symposium, an international session on electronic medical records (EMR), and the signing of an academic cooperation agreement between JSAM and the Chinese Medical Association of Acupuncture (CMAA), Taiwan. The tri-national symposium, themed “Acupuncture and Moxibustion for Women's Health through Femcare,” highlighted clinical applications, evidence-based guidelines, and case studies from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, emphasizing the role of acupuncture in supporting women's health. In the EMR session, experts from Japan and Korea presented on the current status, challenges, and prospects of digitizing oriental medical records, underlining the importance of standardization and interoperability. The academic agreement with CMAA is expected to promote collaborative research, academic exchange, and development in acupuncture and moxibustion education and clinical safety. This report summarizes the key content and outcomes of these initiatives.

The Japan-Korea Symposium, which was held face-to-face for the first time in three years, was held at the 72nd Academic Conference of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion in Kobe (June 10, 2023). The theme of the symposium was " The Current status and the Safety of Moxibustion" and four representatives from Japan and South Korea each gave presentations on the current status of moxibustion treatment in their countries, and a lively discussion took place. This paper provides an overview of the symposium.

The Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine Society (KAMMS) celebrated its 50th anniversary with a commemoration ceremony and a Japan-Korea Symposium held in Seoul in November 2023. This report outlines the participation and highlights from the commemoration ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of KAMMS on November 11 (Saturday), along with insights shared during the Japan-Korea Symposium held as a special session within KAMMS' Fall Academic Conference 2023 on November 12 (Sunday). The summary includes presentations delivered by four speakers during the symposium. The Korean session focused on "Collaborative-Based Integrated Healthcare," discussing endeavors in integrated medicine involving Western medicine and Korean medicine. Meanwhile, the Japanese session titled "Introduction of Acupuncture Clinics in Japanese University Hospital" highlighted efforts in acupuncture and moxibustion education within the Tohoku University Hospital in Japan.

The 2023 World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS) annual conference was held in Bangkok, Thailand, from Thursday, November 16 to Sunday, November 19, 2023. Due to the pandemic of COVID-19, we, the members of the International Affairs, had to participate via web in 2020 and 2021. Therefore, this was our first on-site participation in four years. The first session of the 10th executive committee (EC) meeting was held in the afternoon of the first day, the 16th. In this article, we report the EC meeting and the scientific conference entitled "Inheriting the Essence and Promoting the Innovative Development of Acupuncture-moxibustion of TCM". The EC reported with emphasis on the steady progress being made in building relationships with WHO and other international organizations. In the academic exchange, WFAS President Liu Baoyan, in his keynote speech, consistently conveyed his intention to promote high-quality acupuncture and moxibustion research throughout his talk. Abstracts of the conference were distributed on-site, but only 35 abstracts (49%) of the 72 total presentations were published.

The Japan-Korea Symposium was held on Saturday, May 25th, 2024 as a special program in the 73rd Conference of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion in Miyagi. The topic of the symposium was "The Collaborative Education and Treatment utilizing Acupuncture", which was introduced previously at the Korea-Japan Symposium during the 50th Anniversary Ceremony of the Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine Society (KAMMS) in Seoul, Korea in November, 2023. In this article, we summarize the overview of the symposium.

The World Federation of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (WFAS) General Assembly and International Conference were held online in combination with on-site administration in Singapore on 18th-20th, November 2022. Members of the new Executive Committee (the 10th EC) were elected and future host cities were discussed in the General Assembly. Activities during the 9th EC term including collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), activities in the standardization working committee, financial report and proposals from EC members were reviewed in the 9th EC meeting which was held prior to the General Assembly. In the present article, we report the results of the EC meeting and the General Assembly and key topics from the International Conference.

The 2022 International Conference for Global Cooperation in Traditional Medicine was held in a hybrid meeting at the Novotel Ambassador Seoul Dongdaemun Hotel in Seoul on the 1st and 2nd of November 2022. This international conference was hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare of South Korea, organized by the National Institute for Korean Medicine Development, and supported by The Society of Korean Medicine. At this conference, a bilateral exchange of acupuncture and moxibustion therapies between Japan and Korea was held at the Republic of Korea-Japan Symposium I. The aims of the symposium were to combine conventional and traditional medical knowledge of frailty and sarcopenia and to share possible ideas to develop proper treatment for frailty and sarcopenia.