Volume 11, Number 4 | Winter 2016

IntroductionTo
WFAS Tokyo/Tsukuba 2016

Conference Information
Date: November 5 - 6, 2016
Venue: Tsukuba International Congress Center
Address: 2-20-3, Takezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 3050032, Japan
Tel: +81-29-861-0001／Fax: +81-29-861-1209
Organized by:
The Japan Society of Acupuncture andMoxibustion (JSAM)
The Japan Traditional Acupuncture andMoxibustion Society (JTAMS)
Official Language: English, Chinese, Japanese

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Keynote Speakers
Prof. Baoyan Liu(President, World Federation ofAcupuncture and Moxibustion
Societies, China)“The Past, Present and Future ofAcupuncture and Moxibustion ofTCM”

Prof. Yoshinori Hiroi(Professor, Kokoro ResearchCenter, Kyoto University, Japan)“Sustainable Health Care and theExpectations to Integrative
Medicine, Acupuncture andMoxibustion”

Prof. Tadashi Yano
(Professor, Meiji University ofIntegrative Medicine, Japan)“Formation of Japanese
Acupuncture and Role ofAcupuncture in Future Society From the Viewpoints of History,
Education and Research-”

Prof. Caroline Smith(Professor, National Institute ofComplementary Medicine,
University of Western Sydney,Australia)“Acupuncture as an Adjunct toIVF Findings from a
Randomised Controlled Trial”

Zen Master Daito Noda
(Zen Buddhism priest, Japan)“Mind of Zen Philosophy andAcupuncture”

Prof. Toku Takahashi(Professor, Department ofSurgery Medical College of
Wisconsin, USA, Takahashi
Clinic of Integrative Medicine,Japan)“The Role of Acupuncture forDisaster Refugees”

Prof. Kenji Kawakita(Professor, Meiji University ofIntegrative Medicine, Japan)“Characteristics of Japanese
Acupuncture and its Effect on
Bioregulatory Systems”

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Hari-Kyu (acupuncture-moxibustion) Technical Sessions
From Head to Toe: Understanding the true spiritof Meridian Therapy
Akizo Okada (Traditional Japanese Medicine)
Denmei Shuto (Traditional Japanese Medicine)
Shonishin (Japanese Pediatric Acupuncture)
Masanori Tanioka (Daishi-Style Shonishin
Association)
Parent-child skin touch therapy –The project forthe spread of pediatric acupuncture–
Shinsaku Shinohara (Japanese Skin Touch
Therapy Conference)
Acupuncture treatments for sports injury of youth
athletes –the effectiveness of Acu-Zone therapy–
Takeshi Komatsu (California Sports MedicineCenter)A moxibustion technique, "Shiunko-Kyu" for lower
back pain
Matsue Kosiishi (Koshiishi Shinkyuin)
Maternity Acupuncture; Our new combined
methods for Mother-Baby BondAki Fujiwara (Tenshi no Tamago group)
The treatment to the infertility female byacupuncture and moxibustion and a self
moxibustion
Keiko Tsujiuchi (Serie Acupuncture andMoxibustion Clinic)
Acupuncture for mood disorder based on the Kstyleacupuncture score (KSAS)
Arata Ito (Kanagawa Psychiatric Center)
Skills of nine classical needles -shear needle •spoon needle • round-pointed needle The theoryand techniques
Katsumi Ishihara (Tokyo Kyuushin Kenkyuukai)
Meridian-based Cosmetic Acupuncture
Yoko Ooasa (Shikoku Medical College)
Ryodoraku treatment to the complaint diagnosedof middle-aged patient
Kimiya Goto (The Japanese Society of RyodourakuMedicine)Multiplication of skills: Introducing Sugiyama
style Fukushin, Sugiyama Shinden style Kanshin
methods
Syungo Matsumoto (Koshinkai, a society for thestudies of acupuncture, moxibustion andmeridian)
The World of Dashin (Needle Tapping)
Renpu Fujimoto (General Incorporated Association
Hokushinkai)
Using Shōni-hari for Atopic dermatitis and otherdiseases for childrenEtsuko Inoue (Nihon Shounihari Gakkai ; TheJapan Society of Pediatric Acupuncture)
Nagano Method: Treating shoulder stiffness
Koji Nagano (Nagano method clinical studysociety)Approaches to patients with gastrointestinal
weakness by Jingei-Kikou method
Souji Toyabe (Tokyo Kyuushin Kenkyuukai)
Acupuncture & Moxibustion Treatment for "Wind"
Illnesses caused by External Pathogens–The different approaches for Yang Excess andYang Deficiency–
Keiko Murata (THE NEW JAPANESE MEDICALASSOCIATION (Shin-I-Kyo))
Wisdom of Japanese Acupuncture and Moxibustion Elaboration and Development
Renpu Fujimoto (General Incorporated Association
Hokusinkai)
Shinpu Fujimoto (General IncorporatedAssociation Hokusinkai)
Trigger Point Acupuncture Treatment for Myofascialpain syndrome (MPS) and fibromyalgia (FM)Kazunori Itoh (Meiji University of IntegrativeMedicine)
Effects of acupuncture on primary headache:
Targeting muscles, peripheral nerves, andintervertebral joints
Satoru Yamaguchi (Saitama Medical University)
Acupuncture moxibustion treatment for life stylediseaseKoryo Nakada (Toyo Hari Medical Association)

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Acupuncture or electroacupuncture treatment for
low back pain and lower limb symptoms;
Introduction to treatment methods andexplanations of clinical and basic data
Motohiro Inoue (Meiji University of IntegrativeMedicine)
Acupuncture for knee pain in middle age, ananatomical point of view
Tomofumi Ozaki (The Japan Conference ofClinical Acupuncture and Moxibustion)
Acupuncture treatment for stroke patients inKorea

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Yong-Suk Kim (Kyung Hee University)
A Pain in Various Places of a Senior's Body
Shoji Kobayashi (Shakuju Association)
Palliative Care and Acupuncture
Hiroko Ono (Tohokai)“San Jiao” acupuncture method and cognitive
impairment
Jing-xian Han (First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin
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Hari-Kyu Scientific Sessions
1. Pleasantness in acupuncture therapy -Role of C
tactile afferents and rewarding systems
Pleasantness and touch - a microdialysis study ofneurotransmitter release in the brain
Mieko Kurosawa (International University ofHealth and Welfare)
Pleasantness and touch-a f-MRI study (tentativetitle)
Masahiro Umeda (Meiji University of IntegrativeMedicine)

Younbyoung Chae (Kyung Hee University)
2. Treatment of tuberculosis using directmoxibustion: Prof. Shimetaro Hara and MoxAfrica
Medical Research on Moxibustion
Hiroshi Hara (Haradoi Hospital)
Does Japanese research from the pre-antibiotic
era give us real clues how a deadly drug-resistantplague might be more usefully fought in a
postantibiotic one?
Merlin Young (MoxAfrica)

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Special Sessions
Japanese acupuncturist in overseas: How they have become successful
Goals and Ambitions of Publishing the North
American Journal of Oriental Medicine (NAJOM)–A Japanese/English Journal on Japanese
Acupuncture and Moxa–
Junji Mizutani (NAJOM Director/Publisher)
Japanese Acupuncture on Brazil
Yoshihiro Odo (Shinkyu Dojoh)

Japan acupuncture practiced in Portugal –Acupuncture treatment for intractable diseases–
Mitsuharu Tsuchiya (CLINICA TSUCHIYA)
Traditional Medicine and Acupuncture in SouthEast Asia
Tadanori Takada

30 years of the History of Oriental medicine inNicaragua
Haruo Yamaki (Rector of the Japan - Nicaragua
Oriental Medical University)

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Oral: 90 sessions
Poster: about 240 sessions (tentative)⬦⬦⬦⬦⬦⬦⬦⬦

Morning “Zazen” (meditaiton) Session
Zen Master Daito Noda, one of the Keynote speakers, will coach this session.

Post-conference Event in Tokyo (technical demonstration andtraining of Japanese acupuncture and moxibustion)
The session will be carried out for a small group of participants. If there are many applications, overseas
participants will be given priority. Please note that participation only in this Post-conference event is notpossible: conference registration is required. Please see
http://www.wfasjapan2016.org/program/post_conference.html
for more details.

For those who are interested in WFAS Tokyo/Tsukuba 2016, please
visit:
http://www.wfasjapan2016.org/program.html

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information:
https://www.facebook.com/wfas.tokyo.tsukuba2016.en/

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