Dr Akira Nakagawara was appointed as the president of Chiba Cancer Center since 2009 and as the CEO of Saga Medical Center KOSEIKAN in 2014, and the CEO of Saga HIMAT Foundation in 2015. He presided over many international conferences like the Advances in Neuroblastoma Research in 2008, the 2nd Japan-China Symposium on Cancer Research in 2012 and the 6th International p63p73 Workshop in 2013. Dr Akira is the chairman of many International and Domestic Assignments related to Children’s Cancers like Continental President of SIOP Asia, Asian Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Group (APHOG), and the Japanese Neuroblastoma Study Group (JNBSG; JCCG).