On 25^th of September, 2020, “The 7th Japan Consortium of Clinical Research Core Hospital (J-CCRC) “was held on line.

We welcomed Juntendo University Hospital as a new member, after it was certificated as a clinical research core hospital by Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare. Dr. Yuji Nishizaki gave a speech as a newly joined member. With the participation of that hospital, the number of participating facilities has increased to 13.

Dr. Nakatani, Osaka University Hospital, shared an annual plan of J-CCRC’s activity 2020. Then, progress reports of new international projects that are newly registered to J-CCRC were introduced by Tohoku university hospital, National Cancer Center Hospital East and Juntendo University Hospital, respectively. Dr. Nakatani proposed the contents of the new J-CCRC website, and shared how we operate the 5^th Global Symposium. We were able to deepen ties among members for mutual cooperation through active exchange of opinions in a limited amount of time.

At the end of the meeting, we received a positive feedback on contents and design of the new J-CCRC website and the meeting was successfully finished.

The 8th J-CCRC meeting will be scheduled in February 2020. We would like to continue working to make another great, meaningful and fruitful meeting.