Presenter 07/11/26 The 35th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Wound, Ostomy & Continence Management (JWOCM) / Takamatsu, Kagawa Presented in the English general-abstract session: “From ‘Not Being Sick’ to ‘Pursuing Happiness’: A Case of Dignity Restoration in an Ostomate After Hospital Discharge”see picturesee picture
Article contribution 05/26 JOA headquarters newsletter No. 337, May 2026 issue Contributed an article entitled: “For Peers, with Peers: Keeping the Flame of Mutual Support Alive — Lessons from Toru Wada, the 8th President of JOA” Read the article (Japanese)
Article contribution 03/04/26 Kokoro no Fureai Hiroba, Zaitac Co., Ltd. / Online column Contributed an article entitled: “The Shape of ‘Inclusive’ I Encountered in the UK” See the article
Article contribution 03/26 JOA headquarters newsletter No. 336, March 2026 issue Contributed an article entitled: “Inconvenienced, but Not Unhappy: Lessons from Shunji Harada (Saga Chapter President) and Takumi Nakashima” Read the article (Japanese)
Cover feature & Interviewee 03/01/26 Colostomy UK / Tidings magazine Issue 81 (UK) Featured on the cover photo and in an interview in the official magazine of Colostomy UK, an ostomy support organization in the UK Read the magazine / Japanese translation
Panelist 02/06/26 The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Stoma and Continence Rehabilitation (JSSCR) / Grand Cube Osaka Joined the round-table discussion in Special Program 2, “Patient Associations as Guiding Beacons,” and delivered a presentation on my advocacy work as an ostomatesee picturesee picture
Article contribution 01/21/26 Kokoro no Fureai Hiroba, Zaitac Co., Ltd. / Online column Contributed an article entitled: “Should Ostomates Stick to Friends with the Same Kind of Body?”
Article contribution 01/26 JOA headquarters newsletter No. 335, January 2026 issue Contributed an article entitled: “The Power of Peers: Lessons in Peer Support from Noriko Yamane” Read the article (Japanese)