b'SECTION REPORTSSection VIIJAPANSection VII overcame the ongoing challenges of the global pandemic to welcome five new Fellows at their 2022 induction ceremony.Presidents GreetingPresident of the Tokyo Dental Col- held in a hybrid format using Zoom Noriaki Kagami lege. At the same time, Dr. Okumu- to prevent the spread of COVID-19. ra laid the foundations of dentistry,At the general meeting, Dr. Noriaki from clinical practice to education,Kagamiwaselectedandunani-fromthe1900stothe1950s.Dr.mouslyapprovedastheSection OkumurahadastronginterestinVII President upon the expiration of oral hygiene and dental health. President Sudas term.Since the history of humanity is aAs for the ICD Section VII Special history of fighting infectious diseas- Awards,theGCCompanyAward es, it may be said that it is a com- was given to Fellow Yoshinori Sato; petitionofwitstodeterminehowtheDentsplySironaAwardwas toconfrontandpreventinfectiousawarded to Fellow Masaru Kumabe; diseases. During the two years ofand the Morita Company Award was S ince2020,whenthetheCOVID-19pandemic,Ihaveawarded to Fellow Tsuyoshi Saito, reconsidered the basics of medicalwith a plaque and a supplementary WorldHealthOrganizationcare, namely prevention. Although Iaward.declaredthecoronavirus work in a different profession, I amAs with last year, the certification pandemic,thesocialenvironmentacutely aware of the important roleceremonywasheldintwoparts. haschangedsignificantlyandwe play as dental specialists. Inthefirstpart,PastPresident interpersonalinteractionscontinueAt Section VII, I would like to con- SudapresentedthenewFellows to be disrupted. tinuetheworkestablishedbymywithacertificate,Keyandbadge. Iunderstandtakingonthedu- predecessor, 2022-2023 Past Sec- The representative, Dr. Masakatsu ties of the International College oftion VII President Suda, and strive Dentists(ICD)SectionVIIJapanto carry out activities befitting a his-atsuchanimportanttimeistootorical academic organization, while heavy a responsibility for me alone.adheringtothethreemajorproj-I am very grateful to the 31 newly- ects. We believe the ICDs spirit of appointed Section VII Regents forservice is to fully utilize our abilities their efforts, and I am confident thatashighly-skilleddentalspecialists we will be able to accomplish ourand contribute back through altru-goals with the help and wisdom ofism. We would like to thank all ICD over 200 Fellows, plus the five newFellows for their support and help.Fellows who joined us last year. Annual Meeting and Induction A Time to Reflect CeremonyFORMER AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA Dr. Tsurukichi Okumura, one of theThe event was held at Hotel Met- Grant Pogosyan addresses Fellows at founders of the ICD, was the firstropolitanEdmontin Tokyo.Itwasthe 2022 Section VII Year-End Meeting.16 J OURNAL OF THEI NTERNATIONALC OLLEGE OFD ENTISTS'