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The Japanese Performing Arts Medicine Association (JPAMA) has officially launched. This marks the realization of a vision first articulated by Dr. Naotaka Sakai in this journal in 2017. Although JPAMA was established in 2022, it initially comprised only doctors and dentists. In 2025, a third kind of academic conference was scheduled, for not only medical professionals but also basic researchers, music educators, musicians, and dancers. By structuring JPAMA as a tripartite organization-—comprising the Performing Arts Medicine group, Performing Arts Therapy group, and Performing Arts Science group—-it enabled medical professionals to engage in more specialized discourse. This new tripartite structure offers a potential model for the future development of performing arts medicine societies.
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