The new president, Riko Yanagisawa, is the first female president since the founding of the Japan International Christian Medical Cooperation Service (JOCS) in 1960. Upon her inauguration, she expressed her aspirations as follows: "New conflicts, disasters, poverty, and disparities continue to emerge in the world, leaving many people in difficult situations. Therefore, while valuing the experience we have cultivated, JOCS wants to turn our attention to people and regions that have not yet received support and to challenge new initiatives. With courage and wisdom, I hope to walk together with people and fulfill our mission as 'peacemakers.'" Under the new president, Riko Yanagisawa, JOCS will continue its work to protect the health and lives of people in need and to share in their suffering and joy. Former president Kentaro Hatano has retired after completing his 11-year term, which ran from June 2015 to June 2026. [URL] https://www.jocs.or.jp/about/message Riko Yanagisawa Riko Yanagisawa Professor at the Faculty of Nursing, Sugiyama Jogakuen University; Public Health Nurse; Registered Nurse; Midwife. Graduated from the Faculty of Nursing, Chiba University, and completed the doctoral program in the Department of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo. Inspired to pursue international cooperation after reading the book "Hospital on the Mountain" by Dr. Noboru Iwamura (dispatched by JOCS, active in Nepal from 1962 to 1980) during high school. After working as a nurse and public health nurse in Japan, she was dispatched to Cambodia by JOCS for approximately six years from 1989, where she was involved in maternal and child health and tuberculosis control. After returning to Japan, she worked at the Community Care Support Center in Obuse Town, Nagano Prefecture, and then taught nursing education, community nursing, and international nursing at Mie Prefectural University, School of Nursing; Shinshu University, School of Health Sciences;