Personal perspective on Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

First of all, as Editor-in-Chief, I want to welcome our readers to a new era of Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine (EHPM), the official journal of the Japanese Society for Hygiene. Since 1996, EHPM has been a major journal in the field of environmental medicine and public health, disseminating the latest exciting research in the field of environmental health and preventive medicine. [...]the G7 Environment Ministers’ meeting, which was held in Toyama, Japan, in May 2016, emphasized the commitment to international cooperation for better understanding of chemical risks, especially with respect to children’s health and development. Appropriate solutions can be achieved by communication and collaboration among scientists and policy-makers facing similar issues. Because the population of Asia is increasing and air pollution is worsening, we hope that EHPM will be a catalyst for increased collaboration between Asian researchers and scientists on problems of Asian environmental health.