Acknowledgment to reviewers

The Editors, Editorial Board Members express their appreciation to the following consultants for reviewing manuscripts during 2024.The advice, guidance provided so generously by our reviewers are invaluable in helping to ensure the professionalism, high quality of our journal and, of ultimate importance, the satisfaction of our readers. Kohei Abe Tetsuya Abe Tomonobu Abe Koichi Adachi Ryo Aeba Takaki Akamine Junetsu Akasaka Tadashi Akiba Toshiaki Akita Eisuke Amiya Makoto Ando Masahiko Ando Motoi Aoe Keiju Aokage Mitsuru Aoki Akihiro Aoyama Hirokuni Arai Yoshimori Araki Arian Arjomandi Rad Tohru Asai Keisuke Asakura Yoko Azuma Yoshifumi Baba Ko Bando Toru Bando Ryuzo Bessho Eisuke Booka Sundas Butt Ashwini Chandiramani Toyofumi Chen-Yoshikawa Koji Chihara Tomoki Cho Yasunori Cho Hirosato Doi Kiyoshi Doi Keitaro Domae Satoru Domoto Takashi Eguchi Kiyoyuki Eishi Jiro Esaki Masahiro Fujii Shozo Fujino Takeo Fujino Toshio Fujino Tomoyuki Fujita Makoto Fujiwara Hirotsugu Fukuda Shinji Fukuhara Takayuki Fukui Toshihiro Fukui Satsuki Fukushima Kazuhito Funai Soichiro Funaki Koji Furukawa Kojiro Furukawa Shinohara Gen Tetsuhiko Go Yukinobu Goto Masaru Hagiwara Akira Hamada Masatsugu Hamaji Hiroshi Hamakawa Kimikazu Hamano Azumi Hamasaki Nobuharu Hanaoka Yoshinori Handa Masayuki Haniuda Tomohiro Haruki Seiki Hasegawa Kohei Hashimoto Masaki Hashimoto Kenichi Hashizume Hiroki Hata Aritoshi Hattori Makio Hayama Yukihiro Hayatsu Yasuhiro Hida Masahiko Higashiyama Takeshi Hiramatsu Yuji Hiramatsu Arudo Hiraoka Yasutaka Hirata Masafumi Hiratsuka Tomoyuki Hishida Takaya Hoashi Takahiro Homma Tetsuya Horai Taiko Horii Yasushi Hoshikawa Mitsuharu Hosono Katsuhiro Hosoyama Yutaka Iba Hajime Ichikawa Satoshi Ida Hitoshi Igai Yasunori Iida Yuki Ikeno Katsuhiko Imai Kazuhiro Imai Kazuhito Imanaka Tomohiro Imazuru Masayoshi Inoue Shuhei Inoue Takahiro Inoue Yoshito Inoue Yosuke Inoue Hiroyuki Irie Hironori Ishida Michiko Ishida Takahiro Ishigaki Yosuke Ishii Keiichi Itatani Hiroshi Ito Hiroyuki Ito Hisato Ito Koki Ito Tsutomu Ito Yoshifumi Itoda Shigemitsu Iwai Hisashi Iwata Takashi Iwata Takekazu Iwata Akira Iyoda Hironori Izutani Takafumi Kabuto Kichizo Kaga Atsushi Kagimoto Satoshi Kainuma Takashi Kamei Atsushi Kamigaichi Hiroyuki Kamiya Kenichi Kamiya Keiji Kamohara Yuji Kanaoka Sachiko Kanki Masato Kanzaki Ryu Kanzaki Tatsuya Kato Shinya Katsumata Kenro Kawada Koji Kawaguchi Nobuyoshi Kawaharada Koji Kawahito Shunsuke Kawamoto Hidenao Kayawake Daisuke Kimura Naoyuki Kimura