As part of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists, the 10th Journal of Anesthesia (JA) Symposium was held on May 28, 2015 in Kobe, Japan. The JA Symposium has been convened annually since 2006. The goals of the symposium are to facilitate cutting-edge discussion at the forefront of anesthesiology and to promote JA among the anesthesia community around the world. …