Preface to special issue

It is my great honor and pleasure to contribute to the special issue of ‘‘Brain Tumor Pathology’’, volume 32, issue 1, which includes review and original articles presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Brain Tumor Pathology. The meeting was held at Awa-Gin Hall (Tokushima Arts Foundation for Culture), Tokushima on May 23 and 24, 2014, with the great help of professors Shinji Nagahiro, vice-president, and Teruyoshi Kageji, chief of secretariat, and all staff members of Department of Neurosurgery, Tokushima University Hospital.