The 8th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Orthopaedic Society of Knee, Arthroscopy, and Sports Medicine (JOSKAS) was held at the Fukuoka International Congress Center in Fukuoka, Japan, from July 28-30, 2016. An invited speaker, Dr. Fu presented two lectures at the meeting. During the meeting, Dr. Fu was able to catch up with Dr. Shinji Kashiwaguchi who served as Dr. Fu’s first research fellow from Japan from 1991 to 1993.