Yuji Yanagida is the Vice Chair of the DITTA GRP Working Group from 2021. He joins DITTA from Japan Medical Imaging and Radiological Systems Industries Association (JIRA) and works for Canon Medical Systems Corporation. He started his career as an electrical engineer and has experience of designing CT operation consoles and project management of PET-CT systems and now he is a group leader at Strategic Business Planning Department in the company. He is working to improve the global business environment for the Medical Imaging Device industry as the chair of the International Committee in JIRA.