Digestive Endoscopy (DEN) is the official journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, the Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy and the World Endoscopy Organization.  Digestive Endoscopy serves as a medium for presenting original articles that offer significant contributions to knowledge in the broad field of endoscopy. The Journal also includes Reviews, Original Articles, How I Do It, Case Reports (only of exceptional interest and novelty are accepted), Letters, Techniques and Images, abstracts and news items that may be of interest to endoscopists.

President
Haruhiro Inoue, Showa University Koto Toyosu Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Editor-in-Chief
Takayuki Matsumoto, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan

Deputy Editors-in-Chief
Pierre Deprez, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
Takuji Gotoda, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Hideki Iijima, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Hajime Isomoto, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan

Associate Editors
Ji Young Bang, Center for Interventional Endoscopy, Florida Hospital, Orlando, USA
Han-Mo Chiu, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Mikihiro Fujiya, Asahikawa Medical University, Hokkaido, Japan
Katsunori Iijima, Akita University, Akita, Japan
Atsushi Irisawa, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
Eisuke Iwasaki, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Takuji Iwashita, Gifu University Hospital, Gifu, Japan
Naomi Kakushima, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan
Hiroshi Kashida, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
Akio Katanuma, Teine-keijinkai Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan
Hiroshi Kawachi, The Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
Masayuki Kitano, Wakayama Medical University School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan
Takahisa Matsuda, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
Yousuke Nakai, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan
Helmut Neumann, I. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, University Hospital Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Ichiro Oda, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
Naoki Ohmiya, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
Krish Ragunath, Curtin University Medical School, Perth, Australia
Enrique Perez Cuadrado Robles, Geoges-Pompidou European Hospital, Paris, France
Rajvinder Singh, Lyell McEwin and Modbury Hospitals, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Anthony Teoh, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Kazutomo Togashi, Fukushima Medical University Aizu Medical Center, Fukushima, Japan
Naohisa Yoshida, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Kenichi Yoshimura, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

International Advisory Board
L. Aabakken, Oslo, Norway
J.R. Armengol-Mirò, Barcelona, Spain
D.L. Carr-Locke, New York, USA
F.K.L. Chan, Hong Kong, China
A. Dokmeci, Ankara, Turkey
F. Emura, Bogota,Colombia
K.M. Fock, Singapore
P. Fockens, Amsterdam, Netherlands
N. Fukami, Arizona, USA
G.G. Ginsberg, Philadelphia, USA
K.L. Goh, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
R.H. Hawes, Florida, USA
A.N. Kalloo, Maryland, USA
M.R. Lane, Auckland, New Zealand
J.W. Leung, Sacramento, USA
J.-T. Lin, Taipei, Taiwan
H. Neuhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany
T. Ponchon, Lyon, France
D.N. Reddy, Hyderabad, India
J.F. Rey, Saint-Laurent du Var, France
R.M. Soetikno, Palo Alto, USA
C. Sugawa, Detroit, USA
K.-Y. Tan, Singapore
H.P. Wang, Taipei, Taiwan
I. Waxman, Chicago, USA