Founding of ASNO

The first meeting of ASNO was held on November 17-19, 2002, in Kumamoto, Japan, chaired by Dr. Yukitaka Ushio. This foundation was motivated by the need to strengthen the representation of Asian countries within the global neuro-oncology community and to support the newly formed World Federation of Neuro-Oncology Societies (WFNOS), allowing Asian countries to participate as a unified bloc rather than as individual entities.