Akira Sugiura, Chapter Secretary, shared the background and coming events of the new Sendai (Japan) Chapter. Considered to be the birthplace of the Japanese EMC Society, the Sendai district has long been one of the more active areas for EMC in Japan. In 1977, Professors R. Sato and T. Takagi organized the first EMC Technical Group for the IEICE Japan, and then organized the IEEE EMC Society Tokyo Chapter the following year. It is with great pleasure that we announce that a Sendai Chapter was officially approved by the IEEE EMC Society on December 20th, 2001. The new Chapter has 33 members including Professor Sato (Chair), Professor Takagi (Vice-chair), and Professor Sone (Treasurer). The chapter is now focusing every effort to make arrangements for the 2004 EMC Sendai International Symposium (June 1 to 4, 2004). Why is Sendai the first "regional" EMC Chapter in Japan? The Japanese IEEE membership is so huge (more than 18,000 members) that it first established eight regional sections with "umbrella" chapters for each society. The EMC Japan Chapter will exist until all Regional Sections form EMC Chapters, such as was just formed at Sendai.