**CV:** M.A. (East Asian Languages and Cultures), Ph.D. (Cultural Science), Prof. emeritus (Kyushu University, Japan). **AREAS OF INTEREST:** History of Euro-Asian cultural exchange; Medicine and allied sciences in the history of East-West exchange; History of "Western Studies" (Yôgaku) in Japan (16-19th century); History of Eastern Medicine (TCM, Japanese medicine) in Europe; **PUBLICATIONS:** Selection of papers accessable as pdf files at Kyushu University Institutional Repository QIR (ttps://catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/opac_search/?lang=0&amode=2&cmode=0&smode=0&kywd=Wolfgang%20Michel&collectionflg=1). **ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS:** Japanese Society for Medical History (permanent member of the executive board); YÔGAKUSHI GAKKAI (Society of "Western Studies");International Society for the History of East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine and many others