■Foreword

A Short History of the Word “Microscope”

Tatsuo Ushiki

■In Memoriam

In Memory of the Late Professor Hatsujiro Hashimoto

Yoshizo Takai

Memories of the Late Prof. Atsushi Ichikawa: Soaring Dream towards TEM

Katsunori Sasaki

■Feature Articles: Recent Topics of Magnetic Imaging

Introduction to “Recent Topics of Magnetic Imaging”

Teruo Kohashi

Development of Kerr Effect Microscope with Detection of Local Magnetization Direction and Its Application to Spatial Magnetic Field Detection

Sakae Meguro and Shin Saito

Magnetic Force Microscopy

Hitoshi Saito

Spin-Polarized Scanning Electron Microscopy

Teruo Kohashi and Hideo Matsuyama

Lorentz Microscopy and Small-Angle Electron Diffraction

Hiroshi Nakajima, Atsuhiro Kotani, Ken Harada and Shigeo Mori

■Review

Frequency Modulation Atomic Force Microscopy for Observation and Manipulation of Molecular Structures

Shigeki Kawai

Autophagy in Yeast and Electron Microscopy

Misuzu Baba

■Lectures

Single-Particle Cryo-EM of an Innexin Gap Junction Channel at Atomic Resolution

Atsunori Oshima

Electron Source Technology 1—physics and optics—

Hiroshi Shimoyama and Shin Fujita

■Researches Today

Structural Evolution and Crystallization of Amorphous Germanium Films Prepared by Vapor Deposition

Ryusuke Nakamura, Masayuki Okugawa and Hiroshi Numakura

Preparation and Application of Organosilica Nanoparticles

Michihiro Nakamura

■From Microscopy: Editor’s Choice Articles

■Conference Reports

Meeting Report: Gordon Research Conference 2017 Phagocytes

Nobukazu Araki

Report on Microscopy and Microanalysis 2017

Tadahiro Kawasaki

The 16th Frontiers of Electron Microscopy in Materials Science International Conference

Hidetaka Sawada

■Staff Commentary

Shigeo Mori