On February 9, 2019, IFNA Research Committee co-chair, Dr. Kim Mooney-Doyle (University of Maryland), gave an invited keynote, “Innovation in Family Nursing Research: Moving Everyday Research Processes Toward Extraordinary Heights” at the Annual Research Promotion Seminar of Japanese Association for Research in Family Nursing (JARFN)/ Research Promotion Committee (chair Dr. Kiyoko Kamibeppu). Drs. Akiko Araki, Mari Ikeda, Kyoko Kobayashi, and Sachiko Kita (members of the Research Promotion Committee and members of IFNA) also presented their research topics. This exchange between IFNA members deepened the discussion about innovation in family nursing research.