Welcome to the 2018 Microwave Workshops and Exhibition (MWE 2018) which will be held in Pacifico Yokohama from Wednesday, November 28 to Friday, November 30, 2018. MWE is the largest comprehensive event in Japan for RF/microwave engineers and researchers in academic and governmental institutions as well as private companies. For more than a quarter-century, it has provided workshops introducing state-of-the-art technologies and future visions, fundamental educational courses for novice/young engineers and exhibitions of the latest products.