One of the characteristics of Japanese academia is its attempt to understand it in the native language. Genetics was introduced to Japan in the 1900s, shortly after the rediscovery of Mendel's laws. Since then, many genetic terms have been translated into Japanese and used in research and education, contributing to the development of genetics in Japan. Two hundred years have passed since Mendel's birth, and genetics education in Japan seems to be reaching a milestone. One is to reaffirm the importance of Mendel's laws in junior- and senior-high school education in the era in which molecular biology is prominent, and the other is to revise the Japanese translations of genetic terms, which have often hindered genetics education. In this presentation, I will explain the activities of the Genetics Society of Japan and domestic trends related to these two points.