Theory on hadrons in nuclear medium

After decades-long attempts to measure the mass shift and understand the origin of hadron mass, it became clear that one has to analyze hadrons with small vacuum width. Also, to identify the effect of chiral symmetry breaking, one has to start by looking at chiral partners. In this talk, I will review why such consideration inevitably led us to consider K^* and K₁ in nuclear matter. With the kaon beam at J-PARC, one could observe the mass shift of both particles in a nuclear target experiment. Once the masses and mass difference of K^* and K₁ mesons are measured, we will be closer to understanding the origin of the hadron masses and the effects of chiral symmetry breaking in them. (author)