Information Bulletin of

The Union of National
Economic Associations in Japan

2020

40

NO. -

ISSN 2423 8430

日本経済学会連合

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Editorial Committee
Managing Editor

Yoshiharu KUWANA, J. F. Oberlin University
Takashi OGURI, Komazawa University
Shinichiro WATANABE, University of Tsukuba
Sairan HAYAMA, Shukutoku University
Midori KIZAKI, Yokohama National University
Hiroyuki NAGANO,Secretariate of Japanese Society of Insurance Science
Kazuhiko YAGO, Waseda University
Hideto AKASHI, Komazawa University
Keisuke SASAKI, Toyo University
Kazuki UCHINO, Rikkyo University

Directors of the Union
President

Kenichi ENATSU, Waseda University
Koji ISHIUCHI, Japan University of Economics
Tetsuji OKAZAKI, University of Tokyo
Yasuhiro OGURA, Toyo University
Shizuko KATO, Meiji University
Takahide KOSAKA, Nihon University
Motohiro SATO, Hitotsubashi University
Junjiro SHINTAKU, University of Tokyo
Mitsuhiko TSURUTA, Chuo University
Fumitaka IWANAMI, Komazawa University

Secretary General
Yoshiharu KUWANA, J. F. Oberlin University
Auditor
Hideki YOSHIOKA, Takasaki University of Commerce
Saburo OTA, Chiba University of Commerce
Emeritus
Osamu NISHIZAWA, Waseda University
Toshio KIKUCHI, Nihon University

THE UNION OF NATIONAL ECONOMIC ASSOCIATIONS IN JAPAN
日本経済学会連合

The Union of National Economic Associations in Japan, established in 1950,
celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2010, as the sole nationwide federation of associationsof scholars and experts on economics, commerce, and business administration. In orderto obtain membership an association is subject to an examination of its academic work.
As of 2020, the Union had a membership of 62 associations, as listed on pp. 86-106.
The aims and objectives of the Union are to support the scholarly activities of its
member associations and to promote academic exchanges both among members
themselves, and between Japanese and academic societies overseas. The main activitiesof the Union are: (1) the publication and distribution of academic material concerning
Japanese economics and papers presented by member scholars, (2) the sending ofmembers to overseas conferences, (3) the holding and supporting of international
conferences in Japan, (4) providing financial assistance to member associations who
invite foreign scholars to Japan, and (5) collecting information on activities of member
associations and the issuing of a news bulletin.
The Union published in 1974 Keizaigaku No Doko (The Trend in Japanese
Economics), based on a survey of economic studies undertaken in postwar Japan. A
supplementary volume covering Japanese economic studies after 1974 was published in
1982.
The Union and the International Economic Association (IEA) jointly held the Fifth
World Congress of the IEA in Tokyo from August 29 to September 3, 1978. The Union
joined the International Institute of Public Finance in holding the Institute’s 37th Congress
at Tokyo in September 1981. The Union dispatched 20 member scholars to the Eighth
World Congress of IEA held in India in 1986. Most recently the Union successfullysponsored the IEA Tokyo Round Table Conference on “Institutions in a New DynamicSociety” held between 15 and 17 September 1987, and hosted the 1996 IEA Tokyo Round
Table Conference between 16 and 19 December, on the theme “The Institutional
Foundation of Economic Development in East Asia.” To celebrate its fiftieth anniversary,
the Union held a special lecture meeting on May 25, 2000. Three lecturers were invited
to speak on the theme, “The reforms that the 21st Century will bring to the world economy,
the Japanese economy, and Japanese management.”

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of this Association, a special lecture
program was held at the Waseda University Okuma Auditorium on October 12, 2010.
Three lecturers were invited, each of whom spoke from his own perspective on how
Japan’s economy and Japanese business, in the midst of this once-in-a-century global
recession, should solve their present plight and forge new routes for the future.
The Union has recently sponsored five Academic Forums. The first was held at
Meiji University on September 26, 2015 on the theme of “Examining Japan’s Human
Globalization ─ Human Resources, Systems and International Competitiveness”. The
second was held at Waseda University on October 1, 2016 on the theme of “Directions
for Post-TPP and World Trade Systems ─ Currents in mega-FTA”. The Third was held at
Waseda University, Waseda Campus on January 7, 2018 on the theme of “The Nationaland International Contribution of Japanese Accounting”. The fourth was held at Waseda
University, Waseda Campus on September 29, 2018 on the theme of “Training for
Entrepreneurs and Management Education”. The fifth was held at Waseda University,
Waseda Campus on December 7, 2019 on the theme of “How to Teach Economic History
at Undergraduate level?” The proceedings of five events can be accessed at the Union’s.
website: https://www.ibi-japan.co.jp/gakkairengo/htdocs/
The Union celebrated in 1980 the 30th anniversary of its founding by launching avariety of activities, including the publication of The Information Bulletin.
Paul Snowden, Emeritus Professor of Waseda University, acts as editorial adviser.
Address :Secretariat of the Union, c/o International Business Institute Co., Ltd.
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CONTENTS
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ACCOUNTING HISTORY ASSOCIATION, JAPAN…………………………………………

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ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE, THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION…………………………

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BUSINESS ETHICS, JAPAN SOCIETY FOR………………………………………………… 16
CHINESE ECONOMY AND MANAGEMANT STUDIES,
JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR……………………………………………………………… 23
INSURANCE SCIENCE, THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF…………………………………

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES, JAPAN ACADEMY OF………………………… 34
MONETARY ECONOMICS, JAPAN SOCIETY OF…………………………………………

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POLITICAL ECONOMY, JAPAN SOCIETY OF……………………………………………

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REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL,
THE JAPAN SECTION OF THE……………………………………………………………… 62
SOCIAL SCIENCE OF ACCOUNTING, THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR……………………… 72

LIST OF MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS………………………………………………………… 86

ACCOUNTING HISTORY ASSOCIATION, JAPAN
1. Brief history of the Association(1) History of accounting history research
As the phrase “accounting is the mirror of civilization” (Woolf, 1912) suggests,
accounting has a long history within the history of mankind. Interest in the history ofaccounting began relatively early, and books and articles on the history of accounting
were found in the 19th century.
However, the early accounts of the history of accounting reflected the shorthistory of the accounting profession as a learned profession. The unestablishedaccounting profession claimed the length of accounting history as one source oflegitimacy for itself (Carnegie and Napier, 1996). The writings of accounting history
started from a different place from the university-centered academic world.
LITTLETON (1933), who understood not only double-entry bookkeeping but also
the changes in accounting in relation to social and economic background, was the
major originator of the development of the history of accounting as academic research.
After this, interest in the history of accounting gradually spread among accounting
researchers, and some collections of historical papers were published.
The accounting history committee organized by the American Accounting
Association (AAA) in 1968 was the catalyst for the formation of a forum of accounting
historians in the United States. The committee’s report supported the need foraccounting history research and the introduction of accounting history into thegraduate school curriculum. However, faced with the lack of interest in accounting
history by the AAA, researchers decided to organize a separate group of accounting
historians themselves, and in 1973, the Academy of Accounting Historians (AAH) was
formed and became the established. Recently, the AAH joined with the AAA in 2016 tobecome a section of the AAA.
(2) Accounting history research in Japan and establishment of the Association
Japanese people’s interest in accounting history began immediately after the
introduction of bookkeeping and accounting from Western countries into Japan. The
first Japanese printed book on Western-style bookkeeping was published in 1873, and abooklet on the history of accounting was published only about a decade later. Although
it heavily relied on a foreign book, the Japanese continued to have a strong interest in
the history of accounting (Nakano, 2016).
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From 1978 to 1979, a special committee on accounting history was establishedwithin the Japan Accounting Association, and the momentum to establish an
association was built there. Some members of the committee, including Katsumi
IZUTANI (Osaka University of Economics), Eiichiro OGURA (Shiga University), Osamu
KOJIMA (Kwansei Gakuin University), Satoshi SHIRAI (Osaka City University), Sadao
TAKATERA (Kyoto University) and Atsuo TSUJI (Osaka City University), drove thepreparations for the establishment of an association of accounting history researchers.
In June 1981, the Preparatory Committee for the Establishment of the
Accounting History Association, Japan (AHAJ) was established in Osaka, Japan, andthe 81-member Founders’ Committee was formed in September 1981. In June 1982,
the inaugural conference was held at the Faculty of Economics, Nihon University with
177 members. The first president of the association was Osamu KOJIMA.
According to the constitution of the AHAJ, the purpose of the Association is “topromote the study of accounting history” (Article 2). As the membership qualificationof the society is stipulated “Any person engaged in research and education of
accounting history may become a member of the society with the approval of the boardof directors” (Article 4, Section 1), it is open to anyone involved in the study andteaching of accounting history.
The Accounting History Society was allowed to join the Union of National
Economic Associations in Japan in 2018.
2. Activities of AHAJ
According to the constitution, one of the activities to achieve theabove-mentioned objectives is “to hold a national conference once a year, and section
conferences when necessary, and to present and discuss the research of the members”(Article 3, Section 1). Since the inaugural meeting, annual conferences have been held
once a year. Due to the spread of COVID-19, the annual conference of 2020 was held
online in October, hosted by Kanagawa University. The format of the annual
conference changes from year to year, but it normally consists of a special panelsession or commemorative lectures, free-theme sessions, the general meeting and othermeetings of members.
AHAJ publishes the Yearbook of Accounting History Association as an official
publication once a year, in which the presentations of the past conferences are
published after a peer-review process. It also contains book reviews and conference
notes.
The AHAJ Award was established through a bequest from the first president,
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Kojima. The prize is awarded to books and articles published in the previous year thathave made a significant contribution to scholarship. In addition, the Encouragement
Award was established in 2011 to promote research by young researchers. Four papers
have been awarded by 2019.
3. Recent activities of AHAJ in the special panel sessions
This section looks at the recent research trends in the conference, from thepresentations and discussions which appeared in the Yearbook. First, we will focus on
the special panel sessions. In these sessions, papers were centered on big issues inaccounting history research, including methodology and areas of research, and they areuseful to understand the research trends.
(1) The raison d’être of accounting history
In the 2011 conference, a panel titled “The raison d’etre of the study ofaccounting history” was held. The coordinator, Tsuneo NAKANO (Kobe University),
told that accounting history research is an interdisciplinary science located between
history research and accounting research, and argued that knowledge of accounting
history is a common need for every accountant as contrasted to specialized
professional knowledge. He argued that accounting history reconstructs the identity of
the human activity of “accounting” along a time line, which enables us to reinterpretthe past with a view to the future, and also provides a perspective for examining the
problems of the present and future. It was then shown that there is a lack of promotion
by accounting historians in Japan, that they do not have an adequate internationalpresence, and that they are biased in their research areas.
The following panelists reported on their motivations for starting accounting
history research, the purpose, objects, and methods of accounting history research, thesignificance of accounting history research, the opinions about current state ofaccounting history research, and the role of AHAJ. Shigeto SASAKI (Senshu University)
argued that it is necessary to promote the significance and role of accounting history,
and suggested that a booklet useful for teaching accounting history should be publishedat the conference with some recommendations. Eiichiro KUDO (Kumamoto Gakuen
University) stated that he did not start his research with historical research, and showed
how he came to pay attention to historical research and that his research is now basedon the significance of accounting records. He showed that it is necessary to have acommon understanding of the methodology used in accounting history research and to
train young researchers. Masayuki KUWABARA (Komazawa University) showed the3differences between accounting history research and general historical research, andshowed the characteristics of accounting history research, especially that which isbased on literature research. He argued that accounting is an action which is
inseparable from the socio-economic background, and it is very important tounderstand this background in conducting accounting history research. He also argued
that it is necessary for accounting historians to link accounting research with otherperipheral fields
Each presenter differs in generation and does research in different subjects, but it
is striking that they all agree that there is a need to broaden the base of accounting
history research.
(2) Perspectives on accounting history research
Perhaps because of the interest among members in research methodology,
another special panel session was established at the 2014 conference, titled“Perspectives in Accounting History Research.” Four presentations were given on the
single theme followed by a discussion. Each presenter explained the various
perspectives and their importance in his or her accounting history research.
Yasuhiro SHIMIZU (Kobe University) discussed accounting history research fromthe perspective of traditionalism. Although traditionalist accounting history has been
criticized by researchers based on other theoretical paradigms since the 1990s, theimage of traditionalists has been changing through discussions with other researchers,
and in fact contains many conflicting elements. Finally, he argued that in order for
traditionalists to become more conscious of their own research, it is important for themto pay attention to the historical sources they use. Hidetoshi YAMAJI (Kobe University)
argued that modernist thinking, which has been implicitly adopted by accounting
history research, should be re-examined and pointed out the potential of experimental
economics as a means of doing so. By using the results of the experiments, it will bepossible to present a new perspective. Takashi OGURI (Komazawa University)
discussed the relativization of accounting history from the perspective of criticalaccounting research. He argued that we should construct an accounting theory based on
existentialism, as opposed to recent research based on positivism. Existentialism is theidea that there is an invisible structure or essence behind the surface phenomena, whichbrings about various phenomena. He invoked Marxism to reconstruct a “big theory”
based on phenomenalism. And he tried to reconstruct from a theoretical point of viewthe important events that occurred in the history of bookkeeping and accounting. Junji
ISHIKAWA (Kanazawa University) was not a historian himself, but he understood4

accounting as a historical system and argued that a historical perspective is essential tounderstand current accounting problems. He then turned his attention to the accounting
system. He argued that changes in accounting systems need to be understood in alarger framework than just the phenomenon itself.
Although the claims were made by scholars with different theoreticalperspectives, all the authors shared the common opinion that historical research mustalso be relativized, rather than unconsciously taking the current study of accounting
history for granted.
(3) Present and past in accounting history
At the 2015 conference, a unifying theme was held under the title of “Reflecting
the 800 years of accounting: a bridge to tomorrow.” Different generations ofaccounting historians discussed the past, present, and future of accounting history
research.
Etsuzo KISHI (Emeritus, Hiroshima Shudo University) reviewed his own workon the French Ordinance of Commerce (Ordonnance du Commerce). The Ordinance,
issued in 1673, was the first accounting code to be placed in a modern state. He
explained the background to the establishment of the Ordinance, and Jacques Savary’scommentary on the provisions and clauses in the Ordinance that pertain to accounting.
Takemi ONO (Tokyo Keizai University) stressed the significance of accounting history
research, saying that it enables us to relativize contemporary accounting by looking at
accounting phenomena from a historical perspective, which makes contemporary
problems and issues clearer. The accounting phenomena that actually occurred in thepast occurred at a time when the present institutional framework did not exist andrestrictions on economic action were almost inexistent. It was a time when various
stakeholders were able to pursue their own interests with little or no institutional
constraint and acted as a laboratory. Masayoshi NOGUCHI (Tokyo Metropolitan
University) described contemporary issues that accounting history research should
address. Given the lack of awareness of accounting history research, he proposed a
research approach that has not been widely used in accounting history research as away to improve its effect on related disciplines. He suggested the use of the
microhistory approach to improve communication with other fields of historicalresearch and the concept of settler colonialism for communication with accounting
research.
(4) Recommendations from accounting history research
5The 2017 conference featured a special panel session with the unifying theme of“Proposals from Accounting History Research to Modern Accounting.” The four
presenters showed recommendations for contemporary accounting based on their own
historical research.
Sadaharu TAKESHIMA (Kanazawa University) discussed the significance of a new
approach called the events approach proposed by G. H. SORTER about 50 years ago.
One of Sorter’s proposals is multi-column financial statements. He compared Sorter’s
proposal with similar proposals by various researchers and accounting standard-setting
bodies before and after it to show that Sorter’s thinking serves as a reference point andargued that older research has implications for the present. Akira USUI (Waseda
University) examined the significance of the principles of matching expenses andrevenues (matching principle) from the standpoint of positivist research. The matching
principle has been one of the basic principles in Japanese accrual accounting. He
showed that the Japanese accounting system based on the matching principle has
maintained the desirable attributes of reported profit for a long time through a study
using long-term data. Shinichi KOROGI (Kurume University) discussed the significanceand role of management accounting history research based on primary sources, usingcase studies of American business. He argued that management accounting history
research is necessary to acquire recognition and logic for understanding management
accounting today and looking ahead to the future. He also emphasized the significanceof accurate recognition of historical facts in management accounting history research.
Naoki MURATA (Nihon University) stressed the importance of historical research,saying that accounting theory and concepts, which are the center pillar of accounting,are historical products. Next, he explained how several important concepts in modern
accounting theory have emerged historically: true and fair view, accrual accounting,depreciation, overcapitalization and intangible assets, and goodwill.
4. Recent research trends and AHAJ
In addition to special panel sessions, each annual conference of AHAJ has
free-theme sessions, which provide an opportunity to present research findings to its
members. Some of the studies presented at the conference are published in the
Yearbook of Accounting History Association. We do not cover them individually, but it
is possible to get an overall picture of research trends.
First, the number of researches on Japanese accounting history has been
increasing. In the early days of the Association, research was largely focused onWestern countries, and there were not many researchers who studied the history of6accounting in Japan. However, in recent decades, about half of the papers published in
the Yearbook have been on the history of accounting in Japan, and they are diversity interms of time and content. In addition to research on accounting in the Edo period,
there has been a concentration of research on accounting systems and practices in the
pre-WWII period, as well as research on cost accounting.
Secondly, the number of historical sources used in research has been diversifying.
In the past, most of the published works have been on accounting theory and thought
and were based on the historical literature. On the other hand, recent studies based on
the archives of actual companies have been increasing remarkably. These studies haveexamined account books, internal reports, and other materials prepared by business indetail.
Studies on accounting history have been published in many other journals.
However, there is no other place where many accounting historians can come together
for in-depth discussion. New interpretations of historical documents are critically andcreatively debated at conferences. It is true that the emergence of specialized societies
and journals tends to create small groups of people who meet only in peer groups.
However, conferences are open spaces and new researchers are participating. AHAJ is
expected to continue to play a role as a hub for accounting historians in Japan.

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Yasuhiro SHIMIZU (Kobe University)8

THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE
Ⅰ. The outline of JAAS
The Japanese Association of Administrative Science (hereafter, JAAS) is a
professional organization that promotes behavioral science and practice related to avariety of issues in organizations. In our prospectus, behavioral science is referred to as
an empirical science that pursues optimal relations between people and organizations.
For this purpose, a wide range of research themes (e.g., job satisfaction, motivation,
leadership, organizational commitment, personal communication, career development,or organizational culture, etc.) has attracted researchers’ attention. As you can see fromthese themes, our primary concern overlaps with that of organizational behavior or
human resource management.
“Empirical science” being expressly stated in the prospectus, JAAS has a strong
inclination for gaining new knowledge on the basis of empirical evidence. Also, ourultimate goal is not mereley describing a phenomenon, but explaining and predicting
how and why it occurs under certain situations. We believe that uncovering theunderlying theoretical mechanisms or logics for the phenomenon would yield
important practical implications for people and organizations, and this is why webelieve that behavioral science contributes to practical business. With this aim, we
encourage members to make full use of methodologies, which sometimes calls fortaking interdisciplinary approaches. The application of various methods, therefore, is astrong characteristic of JAAS.
JAAS was founded in 1997. It started with a group of less than a hundred people
whose main interests lied in administrative science. The group was led by Professor
Mitsuru WAKABAYASHI, the first chairman of JAAS. Today, the number is some 800
members and keeps expanding. As the size of the organization increases, themembership has become increasingly diverse. That is, JAAS has attracted not only
academic researchers in various fields but also business practitioners who want to getinsights for solutions in their businesses. The inclusion of a large number of businesspractitioners is another characteristic of JAAS, and some on-going issues they face inthe real business arena sometimes cast new research questions that are as yet
unanswered in the literature and require researchers from a variety of disciplines to
explore answers for. The collaborations between academia and industry has provided
us with opportunities to take interdisciplinary approaches for solving the problems.
The administrative board consists of 10 managing directors, seven special
research committee chairpersons, and three regional committee chairpersons. All the9directors and chairpersons are elected every two years. The current chairman is Takeshi
FUJIMOTO (Doshisha Univ.), following Kiyoshi TAKAHASHI (Ritsumeikan Univ.), and
Wataru IDE (Osaka Prefecture Univ.).
II. Major Activities(1) Annual Convention
The annual convention is a learning field for the members to exchange researchideas. Aside from research presentations, we have experimented with new forms ofspecial sessions, such as symposiums, research planning sessions, open lectures, etc.
One of the recent popular sessions was “research skills sessions,” which aimed to
improve researchers’ methodological skills needed for their papers to get accepted inacademic journals. To take the 20th annual convention as an example, the following
four research skill sessions were held by frontline researchers of JAAS. These sessions
were initiated by the meeting executive committee chair, Tomonori, SEKIGUCHI (Kyoto
Univ.) and livened up the venues filled almost to capacity. A recent survey organized
by JAAS also shows the members’ strong need for improving their methodologicalresearch skills. What follows is the list of those popular sessions:
Development of hypothetical models in empirical studies: Revisiting the main
effect, moderation and mediation (by Yoichiro HAYASHI, Keio Univ.)ii) How to think of your research design (by Ryuta SUZUKI, Kobe Univ.)iii) Editor-in-Chief session: How to get your paper accepted for publication in theJapanese Journal of Administrative Science (by Atsushi INUZUKA, Nagoya Univ.;
Rie SAKURAI, Fukuoka Women’s Univ.)iv) The anatomy of published articles in internationally reputed journals: The case ofi)empirical research in the organizational behavior field (by Jun ISHIKAWA, Rikkyo
Univ.; Tomonori SEKIGUCHI, Kyoto Univ.; Yuhee JUNG, Gakushuin Univ.; Norihiko
TAKEUCHI, Waseda Univ.)
Table 1. Recent Annual Conventions
Date
Venue
22nd
2019/11/16-17
Ritsumeikan Univ., Osaka Ibaraki Campus (OIC)
21st
2018/10/20-21
Nihon Univ., College of Commerce
20th
2017/11/4-5
Doshisha Univ., Imadegawa Campus
19th
2016/11/5-6
Meiji Univ., Surugadai Campus
18th
2015/11/14-15
Aichi Univ., Nagoya Campus

10Annual convention is also a place which encourages the members to take part in
new research works. For this purpose, the best paper selected from the annual
convention proceeding is awarded each year in the convention.
(2) Journal
JAAS publishes the Japanese Journαl of Administrative Science (JJAS) almost
three times a year. It includes original articles, research notes, research resources,
investigation reports, case studies, critical essays, and book reviews. Aside from these,
special papers are occasionally posted by chief-in-editor’s choice.
JJAS is a Japanese journal but accepts papers written in the English language as
well. The papers except special articles are strictly reviewed by at least two anonymous
reviewers. The meticulouos review process is now led by Ikutaro ENATSU (Kobe Univ.),
following Shinichiro WATANABE (Univ. of Tsukuba), and Atsushi lNUZUKA (Nagoya
Univ.). JAAS took an open access policy several years ago, and all the papers recently
published in JJAS are now available at the J-STAGE (see https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/
browse/jaas/-char/en)(3) Research groups
We have formed seven research groups, each dealing with a specific areas ofstudies. The purpose is for the members with similar research interests to increase
specialization in their respective research areas. For example, the researchmethodology group held a learning session on text mining methodology on February
23rd, 2019 at Kyushu Univ. The groups specialize in the following areas of studies:i)business organizationii) organizational behavioriii) human resource managementⅳ) workplace adaptabilityⅴ) international managementⅵ) research methodologyⅶ) business strategy.
(4) Regional meetings
Regional meetings are occasionally held in the regions of Eastern, Central, andWestern Japan to provide the members in the regions with opportunities to exchange
11research-related issues that are sometimes region-specific. The meetings are sometimes
jointly held with the aforementioned research groups and/or with another academic
association. For instance, a regional meeting in Central Japan was recently held jointlywith the business organization division on January 12th, 2019 at Nagoya Univ. It was asession on “boundary crossing.”
III. Research Trend Analysis
For most social scientists, dominant avenues of research tend to change overtime, and it is not an exception for the members of JAAS. About 25 years ago, when
JAAS set sail to explore the person-organization relations, the Japanese-style
management was believed to be the background of the brisk economy in Japan, andlifetime employment or the seniority system was one of the main topics in this field.
Now we are venturing away from those old topics to embrace such new topics as job
crafting, work-family interface, work engagement, occupational/organizational
commitment, diversity, workstyles, etc. This change in trend is of course partly areflection of changes in societal demands.
Our Japanese Journal of Administrαtive Science (JJAS) is one of the solid media
which includes recent trends in behavioral science. The following text-mining analysis
was conducted to show the recent trends.
(1) Data
A total of 49 articles published as original articles, research notes, case studies,or critical essays in Vol. 24 (2011) to Vol. 30 (2017) of JJAS were selected. Of all, 34
papers took a quantitative approach, 10 papers took a qualitative one, and two papers
took a combinatin of the two (the remaining three papers took other approaches).
Table 2. The number of papers examined
ArticleResearch Note

Case Study

Critical Essay

Vol.24 (2011)

3

0

3

0

Vol.25 (2012)

5

2

0

0

Vol.26 (2013)

5

5

1

0

Vol.27 (2014)

2

3

0

0

Vol.28 (2015)

5

2

0

0

Vol.29 (2016)

1

4

0

0

Vol.30 (2017)

5

2

0

1

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(2) Recent trends in JJAS
All the text (body) data except for titles, author name(s), affiliation(s), abstracts,
keywords, headlines, acknowledgements, references, and annotations were gathered.
With the use of a KH Coder (a tool for text mining), the numbers of nouns appearing in
JJAS were counted, where different words with almost identical meaning (e.g.,superior and leader) were aggregated as one word; and proper nouns (the names ofpeople and organizations, etc.) were excluded. As a result, 50 frequently used
expressive nouns were extracted (see Figure 1). Mirrored with our strong inclination
toward empirical research, the most frequently used words are: orgαnization, research,effect, behavior, factor, and relationship. The unique words that seem to reflect recent
trends are: learning, experience, information, women, superior, knowledge, career,
support, subordinate, and WLB (Work-Life Balance).
Learning is a definite trend in JJAS since 7 out of 49 papers included the word“learning” in their titles. The word experience is also used in three papers, and one
paper used a combined phrase, “learning by experience.” The cruxes of those articles
involve how and what kind of learning occurs in communities, teams, or organizations;
how learning helps new employees to adapt to an organization; and how a person’smental state changes during the process of learning. This growing attention to learning
may be backed up with a generally believed assumption that information andknowledge, if accumulated and generated through learning, would become important
assets for organizations to flurish. However, learning does not always have a positive
meaning. For senior employees or aged organizations, for instance, unlearning could
be a strong asset because old information and knowledge that are cystalized withinthem may hinder them from fluidly exploring creative solutions. The downsides oflearning therefore would be an interesting theme to explore in the future.
The words women, career and WLB (Work-Life Balance) all show a trend of newworkstyles or lifestyles. Generally, the topics discussed in the journal are related to“women as a workforce,” such as work-life balance and career prospects for female
supervisors or employees, gender diversity, gender harassment, and so on. This ismirrored with the fact that nearly half of today’s workforce in Japan are women.
Although companies are now offering various workstyles in order for female
employees to stay longer in the organizations, the turnover rate is increasing for thereason that they cannot easily find ways of jaggling roles between the work andnonwork domains of life. This conflict between the two domains is becoming a serious
concern for students searching for jobs to start their careers.
The final trend is about leadership. Four papers dealt with leadership or social
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support from leaders, and two papers were about the related concept of coaching. The
effective relationship between superiors (leaders) and subordinates (followers) is along-lasting issue in behavioral science, which has not been fully excavated. Although
effective support from superiors is supposed to lead to subordinates’ high performance,
leadership is a highly complex process and hard to capture simply by observing
leader-follower dyads. Therefore, recent trends in the study of leadership are shifting
toward enriching the unit of relationship by going beyond the leader-follower dyads toembrace relationships among peers or teammates, and across different organizational
levels and different organizations. This idea is conceptualized as shared or distributed
leadership and has attracted increasing attention from many researchers.
Figure 1. Top 50 expressive nouns in JJAS
0

500

1000

organization
research
effectbehavior
factorrelationshipworklearning
analysisfirmhypothesis
personinvestigation
experience(my)self
information
workplacesuperior
item
variable
workerwomen
societytechnology
targetduty
management
model
development
knowledge
supportproject
careerconcept
surbordinate
consideration
joint
precedent
scale
team
performance
process
structure
WLB
environment
evaluation
point
goods
commitment

14

1500

2000

2500

IV. Future Directions
With the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), tele-working and flexible
working hours have rapidly become a reality. As such, we are challenged to adopt newworkstyles. From this social change emerge some new directions for JAAS to pursue.
For example, studies on learning should be tested to see if it is possible by on-line
communication. As for leadership, we should ask whether the nature of the relationshipbetween leaders and followers changes if they communicate only on-line. In this way,
future research questions that are needed to be answered are in order, and I believe that
JAAS has enough talents to solve those problems and to meet the emerging societal
needs.
Finally, one of the important goals JAAS has placed foci on is to foster young
researchers. In order to reach the goal, we have already started, as a first step, a
grant-in-aid for young researchers to encourage them to participate in international
conferences. Also, annual fees have been exempted for students during the coronavirus
pandemic. As an academic society that specializes in organizational behavior andhuman resource management, we should be a role model to support researches whowill lead behavioral science in the future.
(Atsushi INUZUKA, Nagoya University)

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JAPAN SOCIETY FOR BUSINESS ETHICS
1. Brief Description
Japan Society for Business Ethics (JABES) was founded in 1993 and, as of June
2020, there were 497 members consisting of academic researchers and businesspractitioners interested in business ethics. The aim of JABES is to promote andcontribute to the sound development of business ethics studies and researches in Japan.
JABES members have been conducting academic and practical research and improving
its results through group study meetings, domestic and international exchange
activities, symposiums and annual conferences for research presentation.
Besides business ethics study, with the growing interest in corporate social
responsibility, corporate governance, sustainability, creating shared value (CSV), ESG(environmental, social and governance) investing and sustainable development goals(SDGs), JABES members have constructed diversified special interest groups (SIGs).
As of June 2020, there were nine SIGs and two chapters (Kansai and Chubu) in JABES.
As for publications, the Society publishes the Journal of Japan Society for Business
Ethics in March annually and JABES Newsletter three times a year. In March 2021,
No.28 edition of the Journal of Japan Society for Business Ethics will be published.
Since the foundation of the society, the following professors have served as theSociety’s presidents and have promoted the study of business ethics, devoting
themselves to the academic achievements of JABES in Japanese academic society.
Without the leadership, passion, and dedication of Dr. Masakazu MIZUTANI (1993-2008,
Professor of Kanagawa University), Dr. Shunji KOBAYASHI (2008-2009, Professor of
Waseda University), Dr. Hiroo TAKAHASHI (2009-2015, Professor of Hakuoh
University), Dr. Mitsuhiro UMEZU (2015-2019, Associate Professor of Keio University),
and Dr. Ayako SENDO (2019-, Professor of Takushoku University), JABES could nothave grown to be such an academically active organization. Especially in 2019, when
Dr. Ayako Sendo was elected by the Board of Directors as the first female president,
JABES has further proved its true value of being a diverse, open, and ethical academicorganization.
2. Research Activities and Publications of JABESThe main annual academic activities of JABES include a conference for researchpresentations held in June, three to four study meetings, a Business Ethics Symposium,
and an inter-seminar for college students to present their CSR proposals. Despite the2020 annual conference being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, JABES had
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held four annual conferences, four symposiums, fifteen research meetings and three
special speeches from 2016 to September 2020.
In addition, nine SIGs, including Business Philosophy SIG, Corporate Behavior
SIG, Organizational Governance SIG, Corporate Social Responsibility SIG, Business
Ethics Education SIG, ESG investing and SDGs SIG, Law and Compliance SIG, andtwo chapters conduct their SIG research activities based on their own annual schedule.
(1) Annual Conference for Research Presentation (2016-2020)
JABES annual conference provides an opportunity for members to present theirown research results, engage with the latest academic discussions, and enjoy the
fellowship of other scholars and professionals in the field of business ethics. The
Society holds an annual conference in which papers of latest research related tobusiness ethics are presented and discussed. The papers presented in the annual
conference are peer-reviewed before presentation by the Program Committee, and after
the annual conference the paper presenters are invited to publish their papers in the
Journal of Japan Society for Business Ethics. The journal articles are in Japanese witha brief English abstract and they can be retrieved from CiNii (Citation information by
the National institute of informatics) after they are published.
The topics and themes discussed in 2016-2020 annual conferences are describedas follows.
Table 1

2016-2020 annual conferences and unified themes
Unified Theme

Host University

2016 Annual Conference

Regional Revitalization and BusinessTohoku University(June 18-19)

Ethics2017 Annual Conference

The Past, Present and Future of Business(June 24-25)

Ethics2018 Annual ConferenceSports and Business Ethics(June 23-24)
2019Annual Conference

Yamanashi Gakuin
University

AI and Business Ethics(June 22-23)
2020 Annual Conference

Keio University

Tokyo Institute ofTechnology

Foreign Workers and Business Ethics

Tokoha University(June 20-21)(cancelled due to COVID-19)

The 2016 annual conference was held at Tohoku University for two days from17

June 18 to 19 with the unified theme, Regional Revitalization and Business Ethics. The
2017 annual conference was held at Keio University for two days from June 24 to 25
with the unified theme, The Past, Present and Future of Business Ethics. The 2018
annual conference was held at Yamanashi Gakuin University for two days from June
22 to 23 with the unified theme, Sports and Business Ethics. The 2019 annual
conference was held at Tokyo Institute of Technology for two days from June 22 to 23
with the unified theme, AI and Business Ethics. The 2020 annual conference wasscheduled to be held at Tokoha University for two days from June 20 to 21 with theunified theme, Foreign Workers and Business Ethics but was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. Tokoha University will remain to host the 2021 annual
conference.
(2) Business Ethics Symposiums (2016-2020)
Business Ethics Symposiums, scheduled to be held once each in 2016, 2018,2019 and 2020, had covered the topics of “Chinese Business and Business Ethics”,“Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Business Ethics”, “ESG Investing and its
Prospects in Japan”, and “Business Ethics and Corporate Governance”. However, the11th Business Ethics Symposium scheduled on Feb. 28, 2020 was cancelled due to the
influence of COVID-19. Table 2 shows the topics of the 2016-2020 Business Ethics
Symposiums.
Table 2

2016-2020 Business Ethics Symposiums
Topic

Host University

8 Business Ethics Symposium

Chinese Business andTakushoku University(March 24, 2016)

Business Ethics after theth

New Normalization
9th Business Ethics Symposium

Sustainable Development(Jan. 18, 2018)

Goals (SDGs) and Business

Keio University

Ethics as Universal
Languages
10th Business Ethics Symposium

ESG Investing and its

Aoyama Gakuin(Jan. 30, 2019)

Prospects in Japan

University

11th Business Ethics Symposium

Business Ethics andTakushoku University(Feb. 28, 2020)

Corporate Governance:(cancelled due to COVID-19)

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(3) Research Meetings and Special Speeches (2016-2020)
Fifteen meetings for research presentation and discussion were held from April,2016 to September, 2020 and they covered a wide array of topics such as (1)Volkswagen Emissions Fraud: the Limits of German Family Corporate Governance, (2)Ethics Education in Colleges and the Continuity to Learn Business Ethics, (3) Social
Benefits of Ethics, (4) Improving Local Preparedness through CSR Activities, (5)Reports on Participation in the 2017-2019 Annual Conference of Society for Business
Ethics (USA), (6) Conscience-Based Corporate Governance and the Limits ofCorporate Governance Reform, (7) The Development of Gender Equality in theMale-Dominated Workplace, (8) Prohibition and Lifting of Interest in the History of
Christianity: from Usury to Interest, (9) Institutional Connection and SynchronizedBusiness Model, (10) Nestlé’s CSV and Business Ethics, (11) Foreign Workers andBusiness Ethics: A Comparative Study of Korea and Japan, (12) Corporate Governanceand Corporate Power Holders, (13) Risk Management and Corporate Disaster
Reduction, (14) Online Risk Management from PR Perspective, (15) Stakeholder
Engagement and Regional Revitalization.
In addition, three special speeches titled “History of Business Ethics Study inGermany” (by Dr. Christoph Lütge of Technische Universität München in Oct., 2016),“The Future of Japanese Society and Labor Market Reform” (by House ofRepresentatives member, Mrs. Seiko NODA in Nov., 2016) and “Corporate Philosophy
and CSR of Saraya” (by the president of Saraya Co., Ltd., Mr. Yusuke SARAYA in
March, 2017) were conducted by our guest speakers.
(4) Publications
The Society’s official article is called Journal of Japan Society for Business
Ethics. The contents include presentation papers in our annual conference and two to
three called-for-papers which are peer-reviewed and selected by the editorialcommittee. In addition to the Journal of Japan Society for Business Ethics, the Society
also publishes newsletters three times a year. The JABES Newsletter informs membersof its latest activities and gives summaries of research meetings and special speeches.
Most of the members receive a newsletter through digital channels, which not only
saves mailing costs for the JABES office but also promptly provides members withnecessary information. Both the Journal of Japan Society for Business Ethics and the
JABES Newsletter are mainly written in Japanese and it is our next step to globalize
our publications to attract English readers. Figure1 is a picture of the Journal of Japan
Society for Business Ethics and the JABES Newsletter published in March 2020.
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Figure 1

JABES publications

3. CSR Inter-Seminars for College Students (2016-2020)
The CSR inter-seminar is a presentation competition event among university
seminars. The Society’s former president Dr. Umezu had committed to fostering young
scholars and college students and raising the level of research in the Society
throughout his term of 2015-2019. The CSR inter-seminar is designed for college
students who are studying or conducting research on Business Ethics and CSR-related
topics. Those students, especially those who belong to CSR seminars (zemi) in their
universities, are invited and encouraged to present their ideas and proposals to solve
social and environmental issues in this CSR inter-seminar. Every year, there have been
seven to eight college seminars participating in this inter-seminar event, and students
have enjoyed the CSR proposal competition and exchange activities.
Through this CSR inter-seminar event, students not only learn to find thepossible solutions for CSR or business ethics issues, but also are stimulated to continue
their advanced study in graduate schools and become emerging scholars in the near
future. The winners of the inter-seminar will be introduced in the Society’s
newsletter, and all members will share the growth and success of the young generation
and be stimulated to enhance business ethics study.

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4. Alliance with Other Organizations
The Society has been dedicating in joint activities and symposiums with otherorganizations. For example, the 9th Business Ethics Symposium (theme: SDGs) was
held jointly with the Business Ethics Research Center (BERC) and with the support of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The 10th Business Ethics Symposium (theme: ESG
Investing) was held with the support of BERC, the Association of Certified Business
Ethics Experts JAPAN (ACBEE), and various private sectors. This kind of allianceevents help JABES members reach out to different organizations and cultivate various
perspectives toward business ethics study. Also, since the first president Dr. Mizutani
founded JABES, BERC and ACBEE, a strategic alliance among the three organizations
brings a positive and synergic impact to JABES members.
5. International Exchange Activities
Some JABES members are members of the Society for Business Ethics (USA)and they attend its annual conference in August. From 2017 to 2019, members who
attended and presented at the Society for Business Ethics annual conference reported
their experiences in the United States and what they had learned in the annual
conferences. These international academic experiences motivate emerging scholars andgraduate students. However, it is also important to provide opportunities for all
members to experience international exchange activities.
In March 2021, the Society is planning to hold an international joint Business
Ethics Symposium with Chinese Culture University in Taiwan. This will be the second
Japan-Taiwan joint Business Ethics Symposium since 2010 and JABES members arelooking forward to this international exchange. Though the influence of COVID-19
should be considered, it is JABES’s goal to become more academically global. Since
our first Japan-Taiwan joint Business Ethics Symposium held in Taipei in 2010, more
papers and academic articles related to business ethics and CSR in Taiwan have been
published. We sincerely hope the second Japan-Taiwan joint Business Ethics
Symposium will be equally successful.
6. JABES’s Mission and Prospects: To Further Promote Business Ethics Study
Due to the increasing number of corporate scandals and failed corporate
governance issues in Japan, the Society regards promoting business ethics to all sectors
as our mission. Dr. Sendo, JABES president since 2019, declared the need to focus on
the following aspects of academic activities.
Firstly, the Society would like to increase the number of opportunities for21

members to communicate and present their research findings. At the 2020 Annual
General Meeting held in June 2020, members of the Society decided to publish a newjournal titled Sustainability Studies in Business starting in 2021. This new journal will
provide another opportunity for members to present their research results and discuss
diversified topics related to sustainability. Secondly, the Society would like to plan andimplement activities for members to visit and observe Japanese companies which areoperating their business activities according to business ethics. Thirdly, the Society
would like to further promote research exchange with overseas researchers in the fieldof business ethics. After the Japan-Taiwan joint Business Ethics Symposium is held in
Taipei in March of 2021, the Society plans to hold a Japan-Thailand joint Business
Ethics Symposium in the following year.
We are now in an era that the wisdom and the creativity of each of us as scholars,
managers, workers, shareholders and stakeholders are being tested. Do we choose toact ethically or not? As an academic society in the field of business ethics, themembers and stakeholders of JABES will continue to consider what we can and should
do for Japan and the world.
(Sairan HAYAMA, Shukutoku University)

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JAPANESE ASSOCIATIONFOR CHINESE ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES
1. Brief History
The Japanese Association for Chinese Economy and Management Studies(JACEM) was established by the merger of the Japanese Research Association for
Chinese Economy (2002-2014) and the Society for Chinese Management Studies(2000-2014) in May 2014. Shanping YAN (Doshisha University) was selected as thefirst president of JACEM. The first annual conference was held on November 8th and9th, 2014, at the University of Tokyo.
The second president was Tomoo MARUKAWA (the University of Tokyo), selected
at the annual conference held at Keio University on November 7th and 8th, 2016. At
the annual conference held at Daito Bunka University on November 24th and 25th,
2018, Goro TAKAHASHI (Aichi University) was selected as the third president, and it isscheduled that he will be the president until November 2020. The total number of
JACEM members is 493 (including 392 regular members, 94 overseas members, andseven honorary members, April 30, 2020).
The major purposes of JACEM are to promote academic research activities on
Chinese economy and business management, and to facilitate academic exchange incooperation with related domestic and foreign societies. To achieve these objectives,
the following projects are undertaken.
1. Holding an annual conference and academic/lecture meetings.
2. Publishing an academic journal, the Journal of Chinese Economic andManagement Studies.
3. Offering programs and projects suitable for the above-mentioned objectives.
2. Annual Conference and Meetings(1) Annual Conference
JACEM holds a two-day annual conference to present papers on subjects on the
Chinese economy and business management. Approximately 8-10 scholarly sessions
are held each year. An invited lecture, panel discussion and get-together also take place
during the period.
The first annual conference was held at the University of Tokyo on November 8th
and 9th, 2014. In this annual conference we had 12 sessions with a total of 36
presentations. An international symposium (“The State and Entrepreneurs in China:
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Stifling or Encouraging Capitalism?”) was also organized in the conference, inviting
five lecturers: Zhao CHEN (Fudan University), Lihui “George” TIAN (Nankai
University), Kellee S. TSAI (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology),
Mariko WATANABE (Gakushuin University) and Maosong WU (Keio University).
The second annual conference was held at Ryukoku University on November 7th
and 8th, 2015. In this annual conference we had 13 sessions with a total of 33
presentations and organized a lecture presentation by Tomoyuki FUKUMOTO (Bank ofJapan).
The third annual conference was held at Keio University on November 5th and6th, 2016. In this annual conference we had seven sessions with a total of 20
presentations, and held a forum inviting two businesspersons who were engaged inenterprise management in China.
The fourth annual conference was held at St. Andrew’s University on November
11th and 12nd, 2017. In this annual conference we had 11 sessions with a total of 31
presentations, and held a symposium (“Competition or Cooperation? Prospects on
US-Chins Economic Relations in Trump-Xi Era”), inviting four lecturers: Eric HARWIT(University of Hawaii), Jian’an CHEN (Fudan University), Tony CHAU (Alpha Power
Solutions Limited) and Fumitake MIENO (Global Research & Innovative Solutions).
The fifth annual conference was held at Daito Bunka University on November
24th and 25th, 2018. In this annual conference we had six sessions with a total of 21
presentations, and held a symposium (“A New Phase of China’s Economic
Globalization: The 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening-up”), inviting four
lecturers: Yasuo ONISHI (Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade
Organization), Kumiko OKAZAKI (Canon Institute for Global Studies), Kazuo YUKAWA(Asia University) and Chi Hung KWAN (Nomura Institute of Capital Markets
Research).
The sixth annual conference was held at Aichi University on November 16th and17th, 2019. In this annual conference we had eight sessions with a total of 23
presentations, and held an international joint symposium together with theInternational Center for Chinese Studies (ICCS) of Aichi University, inviting four
lecturers: Xiaobo WU (Zhejiang University), James CHEN (Huawei Japan), TomooMARUKAWA (the University of Tokyo) and Hideo OHASHI (Senshu University).
Originally, the seventh annual conference was scheduled to be held at Toyama
University on October 17th and 18th, 2020. However, due to the worldwide spread of
COVID-19, JACEM has decided to hold it online, and the annual conference will not
be held at Toyama University in the same way as usual.
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(2) Academic Meetings
JACEM also held academic annual meetings for Eastern and Western Association
members separately in 2015-2016. However, for the purpose of reducing
administrative cost, the academic meetings were merged, and are scheduled to be held
every Spring since 2018. The first academic Spring meeting was held at the Asia
Growth Research Institute on June 20th, 2018. In this meeting, we had four sessions
with a total of 11 presentations. The second academic Spring meeting was held at
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies on June 30th, 2019, when we had four sessions
with a total of 22 presentations. The third academic Spring meeting was scheduled tobe held at Nihon Fukushi University on June 13th, 2020; however, the meeting wascancelled because of the spread of COVID-19.
(3) Workshops on Current Chinese Economy and Management
JACEM also holds workshops studying the current situation of the Chinese
economy and business management. In these workshops JACEM invites specialists on
the Chinese economy/management (including so-called China watchers, and managersof Chinese subsidiaries of Japanese firms) and requests them to make presentations on
the current situation of the Chinese economy and business management.
(4) International Conferences and Workshops
On September 7th and 8th, 2015, JACEM organized an international conference(“Transition and Economic Development”) at Fudan University in Shanghai under thejoint auspices of the China Center for Economic Studies of Fudan University and theTechnology and Management Center for Development of Oxford University. Among a
total 10 sessions with 32 presentations at the conference, eight members of JACEM
conducted their presentations.
On June 11th and 12th, 2016, an annual conference of the Chinese Economists
Society (CES) was held at Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS) in
Shenzhen under joint sponsorship with JACEM, PHBS, the China Economic Annual
Conference (CEAC), the Chinese Economic Association of the United Kingdom &Europe (CEA-UK/Europe) and the Chinese Economics Society of Australia (CESA).
The common theme of the conference was “Sustainable Development in China and theWorld: Understanding the Economics of the New Normal”. More than 300 members
from all over the world participated in the conference, and five members of JACEM
conducted their presentations. This was the first time for JACEM to join the CES
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annual conference as a supporting organization.
In addition, the one-month online global lecture series (“Academic Capacity
Enhancement on China Economic Studies”) was held in June 2020. JACEM hosted thelecture series jointly with the Chinese Economic Association (CEA, UK/Europe), theChinese Economists Society (CES, US), the Chinese Economics Society Australia(CESA, Australia), the China Health Policy and Management Society (CHPAMS, US),the Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies (UK), and the China National
Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI, China). The president of JACEM (Goro TAKAHASHI)
sent opening remarks for the lecture series, and four members of JACEM (Zhiwei CEN,
Asei ITO, Xinxin MA and Cheng TANG) held their lectures under the introduction of thevice president of JACEM (Erbiao DAI). Seventeen experts and scholars from fourcontinents and six countries shared their experiences and methods in China economic
studies and discussed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world economy.
As of June 30th, 2020, nearly 1,000 people had registered for the lecture series andmore than 5,600 people watched the lectures online.
It is necessary and crucial for JACEM to exchange the latest academic knowledge
with foreign scholars and Associations and present our research outcomes. Therefore,
JACEM continues to facilitate the cooperation with foreign Associations and support
the participation in these international conferences and academic activities.
3. Journal Publication
The predecessors of JACEM published their own academic journals. Specifically,
the Japanese Research Association for Chinese Economy published The Journal of
Chinese Economic Studies (2003-2016; 24 issues in total), and the Society for ChineseManagement Studies published Chinese Management Studies (2000-2015; 12 issues intotal). In order to complete examination of previously submitted articles andpublication activity, these journals were published in parallel temporarily even after themerger of the associations.
Taking over the legacy of these journals, JACEM established a new academic
journal, the Journal of Chinese Economic and Management Studies in 2017. The
Journal is a semi-annual publication, and seven issues have been published up to thepresent (July 2020). Contributions are restricted to members of JACEM. In the case of
joint authorship, at least one person must be a member of the Association. The
language used must be either Japanese or English. Acceptance of manuscripts
submitted shall be determined by the Editorial Board based on reviews by two or moreanonymous referees appointed by the Editorial Board for this purpose.
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The Journal contains review articles, research notes, book reviews, special
reports etc. as well as the articles. The latest issue (Vol.4 No.1) was published in March
2020. This is the special issue concerning the international symposium held at the sixth
annual conference in 2019. The common theme of the issue was “Huawei and
US-China trade War: Where is China’s Innovation Going?” One introduction and four
articles (and four book reviews) were included in this issue as follows:
Chunli LI, “Flattening World and Challenges of US-China Conflict”
Xiabo WU, “Innovation in China: From Catch-up to Beyond Catch-up”
James CHEN, “5G Innovation and Collaboration for Creating Intelligent Society”
Tomoo MARUKAWA, “An Inquiry into Huawei’s Dynamic Growth”
Hideo OHASHI, “US-China Trade War: Japan’s Response to It”
With the deterioration of the US-China relationship, an increasing number ofpeople are interested in the Chinese economy and business management. However,mass media and journalism could not necessarily provide exact and profoundinformation on Chinese economy and management. Therefore, JACEM will makegreat efforts to offer reliable academic knowledge to the society through the Journal
publication and other activities.
(Hisatoshi HOKEN, Kwansei Gakuin University)

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JAPANESE SOCIETY OF INSURANCE SCIENCE
1. Brief History
Before the Japanese Society of Insurance Science (JSIS) began its activities, anorganized society for studying the insurance business named “Hoken Gakkai” (TheSociety of Insurance Science) was founded in 1895. Though this Society was active
during the early 1940’s，another society, called the JSIS (“Nihon Hoken Gakkai”), wasestablished to study insurance in 1940, making it one of Japan’s oldest and mostvenerated academic societies in the humanities. Compared with the older society, JSIS
can be regarded as fittest for socio-economic research study in Japan.
The inaugural Conference of the Japanese Society of Insurance Science（JSIS）
was held at the University of Tokyo on November 24th 1940，when 218 scholars andinsurance people gathered from across the country. JSIS directed its activities only
toward expanding and deepening studies on insurance. The activities，however，wereinterrupted from 1944 to 1949 because of World War II. The first meeting after the war
was held at Hitotsubashi University in 1950.
The Society’s bulletin, Journal of Insurance Science, which was originallypublished as a monthly bulletin by the “Hoken Gakkai” in 1895, was taken over by the
JSIS in 1951 from its 378th issue. JSIS continued to issue the Journal quarterly andwill celebrate its 125th anniversary issue (Number 630) in October 2015.
The year 2020 is also the Society’s 80th anniversary, and the commemorative
Annual Meeting is held at Meiji University in Tokyo on October 17-18.
The Annual Meeting for 2021 is scheduled to be held at Kobe University in
Hyogo Prefecture.
2. Outline of the Society
Whenever economic entities like firms and households perform economic
activities, they inevitably confront a variety of risks. These risks can sometimes
produce unfavorable economic consequences such as (1) property losses, (2) income orrevenue losses, and (3) other extraordinary cost burdens. The function of insurance isto reduce or eliminate such exposures so that economic entities can operate with somedegree of certainty. In addition, new social, economic, and environmental risks haveemerged from secular trends such as global warming, rapid aging, and globalization.
To take just one example, in a world where every pension beneficiary needs the
support of two workers, the matter of balancing roles between public and private
insurance takes on a whole new significance. As insurance grows in importance to28society, so too do the expectations put upon JSIS researchers.
JSIS aims to promote research and cooperation in insurance science, and to
facilitate interactions and exchanges with related academic societies and organizationsin Japan and abroad (Article 2 of bylaws). We pursue these aims through the following
three areas of activity.
First, JSIS organizes an annual conference and local activities. The annual
conference is held in October on a university campus. Symposia and individual papers
serve to facilitate fascinating discussions, and an eminent guest speaker is invited from
JSIS or elsewhere to deliver a stimulating commemorative address. In addition, theKanto, Kansai and Kyushu chapters hold two to four regular divisional meetings per
year where members have the opportunity to present their latest research findings andengage in constructive exchanges of opinion.
Second, JSIS publishes the papers presented at these meetings in the Journal of
Insurance Science to reach a broader audience. The refereed papers system which wasintroduced lately gives aspiring graduate students and young researchers, in particular,
the chance to establish a significant body of work. It also features occasional topics on
insurance-related economic and social trends, thereby enhancing the journal’s appeal tomembers. Since 2011, the papers which appeared in the Journal of Insurance Sciencecan also be read from the Society’s website after a six-month delay. This will facilitate
the availability of the activities of the JSIS to non-members as well.
Third, JSIS promotes international exchanges. The Society already has an
ongoing exchange with its sister society in Korea to report at their respective annual
conference proceedings. In addition, JSIS seconds a board member to AIDA (TheInternational Association for Insurance Law, Head office: London) and APRIA (TheAsia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association, Head office: Singapore) meetings, andlooking ahead, sees a growing need to enhance ties with Asia and its dynamic economy
as well as with advanced insurance countries in the West.
AIDA holds a World Congress every four years. The 15th Quadrennial Congress,
hosted by the Brazilian Chapter, was held in Rio de Janeiro on Oct.11-13, 2018.
APRIA holds annual meetings in various cities, and JSIS sends a delegate to themeeting every year.
The JSIS membership now numbers approximately 850, of whom 250 are
academic members and 600 are business members. In carrying out our activities, wehope to offer business members more compelling themes and motivate greater sharingof our energy and wisdom.
The President and the Chairman of the board of directors of the Society is
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Mariko NAKABAYASHI (Meiji University), who succeeded Masahiko EZAWA (Waseda
University, 2010-2014) and Yasuo FUKUDA (Nihon University, 2014-2018) in 2018.
3. Report on Annual Conference from 2016 to 2018
As mentioned above, JSIS holds an annual conference for members for the
purpose of academic presentations and discussions in late October, hosted by auniversity in either the Tokyo Metropolitan area or some other area.
The main points of the Annual Meetings during the period of 2016 to 2018 are as
follows:
The 70th Annual Conference (2016)
Date: October 29-30, 2016
Venues: Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto)
Number of Participants: 226
Symposium 1: The Role of an Insurance System to Support the Usage of Civil
JusticeModerator: Noritaka YAMASHITA (Osaka University)
Speakers: Satoru OI (Attorney at law), Yasuhiro IKEDA (Kumamoto University),
Akihiro KIMURA (Sompo Japan Nippon Koa Insurance Inc.) and Jun ICHINOSE(The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., ltd,)(see Journal of Insurance Science No. 636 (2017))
Symposium 2: International Comparison of Insurance Law
Moderator: Yoshiro YAMANO (Aichi Gakuin University)
Speakers: Akihiko UMETSU (Niigata University), Satoshi NAKAIDE (Waseda
University), Aken BAN (Hosei University) and Takau YONEYAMA (Tokyo Keizai
University)(see Journal of Insurance Science No. 637 (2017))
The 71st Annual Conference (2017)
Date: October 27-29, 2017
Venues: Shiga University (Shiga)
Number of Participants: 246
Special Lecture: Toshitake INOUE (Financial Services Agency)“Potential Impacts of the FinTech Revolution on Insurance Supervision andIndustry”
Symposium 1: It is Time to Push Forward Upbringing of Young Researchers to30

Maintain a Healthy Japanese Society of Insurance Science
Moderator: Hideya KUBO (Shiga University)
Speakers: Kaoru IMAI (Kyoto Sangyo University), Takeshi MURATA (MS&AD
Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.) and Yoko NIIYAMA (Kyoto University)(see Journal of Insurance Science No. 640 (2018))
Symposium 2: The Impact of Automatic Driving on the Insurance Industry
Moderator: Shigenori ISHIDA (Kansai University)
Speakers: Masao FUKUSHIMA (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.), Akihiro MITOKU(Dynamic Map Platform Co., Ltd.), Yusuke IKEDA (Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire
Insurance Co., Ltd.) and Tadao KOEZUKA (Kagawa University)(see Journal of Insurance Science No. 641 (2019))
Cooperative Session (with The Society for Risk Analysis, Japan): How Should We
Face the Recent Emerging Risk ?
Moderator: Takuya YOSHIZAWA (Kyoto Sangyo University)
Speakers: Atsuo KISHIOMOTO (Osaka University), Yasushi ISHIHARA (Tokio
Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.), Masaaki SHIGEHARA (Dai-ichi Life
Research Institute Inc) and Yusuke HIRAI (Yokohama National University),(see Journal of Insurance Science No. 642 (2018))
The 72nd Annual Conference (2018)
Date: October 27-28, 2018
Venues: Nihon University (Tokyo)
Number of Participants: 305
Symposium 1: Perspective Research and Education in Insurance Learned from theExperience of the United States, Europe and Asia
Moderator: Futoshi OKADA (Nihon University),
Speakers: Noriyoshi YANASE (Tokyo University of Science), Yoichiro FUJII(Osaka Sangyo University), Mariko NAKABAYASHI (Meiji University), Mahito
OKURA (Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts) and Takashi YAMASAKI(Kobe University)(see Journal of Insurance Science No. 644 (2019)
Symposium 2: Catastrophic Natural Disaster and Risk FinanceModerator: Satoshi TOYAMA (Senshu University)
Keynote Speech: Takashi ISHII (Gen Re Japan Service Co., Ltd.)31

Speakers: Matsuo KUROKI (Soka University), Kentaro NODA (Rikkyo
University), Takeshi MURATA (MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.),
Hiroyuki NOZAKI (Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.) and Kazuhisa TOKUI(National Agricultural Insurance Association)(see Journal of Insurance Science No. 645 (2019)
4. Annual Conference of 2019
The following is the information about last year’s Annual Meeting.
The 73rd Annual Conference (2019)
The Annual Conference 2019, hosted by Kansai University, was held on October
26-27, 2019, along with 208 participants. In this conference, one special lecture andtwo symposia were called for discussion.
A Special Lecture was delivered by Katsuhiko OKADA (Kwansei Gakuin University)
entitled “Asset Management by AI based on Ideas of Behavioral Finance”
The first symposium theme was “The Experiences and Issues in the
Ten-Year-Insurance Law of Japan” chaired by Osamu TAKEHAMA (Ritsumeikan
University).
Five speakers presented their papers in the following order: Kei MORIOKA (Tokio
Marine ＆ Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.) on “Applications of the Insurance Act in
the past 10 years through the Eyes of the Non-Life Insurance Practice”, Tetsuo
YAMAMOTO (Hokkaido University) on “Third Parties’ Rights in Mandatory Automobile
Liability Insurance and Externality in Accident Insurance”, Masaharu TOYAMA (Nippon
Life Insurance Company), on “Trends in Supervisory Regulation after Insurance Law
Enactment and Challenges in Private Law”, Satoshi TOYAMA (Senshu University) on“Theoretical Problems and Studies of the Provisions about the Beneficiary in Life
Insurance”, Nobuyasu UEMURA (Capitas Consulting Corporation) on “Changes in theJapanese insurance market”. After the presentation, questions and answers were
exchanged between the speakers and the audience.
(see Journal of Insurance Science, No.649 (2020))
The second theme was “InsurTech and Insurance Business”. A Keynote
Speech was delivered by Yuichi SASAKI (Tokyo Keizai University), entitled“Smartphone + App ‘Architecture’ and Business Ethics”. This was followed by the
Symposium chaired by Tomoka MIYACHI (Takushoku University). She read some
introductory remarks and four speakers made presentations on their themes as follows:32

Takuya YOSHIZAWA (Kyoto Sangyo University) on “Transformation of ‘trust’ in
the insurance system due to rapid progress of the information society”, Toshiaki YASUI(Kagawa University) on “On Pay-as-You Live Insurance”, Nobuyuki MUTO (Dai-ichi
Life Holdings, Inc.) on “InsurTech trends in the life insurance industry of Japan” andKojiro KURIHARA (Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.) on “A Digitalization
Initiative on Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company”.
After the presentations, lively questions and answers were exchanged between
the speakers and their audience.
(See Journal of Insurance Science, No. 649 (2020))(Mariko NAKABAYASHI, President, JSIS)
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http://www.js-is.org/eng/

JAPAN ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
Ⅰ. Foundation and Objectives

The Japan Academy of International Business Studies (JAIBS) was founded inJuly 1994 as the first academic society to study international business in Japan. The
Academy aims at providing a global forum of intellectual exchange andcross-disciplinary collaboration on important issues of international business frominterdisciplinary perspectives. Interdisciplinary perspectives in concrete terms means
encompassing various academic fields such as international management, international
marketing, international human resource management, comparative business studies,international economics, international relations, international law, internationalsociology and cross-cultural management. The Academy is naturally an academicorganization with a complement of scholars and researchers; however, it also invites
active participation from practitioners in the business world to work in synergy,
making joint contributions that have international scope and impact on the greater
society.
Over 25 years since its inception, the Academy has grown and prospered under
the active leadership of five presidents, i.e., from 1994 to 2000, Yasuo OKAMOTO,
Emeritus Professor of the University of Tokyo; from 2000 to 2006, Kenichi ENATSU,
Emeritus Professor of Waseda University; from 2006 to 2012, Kiyonori SAKAKIBARA,
Professor of Chuo Business School; from 2012 to 2015, Kenichi YASUMURO, Professorof Osaka University of Commerce; from 2015 to present, Mitsuhide SHIRAKI, Professorof Waseda University. The Academy’s current membership has grown to include 731
individual members and six corporate members.
The Academy regularly promotes an executive range of academic activities that
include, for example, collaborative research meetings not only with foreign academicorganizations, such as the Korean Academy of International Business (KAIB) but alsowith the Japan Academy of Multinational Enterprises (MNE), for the purpose ofenhancing in-depth academic exchanges. The Academy also consists of regional
chapters, namely Hokkaido & Northeast, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku-Shikoku
and Kyushu chapters.
Besides its research-oriented activities, as befits the Academy’s nature as an
academic organization that studies international business, many of its members travel34

overseas to conduct field research. In similar fashion, being a part of the larger global
village, the Academy’s members also actively engage with the rest of the world
through making donations to the Japanese Red Cross Society and UNICEF, by selling
donated academic books.
As an academic society centered on the study of international business, JAIBS
through its various research and other activities hopes to make its own contribution
towards building a better society for the world on a continuous basis.
II. Annual Conferences from 2014 to 2019
Among a variety of activities that the Academy organizes, the annual conference
held in fall each year is its most important function. The conference theme of each year
reflects the business environment of the time and keynote speeches and papers
presented signify the current research focus, concerns and issues that are widely sharedboth by academicians and business practitioners.
It is, therefore, useful and informative to review the chronological history of the
Academy’s annual conferences and to see how the Academy has evolved over the past
years. There were 15 annual conferences from 1994 to 2008 reported in the
Information Bulletin of the Union of National Economic Associations in Japan, issue
No. 24. In addition, conferences from 2009 to 2013 were reported in the Bulletin issue
No. 34. We shall summarize the annual conferences held between 2014 and 2019
below:

1. The 21st Annual Conference in 2014 (Hokkai Gakuen University）
Conference Theme 2014: New Developments in the Business of Emerging
Countries
Keynote Speech I: Atsuko HIROOKA (Sumitomo Chemical Co.)
“Business Development in Olyset Net for Malaria Vector Control”
Keynote Speech II: Atsuya SAKAGAMI (Medical Tourism Japan Co.)
“Medical Tourism ― Business Frontier”
Special Lecture I: Tetsuya USUI (Nihon University)“Analysis of Strategy in Emerging Economy using RRF (Resource
35Repositioning Frame)”
Special Lecture II: Kenichi YASUMURO (Osaka University of Commerce)“Globalization from Below”
Special Lecture III: Kentaro HIRAMOTO (Nomura Research Institute)“15 Models to Lead to Success in BoP Business”

2. The 22nd Annual Conference in 2015 (Nihon University）
Conference Theme 2015: Innovation in International Business － Seeking for
Creation of a New Market
Keynote Speech I: Ichiro OSHITA (Fumakilla Co.)
“Creation of a New Concept Market from Mosquito Repelling Incense”
Keynote Speech II: Masanobu HIBINO (BASF Japan Co.)
“BASF Innovation Strategy”
Keynote Speech III: Takashi ODE (HITACHI Ltd.)“Business in the USA and Lobbying”
Special Lecture I: Tadashi SHIMA (Nihon University)“Marketing Strategy in a Born Global Company”
Special Lecture II: Naotoshi UMENO (Hyogo Prefectural University)“Halal Market Development using an Overseas Subsidiary Company－Caseof Nitta Gelatin India”
Special Lecture III: Motoo KAWABATA (Kwansei Gakuin University)“International Franchising Strategy to Enter a New Market”

3. The 23rd Annual Conference in 2016 (Osaka University of Commerce）
Conference Theme 2016: “China and Future Corporate Management”

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Keynote Speech I: Shunji MITSUYASU (Daikin Industries Ltd.)“Daikin’s Business Strategy in China”
Keynote Speech II: Shinichi YAMAZAKI (Haier Group)“Haier’s Strategy in Asia and Operation in Asia－Creating a New Corporate
Culture“
Panel Discussion: Masaaki KOTABE (Temple University), Mitsuhide SHIRAKI(Waseda University), Shunji MITSUYASU (Daikin Industries Ltd.), Kenichiro
YASUMURO (Osaka University of Commerce), Shinichi YAMAZAKI (HaierGroup)“China and Future Corporate Management”
Special Lecture I: Mitsuhide SHIRAKI (Waseda University)“Present Chinese Economy and HRM of Japanese Companies”
Special Lecture II: Kenichiro YASUMURO (Osaka University of Commerce)“Chinese Strategy in Africa－Economic Invasion or Gospel?”Special Lecture III: Masaaki KOTABE (Temple University)“Process of Developing Comparative Advantage in Multinational
Corporations in Emerging Countries Based on Chronological Analysis”

4. The 24th Annual Conference in 2017 (Meiji University）
Conference Theme 2017: The Fourth Industrial Revolution and International
Business
Keynote Speech I: Toshiyuki SHIGA (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)“The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Changes in Business Common Sense –what do CEOs do?”Keynote Speech II: Koichi OGAWA (the University of Tokyo)“Development of IoT Industrial System and International Business”
Keynote Speech III: Kazusuke KUSE (IBM Japan)
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“Cognitive Business and Social Innovation”
Panel Discussion: JIANG Yujie (Chongqing University), Hirofumi TATEMOTO(University of Tsukuba), Koichi OGAWA (the University of Tokyo), Kazusuke
KUSE (IBM Japan)“The Fourth Industrial Revolution and International Business”
Special Lecture I: JIANG Yujie (Chongqing University)“What’s happening in the Fourth Industrial Revolution ─ With special focus
on China?”
Special Lecture II: Hirofumi TATEMOTO (University of Tsukuba)“Development of the Ecosystem Industry and its Influence on the World
Economy－IoT/Big Data/AI”

5. The 25th Annual Conference in 2018 (Waseda University）
Conference Theme 2018: Cross-Border M&A and Alliance ─ Frontiers inInternational Business Studies
Keynote Speech I: Akihiro OMOTO (Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.)“CMF (Color, Material, Finish) born from the alliance between Renault andNissan－What is the Driving Force of a Cross-Border Alliance”
Keynote Speech II: Shogo IKEUCHI (Recruit Holdings Ltd.)“Recruit’s Cross-Border M&A－Toward Global Management Learning from
Advancement to China”
Panel Discussion: Akihiro OMOTO (Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.), Shogo IKEUCHI(Recruit Holdings Ltd.) and Narifumi MAKINO (the Chinese University ofHong Kong)“Cross-Border M&A and Alliance － Frontiers in International BusinessStudies”
Special Lecture I: Hideaki MIYAJIMA (Waseda University)“Japan’s Cross-Border M&A: Elements of Rapid Expansion and Routes for38

Value Improvement”
Special Lecture II: Harbir SINGH (Mack Institute for Innovation Management)“Global M&A and Alliance”

6. The 26th Annual Conference in 2019 (Ritsumeikan University）
Conference Theme 2019: Open Innovation toward New Value Creation －Developing Ecosystems and International Standardization
Keynote Speech I: Kenji SUGANUMA (Denso Corporation)“Standardization in Automatic Driving Vehicle and our Approach －Standardization to Create a New Industry”
Keynote Speech II: Ayumu MITSUDERA (Mitsufuji Corporation)“Business Ecosystems in a Wearable IoT Company and International
Expansion”
Panel Discussion: Yasuo SUGIYAMA (Kyoto University), Masanori YASUMOTO(Yokohama National University), Kenji SUGANUMA (Denso Corporation),
Ayumu MITSUDERA (Mitsufuji Corporation)“Open Innovation Toward New Value Creation－Developing Ecosystems andInternational Standardization”
Special Lecture I: Yasuo SUGIYAMA (Kyoto University)“Business Ecosystems and International Business”
Special Lecture II: Masanori YASUMOTO (Yokohama National University)“Cooperative Standardization and Innovation Strategy－An Approach from
Knowledge Network View”
Fellow Lecture: Kenichi YASUMURO (Hyogo Prefectural University)“Future Issues in International Business”
III. Journal and Newsletter Publications

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From its founding in 1994 until 2019, each year the Academy has published theAnnual Bulletin of the Japan Academy of International Business Studies, whichfeatures peer-reviewed papers and reports contributed by speakers and presentersselected from the previous year’s conference. Starting in 2009, the Academy changed
its annual publication into a bi-annual peer-reviewed journal format called the Journalof International Business, the first volume of which was published in 2009. Thisjournal aimed to accommodate future growth in both quality and quantity of research
papers.
In addition, a JAIBS Newsletter, that is published bi-annually, plays an importantrole in public information dissemination, e.g., reporting on the nationwide conferences,financial reports, introduction of upcoming chapter events and detailed contents related
to other activities.
IV. Other Activities
Other activities of the Academy include the annual conference, publications,chapter-based workshops, awards and international exchanges.
In addition to the annual conferences, there are also chapter-based workshop
meetings. Currently, the Academy has six chapters nationwide, of which two chapters
are organized under the Kanto Branch and four chapters under the Kansai Branch. In
the Kanto area, the two chapters are as follows: (i) Hokkaido & Northeast Chapter(Chapter Chief: Satoshi IWATA, Hokkaido University); and (ii) Kanto Chapter(Branch/Chapter Chief: Junjiro SHINTAKU, the University of Tokyo). Together thesetwo chapters hold six workshop meetings annually.
In the Kansai area, the four chapters are as follows: (i) Chubu Chapter (Chapter
Chief; LI Chunli, Aichi University; (ii) Kansai Chapter (Branch/Chapter Chief;
Masahiro IDA, Hannan University); (iii) Chugoku-Shikoku Chapter (Chapter Chief:
Kunihiko YONEDA, Hiroshima Shudo University); and (iv) Kyushu Chapter (Chapter
Chief: Kazuo DOI, Kyushu Sangyo University). Together these four chapters hold six
workshop meetings annually as well. The workshop meetings are well-attended bymembers and provide excellent opportunities for professional exchange of informationand ideas as well as for discussions among the members in a less formal atmosphere ona regular basis.
To coordinate its active schedule of events and to keep its members
well-informed, e.g., from issuing calls for papers related to annual conferences to40

publicizing chapter-based local activities, the Academy periodically disseminates awide range of news and information in the form of an electronic newsletter andFacebook.
The Academy provides research grants to promising young researchers toencourage and support their growing careers. The Academy also gives awards tooutstanding research papers and books contributing to the advancement of international
business studies. A list of the JAIBS Awards for the past six years from 2014 to 2019 issummarized in the next section.
The Excellent Dissertation Award was started in 2006 to recognize the best paper
published in the Annual Bulletin of JAIBS whose author is a graduate under 35 years
old. The former Encouragement Award for papers was terminated in 2003. Instead the
JAIBS Awards comprise the Best Book of the Year Award and the Most Promising
Paper of the Year Award. With the establishment of the Excellent Dissertation Award
starting in 2006, the annual JAIBS Awards at present consist of three Awards in total.
V. List of JAIBS Awards[2014 JAIBS Academic Award for the Best Book of the Year]
Kazumi TADA. (2014). The Strategy of Global Product Development:
Coca-Cola (Japan)vs. PepsiCo (Japan). Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd..
[2014 JAIBS Academic Award for the Most Promising Paper of the Year]
None[2014 Excellent Dissertation Award]
GONG Yuanyuan. (2014). “Overseas Expansion of Emerging Market Firms:
Choice of Entry Mode of Chinese Firms into the Japanese Market “ Journal ofInternational Business Vol. 6. 2.
[2015 JAIBS Academic Award for the Best Book of the Year]
Kiyoshiro OKI. (2014). Mass production knowledge in multinational corporations: The
dynamics between capability building in foreign subsidiaries and mass production inhome factories. Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd..
[2015 JAIBS Academic Award for the Most Promising Paper of the Year]None41

[2015 Excellent Dissertation Award]
FAZEKAS Balaz. (2015). “Cross-network influences in organizational network change:
The case of the Japanese life science sector and the industry’s quest to reinvent its
inter-firm network.” Journal of International Business. Vol. 7-1.
[2016 JAIBS Academic Award for the Best Book of the Year]
Heejin K IM . (2015). Localization of Product Development: Denso’s Challenge toChange Headquarter Organization for Knowledge Linkage. Yuhikaku Publishing Co.,Ltd..
[2016 JAIBS Academic Award for the Most Promising Paper of the Year]
None[2016 Excellent Dissertation Award]
None[2017 JAIBS Academic Award for the Best Book of the Year]
Hirofumi TATSUMOTO. (2017). Platform Strategy for Global Markets:
The Strategic Use of Open Standards and the Management of Business
Ecosystems. Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd..
[2017 JAIBS Academic Award for the Most Promising Paper of the Year]
None[2017 Excellent Dissertation Award]
None[2018 JAIBS Academic Award for the Best Book of the Year]
None[2018 JAIBS Academic Award for the Most Promising Paper of the Year]
None[2018 Excellent Dissertation Award]
Tomomi IMAGAWA. (2018). “Why is the Yakult Lady System effective in emerging
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countries?: A view from institutional voids.”
QI Yan. (2018). “The relationship of HRM-FP (Firm Performance) in SMEs:
An empirical study of HRM-FP in Chinese SMEs.”[2019 JAIBS Academic Award for the Best Book of the Year]
Tatsuya KARASAWA. (2019). International Knowledge Transfer and Re-Creation ofJapanese Advertising Agency. Bunshindo Publishing Corporation.
[2019 JAIBS Academic Award for the Most Promising Paper of the Year]
None[2019 Excellent Dissertation Award]
None(Yoshiharu KUWANA, J.F. Oberlin University)(Kazuko YOKOYAMA, Toyo Gakuen University)

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JAPAN SOCIETY OF MONETARY ECONOMICS
1. Outline of JSMEThe Japan Society of Monetary Economics (JSME) studies monetary economics
and related subjects from the perspective of theory and policy and contributes to theadvancement of learning and economic development. Since its foundation in 1943, theSociety has been pursuing its mission to contribute to the progress of economic
development through academic research in a variety of fields related with monetary
economics and finance. In order to attain its goal, the Society performs the following
activities; a. Study and research, b. Conferences and seminars, c. Publication of news
for members, reports, and books, d. Support for study and research, including researchfrom other institutions, and e. Other activities needed to attain the goals of the Society.
(1) Brief History
The JSME was first organized in 1943. It is one of the earliest academic societies
or associations in economics founded in Japan, lasting more than 75 years. The
organization of the JSME dates back to a group of people who proposed its founding.
The group’s prospectus reads as follows;• Research in the fields of theory and policy of money and finance can achieve their
purposes most effectively by comprehensive cooperation of academics withpractitioners.
• Although monetary and financial problems are so urgent these days, it is greatly
regrettable for our nation that we do not have any such academic society to live up to
our nation’s expectations in this country so far.
• The most significant characteristic of the Society is the deepened awareness of theneed for integration or close cooperation of theory, policy and practice of money andfinance.
At the inceptive stage of founding the Society, Toyo Keizai Inc., a major publisher,went a long way toward establishing it. Tanzan ISHIBASHI recalled, in a pamphlet titled“The Birth of the JSME” [or “The Prenatal Episode of the JSME”], that the Study
Group of Monetary Systems, sponsored by Toyo Keizai Inc. had laid the groundworkfor its founding(2) Major Activities
The Society has four major activities to facilitate members’ research.
First, we have general Annual Meetings twice a year. The spring Annual Meeting44

is held in the Kanto region, and the fall Annual Meeting is held in other areas. In
addition to the bi-annual general Annual Meetings, the society has five Study Groups
which meet in five regions, i.e., the Hokkaido Area, Kanto Area, Chubu Area, Kansai
Area and Nishi-Nihon (Kyushu, Chugoku and Shikoku) Area, and three special Study
Groups, which are the Monetary History group, International Monetary Economics
group, and Central Banking group. These groups hold seminars twice or three times a
year.
Second, the Society publishes two academic journals, the Review of Monetary and
Financial Studies (Kinyu Keizai Kenkyu) and the Japanese Journal of Monetary and
Financial Economics.
The Review of Monetary and Financial Studies is published twice a year. Eachvolume of the journal consists of several articles, which are approved by referees
appointed by the editorial board, book reviews as well as a summary of the Special
Lectures, the Presidential Address and the Panel of the latest general Annual Meeting.
The submission of articles has been open to non-members since 1998.
The Japanese Journal of Monetary and Financial Economics is an online journal,
which was first published in 2013. The journal accepts papers related to theoretical andempirical research on money and finance in accordance with the objectives of theJapan Society of Monetary Economics. More specifically, the journal accepts papers
on the following research topics: money, financial transactions, monetary policy,
financial markets, financial institutions, financial industries, corporate finance, andinternational finance. The Society intends to share with the global academic
community important Japanese experiences in the monetary and financial fields, aswell as to promote academic research in the fields generally.
Third, due to the recent progress in information and communication technology,
the Homepage Committee of JSME has been actively promoting the use of theSociety’s website in both Japanese and English. As a result, the JSME website has been
increasingly used not only by JSME members but also by non-members who areinterested in JSME activities.
Fourth, in response to the recent globalization of the financial markets andinternational linkage of monetary policies, the Society has been promotinginternational activities such as opening of English pages on its website and holding
English presentations and sessions at Annual Meetings. In 1998, the Society concluded
an agreement with the China Society for Finance and Banking. The Society also
concluded an agreement with the Korea Money and Finance Association in 2011.
Under the agreement for Academic Cooperation and Exchange between Japan and45

Korea, Partnership Sessions have been held several times.
(3) President and Members of the Society
Toshiki JINUSHI (Kansai University) succeeded to Eiji OGAWA (Hitotsubashi
University) as President of the Society in May 2018 and has been promoting theSociety’s activities. The membership has been increasing and covers a wide range ofacademicians and practitioners who are interested in monetary and financial economics.
In particular, the number of graduate student members has been increasing in recent
years. Currently, the society has 1,332 individual members, 10 supporting institutions,and 17 special institutional members as of March 2020.

2. Annual Meetings
We have a two-day general meeting twice a year. Each meeting includes apresidential address and ends with a special panel discussion. The topics chosen as acommon theme for panel discussion are important issues of the Japanese economy ateach point of time. In this section, we briefly summarize the meetings for the last six
years.
(1) Universities organizing the meetings
The annual meetings have been held in many universities. The following listshows the universities where the annual meetings were held from Fall 2014 to Spring2020. The chairman of the organizing committee is elected from those universities.
Fall, 2014: Yamaguchi University
Spring, 2015: Tokyo Keizai University
Fall, 2015: Tohoku University
Spring, 2016: Musashi University
Fall, 2016: Kansai University
Spring, 2017: Waseda University
Fall, 2017: Kagoshima University
Spring, 2018: Senshu University
Fall, 2018: Nagoya City University
Spring, 2019: Gakushuin University
Fall, 2019: Konan University
Spring, 2020: Chuo University (not held as originally scheduled due to
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(2) Symposium (Kyotsu Rondai)
In an annual meeting, we have a special panel session in the afternoon of thesecond day as a closing session of the meetings. In the session, one selected theme(Kyotsu Rondai) is discussed by a couple of panelists. The themes of the meeting overthe last six years are various and listed as follows:
Fall, 2014: Financial Education in Local Areas
Spring, 2015: Japan’s Current Account Balance: Current Situation and its Optimal
PolicyFall, 2015: Economic Recovery from Natural Disasters
Spring, 2016: Regional Revitalization and Realignment of Regional Financial
Institutions
Fall, 2016: What Do We Learn from Takahashi Korekiyo?
Spring, 2017: Assessment of the Monetary Easing from the Viewpoint of BusinessEconomics
Fall, 2017: Competitiveness of the Tokyo Financial Market in Asia
Spring, 2018: Reconsideration of the Recent Reforms in the Global Financial
Regulatory System
Fall, 2018: Significance and Challenges of Cryptocurrencies
Spring, 2019: Abenomics: Past, Present, and Future
Fall, 2019: Reorganization of Banking and Regional Common Interest: An
attempt for a new approach from a historical perspective
Spring, 2020: (not held due to COVID-19)(3) Panel sessions at Meetings
With a number of individual presentations, a couple of panel sessions are held atannual meetings. The panel sessions are organized by three special Study Groups: theMonetary History group, International Monetary Economics group, and Central
Banking group.
(4) Invited presentations
In an annual meeting, we have one invited lecture. We have invited speakers who
have distinguished careers in the academic field or a more practical financial field.
Some speakers are from foreign universities, some are from central banks, the Ministryof Finance or financial supervisory authorities. The lectures are very valuable and give
us lots of good suggestions and ideas. The following is the list of the themes and47

invited speakers over the last six years.
Fall, 2014: Japanese Economy and Monetary Policy
Speaker: Ryuzo MIYAO, Member of the Policy Board, Bank of Japan
Spring, 2015: On the Recent Financial Administration
Speaker: Kiyoshi HOSOMIZO, Commissioner, Financial Services Agency
Fall, 2015: Japan’s Exit Strategy and Secular Stagnation
Speaker: Kazumasa IWATA, President, Japan Center for Economic Research
Spring, 2016: Decency of Capital Market and Principles-based Approaches
Speaker: Takafumi SATO, President, Japan Exchange Regulation
Fall, 2016: Current State and Challenges of the Financial Administration
Speaker: Nobuchika MORI, Commissioner, Financial Services Agency
Spring, 2017: Theory on Financial Markets and Central Banks
Speaker: Haruhiko KURODA, Governor, Bank of Japan
Fall, 2017: “Win-Win Net” Business: the New Business Model of the Minami
Nippon Bank
Speaker: Toshihide MORI, President, The Minami-Nippon Bank
Spring, 2018: Japan’s Contributions to the Global Regulatory Reforms
Speaker: Ryozo HIMINO, Vice Minister for International Affairs, Financial
Services Agency
Fall, 2018: The Future of Money
Speaker: Masayoshi AMAMIYA, Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan,
Spring, 2019: Asset Management of the Government Pension Investment Fund(GPIF)
Speaker: Norihiro TAKAHASHI, President, GPIF
Fall, 2019: Current conditions and issues of financial system policy
Speaker: Toshihide ENDO, Commissioner, the Financial Services Agency
Spring, 2020: (not held due to COVID-19)(5) Future meetings
The annual meetings will be held on the following schedule. As for the fallmeeting of 2020, it will be held at Okayama Shoka University. The spring meeting of2021 will be held at Reitaku University.
3. Current status and perspectives of JSMEThe Society has been active for more than seventy-five years. One of the aims of
the Society is to exchange ideas and knowledge between academics and people from48

more practical institutions such as the ministry of finance, central bank and financial
supervisory authority. Such activities are very important especially when the monetary
policy has been a key to boost the economy. Japan experienced prolonged stagnationand deflation, and then adopted several rounds of unconventional monetary policies,
such as the zero interest rate policy, quantitative easing, quantitative and qualitative
monetary easing, and the negative interest rate policy.
Now other developed countries have experienced a similar stagnant situation after
the global financial crisis and implemented similar unconventional policies. Prolonged
monetary easing may pose new challenges for the banking sector and the ability offinancial intermediation in general. The Society should be the place to discuss theefficacy and challenges of these policy measures, and it should also propose optimal
policy initiatives to the world based on its experiences.
(Ryuzo MIYAO, Kobe University)

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JAPAN SOCIETY OF POLITICAL ECONOMY (JSPE)
1. Outline of the JSPE: its aims and activities
The JSPE was founded in 1959. Its purpose has been promotion of academic
research on the basic theories together with concrete analyses in the area of political
economy, by facilitating cooperation and communication among its members. Our
approach is centered on Marxian political economy, spreading to cover the fields ofMarxian thoughts, politics and heterodox economics such as Keynesian andpost-Keynesian economics, institutional economics, evolutionary economics and manyothers. The membership is about 750. Activities of the JSPE are steered by a board of
directors who are elected by members’ votes in every third year. The incumbent
president is Dr. Tetsuji KAWAMURA (Hosei University).
The JSPE has worked to pursue its purpose mainly in two forms of activities.
Firstly, it holds a nationwide annual conference. The venue is usually Tokyo in
odd-number years and other parts of Japan in even-number years. Usually theconference consists of one plenary session in Japanese, one English commemorative
lecture delivered by an internationally renowned figure, parallel sessions, a members’
general meeting, and a social party. The subjects of the recent plenary sessions include“Political Economy Now: Challenges to the Orthodoxy”, “Challenges to Main Stream
Economics and the Future of Capitalism”, “Marx in the 21st Century: 150 Years After
Capital”, “Capital (150 years), Imperialism (100 years) and the Critique of
Capitalism”, “Transforming Capitalism and the Perspective of Political Economy”,“The Limit of Capitalism and Alternatives”. As we shall mention later, we founded aninternational book award under the cooperation with the London-based publisher
Routledge in 2014. The English award lectures have been given by the prize winners
since then. The parallel sessions usually include 3-5 English sessions. The annual
conferences provide very good opportunities for members to meet and communicate
with each other on a national and global scale. In addition to the annual conference,meetings are also held based on the local branch organizations.
Secondly, the JSPE has published the refereed journal titled The Political
Economy Quarterly since 2004, following The Bulletin of the Japan Society of
Political Economy which was published annually from 1961 to 2003. The Political
Economy Quarterly includes several peer-reviewed papers which are submitted bymembers and selected by the editorial board based on peer reviews, invited papers,
book reviews, and informational notes. The papers are mainly in Japanese with English
summaries. The editorial board is selected from members of the JSPE and approved by50

the board of directors. The editorial members appoint suitable peer reviewers frommembers of the JSPE. This strict process of refereeing makes The Political Economy
Quarterly the top journal in the field of Marxian political economy in Japan. Every
year the first issue of The Political Economy Quarterly contains the papers and asummary of discussions in the plenary sessions as well as the outlines of apparelsessions of the annual conference.
2. “K. Marx in the 21st Century” Symposiums
The year 2017 was the 150th anniversary of the publication of K. Marx’s Capital
Vol.1, and the following year 2018 was the bicentenary of the birth of Karl Marx. As
an academic association based mainly on Marxian studies, the JSPE took theleadership to organize some “K. Marx in the 21st Century” symposiums, holding a
one-day symposium in September 2017 about Marx’s Capital at Musashi University
and a two-day international symposium on the bicentenary of the birth of K. Marx inDecember 2018 at Hosei University. These events were organized together with six
other associations in Japan: the Japanese Society for the History of Economic Thought,
the Society for History of Social Thoughts, the Institute for Fundamental Political
Economy, Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Marx-Engels-Forscher, Japan, the Japan Society for
the Study of Materialism, and the Japan Society for the Study of Credit Theory.
The thoughts and theory of K. Marx have had deep and very broad influences on
economics, social and political thoughts as well as actual politics and social
movements since his birth in the 19th Century. In Japan, the Marxian studies have long
been the central part of social sciences both in the pre-war and post-war periods andhave achieved accumulations of studies of K. Marx with the highest levels andforemost originalities. However, we have also experienced a contagious spread of theinfluences of U.S. economics in the post-war period and especially the dramatic
collapse of the Soviet Union and the expansion of neoliberalism after the 1990s
provoked a rising sentiment of the end of Marxism.
On the other hand, the 21st Century is an era of great socio-economic andpolitical transformation: we have seen a change in Pax Americana and a “power shift”
caused by the rise of emerging economies such as China. These changes have resulted
in a great transformation of modern capitalism that reshapes political and economic
systems as well as cultural circumstances. In particular, the 2008 global crisis
highlighted the limit of capitalism, considered as “once-in-a-century” (Alan
GREENSPAN, 2018) and “the worst since the Great Depression” (Timothy GEITHNER,
2018). We are also confronted with the increasing inequality worldwide and a global
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environmental crisis. All of these cast gloom over the future of capitalism. Under thesesituations, people are increasingly interested in K. Marx’s and Marxian achievements,
which entail critical and holistic viewpoints on human history.
We observe a number of international discussions in the forms of symposiums,
publications, and foundations of new academic associations. For example, there wereinternational symposiums including “Marx’s Capital after 150 Years” in Toronto, May
2017, “Marx 200” in Berlin, May 2018, and “The Second World Congress on Marxism”
in Beijing, May 2018. We believe it was time for presenting Japanese Marxian studies
based on the original traditions.
The aim of our symposiums was to discuss and develop Japanese Marxian
studies in order to satisfy the demand of the age. We welcomed many international
colleagues in cooperation with six domestic associations as well as overseas academic
bodies such as the European Society for the History of Economic Thought and theWorld Association for Political Economy.
In our 2017 Symposium on the 150th Anniversaryof K. Marx’s Capital, we discussed the significance andcontemporary issues of Marx’s theory in the 21st Century,
particularly focusing on his Capital, from multi-lateralperspectives: economic theories, thoughts, history andempirical analysis. Part 1 consisted of six Japanesepresentations and two English ones; Part 2 was a
discussion session. About 250 people participated in theevent.
Following the 2017 symposium, we prepared in2018 an International Symposium for the 200th
Anniversary of the Birth of K. Marx, the scope of which
was much enlarged to facilitate a larger forum of
discussion about Marx’s legacy. The general scheme ofthe symposium covered the three major categories: 1.
historically and objectively investigating K. Marx’s
theories and thoughts; 2. recapturing past impacts andexperiences of K. Marx and Marxism; 3. identifying
features of Marx’s theories and thoughts and those of thesuccessors or the alternatives to them in the 21st Century
of ours. We arranged three series of parallel sessions, twoin English and one in Japanese, for two days. The
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plenary session included round-table discussions and five lectures with simultaneoustranslations. The total participants were over 400.
After the two symposiums, we published three volumes of the proceedings ofpresented papers in the 2017 and 2018 symposiums. All papers presented in theplenary session in 2017 and English sessions in 2018 are available in English,
contained in volume 1 and 2 of the proceedings respectively.
3. The JSPE-Routledge International Book Prize
In 2014, we founded the JSPE-Routledge International Book Prize. Since then,we have devoted enormous efforts to select the winners and manage the special award
lectures. Here we would like to introduce the winners from 2014 to 2019 together with
their achievements from our website (https://jspe.gr.jp/index.php/en/en_jspe-routledge_prize).
The 2014 prize winner was Samuel BOWLES (Behavioral Sciences Program at theSanta Fe Institute) based on his two books: Bowles, S. (2004) Microeconomics:
Behavior, Institutions and Evolution, Princeton University Press and (2012) The New
Economics of Inequality and Redistribution, Cambridge University Press.
Bowles started his career as a founding member of Radical Economics in the
1970s. Bowles, S. and Gintis, H. (1976) Schooling in Capitalist America, Basic Books
was a remarkable achievement in the 1970s. It applied a Neo-Marxian approach to theeconomics of education. In the early 1980s, he collaborated with D. G ORDON and T.
WEISSKOPF, and investigated the productivity slowdown in the US on the basis of
microeconomic models taking class relations into account. The outcome of thiscollaboration was the theory of “social structures of accumulation (SSA)” as presented
in Bowles, S., Gordon, D. and Weisskopf, T. (1983) Beyond the Waste Land, Anchor
Books. Bowles then proposed his “contested exchange theory” as the core of his future
research and started his research project, “new micro foundation for the political
economy of capitalism”. Applying incomplete contract theory to the labor market andthe financial market, he concluded that the market cannot achieve demand-supply
correspondence even at a competitive equilibrium, since an agent on the short side in
the market can excise power against a trading partner. He also collaborated with R.
BOYER, and developed a macroeconomic model which integrated the microeconomic
model of contested exchange and the theory of effective demand originated by M.
KIALECK. This collaborative work proved that higher wages and an effective collective
bargaining system produced a higher level of employment.
Bowles has been a major contributor to the development of a new paradigm of53

“evolutionary social science” as an alternative to the Walrasian paradigm. His work inthis area culminated in the award-winning book Bowles (2004). This is anepoch-making book which integrates the incomplete contract theory, the evolutionary
game theory, behavioral economics and agent-based modeling. The topics covered
include institutional change, social preferences, non-market social interaction,equilibrium unemployment, credit constraint, economic power, generalized increasing
return to scale, and path dependence. A central concept in the book is that of “strong
reciprocity”. This concept refers to the existence of certain group members (“altruistic
punishers”) who will punish those who violate social norms, even when the act ofpunishing imposes a net cost on the individuals who administer the punishment. The
existence of such individuals helps us to understand not only competition and conflict
which economics has dealt with traditionally, but also the co-operation and reciprocal
help which we usually see in the real world. The emergence of strong reciprocity is
explained by the interaction between within-group selection and between-groupconflict within the framework of a multi-level selection model.
Bowles (2012) complements Bowles (2004). In this text, he proposes policies
that will lead to an increase in both wages and employment in a world of global
competition and increasing inequality. He emphasizes the role of“productivity-enhancing asset-based redistribution”, whereby financial assets are
redistributed in such a way as to utilize potential productive resources more effectively.
He also discusses the roles of reciprocity, altruism, and redistribution in modern society.
This book is also highly recommended as a systematic textbook on his theory of“contested exchange”.
The 2015 prize winner was Makoto ITOH (the University of Tokyo) based on his
two books Itoh, M. (1995) Political Economy for Socialism, Macmillan and (2000) The
Japanese Economy Reconsidered, Palgrave.
Itoh started his academic career with his doctoral research on business cycles
and crisis. He also made an effort to build connections between Western and Japanesepolitical economy. In his attempts to bridge the Western and Japanese traditions, hehelped to expand the scope and depth of scholarly exchange among Marxian scholars.
Among his own scholarly achievements, contributions in four major areas
should be highlighted, as follows.
In his earlier works Itoh contributed to the theory of value and the theory ofcredit and crisis (Itoh, M. (1980) Value and Crisis, Monthly Review and Pluto, and(1988) The Basic Theory of Capitalism, Macmillan). On value theory, following Kozo
UNO, Itoh dimensionally distinguishes prices of production as a form of value and54

labor-time embodied in commodities as the substance of value. Itoh’s three-tables
approach in the transformation problem starts from the first table on the substance ofvalue produced, and arrives at the third on the substance of value acquired through thesecond on the prices of production deducted from the first. He argued that Marx’s
propositions of equality between total value and total prices, as well as between total
surplus value and total profit, should be understood as concerning the relations
between the first and the third table, not between the first and the second. He alsopresented new interpretations of negative value and negative surplus value, and also ofcomplex labor. Second, on the theory of credit and crisis, he clarified the relationshipbetween the Marxist political economy of money and finance and crisis theory, andemphasized the role of growing speculative trading and credit mechanism in bringing
about the end of prosperity.
On contemporary capitalism (Itoh (2000)), he demonstrated that an underlying
cause of the end of high post-World War II economic growth, and of the 1973-75
economic crisis which followed it, was the over-accumulation of capital in relation to
the inelastic supply of both of labor power and primary products. He then argued thatthe advances in information technology that accompanied the process of restructuring
induced three reversals in the historical pattern of capitalist development that had
prevailed during the 20th Century: (1) capital investment became lighter and flexibly
mobile, thus intensifying competition and globalization; (2) trade unions weakened asworkers were more flexibly (and irregularly) employed; (3) the role of the state was
reduced, as the era of neoliberalism emerged.
Finally, Itoh applied his theory of value and crisis to the basic issues of socialism(Itoh (1995)). Adopting his theory of the transformation problem, he argued that if
Lange’s method of trial and error method is used to achieve equilibrium prices in asocialist economy – and thus to achieve a full “s-wage model of economy,” wherein
the entire net national product is initially distributed among workers – then therelationship between embodied labor time and socialist prices can be fully specified.
He also argued that his theory of money and finance could be applied to the socialist
economy. Building a stages theory of socialist development, Itoh clarified that a single
model of socialism should not be defined as a uniquely correct scientific path to befollowed; various possibilities for socialism might be chosen by people according totheir social and historical conditions.
The 2016 prize winner was David HARVEY (New York City University) based on
Harvey, D. (2010) The Enigma of Capital: And the Crises of Capitalism, Oxford
University Press.
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Harvey’s main research area is economic geography, urban sociology, andMarxian economics. He has published more than 20 books, which have been translated
into more than fifteen languages. Harvey is one of the most influential Marxian
political economists in the world.
In his earlier works Harvey analyzed contemporary capitalism and developed thetheoretical basis for a social movement that could establish an alternative system tocapitalism (Harvey, D. (2005) A Brief History of Neo-liberalism, OUP). He also
rejuvenated global interest in Marx’s theory by publishing books such as Harvey, D.
(2013) A Companion to Marx’s Capital, Verso, and by giving lectures on Marx’s
Capital on YouTube which attracted many audiences around the world.
In the first half of the awarded book, Harvey adopts the “multiple-causes theory”
of crisis. He argues that “The profit-squeeze theory (the rising wage theory)”, “thetheory of falling rate of profit”, and “the under-consumption theory” are not mutually
exclusive theories; rather, they complement one another in explaining different causesof crisis. In the second half, he develops a co-evolutionary theory of capitalist
development as well as a theory of geographical uneven development. The basic
principle of capitalism is composed of two social DNAs: “never-ending accumulation”
and “compound growth”. Seven activity spheres - namely, production process,technology, the reproduction of daily life, social relations, relations to nature, mental
conceptions of the world, and institutional and administrative arrangements – arerelatively autonomous, but interact and co-evolve on the basis of the basic principle ofcapitalism. When the continuous flows of capital are impeded or stopped, a crisis anddevaluation occur. Even if some causes of crisis are avoided temporarily, crisis will
never disappear, because of the emergence of other limits. He concludes that from theperspective of a “co-evolutionary” process, alternative social thoughts andanti-capitalism social movements can start anywhere in the world.
The 2017 prize winner was Saskia SASSEN (Columbia University) based on her
two books, Sassen, S. (2006) Territory, Authority, Rights from Medieval to Global
Assemblages, Princeton University Press, and (2014) Expulsions: Brutality andComplexity in the Global Economy, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
Sassen is highly respected internationally as one of the leading authorities in
globalization studies. She has single-authored about a dozen books, many of whichhave been translated into Japanese. With a focus on globalization studies, she has
drawn on a profound theoretical knowledge of Marxian economics and applied an
extensive knowledge and materials on society, history and culture to advanced research
into globalization that has broadly covered political economics, urban sociology, and56

international labor migration theory over a quarter of a century. A major characteristicof her research is the use of a multi-layered approach to perceive the transformative
dynamics at the sub-national and local levels that are created when globalizationinduces not only denationalization but also renationalization.
In one of Sassen’s two award-winning works, Sassen (2006), she perceives
Territory, Authority and Rights (TAR) from the political geography of the European
middle ages to the modern digital age in terms of the constituents of the various
conditions by which both the national and the global are constructed. By verifying theway in which these assemblages became historically embedded, amidst the process ofglobalization since the 1980s, she traces the disassembly of nation states that were
historically constructed in the West. In particular, she clarifies the “tipping points” andtheir “organizing logics” that can transfer the assemblage of “capabilities,” such as asystem’s formative mechanism, to new purposes, and emphasizes that the interior ofcomplex systems, the fundamental changes to the systems themselves, and theappearance of new forms, depends on the capabilities that were formed and developed
to a considerable extent in the preceding era. Through in-depth verification of thisnature, the dynamism of the formation and change of the specific elements of TAR thatis developed during the process of globalization is revealed to be something that isreassembled by the denationalization of the historically-constructed national within anew, denationalized structure that operates at the global, national and subnational
levels. This work is simultaneously a compilation of Sassen’s research up until theearly 2000s, and also offers new insights into conventional “theories of the state” thatare premised on territorial nationalism and the nation-state.
In her second award-winning work, Sassen (2014), she further advances herinterpretation of dynamism in this sense, and based on the new concept of “expulsions,”
attempts to reveal the pathological nature of contemporary global capitalism by
uncovering the “sub-surface trends” of “complex modes of expulsions”, which“expanding inequality” and other commonly used phrases fail to fully encompass.
Utilizing the unique method of “digging” to expose sub-surface trends that are notnecessarily visualized, Sassen demonstrates that diverse and complex “expulsion” andthe process thereof creates “plain brutalism” which constitutes the strategic element of
the global formation of the global city, and a major feature therein is her identificationof the present situation since the 2008 global financial crisis as “the formation of
exploitability.” In this sense, this work represents Sassen’s research themes since the2008 global financial crisis.
The 2018 prize winner was Dian ELSON (the University of Essex) based on her
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two books, Elson, D. (1991) Male Bias in the Development Process, Manchester
University Press, and Staveren, I. v., Elson, D., Grown, C. and Çagatay, N. eds. (2007)
The Feminist Economics of Trade, Routledge.
Elson has published widely research on the relations of gender equality andhuman rights, and economic policy, globalization, multinational companies andinternational trade, including on the feminist economics of trade. Elson has deep
knowledge of Marx’s value theory, labor theory, and has built the theoretical basis ofan original unpaid work theory, care economy, etc. in feminist economics. Moreover,her studies, which made full use of her extensive knowledge and statistical materials
about the socioeconomic impact which gender order brings about, and her detailed
present data analysis have given a new viewpoint to various fields, such as economic
policy, development studies, and human rights and she has done the latest research on
economic society and gender.
Elson (1991) is about the Export Processing Zone installed from the 1980s by
governments of developing countries to push an export-oriented growth strategy
through foreign direct investment by multi-national companies using local
subcontractors to provide their local labor force, taking advantage of the patriarchal
gender order of the society concerned. This theory is now fundamental in the study of
the relationship between gender order and the foundation of export-oriented growthand serves as basic theory in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa, and Latin America at
the present.
She has conceptualized male bias as “male imbalance in a company” which acts
inside a business organization. She demonstrated the patriarchal gender order of thesociety concerned, and the influence of the development process. The development
process accompanied by male bias aligned with the gender order of the society
concerned, especially in a labor-intensive industry, has a basic relationship withpromoting women’s labor force working to create an invisible competitive power incommodity production for export to world markets. Elson’s analysis made it possible
to lead the criticism of the neoclassical theory centering on “selection of thediscriminatory employer by a market”, and to materialize feminist economics as
criticism of the economics of neo-classical theory, and to treat consideration of genderequality and human rights as a problem inside economics.
The second awarded work, Staveren and Elson et al. eds. (2007), developed thegender analysis in international economics, and clarified the position of feminist
economics. In this book, while Elson examined international trade theory in themainstream faction and heterodox economics and criticized the neoclassical theory of58

the perfect competition concept, she reappraised the doctrine of comparative advantage
criticism by heterodox economics which predominantly paid attention to the absoluteadvantage of a competitive condition, and emphasized the importance of therelationship between global competitiveness and social environment. For the labor
force, positive competition to labor cost reduction is performed per unit unlike generalcommodities. Capitalism points to externalization of the reproduction cost of a labor
force, and a fundamental inconsistency exists between economic growth and social
reproduction. Therefore, a procuration of a competitive advantage includes thegendered social process of mainly women bearing the unpaid burden of labor force
reproduction cost. With such a relationship the gender gap became clear, demonstratingthat they were many results of the division of labor in the unpaid care economy built
socially.
The 2019 winner was Robert BOYER (Institut des Amériques) based on his
books: Boyer, R. and Yamada, T. eds. (2000) Japanese Capitalism in Crisis: A
Régulationist Interpretation, Routledge, Boyer, R., Uemura, H. and Isogai, A. (2012)
Diversity and Transformations of Asian Capitalisms, Routledge, and Boyer, R.,
Uemura, H., Yamada, T. and Song, L. (2018) Evolving Diversity and Interdependenceof Capitalisms: Transformations of Regional Integration in EU and Asia, Springer.
Boyer has been well-known as a leader in the field of the political economy ofcapitalism by the “Régulation theory” (hereinafter abbreviated “RT”), which originates
in France, since the 1980s. After M. AGLIETTA established the RT in Aglietta, M. (1976)
Régulation et crise du capitalisme, Calman-Lévy, Boyer has been a prominent
researcher in this school, making an enduring effort to develop the theory as well as
expanding the scope of the application through the communication with various
approaches in economics and others that are effective in investigating the varieties ofcapitalism and its transformation and evolution. Those include politics by A. GRAMSCIand N. POULANTZAS, economic sociology by P. BOURDIEU, and comparative historicalanalysis by K. THELEN. The above three publications are all founded upon the
deepening core concepts of the RT and the development of researches in individual
domains such as labor, finance, the state and international economy in the 1980s and90s. He led an international research team to produce them under the collaboration
with Asian researchers from Japan, China and Korea etc.
The discussions in these publications are outstanding not only in making full useof analytical methods of the RT, which identifies itself as the economics of temporaland spatial variability, but also in its completeness as a systematic theory of political
economy of capitalism by the régulationist approach to challenge neoclassical59

orthodoxy. These three can be regarded as compiled works of Boyer’s long research of
the RT through 20-year international collaborations. What is the essence of Boyer’s
political economy of capitalism? We can grasp it in the title of his recent French
publication, Boyer, R. (2015) Économie politique des capitalismes: Théorie de larégulation et des crises, La Découverte. The core concepts of neoclassical orthodoxy
are “market”, “economics”, “equilibrium” and “growth”; he replaces them with theconcepts of “capitalism”, “political economy”, “régulation” and “crisis”. Through theradical critique of “market economics: the theory of equilibrium and growth”, hereconstructs the science of economy.
Boyer has been a world leader in the field of political economy for half a century,and his field of study spreads widely to present an original framework of the political
economy of capitalism with refined measures for the future. These achievements are
unfolded in the collaborative publications with Asian researcher groups, the core
members of which are Japanese researchers in JSPE.
4. The JSPE Prize for the Younger Members
Meanwhile, we created an incentive award for young members in 2009. Every
year one or two members are awarded by the selection committee. The prize winners
from 2013 to 2019 were: Kosuke OKI (Kagawa University) and Hiroshi NISHI (Hannan
University) in 2013, Takashi OHNO (Ritsumeikan University) and Tsuyoshi YUKI
(Saitama University) in 2014, Kei EHARA (Saitama University) and Kazuhiro KUROSE(Tohoku University) in 2015, Korefumi MIYATA (Komazawa University) in 2016,
Shinya SHIBASAKI (Saitama Gakuen University) and Ryunosuke SONODA (Saga
University) in 2017, Bangxi LI (Qinghua University) in 2018, Kohei SAITO (Osaka
City University) and Hiroki MURAKAMI (Chuo University) in 2019.
5. The Book Publications from the JSPE
Finally, we would like to mention our publications.
The JSPE has published two books during the period from2014 to 2020, one in Japanese and one in English.
The Japanese book is titled Economics and the
Future of Economics Education: Beyond “Referential
Standard” of Science Council of Japan, edited by Kiichiro
YAGI (Setsunan University), Yuji ARUKA (Chuo University),
Hiroshi OSAKA (Toyama University), Hiroshi OHNISHI(Keio University) and Masaaki YOSHIDA (Senshu
60University), from Sakurai Shoten in April 2015.
The Science Council of Japan (SCJ) is the representative organization of theJapanese scientist community ranging over all fields of sciences. The SCJ published a“referential standard” for university education of economics in August 2014, which
promoted standardization of economics education on the limited basis ofunderstandings of nature of our field. Many academic associations critically responded
to this “standard” and published this book under the leadership of Kiichiro Yagi, who
was the President of the JSPE at the time.
The other English title is The Rejuvenation of Political Economy, Routledge,
April 2016. The editors are Nobuharu YOKOKAWA (Musashi University), Kiichiro YAGI,
Hiroyasu UEMURA (Yokohama National University), and Richard WESTRA (Nagoya
University).
This book provides the basic knowledge of Japanesecontributions in political economy and the ongoing
research agenda, such as the pursuit of theoreticalconsistency in Marxian economics by the Uno School; theconcept of “civil society” as a criterion of existingsocio-economic structure; a mathematical reconstruction of
Marxian theory; and an analysis of environmental pollution.
The new generation of Japanese political economists incollaboration with their overseas counterparts has produced
new insights into political economy and into the newly
emerging structure of the world economy.
(Kei EHARA, Oita University)

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THE REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL
I. Outline of the Association
The Regional Science Association International (RSAI) was founded in 1954.
The Japan Branch of the RSAI (JSRSAI: Japan Section of the Regional Science
Association International) was established in 1962. The JSRSAI is also a membership
section of the Pacific Regional Science Conference Organization (PRSCO), which is asuper-regional organization of the RSAI. The JSRSAI and the RSAI aim to provide
intellectual leadership in the studies of social, economic, political, and behavioral
phenomena having spatial dimensions. Consequently, the JSRSAI brings together
scholars and practitioners from a large number of fields, including economics,
geography, urban and regional planning, civil engineering, sociology, finance, andpolitical science. Members can be found in academic institutions, governments,
consulting organizations, and a variety of private firms.
The main objectives of the JSRSAI include the fostering and exchange of ideas
and the promotion of studies, including the utilization of tools, methods and theoreticalframeworks specifically designed for regional analysis and the study of concept,
procedures, and analytical techniques of the various social and other sciences.
These objectives are supported via the collaboration and camaraderie among its
members and scholars in related fields. The JSRSAI encourages and supports the
publication of scholarly studies and the performance of services to aid theadvancement of its members and the fields of regional science. For further details,
pleasevisit
http://www.jsrsai.jp,
http://www.regionalscience.org,
and
http://www.prsco.info.
The recent successive Presidents of the JSRSAI are Yoshinobu K UMATA (2005–
2008, Chiba University of Commerce), Makoto TAWADA (2009–2010, University of
Nagoya), Yoshiro HIGANO (2011–2016, University of Tsukuba), Moriki HOSOE (2017–2018, Kyushu University), and Shuetsu TAKAHASHI (2019–2020, Tohoku Gakuin
University). The Executive Directors of the JSRSAI are Yoshiro HIGANO (1998–2010,
University of Tsukuba), Hiroyuki SHIBUSAWA (2011–2014, Toyohashi University ofTechnology), and Takeshi MIZUNOYA (2015–2020, University of Tsukuba).
II. Annual Domestic Conferences(1) 50th Annual Conference, Tokushima University, 2013
The JSRSAI held its 50th Annual Conference on the campus of Tokushima
62University hosted by Mitsuo KONDO (Tokushima University), the chairperson of thelocal organization committee. The meeting opened on October 12th. Paper sessions
were held on the 12th, 13th, and 14th. Some 210 scholars attended for presentations anddiscussions. The conference consisted of 105 paper presentations across 28 concurrent
sessions. The session titles included energy issues, eco-tourism, water environment,
transportation, information, input–output analysis, fisheries, China’s economy, regional
regeneration, and communication.
The symposium was held under the chairpersonship of Toru NAITO (Tokushima
University). The main theme was Points of Policy and Planning between Tsunami
Disaster Prevention and the Sustainable Community Improvement. In addition to theregular conference, sessions in English were held on October 12th–13th. The theme was“Sustainable Socio-Economic Activity and Regional Policy–To the Bright Future I andII.” Nine papers were presented. International members from China, Switzerland,
Holland, and the US participated in the sessions and held discussions contributing to
the new perspectives of regional policy.
(2) 51st Annual Conference, Reitaku University, 2014
The 51st Annual Conference was held at Reitaku University, Chiba, hosted by
Hiroya ONO and Suminori TOKUNAGA, from October 3rd to 5th, 2014. Around 130
members, including international distinguished scholars, J. D. HEWINGS (University of
Illinois), A. A. BATABYAL (Rochester Institute of Technology), K. E. HAYNES (George
Mason University), and others participated and actively contributed to the academic
communications. The conference consisted of around 140 paper presentations in 29
concurrent sessions. A memorial session was dedicated to the late Prof. Yasuhiko OISHI.
The session themes included regional economic analysis, social capital and public
goods, input–output analysis, and regional management. The symposium’s theme was“A Way of Regional Linkages in a Globalization Era,” presented under thechairpersonship of Prof. Hitoshi SATO (Reitaku University).
(3) 52nd Annual Conference, Okayama University, 2015
The 52nd Annual Conference was held at Okayama University, Okayama, hosted
by Hiroshi ABE, from October 12th to 19th, 2015. About 190 members, includinginternational distinguished scholars, J. D. HEWINGS (University of Illinois), K. E.
HAYNES (George Mason University), S. ANANTSUKSOMSRI (Thammasat University), A.
A. BATABYAL (Rochester Institute of Technology), and others participated in theconference and actively contributed to the academic communications.
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The conference consisted of around 140 paper presentations in 36 concurrent
sessions and one symposium. A special session was dedicated to Prof. Yoshiro HIGANO
on his retirement from the University of Tsukuba. The theme was “Socio-Economic
Environmental Policies and Evaluations in Regional Science: Session in Honor of
Yoshiro Higano I, II, III, and IV.” Fifteen papers were presented. The session themes
included general equilibrium analysis, consciousness analysis, economic analysis,
energy issues, regional planning, public goods, model and simulation analysis, humancapital formation, social cost and risk, and industrial development. The symposium’s
theme was “Urban Planning for Regional Revitalization and Local Central Cities”
under the chairpersonship of Prof. Mitsuo KONDO.
(4) 53rd Annual Conference, Niigata University, 2016
The 53rd Annual Conference was held at Niigata University, Niigata, hosted by
Lily KIMINAMI, from October 8th to 10th, 2016. About 200 members, includinginternational distinguished scholars, A. S. BAILLY (University of Geneva), K. E.
HAYNES (George Mason University), P. NIJKAMP (Free University), K. KOURTIT (KTH
Stockholm), A. A. BATABYAL (Rochester Institute of Technology), J. ROMAO (Hokkaido
University), and others participated in the conference. A memorial session wasdedicated to the late Prof. Takao FUKUCHI.
The conference consisted of around 100 paper presentations in 28 concurrent
sessions and one symposium. The session themes included regional policy,transportation, regional management, model analysis, kaiyu and real time economics,
tourism growth and spatial implications, environmental issues, economic development
in Southeast Asia, and analysis of urban sustainability. The symposium’s theme was“Food Industry Strategy in Niigata under Global Society” under the chairpersonship ofLily KIMINAMI.
(5) 54th Annual Conference, Ritsumeikan University, 2017
The 54th Annual Conference was held at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, hosted
by Hidehiko KANAGAE, from October 6th to 8th, 2017. About 220 members, includinginternational distinguished scholars, A. A. BATABYAL (Rochester Institute ofTechnology), N. TONTISIRIN (Thammasat University), S. ANANTSUKSOMSRI(Chulalongkorn University), J. ROMAO (Hokkaido University), and others participatedin the conference.
The conference consisted of around 140 paper presentations in 34 concurrent
sessions and one regular symposium, entitled “Inheritance Policy and Maintenance in64the Historical City.” A special commemoration session was dedicated to Prof. Moriki
HOSOE for 70 years age. Other several special sessions were organized by Prof. Y.
HARASHINA, Prof. S. SAITO, Prof. S. TOKUNAGA, Prof. N. YOSHIDA, Prof. M.
YAHAGIHARA, and Prof. Y. KUNIMITSU.
(6) 55th Annual Conference, Hokkai Gakuen University, 2018
The 55th Annual Conference was held at Hokkai Gakuen University, Hokkaido,
hosted by Soushi SUZUKI, from October 6th to 8th, 2018. About 190 members, includinginternational distinguished scholars, A. A. BATABYAL (Rochester Institute ofTechnology), N. TONTISIRIN (Thammasat University), S. ANANTSUKSOMSRI(Chulalongkorn University), J. ROMAO (Hokkaido University), and others participatedin the conference.
The conference consisted of around 110 paper presentations in 30 concurrent
sessions and one regular symposium, entitled “Regional Development in Depopulation
Society.” A special academic session was organized by the Regional Science Academy(RSA). Some international distinguished scholars, A. A. NIJKAMP (Tinbergen Institute),
G. MULLIGAN (University of Arizona), A. A. BATABYAL (Rochester Institute ofTechnology), K. HAYNES (George Mason University), K. KOURTIT (Jheronimus
Academy of Data Science), M. CATHY (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), and others
participated in the conference.
The general session themes included consciousness analysis, factor analysis, thechallenges in the region, regions and information, transportation, input–output analysis,
and spatial analysis. Several special sessions were organized by Prof. T. NAITO, Prof. T.
HASHIMOTO, Prof. S. SAITO, Prof. K. NOZAKI, Dr. Y. KUNIMITSU, Prof. H. KANEGAE, andProf. H. YANAGIHARA. The symposium’s theme was “Regional Planning in
Depopulation Society,” presented under the chairpersonship of Soushi SUZUKI.
(7) 56th Annual Conference, Kurume University, 2019
The 56th Annual Conference was held at Kurume University, Fukuoka, hosted by
Koji AKIMOTO, from September 9th to 15th, 2019.
The conference consisted of around 130 paper presentations in 33 concurrent
sessions and one regular symposium. An international symposium was held with thetitle “Territory, Tourism, and Sustainable Development.” About 200 members attended,
including international distinguished scholars P. NIJKAMP, L. L. C. TOMAZ, ZAMPARINI,
J. RIDDERSTAAT, J. C. MARTIN, J. LIM, G. J. BURGERS, B. NEUTS, and K. KOURTIT. A
special academic session was organized by the RSA. The title was “Tourism, Leisure65

and Recreation: New Challenges I and II.” The symposium’s theme was “Economic
Vitalization and Regional Development in a Watershed.”
III. International Conferences
The RSAI is an interdisciplinary, international organization focusing onunderstanding the growth and development of urban, regional, and international
systems. The RSAI provides intellectual leadership in the study of those social,economic, political, and behavioral phenomena that have a spatial dimension.
In 1990, the association changed its organizational structure to better reflect thegrowth and development of the field. The RSAI now serves as an umbrellaorganization overseeing four super-regional organizations in North America, Europe,
Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Rim.
(1) RSAI Conferences
12th World Conference, Goa, India, 2018
Every four years since 1980, the RSAI has conducted a world congress. Since
2012, the congress has been held every two years. The 12th World Congress of the
RSAI took place at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science at the K K Birla Goa
Campus in Goa, India from May 29th to June 1st, 2018. It was hosted by the Regional
Science Association of India and organized by Sumana BANDYOPADHYAY (University of
Calcutta). The main conference theme was Spatial Systems: Social Integration,
Regional Development and Sustainability. The congress included keynote lectures,scientific sessions, poster sessions, workshops, and themed sessions. Field trips wereorganized in and around Goa. The conference brought together participants fromvarious disciplines and integrated young scholars from all over of the world.
(2) PRSCO(a) 24th PRSCO Conference, Vina del Mar, Chile, 2015
The international meetings of the PRSCO are held biennially. The 24th PRSCO
conference was held in Vina del Mar, Chile, from August 5th to 8th, 2015 at theBusiness School of Adolfo Ibáñez University, Vina del Mar, Chile. It was organized by
the Chilean Association of Regional Studies (Sociedad Chilena De Estudios
Regionales: SOCHER). The main theme was Place for People. Patricio AROCA(Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez) was the chairperson of the local organizing committee.
The conference brought together participants from various disciplines and young
scholars from all parts of the world. Some 150 scholars and students attended the66conference, which comprised about 90 paper presentations in two plenary sessions,eight parallel sessions, and three workshops. About 15 members from Japan
contributed to the conference and enjoyed the beautiful city.
(b) 25th PRSCO Conference, Tainan, Taiwan, 2017
The 25th PRSCO Conference of the RSAI was held from May 17th to 20th, 2017
at National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. It was hosted by the Chinese
Regional Science Association –Taiwan (CRSA-T). The chairperson of the localorganizing committee was Fu-Chuan LAI (Academia Sinica, Taipei). The conference
main theme was Sustainable & Resilient Regional Development, with more than 140
papers given by presenters from ten countries. About 30 members of the Japan Section
attended the conference and played a central role in academic contribution. Some of
the topics included the following: innovation, knowledge and industry issues, Asianurban and regional issues, environmental and sustainable development, method ofurban and regional analysis, urban and regional planning, and spatial economy.
(3) PRSCO Summer Institute(a) 13th PRSCO Summer Institute, Loja, Ecuador, 2014
The PRSCO Summer Institute is a biennial international conference that brings
together members of PRSCO, RSAI, and other scholarly organizations interested inregional science and related fields to discuss new methods, applications, case studies,and developments in regional science. The 13th PRSCO Summer Institute was held in
Loja, Ecuador from July 23rd to 25th, 2014 at the Universidad Tecnica Particular deLoja. It was organized by the Ecuadorian Network of Regional Science (RECIR), andthe chairperson was Ronny CORREA (Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja). The
theme of Summer Institute was Economy, Society, and the Environment: Territorial
and Regional Development. The event was attended by 300 people with speakers froma broad spectrum of countries. Five members of the Japan Section attended.
(b) 14th PRSCO Summer Institute, Bangkok, Thailand, 2016
The 14th Summer Institute of PRSCO, entitled “New Horizons of Regional
Science on the Onset of the 21st Century,” was held in Bangkok, Thailand, from July
27th to 29th, 2016 at the Dusit Thani Hotel. It was hosted by the Thailand Section ofRegional Science Association (TH-RSAI). The TH-RSAI is a newly establishedacademic association under the umbrella of the PRSCO and the RSAI. The
chairpersons of the local organizing committee included Nij TANTISIRIN (Thammasat
67University) and Sutee ANANTSUKSOMSRI (Chulalongkorn University). Around 80
people from several countries around the world attended, and 80 papers are presented.
About 20 members of the Japan Section made a substantial contribution.
(c) 15th PRSCO Summer Institute, Lima, Peru, 2018
The 15th PRSCO Summer Institute was held in Lima, Peru from July 4th to 6th at
the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru. The chairpersons of the local organizing
committee were Jose Carlos Silva–Macher and Jose S. Rodriguez, Pontificia(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru). There were more than 30 papers given by
presenters. Plenary sessions, special sessions, and contributed papers addressed theregional aspects of several challenges we currently face. Some JSRSAI members
attended the Institute.
(d) 16th PRSCO Summer Institute, Bangkok, Thailand, 2019
The 16th PRSCO Summer Institute was held in Bangkok, Thailand from July 25th
to 26th at Chulalongkorn University. The Summer Institute was hosted by the
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn
University, and it was cohosted by the Faculty of Architecture and Planning,
Thammasat University. The chairpersons of the local organizing committee were Nij
TANTISIRIN (Thammasat University) and Sutee ANANTSUKSOMSRI (Chulalongkorn
University.). The main theme was New Landscape of Data and Sustainable
Development. There were more than 100 papers given by presenters from many
countries. About 30 JSRSAI members attended the institute.
(e) PRSCO Awards
The PRSCO Awards were established in 2013. From 2013 to 2018, the Higano
Award for Outstanding Service to PRSCO has been presented to four members who
have made outstanding contributions to PRSCO.
Winners, Higano Award for Outstanding Service to PRSCO:2013 Yoshiro HIGANO (University of Tsukuba, JSRSAI)2015 David PLANE (The University of Arizona, WRSA)2015 Jorge SERRANO (The National University of Mexico, AMECIDER)
2017 Bob STIMSON (The University of Melbourne, ANZRSAI)
Winners, PRSCO Award for Best Paper by a Young Regional Scientist:682015 Andrés Castaño Zuluaga (the Catholic University of the North at Antofagasta,
Chile)
Paper Title “The Effect of the Spatial Density of Firms on Gender Wage Gap”
2016 Maria IKEGAWA (Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries, Japan)
Paper Title “Location Choice for Japanese Frozen Food Industry in East Asia Using
Domestic andForeign Market Access with the Penetration Rate of Refrigerators”
2017 Juan SOTO (Universidad Católica del Norte)
Paper Title “Cities, Wages, and the Urban Hierarchy”
2018 Camila ALVAYAY (Universidad Católica del Norte)
Paper Title “Housing Demolition and Property Tax Delinquency: Evidence from
Detroit”
IV. Publication
Studies in Regional Science
Studies in Regional Science (the International Journal of JSRSAI), is publishedfour times or two times a year on behalf of the JSRSAI. All volumes are composed of
papers selected from those presented at annual conferences in addition to a few
submitted papers. Both types are collected through a strict reviewing process. Eachvolume contains articles, notes, case studies, symposia articles, and book reviews. The
number of papers appearing in the journal is summarized in Table 1. The proceedingsof the JSRSAI and the programs of annual conferences are also contained in the
publication.
The journal is indexed via SCOPUS, EBSCO, and EconLit (the American
Economic Association’s Electronic Bibliography). The electronic version of Studies inRegional Science is available online at J-STAGE (Japan Science and Technology
Information Aggregator, Electronic) and EconlitTM with full text. Please visit
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/srs to search for the articles.

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Table 1: Studies in Regional Science, 2013-2019Vol. 43
No. 1-42013

Vol. 44
No. 1-4
2014

Vol. 45
No. 1-4
2015

Vol. 46
No. 1-4
2016

Vol. 47
No. 1-2
2017

Vol. 48
No.
1-2
2018

Vol. 49
No. 1-2
2019

Articles

18

14

12

11

13

18

17

Notes

3

10

6

5

Case Studies

12

7

14

6

3

Book
Reviews

1

2

2

3

7

1

3

Asia–Pacific Journal of Regional ScienceAsia–Pacific Journal of Regional Science has been launched as a new journal
from the JSRSAI. The first volume was published in 2017 from Springer Nature. The
aim of this journal is to expand the frontiers of regional science through the diffusionof intrinsically developed and advanced modern regional science methodologies
throughout the Asia–Pacific region. Table 2 shows the numbers of papers. This journal
includes special issues and features, entitled “Innovation and Ecology: Regional
Science Perspectives on Spatial Systems,” “Economic Analysis of Law, Politics, andRegions,” and “Spatial Analysis and Modeling.”
Table 2: Asia–Pacific Journal of Regional Science, 2017-2019Vol. 1
Issue
1-2
2017
Editorial

23

Articles29

Vol. 2
Issue 1-2
2018

Vol. 3Issue 1-3
2019

25

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V. Japan Section’s Awards
The JSRSAI Awards were established in 1992 in commemoration of our 30th
anniversary. From 2013 to 2019, Distinguished Service Awards have been presented tothree members who made outstanding contributions to our society. Best Article Awards
went to four members during the same period. Promotion Awards were presented to six
young scholars. Book Awards were given to 20 publications. Those who received theseawards are listed in Table 3.
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Table 3: JSRSAI Awards, 2013-2019
Distinguished Service
Award

Best Article
Award

Promotion
Award

2013

Tsunekazu TODA

Daisuke KAMIYA
Daisuke NAKAMURA

2014

Sakae MITSUI

Nobuyoshi YASUNAGA

2015

Seiichi KAGAYA

2016
2017

Ken OGAWA
Junya FUKUMOTO

Yoshiro HIGANO

Daisuke IKAZAKI

2018
2019

Madoka OKIMOTO
Tsubasa SASAKI

Moriki HOSOE(Hiroyuki SHIBUSAWA, Toyohashi University of Technology)

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JAPAN SOCIETY FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE OF ACCOUNTING– A survey of research by JSSSA since 2013 –I. General Description of the Society
The Japan Society for Social Science of Accounting (JSSSA), founded in 1986,
is an academic association that seeks to advance research in accounting from thecritical or interdisciplinary perspectives. The approximately 150 of JSSSA’s members
are categorized as Full Members and Supporting Members. Presidents of the Society
have been Prof. Yoshiaki JINNAI of Tokyo Keizai University (2013-2015), Prof. Hiroshi
YOSHIMI of Hokkaido University (2016-2018) and Prof. Fujio YAMAGUCHI of Meiji
University (2019-present). In this article, activities of JASSA in 2013-2018 arereviewed briefly. A historical view of its research approaches and major issues
addressed by its annual conferences up to 2012 is offered by Hara (2013).
II. JSSSA’s Annual Conferences and Their Main Themes
JSSSA has held its annual conferences every year. The dates, venues and main
themes of the annual conferences since 2013 are as follows.
28th Conference, October 11-13, 2013, Tokyo Keizai University (chaired by Prof.
Yoshiaki JINNAI)
Main theme: Theory and Reality of Accounting
29th Conference, October 11-13, 2014, Kansai University (chaired by Prof. Satoshi
TOMITA)
Main theme: The Meaning of Accounting Theory in the Global Governance Age
30th Conference, October 10-12, 2015, Komazawa University (chaired by Prof. Takashi
OGURI)
Main theme: The Outcome of Modern Accounting and Accounting Theory Topics
31st Conference, October 21-23, 2016, Nagasaki University (chaired by Prof. Hiromasa
OKADA)
Main theme: New Development of Accounting Theory in Interdisciplinary Approach
32nd Conference, September 29- October 1, 2017, Asahikawa University (chaired by
Prof. Katsuhiro YOSHIDA)
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Main theme: Social Responsibility of Accounting
33rd Conference, October 5-7, 2018, Kobe Gakuin University (chaired by Prof. Kohei
MIYAMOTO)
Main theme: What Are and/or Should Be Accounting Theories? From the SATTA to
DateIII. Research on Fundamental Accounting Theory and Research Methodology
JASSA publishes its official journal, the Annals of the Japan Society for Social
Science of Accounting, annually in Japanese. Papers addressing issues of fundamental
accounting theory and research methodology have been issued after every annual
conference. The journal contains special issue papers which have been presented at theannual conference under the main theme as follows. The English summary of every
paper below is quoted from official journals.
(1) Theory and Reality of Accounting (presented at the 28th conference, papers
published in Journal No.28 in 2014)
Mikihito JINNOU (Niigata University), “Discussions on the Distinction Debt andCapital in Consolidated Statements: Accounting for Minority Interest in
Consolidated Statements of America”
This paper mainly discusses minority interests. The classification of debt andcapital, which has been a major topic of discussion for many years, is considered as aconsolidated accounting issue in relation to both accounting theory and ongoingproblems. Minority interests have not been reported as a liability since the introductionof the element of “activities” in accounting theory. This reflects the fact that assets andliabilities are necessary to the consolidated group’s operations. Consequently, minority
interests have been presented in the consolidated balance sheet within equity to be thesame as the equities of the parents’ shareholders because minority interests do not giverise to a present group obligation.
However, it is necessary to separate from the parent company’s equity in terms
of providing information to the parent company that uses financial statements. In
addition, when losses occur in the subsidiary and the subsidiary pays dividends, thequestion of how to allocate against minority interest becomes a problem. In otherwords, in theory, when financial claims are made, in fact the classification of theinterest of the parent company and minority interest seems to be lost. In terms of73

understanding the corporate group and tackling the problems of rights, the author
argues that minority interests can serve as an adjustment mechanism.
Junji KUBO (Hokkaido University), “Two Types of Accounting Procedures for
Expenditures with Uncertainty”
This paper has two main aims: to present two accounting models for
expenditures with uncertainty and to identify the common characteristics between
traditional accounting procedures for expenditures with uncertainty and recent
accounting procedures for expenditures with uncertainty. We deduce two accounting
models for expenditures with uncertainty: one based on the necessary cause-effectrelationship and one based on the contributory cause-effect relationship. We thenexamine the relationship of two accounting models, which are subsequently comparedwith existing accounting standards.
Traditional accounting procedures for expenditures with uncertainty conform to
the accounting model based on the necessary cause-effect relationship, whereas recent
accounting procedures for expenditures with uncertainty accord to the accounting
model based on the contributory cause-effect relationship. This means that thetraditional accounting procedures for expenditures with uncertainty are premised on
the necessary cause-effect relationship, whereas the recent accounting procedures for
expenditures with uncertainty are based on the contributory cause-effect relationship.
Therefore, both of these accounting procedures share a common premise for thecause-effect relationship.
Junji ISHIKAWA (Komazawa University), “Disclosure, Accounting, andComprehensive Income: The Source of Other Comprehensive Income andContemporary Business Accounting”
The purpose of this paper is to examine and verify the characteristics ofcontemporary business accounting, i.e., the dominance and superiority of disclosure offinancial risk and financial substances (realities) discussed at the 24th General Meetingin 2009: in short. the disclosure > (capital/income) calculation. In particular. ourdiscussion focuses on the source of “other comprehensive income (OCI)”, where theinconsistency between disclosure and calculation could be schematized as (i)disclosure > calculation → (ii) disclosure- calculation (discrepancy between disclosureand calculation) → (iii) OCI.
Presenting only a conclusion here, OCI/recycling will appear at the intersectionof traditional and contemporary accounting types and has served as the coordinator74

(mediator) of this contradiction. Finally, the theme of the 28th General Meeting in 2013,“Theory and Reality in Accounting” is discussed, including the above discussion
points.
When we go back to the sprits and the significance of the foundation of ouracademic society of the social science of accounting 28 years ago, which is shown in
the “Founding Statement” (especially, the comprehensive study of accounting within
the context of its socio-economic environment) at the Founding General Meeting in
1986 Tokyo, the nature and the way of accounting research today is being questioned.
The author would like to emphasize this point finally.
(2) The Meaning of Accounting Theory in the Global Governance Age (presented
at the 29th conference, papers published in Journal No.29 in 2015)
Katsuhiro MATSUMURA (Ritsumeikan University), “Global Corporate
Governance”
Prof. Matsumura studied the role that corporate governance theory served inJapanese management. He thought about “the significance of accounting theory in the
global governance era.” He understood that if a global governance theory was going toapply to the West, it would incorporate the value of Anglo-American practice to theworld. The corporate governance theory was so, too. It would be unreasonable to apply
a finance theory based on neo-classical economics to corporate management of Japan.
Controlling a company from the balance sheet’s credit side (the viewpoint ofstockholders and banks) and a tendency to make light of the balance sheet’s debit sideis the reality in Japan. As a result, good Japanese management, which attaches great
importance to the reality of the company, is lost, thus leading to less competitive
Japanese companies.
Takashi OGURI (Komazawa University), “Possibility of Reconstruction of
Accounting Theory”
Accounting, a mode of cognition, has the ability to grasp capital movements bynumerical cognition. Who recognizes capital movement? The answer is a capitalist
According to the author’s definition, accounting is “the cognition by capitalists
regarding capital movements, namely themselves.” Capitalists, in a joint enterprise.
comprise the money capitalist (the proprietor) and the functioning capitalist (themanagement). Therefore, cognition by capitalists comprises these two capitalists.
Cognition of money capitalists is an appreciation of their possession’s holdings and75

surplus, whereas cognition of functioning capitalists is an understanding of enterprisemanagement, including control of assets and profits. It is important for accounting
theory that accounting reflects double capital movements. From this perspective, we
can suppose that accounting developed as follows:
Accounting: simple bookkeeping --+ double bookkeeping --+ financial statements
the money capitalist
Capitalists:
undifferentiated --+ differentiated --+ separated or opposed
the functioning capitalist
Enterprise: an owner-manager --+ partnership --+ company --+ corporation
This figure indicates that the differentiation of capitalists has created andpromoted accounting development. We should reconstruct accounting theory based onthese structural outlines.
Toshifumi MATSUMOTO (Waseda University), “The Significance of Accounting
Information in a Global Governance Age: From the Viewpoint of an Accounting
Model”In this study, the structure and information properties of a “mixed accounting
model,” designed by the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), areexamined from the viewpoint of the role expected by the International AccountingStandards Board (IASB).
The role expected by IASB changed when it became a member of the Financial
Stability Board in 2009. Before that, IASB had identified stockholders as the mainusers, and it offered them the information necessary to measure corporate value (inparticular, the corporate value for stockholders). The accounting model that IASB had
built for this purpose was not an “earnings presentation model,” based on traditional
cost-realization principles but a “corporate value presentation model,” based on
full-scale fair value accounting.
In reality, this challenge did not succeed, and a mixed (or hybrid) accounting
model appeared instead. It may have been caused by strong thoughts prohibiting
recognition of self-estimated goodwill and technical problems in measuring fair values.
Here, “mixed” means an integration of two different procedures. One is the fair value
measurement of assets and liabilities, and the other is earnings measurement based onmarket prices. Information provided by the latter is necessary for investors to evaluate
value in the going concern.
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After IASB joined the Financial Stability Board, its conceptual framework added
creditors (banks) to the main users of information provided by IFRS. One of the mostimportant types of information for creditors is a company’s liquidation value. The
amount of net assets presented in the balance sheet, in a mixed accounting model, ismeasured by approximate fair values.
A mixed accounting model can be seen as an intermediate form that develops
toward full-scale fair value accounting. However, the mixed model is constructed tooffer necessary information for global governance, in which IASB participates. In thissense, the mixed accounting model is a completed accounting model.
(3) The Outcome of Modern Accounting and Accounting Theory Topics(presented at the 30th conference, papers published in Journal No.30 2016)
Hiromasa OKADA (Nagasaki University), “Diversity of Accounting under theInternational Movement of Standardization of GAAP”
This paper clarifies the possibility of diversity of accounting under theinternational movement of standardization of generally accepted accounting principles(GAAP) from the standpoint of income computational structure theory. To accomplish
this purpose, this paper comprises the following parts.
In Chapter II, the paper clarifies the technical structure of income calculation
under the Asset-and-Liability view. Under the technical structure, income that is
calculated in the balance sheet is transferred to the income statement and shows thereason of income by revenue and expenses. In this structure, the income characteristic
under the Revenue-and-Expense view exists with the income characteristic under the
Asset-and-Liability view.
In Chapter III, the paper focuses on the elements explained in the Conceptual
Framework for the Financial Reporting, published by the International AccountingStandards Board (IASB), 2010. The elements that make the technical structure
concrete include the purpose of the general financial reporting; definition of asset,
liability, revenue, and expenses; recognition and measurement; and capital
maintenance. On the basis of this consideration, the chapter presents the possibility of
two types of diversity of accounting: diversity of periodical income and diversity of
total amount of income accumulated from initiation to liquidation.
In Chapter IV, the paper considers the stipulations of capital accounts in the
Company Act and inflation accounting because total cash receipts and payments that
occur during the life of the company fix the amount of total income. This means that77

the diversity of total income cannot exist in the limitation of total cash receipts andpayments. However, both the stipulations and inflation accounting destroy thelimitation.
Yasuhiro YAMADA (Rikkyo University), “Modern Accounting in View of Global
Governance Theory”
Global governance is an attempt by a transnational organization to cope withworldwide problems, such as climate change and global conflict. Currently, the settingof international accounting standards draws the attention of international politicalscholars since it is a good example of global governance.
Legitimacy is a crucial problem for transnational organizations involved in
global governance. This is applicable to the IASB as well since it is a privateorganization and has no right to enforce International Financial Reporting Standards(IFRS) on companies. Accountability is a way to gain legitimacy for transnationalorganizations, such as the IASB. In 2009, the IFRS Foundation established a
Monitoring Board to enhance its public accountability. The Monitoring Board is
expected to provide a formal link between the Trustees and public authorities. This
formal link makes the IFRS Foundation publicly accountable.
Is the function of the Monitoring Board adequate for the IFRS Foundation to beaccountable? The answer is “no.” The Monitoring Board assumes an entrustment by
public authorities, such as capital market regulators. That is to say, capital market
regulators entrust the IASB to set accounting standards. Keohane (2002) referred to theaccountability that assumes the entrustment by public authorities as “internal
accountability.” Originally, however, global governance depends on the assumption oftransnational relations. On the other hand, capital market regulators are based on asingle country. This is a contradiction. To resolve this contradiction and enhance theaccountability of the Monitoring Board, it should be accountable to other interested
parties. Keohane (2002) referred to this accountability as “external accountability.”
These two types of accountability may enhance the legitimacy of the IASB.
Naoki MURATA (Nihon University), “Perspective of Modern Accounting
Theory”
This paper clarifies the viewpoint of modern accounting theory. Modern
accounting focuses on the calculation of fictitious capital. In the background, there is atransition to financial capitalism from industrial capitalism.
First, we review the relation between bookkeeping and accounting. To clarify
78this point, we analyze the modern accounting theory. The “true and fair” view isdefined in the private act of the UK Canal Company at end of the 18th century. It isalso defined further in the Companies Act, although the contents of the true and fairview that were not intended to be defined were historical artifacts. Depreciationaccounting in the railway company has been used in the dividend policy. Depreciationaccounting is influenced by financial capitalism.
Over-capitalization, which is diverse, results in excessive assets. Accounting forover-capitalization produced intangible assets as fictitious assets. The research design
is to discuss and relate existing theories regarding the emergence of financial reporting
information to newly discovered evidence on a substantial set of corporate formations
in England between 1770 and 1844 during the early stages of financial capitalism. In
the early 20th century in the United States, the theory of corporate accounting wasintroduced.
This paper examines the impact of changes in economic conditions on
accounting theory. Confrontation and integration of function and fictitious capital are
the viewpoint of accounting theory research.
Junji ISHIKAWA (Komazawa University), “Hybrid Accounting and Other
Comprehensive Income”
This paper discusses and clarifies the basis of other comprehensive income(OCI)，a characteristic of contemporary accounting, i.e., hybrid accounting.
First, we show the source of OCI from the following viewpoints: (1)contradiction and divergence between income determination (P /L) and disclosure offinancial substances and risk (B/S) and (2) the relation among the nature of businessactivities (business models), assets/liabilities classification, and the basis ofmeasurement
Second, we discuss hybrid accounting and its basis from the following
viewpoints: (1) ownership structure of stock company and two different functions ofaccounting and (2) hybrid accounting framework and accounting thought.
Finally, the following crucial points of the Founding Statement (1986) of ouracademic society，the Japan Society for Social Science of Accounting, should bereconfirmed and emphasized at its 30th anniversary meeting: (1) the essential
characteristics，functions，and morphologies of accounting from a comprehensive andhistorical perspective and (2) sharing a common theoretical interest in a comprehensive
study of accounting within the context of its socioeconomic environment.
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(4) New Development of Accounting Theory in Interdisciplinary Approach(presented at the 31st conference, papers published in Journal No.31 in 2017)
Tsukasa ARAYA (Nihon Fukushi University), “Overhead View of Critical
Accounting Development”
This study provides an overhead view of critical accounting development overthe 40 years since its launch, and includes a literature review on critical accounting
research studies. These studies are principally inspired by Marx or Marxist theories
and Foucault or Foucauldian theories and are based on critical sociology. The main
research methods are a field case study and a historical study. The main subject areas
are empirical and qualitative accounting research methodology and accounting
historiography, business and public sector cost and management accounting, sexual
differentiation, racial discrimination, and discriminatory treatment of indigenous
people in the accounting profession and professionalization. Despite thepraxis-oriented accounting studies being few in number, people in the field of criticalaccounting have highly valued such studies since their launch.
Okihiro MARUTA (Kyushu University), “Critical Study of Management
Accounting: Emergence of Reciprocity Principle Based Value-Added
Responsibility Center Accounting”
This paper argues that we should study management accounting critically to“redesign” it and not to abandon it. As a method of redesigning management
accounting, an “employee” accounting system providing bottom-up empowerment is
proposed to replace the traditional “employer” accounting system, which is based on
top-down control by managers. Unlike traditional cost or revenue center responsibility
accounting, based on the principle of controllability, the amoeba management
accounting system, created by Kyocera Corporation in Japan uses a “value-added”
center management accounting system, based on the principle of “reciprocity.” In theamoeba management system, the manufacturing or sales department is made a
responsibility center whose key performance indicator (KPI) is value-added and notcost or revenue, and the amount of sales by the “sales” department is reported as therevenue of the “manufacturing” department. The traditional controllability principle
induces organizational participants to act as individuals in their self-interest. In contrast,
the reciprocity principle encourages organizational members to socialize and contributeto each other altruistically.
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Yasokazu TAMURA (Nihon University), “Possibilities and Challenges of CriticalBusiness Analysis: An Interdisciplinary and International Perspective”
First, this paper outlines the history of Japanese critical business analysis studies
to clarify the possibility and the interdisciplinary characteristic of these studies. I
discover that Nakanishi (1932) used political economy and Ninagawa (1934) usedsocial statistics for business analysis. Accordingly, both these studies representing thedawn of critical accounting studies in Japan applied interdisciplinary approaches. Afterthe Second World War, Japanese critical business analysis studies responded keenly tosocial issues by analyzing the situation of big corporations. such as pollution andillegal cartels. Through these analyses, a disclosure theory of cost per product unit was
proposed by Shikita and Kondo (1976). Today, the studies extend to the analyses of thesubstantial retained earnings of corporations and the analyses of electric powercompanies, including the companies’ responsibility for nuclear plant pollution
accidents. Few critical accounting studies in Europe and America equal Japanesecritical business analysis studies in their approach: therefore, they do not have thehistory and scale of the studies in Japan.
Secondly, this paper describe the following two barriers to Japanese criticalbusiness analysis. (1) Starting in 2013. the “schedule of cost of goods manufactured”
became non-disclosed in many large parent companies. As a result, break-even point
analysis and productivity analysis became impossible in external analyses. (2)Subjective present value is recently used for items related to production in themeasurement of financial statements. As a result, indicators of business analysis are
becoming “amalgams” that are even more mixed than the subjective numerical values.
The problems of these two barriers are partly due to the fact that only accounting
professionals, corporations and bureaucrats are involved in setting up accounting
standards, excluding multiple stakeholders from engaging in the decision-making
process.
Finally, based on the above considerations, this paper addresses the following
points: (1) The possibilities to dialectically develop the “theoria” and the “praxis” ofcritical business analysis and to lead critical accounting studies to realistic studies bymaking critical business analysis interact with the other fields of critical accounting:(2) The possibility to develop interdisciplinary relationships between themulti-stakeholder process (MSP) and critical business analysis (or critical accounting)to resolve the problems of the above two barriers: (3) The challenge to share withforeign researchers the outcome of the studies in Japan and to analyze big business by81

cooperating internationally with scholars of critical accounting, critical management,
and other interdisciplinary research.
(5) Social Responsibility of Accounting (presented at the 32nd conference, papers
published in Journal No.32 in 2018)
Toru SHIRASAKA (Daito Bunka University), “Corporate Governance andAccountability”
The aim of this paper is to analyze the recent case of accounting fraud at Toshiba
Corporation from a corporate governance perspective. In 2015, Toshiba announced it
had overstated earnings over a seven-year period. This study shows that the Board of
Directors were unable provide adequate oversight of Toshiba’s senior management
team, and that corporate governance at Toshiba was not functioning well. One of thereasons is that outside directors were unable to adequately fulfill their role. I believethat since many of Toshiba’s outside directors concurrently served on the Boards ofother companies, they had limited liability contracts. Although many companies haveincreased the number of outside directors on their Boards in recent years, it became
clear that there is no correlation between the number of outside directors and thequality of corporate governance.
In addition, third-party committees, accounting auditors and financial advisors
who are generally considered to contribute to good corporate governance, were unable
to prevent Toshiba’s accounting fraud. Therefore, it is also useful to examine thesefunctions from the perspective of corporate governance.
It is important to note that the Toshiba accounting incident has not yet been
resolved, as the company’s new independent accounting auditor has not yet judged the
Toshiba financial statements to be accurate. However, the Certified Public Accountantsand Auditing Oversight Board has not investigated Toshiba regarding this matter.
Likewise, the Tokyo Stock Exchange has not taken any action.
This author believes that not only corporate system reform but also increased
awareness of the surrounding organization are necessary for proper corporate
governance and accountability.
Eri KANAMORI (Ritsumeikan University), “Power Companies and Nuclear
Power Costs in Japan, 1957-2000s”
Accounting information is important because it often has an effect upon humanbehavior and their subsequent economic preferences. If accounting information is valid,82an optimization toward social welfare can be achieved, but if accounting information is
distorted, people are more likely to make decisions that may be counter to their bestinterests. This paper examines how Japanese power companies (JPCs) and theGovernment of Japan (GOJ) have accounted for nuclear power costs since Japan’s
nuclear power business began in 1957. It tries to demonstrate that information about
nuclear power costs in Japan has been misleading, preventing people from recognizing
the substantial risks of nuclear power, which ultimately resulted in the disastrous
Fukushima accident in 2011.
This paper focuses on compensation costs for material, physical, andpsychological damage from nuclear accidents, as well as back-end costs related tonuclear power (spent fuel re-processing costs, final disposal costs, anddecommissioning costs) in JPC’s financial statements. It also examines a series ofpublications by the GOJ comparing the costs of nuclear, oil-burning and hydroelectric
power. The study provides evidence that information about these costs has been
misleading in the sense that only a portion of the costs were included in the calculation,that neither JPC nor the GOJ were held responsible for the unrecognized costs, and theinformation about the cost of nuclear power was determined only at times when crude
oil prices were high, which meant the price of uranium was relatively low, and that a
new calculation methodology was introduced so that the cost of nuclear power
appeared to be economically advantageous. This paper also shows that, at individual
JPC level, the Tokyo Electric Power Company also understated the cost of nuclear
energy by concealing and failing to report holes and cracks in their reactors. This paper
concludes by considering the necessity and importance of a social discussion aboutaccounting information for the nuclear power business in Japan, particularly after the
Fukushima accident raised many concerns about the ability to prevent other serious
accidents in the nuclear power industry.
(6) What Are and/or Should Be Accounting Theories? From the SATTA to Date(presented at the 33rd conference, papers published in Journal No.33 in 2019)
Masashi WATANABE (Kanazawa Gakuin University), “Accounting Theory as
Normative Theory”
What is accounting theory and what can it be? This paper tries to derive ananswer from the viewpoint of normative theory. Although normative research andempirical research should be mutually complementary, they often have a contradictory
relationship. In addition, although normative theory includes researchers’ values,
83empirical studies are sometimes considered to be objective. In addition to normative
theory, this paper introduces the concept of prescriptive theory and clarifies that
researchers’ values are mixed about empirical research, in the form of a cognitive leap.
The contradictory relationship between normative research and empirical research is
caused by a conflict between the values of normative research and empirical research.
In addition, normative research has two-roles:i) Normative theory matches the accounting objectives requested by society and inpractice can greatly contribute to institutional design.
ii) Normative theory’s accounting objectives that cannot be agreed upon by the present
society can anchor institutional design.
Sadako INOUE (University of Marketing and Distribution of Sciences), “What is
Accounting Theory from an Interdisciplinary Approach?: An International
Sociological Study about the Globalization of Accounting Standards”
Using an interdisciplinary approach, what is accounting theory? This paper
considers this question and expands accounting theory by comprehensively
interpreting some international sociology insights. In this paper, accounting theory is
seen as a source of the knowledge, concepts and assumptions that explain accounting
phenomena.
Here, the fundamental problem is to examine whether globalization of
accounting standards develops, what the trends are, and whether accounting standards’
globalization took place because of the IFRS introduction or earlier.
The diversity of the IFRS application situation is considered, as well as theambiguousness of the concept, the trend toward IFRS unification, and the opposite
trend. Subsequently, some concepts of the IFRS application were organized throughusing four forms to separate globalization phenomena, based on sociologicalglobalization. In addition, we attempt to interpret the complicated current state ofaffairs and conflicting trends in the globalization of accounting standards.
Finally, this paper shows how complicated accounting phenomena can be
grasped by means of international sociology. This interdisciplinary approach cancomplement and expand accounting theory.
Satoshi TOMITA (Kansai University), “A Theory Using an Experimental Study
Approach”
What is accounting theory, and what will it become? In this paper, Prof. Tomita
formulates a theory based upon an experimental study.
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After first confirming rationalism, empiricism, and positivism in the philosophyof science, a standard methodology of experimental science is shown, including thecharacteristics and limitations of research. Observational research, in particular,requires a sizable amount of data. Second, we consult papers regarding experimental
research on accounting, including “Positive Accounting Theory” (Watts andZimmerman (1986)). Positive research has the same limitations as studies based on
positivism, and most of them depart from “Positive Accounting Theory.” Thehypotheses of “Positive Accounting Theory” are based on efficient market theories, theCapital Asset Pricing Model, and agency theory. Some researchers, though, havepointed out that current research in positive accounting based on those theories has
limitations, causing this type of research to stagnate. One way to break through theselimitations is to systematically and organically link positive accounting research basedon empiricism and rationalism.
Selected ReferencesHara, Yoichi (2013), “Japan Society for Social Science of Accounting: A survey ofresearch by JSSSA since 2005”, Information Bulletin of the Union of National
Economic Associations in Japan, No. 33.
(Hiroshi YOSHIMI, Hokkaido University)85List of Member Associations
2020
JAPAN ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATION
日本会計研究学会
・Established: 1937
・Number of Members: 1,742
・President: Yoshihiro TOKUDA (Kyoto University)
・Publication: Monthly bulletin, Kaikei (Accounting) , Japanese Accounting Forum Annals,
JAA Kaikei-Puroguresu (JAA Accounting Progress)
・Liaison Office of the Japan Accounting Association
c/o International Business Institute, Co., Ltd.
Tsukasa Building 3rd F. , 518 Waseda Tsurumaki-cho, Shinku-ku, Tokyo 162-0041, Japane-mail: jaa@ibi-japan.co.jp
http://www.jaa-net.jp
The next annual meeting will be held at Kyushu University on September 8-10, 2021.

THE ACCOUNTING AND ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN （AEAJ）
日本経済会計学会
・Established: 1984
・Number of Members: Members 629
・President: Akira USUI (Waseda University)
・Publication: The Contemporary Disclosure Research
Accounting Letters
The Journal of Business Analysis
The Journal of Business Disclosure
・The Accounting and Economic Association of Japan（AEAJ）
c/o

Professor Takayuki NAKANO
Faculty of Lifelong Learning and Career Studies, Hosei University,
2-17-1, Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8160, JapanACCOUNTING HISTORY ASSOCIATION, JAPAN
日本会計史学会
・Established: 1982
・Number of Members: Individual 165
・President: Takemi ONO (Tokyo Keizai University)
・Publication: YEARBOOK OF ACCOUNTING HISTORY ASSOCIATION
・Accounting History Association, Japan
c/o Associate Professor Masato NAKAMURA, Chukyo University,

101-2, Yagotohommachi, Showa-ku,
Nagoya, Aichi 466-8666, Japane-mail: shigakkai@gmail.com
http://ahaj.org
The next annual meeting will be held at Seinan Gakuin University (online meeting) , 2021.

86THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE
経営行動科学学会
・Established: 1997
・Number of Members: Individual 804, Collective 14
・President: Tetsushi FUJIMOTO (Doshisha University)
・Publication: Japanese Journal of Administrative Science (Keieikodokagaku)(Refereed journal published three times a year)
Proceedings for the Annual Convention of the Japanese Association of Administrative
Science (JAAS)
The Japanese Association of Administrative Science (JAAS) Newsletter (Occasional publications)・The Japanese Association of Administrative Science (JAAS)
c/o

Accelight Inc.
Asahinakayama Bld.5F,
3-5-4, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japane-mail: official-info@jaas-org.jp
http://jaas-org.jp

The 24th annual meeting will be held at Kansai University on September 18-19, 2021.
THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SOCIETY OF JAPAN
日本農業経済学会
・Established: 1924
・Number of Members: 1,500
・President: Susumu FUKUDA (Kyushu University)
・Publication: Bulletin of the Society, Nogyokeizai Kenkyu (Journal of Rural Economics) - quarterly
The Japanese Journal of Agricultural Economics - annual
・The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan
c/o The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan
Kyoritsu
Shin-Kyoritsu Building 2F, 2-22-4, Shinagawa, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0033, Japane-mail: office@aesjapan.sakura.ne.jp
https://www.aesjapan.or.jp
The next annual meeting will be held at Ibaraki University (online meeting) on March 27-28, 2021.
JAPAN SCHOLARLY ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN MANAGEMENT (JSAAM)
アジア経営学会
・Established: 1993
・Number of Members: 321
・President: Yoshiaki UEDA (University of Marketing and Distribution Science)・Publication: The Journal of Asian Management Studies
・Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management (JSAAM)
・Executive Secretary: Junpei NISHIKAWA
c/o Faculty of Commerce, Doshisha University,
Karasuma-higashi-iru, Imadegawa-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8580, Japane-mail: jsaamoffice@ifeama.org
http://www.ifeama.org/jsaam
The next annual meeting will be held at Chuo University (Tama Campus) on September 11-12, 2021.
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JAPAN ACADEMY FOR ASIAN MARKET ECONOMIES
アジア市場経済学会
・Established: 1997
・Number of Members: 257
・President: Junichi MURAMATSU (Okayama University of Science)・Publication: Japan Academy for Asian Market Economies ― annual
JAFAME Newsletter (Occasional publications)・Japan Academy for Asian Market Economies
c/o Professor Yoshiro FUJIOKA
Faculty of Business Management, Osaka Sangyo University,
3-1-1, Nakagaito, Daito-City, Osaka 574-8530, Japane-mail: yfujioka@dis-osaka-sandai.ac.jp
http://www.jafame.jp

JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES
アジア政経学会
・Established: 1953
・Number of Members: 1,065
・President: Nobuo TAKAHASHI (Keio University)
・Publication: Asian Studies ― quarterly・Japan Association for Asian Studies
c/o Ochanomizu Academic Association NPO
Faculty of Science, Ochanomizu University, Building 3rd. 204,2-1-1, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japane-mail: jaas-info@npo-ochanomizu.org
https://www.jaas.or.jp

JAPAN ACADEMY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
日本経営学会・Established: 1926
・Number of Members: 1,809
・President: Norio KAMBAYASHI (Kobe University)
・Publication: Keieigaku Ronshu ― once a year
Journal of Business Management ― once or twice a year
・Japan Academy of Business Administration.
c/o 78, Tenjicho,
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0808, Japane-mail: jaba@keiei-gakkai.jp
http://www.keiei-gakkai.jp
The 95th annual meeting will be held at Doshisha University (Imadegawa Campus) on September 1-4,2021 with the symposium “Topics in Reviving Japanese Enterprises”.

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JAPAN BUSINESS COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION (JBCA)
国際ビジネスコミュニケーション学会
・Established: 1934
・Number of Members: 172
・President: Takehisa KOBAYASHI (Wako University)
・Publication: The Journal of International Business Communication
・Japan Business Communication Association
c/o Professor Takehisa KOBAYASHI
Faculty of Economics and Business, Wako University,
2160, Kanai-cho, Machida-shi, Tokyo 195-8585, Japane-mail: kobatake@wako.ac.jp
http://www.jbca.gr.jp
The 81st annual meeting will be held in fall, 2021.
JAPAN SOCIETY FOR BUSINESS ETHICS
日本経営倫理学会
・Established: 1993
・Number of Members: 492
・President: Ayako SENDO (Takushoku University)
・Publication: Journal of Japan Society for Business Ethics
Newsletter of Japan Society for Business Ethics ― 3 times per year
・Japan Society for Business Ethics
Meisan Tameike Bldg. 8F,
1-1-12, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052, Japane-mail: info@jabes1993.org
https://www.jabes1993.org/
The next annual meeting will be held at Tokoha University (Shizuoka-shi) in June, 2021.
BUSINESS HISTORY SOCIETY OF JAPAN
経営史学会
・Established: 1964
・Number of Members: personal 747, institutional 16
・President: Minoru SAWAI (Nanzan University )・Publication: Japan Business History Review ― quarterly
Japanese Reserach on Business History ― annually
・Business History Society of Japan
c/o Keishi OKABE
College of Economics, Rikkyo University,
3-34-1, Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japane-mail: jimukyoku@bhs.ssoj.info
https://bhsj.smoosy.atlas.jp/ja/
The next annual meeting will be held at Tohoku University on December 4-5, 2021.
The 2nd World Congress of Business History will be held at Nanzan University on September 9-11, 2021.
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JAPAN SOCIETY OF BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
日本経営数学会
・Established: 1959
・Number of Members: 126
・President: Kinya MACHIDA (Surugadai University)
・Publication: Journal of Business Mathematics
・Japan Society of Business Mathematics
c/o Professor Akira UCHINO
School of Commerce, Senshu University,
2-1-1, Higashimita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki 214-8580, Japane-mail: uchino@isc.senshu-u.ac.jp
http://sites.google.com/site/jpbizmath/

CIRIEC Japanese Section(Japan Society of Research and Information on Public and Cooperative Economy)
国際公共経済学会（公共･協同経済国際研究情報センター日本支部）
・Established: 1985
・Number of Members: individual 293, cooperative 7
・Representative: Munenori NOMURA (Kwansei Gakuin University)
・Publication: International Public Economy Study
・CIRIEC Japanese Section
c/o Professor Katsunori KANEKO
Graduate School of Economics, Osaka City University,
3-3-138, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaska 558-8585, Japane-mail: japan@ciriec.com
http://ciriec.com/

JAPAN SOCIETY FOR COMMODITY SCIENCE
日本商品学会・Established: 1935
・Number of Members: 110
・President: Satomu OHARA (Doshisha University)
・Publication: Quarterly bulletin, Shohin Kenkyu (Studies on Commodities)
・Japan Society for Commodity Science
c/o Mainichi Academic Forum Inc.
East-core, 9th Floor, Palaceside Building,
1-1-1, Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0003, Japane-mail: maf-jscs@mynavi.jp
http://jscs.jpn.org
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JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC STUDIES (JACES)
比較経済体制学会
・Established: 1963
・Number of Members: 218
・Chief Representative: Satoshi MIZOBATA (Kyoto University)
・Publication: Japanese Journal of Comparative Economics ― annually 2 volumes
・The Japan Association for Comparative Economic Studies (JACES)
c/o Professor Masahiro TOKUNAGA
Faculty of Business and Commerce, Kansai University,
3-3-35, Yamate-cho, Suita-shi, Osaka, 564-8680, Japane-mail: adm@jacesecon.sakura.ne.jp
http://www.jaces.info
The next annual meeting will be held at Soka University (Hachioji-shi) on June 5-6, 2021.
JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR CHINESE ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES
中国経済経営学会
・Established: 2014
・Number of Members: 495
・President: Deqiang LIU (Kyoto University)
・Publication: Journal of Chinese Economic and Management Studies (Publish twice a year)
・Japanese Association for Chinese Economy and Management Studies
c/o Professor Kazutsugu OSHIMA
Department of Economics, St. Andrew’s University
1-1, Manabino, Izumi-shi, Osaka 594-1198, Japane-mail: jacem.office@gmail.com
https://www.jacem.org/top.html

JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF MANAGEMENT (JACSM)
日本比較経営学会
・Established: 1976
・Number of Members: 166
・President: Toru SAKURAI (Kokushikan University)
・Publication: Journal of the Association for the Comparative Studies of Management
・Japan Association for the Comparative Studies of Management
c/o Professor Takashi HOSOKAWA
Faculty of Business Administration, Ryukoku University,
67 Fukakusa-Tsukamotocho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8577, Japane-mail: hosokawa@biz.ryukoku.ac.jp
https://www.jacsm.net

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JAPAN ACADEMY FOR CONSUMPTION ECONOMY
日本消費経済学会
・Established: 1974
・Number of Members: 259
・Chief Representative: Tomihiro KATAYAMA (Nakamura Gakuen University)
・Publication: Annals of the Japan Academy for Consumption Economy
・Japan Academy for Consumption Economy
c/o Professor Hiroki NISHIHIJIMA
Faculty of Business, Marketing and Distribution, Nakamura Gakuen University,
5-7-1 Befu, Jounan-ku, Fukuoka,814-0198, Japane-mail: nishijima@nakamura-u.ac.jp
http://jace.jpn.org
The 46th annual meeting will be held at Chubu University in June 2021.
JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURAL ECONOMICS
文化経済学会＜日本＞・Established: 1990
・Number of Members: 485, Patrons 8, Corporate membership 3
・President: Toshiyuki MASUBUCHI (Hosei University)
・Publication: Journal of Cultural Economics Japan
Newsletter of Japan Association for Cultural Economics
・Japan Association for Cultural Economics (JACE)
c/o Academic Societies Center, Galileo, Inc.,
1-24-1-4F, Sugamo, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0002, Japane-mail: g018jace-mng@ml.gakkai.ne.jp
http://www.jace.gr.jp
The next annual meeting shall be announced on our website.
THE SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY
経済社会学会・Established: 1966
・Number of Members: 275
・President: Kouichi KOBAYASHI (Nagoya Gakuin University)
・Publication: The Annual of the Society of Economic Sociology
・The Society of Economic Sociology
c/o Professor Masaaki KAMINUMA
School of Social Sciences, Waseda University,
1-6-1, Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8050, Japane-mail: kaminuma@waseda.jp
http://www.waseda.jp/assoc-soes/
The 56th annual meeting will be held at Tokyo University of Social Welfare on September 4-5, 2021 withthe symposium “The Age of the 100-Year Life and Economic Sociology”.
92THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
経済学史学会・Established: 1950
・Number of Members: 531
・President: Masahi IZUMO (Kanagawa University)
・Publication: The History of Economic Thought
The Japanese Society for the History of Economic Thought Newsletter
The Proceedings of Annual Conference
・The Society for the History of Economic Thought
c/o Accelight Inc.
Asahi Nakayama Bldg. 5F,
3-5-4, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japane-mail: jshet@accelight.co.jp
https://jshet.net/
The 85th annual meeting will be held at Osaka Keizai University on September 25-26, 2021.
THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHERS
経済地理学会・Established: 1954
・Number of Members: 650, patronage members: 3
・President: Koji MATSUHASHI (Meiji University)
・Publication: Keizai Chirigaku Nempo (Annals of the Japan Association of Economic
Geographers) ― quarterly・Japan Association of Economic Geographers
c/o Faculty of Economics, Seikei University,
3-3-1, Kichijoji-kitamachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8633, Japane-mail: jimukyoku@economicgeography.jp
http://www.economicgeography.jp/index.html
The next annual meeting will be held at Hannan University on May 28-30, 2021 with the symposium“Evaluating Economic Geography”. The meeting we had planned has changed to an online meeting.
JAPAN ECONOMIC POLICY ASSOCIATION
日本経済政策学会
・Established: 1940
・Number of Members: individuals 864 institutional 2・President: Taro OZAWA (Keio University)
・Publication: Keizai Seisaku Gakkai Journal(Journal of Economic Policy Studies) ― semi annuallyInternational Journal of Economic Policy Studies ― annually
・The Japan Economic Policy Association
c/o Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus,
5322, Endo, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa 252-0882, Japane-mail: jepa-headquarters@jepa-hq.com
http://jepa.jp
The 78th annual meeting will be held at Kanto Gakuin University on May 29-30, 2021 with the symposium“Systems and Policies for an Era of Depopulation －Possibilities for Continuity of the System－”.
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JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS
進化経済学会・Established: 1997
・Number of Members: individuals 457, honorary 2, collective 1・President: Yuji ARUKA (Chuo University)
・Publication: Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review(biannual international journal, from Summer 2004)
Evolutionary Economics Proceedings
Newsletter of the Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics(Occasional Publications)
Evolutionary Controversies in Economics (English) from Springer - Verlag Tokyo
Genesis Evolutional Economics, vol.1, 2 (Japanese) from Springer - Verlag Tokyo
Handbook of Evolutionary Economics (Japanese) from Kyoritsu Shuppan Tokyo・Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics
c/o Professor Akiyoshi ARAKAWA
Faculty of Economics, Rikkyo University,
3-34-1, Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japane-mail: a-arakawa@rikkyo.ac.jp
http://www.jafee.org
THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
生活経済学会・Established: 1985
・Number of Members: 596, Cooperative member 9・President: Kyoko UEMURA (Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University)
・Publication: Journal of Household Economics― twice a year
・The Japan Society of Household Economics
3-7-4, Kanda Misaki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
101-0061, Japane-mail: jshe@yu-cho-f.jp
http://jsheweb.smartcore.jp
The next annual meeting will be held at Online meeting (Zoom) on June 19-20, 2021.
JAPAN SOCIETY OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
日本労務学会・Established: 1970
・Number of Members: individual 835, corporate 8
・President: Tomoyuki SHIMANUKI (Hitotsubashi Univesity)
・Publication: Japan Journal of Human Resource Management
・Japan Society of Human Resource Management
c/o International Business Institute, Co., Ltd.
Tsukasa Building 3rd. F. , 518 Waseda Tsurumaki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-0041, Japane-mail: jshrm@ibi-japan.co.jp
http://www.ibi-japan.co.jp/jshrm/
The next annual meeting will be held at Kobe University (Online meeting) on July 16-18, 2021.

94THE SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL STUDIES, JAPAN
産業学会
・Established: 1975
・Number of Members: 275
・Representative: Akira YAMASAKI (Chuo University)
・Publication: Annals of The Society for Industrial Studies, Japan・The Society for Industrial Studies
c/o Professor Hiroshi KOEZUKA
Ritsumeikan University,
2-150, Iwakura, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka 567-8570, Japan
http://www.sisj.org/

THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF INSURANCE SCIENCE
日本保険学会・Established: 1940
・Number of Members: honorary 18 ordinary 800 including
6 foreigners, supporting organizations 92
・President: Mariko NAKABAYASHI (Meiji University)
・Publication: Journal of Insurance Science (Hoken-gaku Zasshi) ― quarterly
・The Japanese Society of Insurance Science
c/o Japan Institute of Life Insurance,
3-4-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japane-mail: gakkai@jsis365.onmicrosoft.com
http://www.js-is.org/
The next annual meeting will be held at Kobe University on October 23-24, 2021.

JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STUDIES
国際会計研究学会
・Established: 1984
・Number of Members: 510
・President: Tokuei SUGIMOTO (Kwansei Gakuin University)
・Publication: Kokusai Kaikei Kenkyu Gakkai Nempo (Bulletin of Japanese
Association for International Accounting Studies)Japanese Association for International Accounting Studies
c/o Hidenori HORIKO
Faculty of Business Management, Osaka Sangyo University,
3-1-1, Nakagaito, Daito-shi, Osaka 574-8530, Japane-mail: office@jaias.org
https://jaias.org

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JAPAN ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
国際ビジネス研究学会
・Established: 1994
・Number of Members: individual 708, corporate 5・President: Mitsuhide SHIRAKI (Waseda University)
・Publication : Journal of International Business・Japan Academy of International Business Studies
c/o Professor Jusuke IKEGAMI
School of Commerce, Waseda University,
1-6-1 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8050, Japan
Liaison office:International Business Institute, Co., Ltd.
Tsukasa Building 3rd. F. , 518 Waseda Tsurumaki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-0041, Japane-mail: jaibs@ibi-japan.co.jp
http://www.ibi-japan.co.jp/jaibs/html/index.html
The next annual meeting will be held at Senshu University in November, 2021.
c/o

THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
日本国際経済学会
・Established: 1950
・Number of Members: individual 923, corporate 5・President: Satoru NAKAMOTO (Ritsumeikan Unibersiy)・Publication: Kokusai-Keizai and The International Economy ― both are issued once yearly
・The Japan Society of International Economics
c/o Professor Yoshifumi OKAWA
Faculty of Economics, Kyoto Sangyo University,
Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japane-mail: head-office@jsie.jp
http://www.jsie.jp/
The next annual meeting will be held at University of Tokyo in fall, 2021.
JAPAN ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND BUSINESS
日本貿易学会・Established: 1960
・Number of Members: 417, corporate: 5・President: Hideki YOSHIOKA (Takasaki University of Commerce)・ Publication: ① The Annual Bulletin of the Japan Academy for International Trade and Business②Research Paper of Japan Academy for International Trade and Business③JAFTAB News ― twice yearly・Japan Academy for International Trade and Business (JAFTAB)
c/o Professor Hideki YOSHIOKA
Takasaki University of Commerce,
741, Negoya-Machi, Takasaki-shi, Gunma 370-1214, Japane-mail: yoshioka-hdk@uv.tuc.ac.jp
http://jaftab.org
The 60th Anniversary National Convention will be held at Waseda University on November 27-28, 2021.
Unified topic will be “Japan External Trade Society 60 years of History and of a new era trade ― toovercome a variety of risk”.
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JAPAN ACADEMY OF LABOR AND MANAGEMENT (JALM)
労務理論学会・Established: 1991
・Number of Members: individual 295
・President: Rei SEIYAMA (Ibaraki University)
・Publication: Labor and Management Review (Roumu-riron Gakkaishi)
・Japan Academy of Labor and Management (JALM)
c/o Associate Professor Yoshiaki MAKI
Faculty of Business, Osaka City University,
3-3-138, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japane-mail:http://jalmonline.org
The next annual meeting will be held at Fukuoka University, 2021 with the symposium “International
Comparisons of Labor and Management ―Research Trends and Prospects ” .
JAPAN LOGISTICS SOCIETY
日本物流学会・Established: 1983
・Number of Members: individual 465, corporate 19
・President: Mitsumasa NAKA (Tokyo Keizai University)
・Publication: Journal of Japan Logistics Society
・Japan Logistics Society
c/o Nittsu Research Institute and Consulting, Inc,
9-3, 1-chome, Higashishinbashi, Minato-ku,
Tokyo 105-8322, Japane-mail: logistics@nifty.com
http://www.logistics-society.jp
The next annual meeting will be held at Kanagawa University in September, 2021.
JAPAN SOCIETY OF LOGISTICS AND SHIPPING ECONOMICS
日本海運経済学会
・Established: 1966
・Number of Members: individual 229, corporate 21
・Representative: Hiroshi HOSHINO (Kyushu University)
・Publication: Journal of Logistics and Shipping Economics
・Japan Society of Logistics and Shipping Economics
c/o Kazuhiko ISHIGURO Laboratory,
Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University,
5-1-1, Fukae-minami, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, 658-0022, Japane-mail: sec@jslse.jp
http://www.jslse.jp
The next annual meeting will be held at University of Tokyo in October, 2021.
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JAPAN ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT
経営行動研究学会
・Established: 1991
・Number of Members: individual 368, corporate 4・Representative: Saburo OHTA (Chiba University of Commerce)・Publication: The Annals of The Japan Academy of Management, News Letter
・Japan Academy of Management
c/o The Institute of Business Administrative Behavior,Tokyo Chuo Building, 707,
4-4-8, Iidabashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0072, Japane-mail: jarbab@alpha.ocn.ne.jp
http://www.jam1991.org/
THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
日本管理会計学会
・Established: 1991
・Number of Members: individual 691, corporate 11
・President: Kazunori ITO (Senshu University)
・Publication: The Journal of Management Accounting, Japan・The Japanese Association of Management Accounting
c/o Academic Center
358-5, Yamabuki-cho,Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0801, Japane-mail: jama-info@sitejama.jp
http://sitejama.jp/
The next annual meeting will be held at University of Nagasaki on August 27-29, 2021 with the symposium“Re-Thinking the Allocation of Indirect Costs”.
NIPPON ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT(Formerly: NIPPON ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION)
日本マネジメント学会
・Established: 1979
・Number of Members: individual 630, corporate 7
・President: Masato KAMEKAWA (Rikkyo University)
・Publication: Management Development (Annals), published by the administrative
office of the academy
・Nippon Academy of Management
c/o Yamashiro Keiei Kenkyujo
S&S Building 3F, 6-36, Shin-ogawamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0814, Japane-mail: name@kae-yamashiro.co.jp
http://nippon-management.jp/
The 83rd National conference will be held at Rissho University in June, 2021.
98THE ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY
経営哲学学会・Established: 1984
・Number of Members: 300
・Representative : Naoki WATANABE (Keio University)
・Publication: Keiei Tetsugaku Journal(Journal of Management Philosophy)
・The Academy of Management Philosophy
c/o Professor Naoki WATANABE
Vice President, Keio University,
2-15-45, Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345, Japane-mail: officel@jamp.ne.jp
http://www.jamp.ne.jp
JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
日本経営システム学会
・Established: 1981
・Number of Members: 476 individual members, 184 student members, 2 expert members
・President: Hiroshi YAMASHITA (Meiji University )・Publication: Journal of Japan Association for Management Systems – three times per year,
International Journal of Japan Association for Management Systems (IJAMS) – once a year
JAMS NEWS – quarterly・Japan Association for Management Systems
c/o Ballard Heim No. 703, 1-20-3, Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0073, Japane-mail: keieisys@jams-web.jp
http://www.jams-web.jp/
The 66th Spring meeting will be held at Kushiro Public University of Economics in May, 2021.
THE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT THEORIES
経営学史学会・Established: 1993
・Number of Members: 249, Cooperative 2・President: Nobuo KATSUBE (Senshu University)
・Publication: An annual report (published by Bunshindo, Tokyo)
・The Society for the History of Management Theories
c/o Faculty of Management and Economics, Aomori Public University
153-4, Yamazaki, Goushizawa,
Aomori-City, 030-0196, Japane-mail: gakushi-jimu@b.nebuta.ac.jp
http://keieigakusi.info
The next annual meeting will be held at Komazawa University (Online meeting) on May 22-23 or 29-30,
2021. The main theme will be “Topical Problems and Economic History － Hints from COVID-19－”.
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JAPAN SOCIETY OF MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION
日本商業学会・Established: 1951
・Number of Members: honorary 20, ordinary 1,019 supporting company 11
・President: Naoto ONZO (Waseda University)
・Publication: Journal of Marketing and Distribution ― two times a year
JSMD Review ― two times a year
International Journal of Marketing and Distribution ― two times a year
・Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution
c/o Proactive Inc.
3F Sannomiya Century Bldg.
83, Kyo-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0034, Japane-mail: jsmd@pac.ne.jp
http://jsmd.jp/
The next 71st annual conference will be held at University of Toyama on May 29-30, 2021 with thesymposium “Distribution in a Post-Corona World ― Marketing Resilience”.
JAPAN SOCIETY OF MONETARY ECONOMICS
日本金融学会・Established: 1943
・Number of Members: 1,332
・President: Toshiki JINUSHI (Kansai University)
・Publication: Review of Monetary and Financial Studies ― biannuallyJapanese Journal of Monetary and Financial Economics ― biannually, online journal
・Japan Society of Monetary Economics
Toyo Keizai Building,
1-2-1, Hongoku-cho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0021, Japane-mail: jsme@d8.dion.ne.jp
http://www.jsmeweb.org/
The next Spring meeting will be held at Reitaku University on May 29-30, 2021.
JAPAN ACADEMY OF MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES
多国籍企業学会
・Established: 2007
・Number of Members: 218
・President: Tetsuya USUI (Nihon University)
・Publication: MNE ACADEMY JOURNAL
・Secretary General, Japan Academy of Multinational Enterprises
c/o Associate Professor Takuya FUKAZAWA,
Faculty of Business Administration, Tokyo Fuji University,
3-8-1 Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-0075 Japan
Email: mne@ibi-japan.co.jp
http://mne-jp.org/
The next annual meeting will be held at Hirosaki University in July, 2021.
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THE ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION FOR ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCE
特定非営利活動法人 組織学会
・Established: 1959
・Number of Members: individuals 1,987, corporate 13
・President: Junjiro SHINTAKU (University of Tokyo)
・Publication: Organizational Science ― quarterly
・The Academic Association for Organizational Science
Mitsubishi Building 1st. B,
2-5-2, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japane-mail: soshiki@rio.odn.ne.jp
https://www.aaos.or.jp
The next Spring meeting will be held at Toyo University (Online meeting) on June 5-6, 2021.
The next annual meeting will be held at Kobe University in mid or late October, 2021.
JAPAN SOCIETY OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
経済理論学会・Established: 1959
・Number of Members: 826
・Chief Representative: Tetsuji KAWAMURA (Hosei University)
・Publication: Political Economy Quarterly ― quarterly・Japan Society of Political Economy
c/o Associate Professor Takao HIDAIFaculty of Economics and Business, Wako University,
5-1-1, Kanaigaoka, Machida-shi,
Tokyo 195-8585, Japan.
e-mail: secretariat@jspe.gr.jp
http://www.jspe.gr.jp
The 68th annual meeting will be held at Hokusei Gakuen University (Hokkaido Sapporo-shi) on October
23-24, 2021.
POLITICAL ECONOMY AND ECONOMIC HISTORY SOCIETY
政治経済学・経済史学会
・Established: 1948
・Number of Members: 703
・Representative Director: Masayuki TANIMOTO (University of Tokyo)
・Publication: REKISHI TO KEIZAI(The Journal of Political Economy and Economic History) ― quarterly
The Political Economy and Economic History Society
c/o Hongo Post Office Box 56
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8691, Japane-mail: seikeishi@gmail.com
https://seikeishi.com
The next annual meeting will be held at Nagoya University on October 23-24, 2021.
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POPULATION ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN
日本人口学会・Established: 1948
・Number of Members: 348
・President: Hiroshi KOJIMA (Waseda University)
・Publication: Jinkogaku Kenkyu (The Journal of Population Studies)
・Population Association of Japan
c/o Association for Supporting Academic Societies (ASAS)
Koishikawa Urban 4F, 5-3-13, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0012, Japane-mail: paoj@asas-mail.jp
http://www.paoj.org/

THE JAPAN PORT ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION
日本港湾経済学会
・Established: 1962
・Number of Members: 140
・Representative Manager: Toshihiko MATSUO (Osaka University of Commerce)・Publication: Kowan Keizai Kenkyu(The Annual Report of the Japan Port Economics Association)
・Japan Port Economics Association
c/o Professor Kimihiro KOHNO
Gifu Shotoku University,
1-38, Nakauzura, Gifu-shi, Gifu 500-8288, Japane-mail: info@port-economics.jp
http://port-economics.jp/

JAPAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE
日本財政学会・Established: 1940
・Number of Members: 800
・Chairman: Takehiko IKEGAMI (Rikkyo University)
・Publication: Public Finance Studies (Zaiseikenkyu)
・The Japan Institute of Public Financec/o Academic Societies Center, Galileo, Inc.,
1-24-1-4F, Sugamo, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0002, Japane-mail: g016jipf-mng@ml.gakkai.ne.jp
http://www.gakkai.ne.jp/jipf/
The next annual meeting will be held at Ritsumeikan University (Osaka Ibaraki Campus), 2021.

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THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF PUBLIC UTILITY ECONOMICS
公益事業学会・Established: 1949
・Number of Members: regular members 332, corporation members 54
・President: Hirotaka YAMAUCHI (Hitotsubashi University)
・Publication: Journal of Public Utility Economics
・Koeki Jigyo Gakkai (The Japan Society of Public Utility Economics)
c/o Urban Net Nihonbashi Bldg.,
2-14-10, Ningyo-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0013, Japane-mail: koeki@icr.co.jp
http://www.jspu-koeki.jp
The next annual meeting will be held at Sagami Women’s University on June 5-6, 2021 with thesymposium “New Patterns for Platform Business and Public Utilities”.
THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC STUDIES
日本地域経済学会
・Established: 1989
・Number of Members: 285
・President: Mitsuo YAMANAKA (Fukushima University)
・Publication: Annals of the Japan Association for Regional Economic Studies ―once or twice a year
・The Japan Association for Regional Economic Studies
c/o Professor Takeshi HAMADA,
Faculty of Economics, Hokkai-Gakuen University,
1-40, 4-chome, Asahi-machi, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo-shi, 062-8605 Japane-mail: chiikikeizai60@gmail.com
http://jares.jp
The next annual meeting will be held at Fukushima University in late November or in early December,
2021 with the symposium “The Corona Pandemic and Regional Economies”.
THE JAPAN SECTION OF THE REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL
日本地域学会・Established: 1962
・Number of Members: regular members 1,054, corporation members 6
・President: Shuetsu TAKAHASHI (Tohoku Gakuin University)
・Publication:・Studies in Regional Science (Chiikigaku kenkyu) ― the Journal of Japan Section of RSAI・Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science ― the Journal of Japan Section of RSAI・The Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International
c/o Associate Professor Takeshi MIZUNOYA
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba,
1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba Science City 305-8572, Japane-mail: sec@jsrsai.jp
http://www.jsrsai.jp
The next 58th annual meeting will be held at Kochi University on October 9-11, 2021.
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JAPAN RISK MANAGEMENT SOCIETY
日本リスクマネジメント学会
・Established: 1978
・Number of Members: individual 300
・Representative Management: Kazuo UEDA (Senshu University)
・Publication: JARMS Report (Risk and Insurance Management)
・Japan Risk Management Society
c/oProfessor Katsuyuki KAMEI
Faculty of Safety Science, Takatsuki Muse Campus, Kansai University,
7-1, Hakubai-cho, Takatsuki-shi, Osaka 569-1098, Japane-mail: kamei@kansai-u.ac.jp
http://www.jarms.jp/

JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR SOCIAL POLICY STUDIES
社会政策学会・Established: 1950
・Number of Members: 1,168
・Representative: Makoto ISHII (Oita University)
・Publication: SHAKAI-SEISAKU(Social Policy and Labor Studies)・Japan Association for Social Policy Studies
c/o Professor Yoshie ONISHI
Faculty of Economics, Kokugakuin University,
4-10-28, Higashi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8440, Japan
http://jasps.org/
The next annual meeting will be held at Hitotsubashi University on May 22-23, 2021 with the symposium“The Future for Pandemics and Social policy”.
THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE OF ACCOUNTING
会計理論学会・Established: 1986
・Number of Members: individual 163
・Representative: Fujio YAMAGUCHI (Meiji University)
・Publication: Annals of The Japan Society for Social Science of Accounting
・The Japan Society for Social Science of Accounting
c/o Professor Fujio YAMAGUCHI,
Meiji University,
1-1, Kanda-surugadai, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 101-8301, Japane-mail: office@jsssa-net.org
http://www.jsssa-net.org
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC HISTORY SOCIETY
社会経済史学会
・Established: 1930
・Number of Members: 1,400
・Representative: Satoshi BABA (Musashino University)
・Publication: Shakai Keizai Shigaku (Socio-Economic History) ― quarterly・Shakai Keizaishi Gakkai (Socio-Economic History Society)c/o Professor M.SHIZUMESchool of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University,
1-6-1, Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8050, Japane-mail: sehs@kurenai.waseda.jp
http://sehs.ssoj.info/
The next annual meeting will be held at Kobe University on May 15-16, 2021.
THE JAPAN STATISTICAL SOCIETY
一般社団法人 日本統計学会
・Established: 1931
・Number of Members: 1,497
・President: Shigeru KAWASAKI (Nihon University)
・Publication: Journal of the Japan Statistical Society (Japanese) ― biannually
・The Japan Statistical Society
c/o Statistical Information Institute for Consulting and Analysis,
Nogaku Shorin Building 5F, 3-6, Kanda-Jinbo-cho, Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo 101-0051, Japane-mail: shom@jss.gr.jp
http://www.jss.gr.jp/
The next Spring meeting will be held at online meeting on March 13 or 20, 2021.
The next annual meeting will be held at Nagasaki University in September, 2021.
TRANSCULTURAL MANAGEMENT SOCIETY
異文化経営学会
・Established: 2003
・Number of Members: Individual 397, Institutional 4・President: Emiko MAGOSHI (J. F. Oberlin University)
・Publication: Transcultural Management Review
・Secretary General, Transcultural Management Society
c/oProfessor Toshikazu TAKAHASHI,
Faculty of Business Administration, Rissho University,
4-2-16 Osaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo, 141-8602
e-mail: ibunkakeiei@gmail.com
http://ibunkakeiei.com/

105THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS
日本交通学会・Established: 1941
・Number of Members: 460, student 6, company etc. 33
・President: Kazushige TERADA (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
・Publication: Koutsugaku Kenkyu (Annual Report on Transportation Economics)
・The Japan Society of Transportation Economics (Nihon Koutsu Gakkai)
c/o Koutsu Keizai Kenkyusho, 34, Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0016, Japane-mail: info@koutsu-gakkai.jp
http://koutsu-gakkai.jp
The next annual meeting will be held at Keio University in October, 2021.
NIPPON URBAN MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESEARCHASSOCIATION
日本地方自治研究学会
・Established: 1984
・Number of Members: individual 320
・Representative: Koshi HASHIMOTO (Kansai University)
・Publication: Journal of Urban Management and Local Government Research(Annuals of Nippon Urban Management and Local Government
Research Association)
Nippon Urban Management and Local Government Research Association
c/o Seibunsha Pub. Co.,
Daiwa-Minamimorimachi Bldg.,
Kita 2-6 , 2-chome, Tenjinbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0041, Japane-mail: tihoujichi@skattsei.co.jp
http://www.skattsei.co.jp/tihoujichi/
The next annual meeting will be held at Yokohama National University on September 25-26, 2021 withthe symposium “Progress in Sustainable Development Goals for Local Administrations”.

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