Ne ws Bul l e tin of the Union of Nati onal
Ec onomi c Assoc i ati ons i n Japan
No.59 2023
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Message upon Retirement
Ken’ichi ENATSU・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 1○

On the Publication of the 42nd Issue of the Information Bulletin of
The Union of National Economic Associations in Japan
Nobuo WATANABE・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 3○International Conference Participation ReportJapan Association for Social Policy Studies・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 5Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 9○

Reports on the Use of Assistance for the Invitation and Stay in Japan of Foreign Scholars
Japan Society of Political Economy・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 13Japan Society for Business Ethics・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 15○

Report on Financial Support for Academic Society Meeting
The Political Economy and Economic History Society・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 16○

List of Member Association Trustees・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 19○

List of Union Directors・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 22○

List of English Information Bulletin No.42 Editorial Committee Members・・・・・・・・ 22

Message upon Retirement
Our Progress toward Coeducation, Co-Development,
Co-Creation, and Coexistence
Ken’ichi ENATSU
10th President(Professor Emeritus, Waseda University)

It was in 2008 that I was

The management of the Union has

appointed to succeed Masao Uno (Professor

been funded by the annual membership fees

Emeritus, Waseda University) to assume

contributed by the member academic

the role of President of the Union ofsocieties and the donations received from

National Economic Associations in Japanvarious sectors (For example, as part of the(hereinafter, the Union). Ever since, I have

50th

been managing the Union over a longmembers collaborated in fundraising by

period of 15 years.

callinganniversaryoncorporations

top

project,managers

from

their

the
of

board
major

respective

Founded in 1950, when Japan hadlaboratories and leaders of industry-based

started on its way to growth as it recovered

organizations), the fruits of which werefrom World War II, the Union has more thanapplied for effective purposes. We have

70 years of history and tradition.

planned and managed the project byelecting two trustees for each society, withThe Union is a voluntary allianceten directors and two auditors elected byof academic organizations consisting ofvote of the trustees.

more than 60 academic societies (with anapproximate total of 30,000 members) ofscholars,

researchersandIn this sense, the Union is a

specialists

private, independent academic alliance that

conducting research and education inis unique in Japan and truly rare in theeconomics and related sciences. Our mottoworld.

is upholding freedom, equality, fairness,justice, democracy, and peace.

Since its incubation to thepresent, I believe that the Union was able to1

declare its significant presence in society

turning point which requires us tothrough activities such as providing various

drastically innovate our social mission.

financial support to the member academic
societies,

publishingtheI retire from the position ofInformation

President at this most exciting timing, andBulletin and the Newsletter, holding

the new Union will start with new members

academic forums and producing web

inreports of their achievements, etc. These

Administrative Committee.

its

were our endeavors to disseminate the

Board
There

of
is

no

Directors
doubt

to

and
the

“activities characteristic and unique to theremarkable advancement in promoting theUnion” to academic, social, and global

renaissance of the study of economics in

sectors.

Japan through the Shin Union, repeatedly
innovating itself, as it continues to uphold
However, the environment for

the good tradition of “coeducation,” “co-economic study and research in Japandevelopment,”“co-creation,”andunderwent a profound change in 2019 and“coexistence” under the leadership of thethereafter, with the start of the COVID

new President, Mitsuhide Shiraki.

pandemic, elevated geographic risks such

Finally, I have been involved withas the invasion of Ukraine by Russia andthe Union for over 30 years, including thethreats involving Taiwan, and the sensory

time I served as the Secretary-General.

paradigm shift encompassing the political,

Pleaseeconomic,

environmental

appreciation to the Members of the Council,

factors, as represented by the trend for

Directors of the Board, and Advisors of thesustainable development goals or SDGs,

Administrative Committee who served

accelerated

transformation

their respective appointments, the three(including generative artificial intelligence).

successive Secretary-Generals with whomsocial,byanddigitalletmeexpress my deepest

I worked, causing them much difficulty,
Concurrent to this period ofand every member of the Secretariat, alltransition, the Union is also faced with

who helped and supported me in various

unprecedented issues and challenges. We

ways. (Period of appointment: 2008

presume that the Union has reached athrough 2023)

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On the Publication of the 42nd Issue of the Information Bulletin of
The Union of National Economic Associations in Japan
Nobuo WATANABE (Josai International University)
Chairman, Editorial Committee
The 42nd Issue of the Information

Fukazawa, and Hironobu Oda. (The order

Bulletin of The Union of National

for mentioning the names of the respective

Economic Associations in Japan was

Editorial / Authoring Committee members

published in December 2022, with articles

follows the order of the academic societies,

by 9 academic societies: the Society of

as indicated above.)

Public Utility Economics, Business History

We held two Editorial Committee

Society of Japan, Japan Academy formeetings, both of which were substituted by

Consumption Economy, Nippon Urban

post mail, cancelling the face-to-face style

Management

Governmentthat was planned to take place in a meetingJapan

room at Waseda University.

Research

and

Local

Association,

Risk

Management Society, Japan Association for

At the 1st Editorial Committee

Evolutionary Economics, Japan Society ofmeeting held on February 3, 2022, weHousehold Economics, Japan Academy ofelected the Chairman, confirmed theMultinationalJapan

schedule for the editing process, andAssociation for Regional Economic Studies.

reported / discussed the real and internet

Upon publishing this issue, one

distribution methods. There were reports

Editorial Committee member was selected

about the web version of the Informationfrom the respective academic societies

Bulletin has been the standard since the 35th

indicated above: Satoru Hashimoto, Sachio

Issue (published in December 2015), when

Imakubo,Nobuo

we abolished the paper version, with the

Watanabe, Katsuyuki Kamei, Akiyoshi

digital distribution becoming mainstream

Arakawa,

Takuyaand internet searches having outnumbered

Fukazawa, Hironobu Oda. Likewise, one

actual reference searches; the Information

Authoring Committee member was chosen

Bulletin’s currently being limited to webfromreference, and the electronic version of theeachEnterprises,

Hiroki
HidetoNishijima,
Azegami,academicsociety:

SatoruHashimoto, Etsuo Abe, Tomihiro Katayama,

Information

Masakazu Yanagishita, Katsuyuki Kamei,

available through J-STAGE, the open

Akinori Isogai, Kyoko Uemura, Takuyasystem for digital journals distributed by
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Bulletin

being

currently

the Japan Science and Technology Agency

editing the manuscript for the 42nd Issue of(JST) and Union of National Economic

the Information Bulletin in the final editing

Associations in Japan homepage, and theand proofreading process, the schedule forfact that every issue of the Information

the editing to be done up to the bulletin’s

Bulletin published since 1980 to the present

publication, and the methods of distribution.

being recorded in pdf format and disclosed

We also decided on the academic

for reference on the Union homepage. We

societies for authoring the articles to bealso reported about sending the Information

included in the 43rd Issue (Next issue) of theBulletin to overseas destinations (university

Information

libraries, research institutes, etc.), as well as

following 12 academic societies: The

toresearchJapanese Society for the History of

institutes in Japan, as well as to various

Economic Thought, The Socio-Economic

quarters of the Union of National Economic

History Society, Japan Institute of Public

Associations in Japan (62 member societies,

Finance, Japan Association for Social

directors, councilors, etc.) in writing or by

Policye-mail when the issue was published. Next,

International Trade and Business, The

we discussed the editorial outline for Issue

Japan

No. 42, and it was decided that we would

Economic

follow the same editorial policy as for the

Association for Organizational Science,previous issue. We also reported on one ofJapan Logistics Society, Japan Association

our projects, the 6th Academic Forum of theforUnion, planned to take place online on

Management, The Society for the History

March 5, 2022, under the theme ofof Management Theories, Japan Scholarly"International Division of Labor among

Association for Asian Management, andFirms in East Asia: The Case of EVs in theTranscultural Management Society. It was

Automobile Industry." We also mentioned

further reported that the 6th Academic

about launching the web publication,

Forum had been held as reported at the"Toward the Creation of a Sustainableprevious meeting. (EBSCOhost: "EBSCO

Economic Society in the 21st Century," inHost"), and that the discussion on theNovember 2021, in addition to the “Union

publication of the Annual Report in English

of National Economic Associations inin EBSCO was approved at the meeting ofJapan” YouTube academic channel.

the Board of Directors and Councilors ofuniversity

libraries

andIn the 2nd meeting held on Octoberthe14, 2022, we discussed our policies for

Bulletin.

Studies,Japan

Association

the

Union

They

Academyfor

Studies,The

Comparative

of

are

National

theforComparative
Academic

StudiesofEconomic

Associations in Japan held on October 2022.
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It was reported that at the meeting of thein Japan provides an important opportunity

Union of National Economic Associations

for the results of academic research in Japanin Japan Board of Directors and Board of

to be made visible to many researchers

Councilors held on October 24, 2022, wearound the world. As mentioned above, its

discussed and approved the request from

activities

EBSCO to include the Information Bulletin

important, as evidenced by the request fromin its database (EBSCOhost: "EBSCOEBSCO for inclusion in the publication last

Host"). The Board of Directors and

year.

are

becoming

increasingly

Councilors of the Union of National

Finally, I should like to express

Economic Associations in Japan, at their

my deep appreciation for the enormous

meeting held on October 2022, discussed

support and cooperation provided by theand approved a request from EBSCO tomembers of the Editorial and Authoring

include the Information Bulletin in theCommittees, Paul Snowden (Professor

database (EBSCOhost: "EBSCO Host")

Emeritus, Waseda University), Kenichi

and to publish the Information Bulletin on

Enatsu our President, Keiichi Hasegawa

EBSCO.

our Secretary-General, and Yoshiko Ishii, in
The Information Bulletin of the

publishing

Union of National Economic Associations

the

42nd

Issue

of

the

International Bulletin.

International Conference Participation Report I

Joining the 117th American Sociological Association Annual Meeting
Yurie MOMOSE (The University of Tokyo)
Japan Association for Social Policy Studies
From Friday, August 5th toevents that took place on Thursday, AugustthTuesday, August 9 , 2022, I participated in4th. The sponsor, the American SociologicaltheSociological

Association (ASA), founded in 1905, is one

Association Annual Meeting that was heldof the largest academic societies ofin Los Angeles, California, USA. I spent six

sociology studies in the world and has madedays there, also joining the preconference

dedicated contribution to the work of

117th

American5sociologists,

to

the

developmentofsociology as a science and a profession, andits mission to promote sociology tocontribute and apply sociological research
to society. Therefore, the annual meetings
serve as the venues to share the knowledge
and new pathways in research andimplementationforsociologists

andspecialists in the research of social sciences.
Yet the 2020 annual meeting was cancelled
due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the2021 annual meeting was held online. The
2022 annual meeting, the first face-to-faceconvention in two years, had two locations,the Los Angeles Convention Center and JWMarriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE hotel.

reported by more than 4,500 presenters,

Nearly 600 sessions were held at bothproviding scholarly opportunities for morevenues, with over 3,000 research papers

than 5,000 participants. Sociologists fromthe United States and around the world
gathered in one place.
This was the first time in my lifethat I have attended an international
conference. I would like to report on the
research presentations as well as some of
the interesting points. I reported on myresearch on Saturday, August 6, at Table 5,
Family and Youth, in the Asia and Asian
America Roundtable session. A roundtable
is a format in which presenters andparticipants sit around a table and givereports, and the ASA Annual Meetingprovidesanopportunityfor

directpresentations in roundtable style in addition
to general verbal presentations in which
6presenters

take

give

comments and ask questions to each otherpresentations to participating audiences.

in a style similar to discourse. The presenter

There is a significant difference in theis more concerned with communicating

format of these two presentations. For

verbatim due to the setting that makes it

example, in a typical presentation on the

difficult to rely on equipment, and cannot

stage, a facilitator leads an audience of 20

be an observer because everyone at theto 30 people, and three to four presenterstable has something to say, including self-

give slide presentations in turn, followed byintroductions.

Activearequiredroundtable-style

general

the

stage

and

question-and-answer

periodinparticipationissessions.

during which each presenter answers
questions from the floor. Generally, we
have one or two questions per report. On theother hand, in the round table sessions,seating was limited due to the small numberof facilitators, presenters, and participants,
between 5 to 10 people in total. Since there
is no screen to project slides in the room,
the presenters report on their research at thetable by sharing handouts or their own
computers as necessary. The flow of thepresentation differs from that of a typicalpresentation and depends on the discretionof the facilitator. For example, in a format
similar to a general presentation, thefacilitator may ask other presenters orEspeciallyparticipants if they have any questions after

comments and questions are flying aroundthe presenter's report, and the person

and it is difficult to break into the discussion,

designated by the facilitator may ask some

it is more difficult for the participant to joinquestions. In other cases, there is no clear

the session. However, round tables are more

Q&A period after the presenter's report. In

attractive than general-style presentations,such cases, the facilitator does not decidebecause the presenters can get morewhocomments

will

presentation.

speak
The

after

the

researchpresenters

in

and

such

discourse,

questions,

and

when

the

and

participants can ask in-depth questions,participants, including the facilitator, makemaking the free exchange of ideas more
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attractive than in a general presentation.

the experience of being bullied in school on
health disparities into direct effects andindirect effects via mediating factors suchas education, marriage, socioeconomic
status, and social networks. The data wereobtained from a nationally representative
panel data set. Data were obtained from the"Japanese Life Course Panel Surveys(JLPS), 2007-2020 (wave1-14)" of theInstitute of Social Science at the UniversityofTokyo,

which

is

a

nationally

representative panel data set, covering
2,260 men and 2,260 women. The analysis
covered 2,260 men and 2,608 women. The
main findings were that for both men andwomen, the indirect effects of mediating
factors were modest, and the direct effects
with the experience of being bullied atschool were strong, with negative longterm effects on health outcomes in
The author presented a paper on

adulthood. When we reported these results,"Bullying Experience in Childhood andwe were surprised to find that the direct

Health Outcomes in Adulthood" at theeffect of the experience of being bullied inroundtable. This research was conducted inschool was strong and that it did not differ

collaboration with Professor Hiroshi Ishida

between genders. Through this report, we(University of Tokyo). The researchwere able to reaffirm the merits andexamined whether the experience of being

limitations of this study and to receive verybullied at school has long-term effects on

useful feedback for further research in thethe three health outcomes (subjective health,future.

mental health, and activity limitations) inJapanese

adulthood.

Specifically,

There were two things thatwesurprised me this time, in addition toemployed a random-effects model and thelearning about the best parts of round-table

Karlson-Holm-Breen (KHB) method ofsessions. First, the ASA being the largest of

econometrics to decompose the effects of

its kind in the world, various research8presentations were made from morning tomany young researchers who were doctoral

evening during the event. This allowed me

students or post-doctoral fellows. Seeing so

to deepen my knowledge by being exposed

many active women in academics and being

to

from

able to exchange information with others inresearchers around the world, and I wasa similar position provided me with food forglad to discover that there were researchers

thought to nurture my future research.

cutting-edgeknowledge

on topics close to my own interests, even in

Though this was my very first

fields where there are still few researchers

time to attend an international conference, I

in Japan. Moreover, I was inspired byspent a fulfilling time during the conference

listening to those presentations on study

period.

areas not directly related to my current

experience to Japan Association for Social

research, when I attended a session on a

Policy Studies that recommended me to

topic that I am interested in, and it was aapply for financial assistance, and to thevery valuable opportunity for me to plan myUnion of National Economic Associations

next research project. Second, 50% of thein Japan that granted me the capital. To

participants in the ASA Annual Meetingconclude my report, I express my sincere

were women, as if the conference were aappreciation for everyone involved in

microcosm of the world, and in someproviding me with this opportunity.

Without

doubt,

I

owe

this

sessions, all 20 to 30 participants were
women, even in sessions that were not(Photo details)

related to women. In Japan, there are more

Left and right, page 6: Los Angeles Convention

female researchers in the social sciences

Centerthan in the natural sciences, but women

Right, page 7, and left, page 8: My research

make up only about 20% at most, and malepresentation at Table 5, Family and Youth, Asia andresearchers dominate the field. Furthermore,

Asian America Roundtable

the ASA annual meeting was attended byInternational Conference Participation Report II

Attending the GSSI 2022 International Conference
Shinji HONGE (Okayama University of Science)
Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution
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【Overview of the international conference】
Name: the 15th Annual Conference of the Global Sales Science Institute
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Venue: Mövenpick Hotel Frankfurt City
Hosting organization: Global Sales Science InstituteConference Chairs:
Stefan Wengler, Hof University of Applied Sciences, GER
Gabriele Hildmann, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, GER
Catherine M. Johnson, University of Toledo, USA
Ulrich Vossebein, THM University of Applied Sciences, GER
Period: June 8 through 11, 2022
Participation by nationality: 30 countries
Number of participants: 73
Topic: Creating Value for Customers and Companies in a Changing World
around the world. This was their 15th

【Participating report】

annual conference.

From June 8th to June 11th,

I first participated in the2022, I participated and presented at theconference held in Hiroshima, Japan in

15th Annual Conference of the Global Sales

2015 to make a joint research presentation.

Science Institute international conference

In 2016, I also presented about joint

in Frankfurt, Germany.

research at the conference in Birmingham,

The academic society uniquely

England. Prof. Kenichi Hosoi of the Faculty

specialized in the sales research. It is aof Business Administration, Hiroshima

global network of researchers and business

University of Economics, having served aspractitioners established in 2007 for the

the Co- Chair for the conference inpurposescientific

Hiroshima, both Japan and Japanese

research, education, and best practices ofresearchers attracted a lot of attention at theB2B

convention.

ofintegrating

sales

and

sales

worldwide.

The

societythe

management
consistsofThis year, a keynote lecture

researchers and professionals in B2B sales

was held on the general topic, "Creating

research, practice, and education from

Value for Customers and Companies in a10

Changing World," and active
sessions and research reports
were made on the themefrom diverse perspectives.
Themarketenvironmentchanges due to Covid-19
greatly affected the sales andsales management fields, andhighly motivated discussion
was held about the need to
evolvetherepresentative’s

sales
role,

attempted

toclarifyinmythat formerly tended topresentation

focus on immediatestandard model was born and how

achievements, into athemore innovative role as

merging local and global ideas. It

the changemaker foralso discusses the challenges thetheir companies andcompany's Japanese subsidiary iscustomers.

currently

concepthowtheevolvedfacingabout

globalthrough"The

The title ofModel," which has become amy presentation at the

global standard, in adapting it toconvention was "A case study of the birth,

the Japanese market to accommodate theadaptation and evolution of the globalchanges, including the consequences ofstandard sales process management ‘The

Covid-19, in the market environment andModel’." This case study focuses on how

the countermeasures in progress.

"The Model" proposed by salesforce.com,
founded in 1999, evolved into a worldstandard sales process management concept.
The Model is characterized by the divisionof the sales process into marketing, insidesales, field sales, and customer success.
This

idea

originatesinaJapanesebusinessperson, and his contributions have
In general, I was impressed

been instrumental in its evolution. I
11this conference were non-native English
speakers. Yettheyproficiently

used“English as a communicative tool” as thediscussions proceeded with the participants
supporting each other. Even when thepresenters had difficulty listening to orcomprehending

thequestionsandcomments from the floor, the members of
the audience immediately offered help, andthat the presentations were mostly about

the persons who made the comments

joint research and not about individual

paraphrased the points at once. I observed

research. This convinced me about thecurrent global-level trend that has been
pointed out recently, namely the importanceof multinational researchers of different
fields of specialization building networks to
conduct research. Another point that
impressed me was that most of the 73
participants from 30 countries who joined

the beneficial cycle of good researchleading to good presentation, and goodpresentations initiating good questions,which generated good research. I suppose
there are still many Japanese researchers,
including myself, who find it difficult towrite papers in English, present anddiscuss about them. I will conclude my

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report by emphasizing that we should(Photo details)

overcome our hesitation to take steps

Top, page 11: Group photo of study session

toward making proactive efforts for theCenter, page 11: Groupwork scene

advancement of research and networking,

Bottom, page 11, and top left, page 12: Presentation

therebyand discussion scenes

contributing

topractical

performance and eventually to society.

Bottom left and right, page 12: Presenting myresearch report

Report on the Use of Assistance for the Invitation and Stay in Japan of Foreign ScholarsⅠ

Reporting on Our Invitation of a Foreign Scholarwith Financial Assistance
Sosuke MORIMOTO (Rikkyo University)
Japan Society of Political Economy
We held our 70th Annual

Levy Economics Institute, Bard College,thConference on Saturday, October 8 andUSA. We invited him to Japan for eleven

Sunday, October 9th in 2022 at thedays’ stay starting October 6th with the

Kokubunji Campus of Tokyo Keizai

financial assistance provided by the Union

University. The general theme was “SDGsof National Economic Associations inandCapitalism: A Political

Japan, and Prof. Sen participated in the

Economic Approach.” Every year, Japan

English session of this conference as wellSocietyandas gave us his special lecture on the first day

publisher,of the conference, between 17:20 and 18:30,

Modernof

Political

Routledge,

thecollaborateinEconomyBritishawarding

The

Saturday, October 8th.

JSPE

Routledge Book Prize for authors of books

A large number of members

in English. The author receiving the prize

attended the special lecture for the firstwill give a special lecture in the annual

face-to-face convention in the past threeconference of the following year. The

years, as Prof. Sen spoke passionately on

Special Lecturer for this conference was“Dominant Finance in the New Phase ofProf. Sunanda Sen, the prize winner for

Imperialism” in the big classroom of Tokyo

2021, currently conducting research at

Keizai University for 70 minutes, including13

the Q&A period. His report consisted ofexamples. Prof. Sen then discussed in detail,highlighting the "new" aspects of today's

giving examples of USA and India, how theimperialism by contrasting it with the "old"real economy based on the control offorms of imperialism of the colonial period.

finance capital with accumulated power isSpecifically, during the colonial period, asin currently in progress. After his lecture,

was typical in British-ruled India, there

the conference participants, not limited towere political as well as economic

members of our academic society who havedomination by the East India Company andknown him over the years, widely enjoyedother major traders; whereas in modern-day

networking and exchanges with Prof. Sen.

imperialism, the colonies seem to have

Due to the pandemic conditions ofachieved political independence but they

COVID-19 changing moment by moment,

are still agents under the control of the

we had difficulty inviting Prof. Sen to ourliberalized market, with the suzerain

conference(developed)

expropriating

immigration to Japan were not yet lifted.

resources from the colonized (developing)

There were some members who advised us

country, in the same way as it was done into cancel the invitation. We are grateful forthe colonial period. According to Prof. Sen,the support offered by Seinan Gakuin

this “new” aspect first appeared in the

University that agreed to serve as the host

1990s when the world markets were

institution and Mariko Kato (Seinan Gakuin

integrated through globalization, promoted

University), the JSPE member who wasby the free trade agreements such as GATT

well acquainted with Prof. Sen, to makeand the present WTO. However, in thispossible our international scholar invitation.

phase, colonial/developing countries haveAlso, we appreciate the financial support

not become rich, but their wealth has been

provided by the Union of National

absorbedsuzerain/advanced

Economic Associations in Japan that madecountries, and the power of finance capitalthe funding for this invitation a reality, as

in

have

our academic society finances were scarce.

accumulated the absorbed wealth (capital)Thanks to your support, our society could

is rapidly expanding, Sen pointed out. He

make deep, real exchanges with Prof. Sen

then discussed in detail the current

that could not be achieved through online

domination of the real economy by theconvention. Once again, I express myfinancial capital that has amassed suchappreciation to all of you.

countrybyadvanced

thecountries

that

power, using the United States and India as

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as

the

restrictionsforReport on the Use of Assistance for the Invitation and Stay in Japan of Foreign ScholarsⅡ

Report of the 30th Anniversary Symposium,
Japan Society for Business Ethics
Hironori KAWAGUCHIJapan Society for Business Ethics
Since its founding in 1993, Japansymposium at the Hitotsubashi Hall on

Society for Business Ethics (JABES) has

Friday, March 31, 2023. I shall report on

worked on establishing the ethics forthis symposium, made possible with thebusiness management and corporations infinancial support offered to us by the Unionthof National Economic Associations inJapan. To celebrate our society’s 30

anniversary, we held a commemorative

Japan.

Date and time: 13:00 to 17:00 (Reception from 12:30), Friday, March 31, 2023
Venue: 2nd Floor, Hitotsubashi Hall, National Center of Sciences
Address: 2-1-2, Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
General Topic: “CSR, CSV and Sustainability”
Agenda:(1) Greetings by Ayako Sendo, Chair, JABES(2) Introducing the message from Prof. David J. Vogel,
Professor Emeritus, University of California at
Berkeley(3) Lectures
Part 1: Laura J. Spence, Professor, the Royal Holloway, University of London, one of thepioneers in business ethics research in the UK and Europe
Topic: “Business Ethics, CSR, Sustainability and Sustainable Development Goals”
Part 2: Kenji Sukeno, Chairman, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Fuji Film
Holdings
Topic: “Sustainability Management and Business Portfolio Management at Fuji Film
Holdings”(4) Reception with Prof. Laura Spence at Rm. 320, Gakushi Kaikan(Greetings: Prof. Hiroo Takahashi, Former JABES Chair)
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Lecturer’s Profile
Laura Spence, Professor, the Royal Holloway,
University of London
Field

of

specialization:

Business

Ethics,Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability,
Social Capital, Social Contribution Activities,
SocialEntrepreneurship,

Strategic

Human

Resource Management, Study of Small and Medium-sized Corporations
Brief academic history:
September 2008 to the Present
Professor of Business Ethics, the Royal Holloway, University of London
2017 to the Present
Advisory Council Member, Institute of Business Ethics
March 2021 to the Present
Fellow at Peer Review College, British Academy of Management

Report on Financial Support for Academic Society Meeting

Report on the Symposium, Spring Conference 2022
Masakazu NAGAE (Senshu University)
The Political Economy and Economic History Society
On the occasion of our spring

existence, from the perspective of periodic

academic conference (held online on Juneand international comparative study.

25, 2022), we convened for a symposium

The symposium consisted of three

on the theme of “The Comparative Social

presentations based on the issue for

History of ‘Connective Relations’” todiscussion posed by Masahiko Sakaguchi.

discuss the recent research achievements

First, regarding historical analysis, twoinvolving the forms of local communal

presenters, one a member and the other a16non-member, reported on recent research

culturaltrends in prewar Japan and China: Mr.

concerning recent research trends and theMasahiko

Sakaguchi"Thecurrent understanding of rural communality

Cohesive

Relationship

Local

were raised by experts from outside theCommunities in Prewar Japan: The Case ofconference, and useful discussions were

Muras with Machiba Characteristics," andexchanged.

(member),ofanthropology.

VariousissuesMr. Tadashi Kono (non-member), "TheThis symposium was conductedComplexity of Human Cohesion in Villages

online using Zoom. The reports werein North China in the Early Years of thedelivered online in real time, and questions

People's Republic of China: Measures toand answers were collected from the(The case of a village in North China in theparticipants using the chat function andearly years of the People's Republic ofGoogle Forms, and the presenters andChina)”. As a case report on a current ruralcommentators were asked to answer themcommunity, a non-member specialist in

directly verbatim.

rural sociology presented a report: Yoichi

The symposium was conducted

Aikawa (non-member), "Existence andwith advance registration system andSurvival Conditions of Village Autonomy

participants were properly confirmed,

in Contemporary Mountain Villages: A

resulting in smooth discussions. In addition

Case Study of Yasaka-cho, Hamada City,

to safety measures under the current

Shimane Prefecture".

COVID19 epidemic, online symposiums

In response to the above reports,

have advantages in terms of facilitating the

we received comments from Takashi Iida

participation of presenters and participants(member) from the perspective of European

from distant locations in the event ofrural history and Keiichiro Matsumura

typhoons or other weather conditions. It(non-member), who studies rural Africa

seems to be gaining ground as an option forfrom

culturalfuture conference symposia, including

anthropology, which helped to bridge thethose held in a hybrid face-to-face/online

discussion and extract points of contention

format. On the other hand, however, there

in the reports that involved separate fields

were opinions that the rigid implementationin period and subject. The field of ruralof the advance registration system made it

communality

less

the

perspective

is

an

of

interdisciplinary

convenientforparticipants

toresearch theme that includes not only

participate, and this is an issue to beeconomic history but also sociology andconsidered for future improvement.

In conclusion, I express mysincere appreciation for the financial
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support provided by the Union of National
Economic Associations in Japan.

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Member Association Trustees
2023.3.31
Accounting History Association, Japan

Isamu IWASAKI

Takashi OGURI

Business History Society of Japan

Etsuo Abe

Sachio IMAKUBOCIRIEC Japanese Section (Japan Society of Research

Teizo ANAYAMA

Kazuyoshi UENO

Japan Academy for Asian Market Economics

Mamoru KOBAYASHI

Yoshihito TAKAHASHIJapan Academy for Consumption Economy

Takehiko YASUDA

Tomihiro KATAYAMA

Japan Academy for International Trade and BusinessToshihiko SHINOHARA

Naoshi TAGUCHIJapan Academy of Business Administration

Sugio BABA

Yumiko MIWA

Japan Academy of International Business Studies

Kenichi ENATSU

Yoshiharu KUWANA

Japan Academy of Labor and Management

Asuka SATO

Yutaka TAMURA

Japan Academy of Management

Saburo OTA

Keiichi HASEGAWA

Japan Academy of Multinational Enterprises

Hiroo TAKAHASHI

Shigeto MOROKAMI

Japan Accounting Association

Makoto NAKANO

Yoshihiro MACHIDA

Japan Association for Asian Studies

Yuri SATO

Kazushi SHIMIZU

Japan Association for Cultural Economics

Kazuko GOTO

Chisako TAKASHIMA

Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics

Takeshi IKEDA

Akiyoshi ARAKAWA

Japan Association for Management Systems

Takaaki KAWANAKA

Masatsugu SHIIHARA

Japan Association for social Policy Studies

Yasuhiro KAMIMURA

Wakana SHUTO

Japan Association for the Comparative Studies of

Yong-ge LIU

Yukiko SUZUKI

Japan Business Communication Association

Hitoshi MATSUO

Takashi MASUYAMAJapan Economic Policy Association

Kohei KOMAMURA

Reiko MURAKAMI

Japan Logistics Society

Mitsumasa NAKA

Eiichiro IWAO

Japan Port Economics Association

Hideki YOSHIOKA

Toshihiro MATSUO

Japan Risk Management Society

Kazuo UEDA

Katsuyuki KAMEIJapan Scholarly Association for Asian Management

Takahide KOSAKA

Shizuko KATO

Japan Society for Business Ethics

Sairan HAYAMA

Hironori KAWAGUCHIJapan Society for Commodity Science

Shuji OHIRA

Shin OSERA

Japan Society of Business Mathematics

Hitoshi TAKEDA

Yutaka TAKAHASHIJapan Society of Human Resource Management

Mitsuhide SHIRAKI

Norio KAMBAYASHIJapan Society of Logistics and Shipping Economics

Nobuaki ENDO

Mariko FUTAMURA

and Information on Public and Cooperative Economy)

Management

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Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution

Hiroshi KUMAKURA

Sangchul CHOIJapan Society of Monetary Economics

Yoshio WATANABE

Kazuhiko YAGO

Japan Society of Political Economy

Aki ANEHA

Shigeru NITTA

Japanese Association for Chinese Economy andNaoki MURAKAMI

Renping HAOYoshinori KAWAMURA

Hidehiko YAMAZAKI

Nippon Academy of Management

Koichi NAKAMURA

Shuichi SUZUKI

Nippon Urban Management and Local Government

Masakazu YANAGISHITA

Kazuyoshi OKU

Population Association of Japan

Kouhei WADA

Nobuko NAGASE

Socio-Economic History Society

Toshiaki USHIJIMA

Masato SHIZUMEThe Academic Association for Organizational Science

Kenshi YAMAKURA

Junjiro SHINTAKUThe Academy of Management Philosophy

Yingyan WANG

Takashi MAJIMA

The Accounting and Economic Association of Japan

Yasushi YOSHIDA

Hiroshi FUKUDA

The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan

Atsuyuki ASAMI

Yoshinobu KONO

The Japan Association for Comparative Economic

Kazuhiro KUMO

Kazuho YOKOGAWAThe Japan Association for regional Economic Studies

Makoto SUZUKI

Hironobu ODA

The Japan Association of Economic Geographers

Koji KATOH

Shuichi NAKAGAWA

The Japan Institute of Public Finance

Makoto ONOJIMA

Satoshi SEKIGUCHIThe Japan Section of the Regional Science Association

Hidehiko KANEGAE

Hiroyuki SHIBUSAWA

The Japan Society for Social Science of Accounting

Kazuki UCHINO

Yoshiaki JINNAIThe Japan Society of Household Economics

Yoshihiro ASAI

Hideto AZEGAMI

The Japan Society of International Economics

Tomohiko INUI

Yasuyuki TODOThe Japan Society of Public Utility Economics

Akihiro NAKAMURA

Satoru HASHIMOTOThe Japan Society of Transportation Economics

Yosuke TACHIBANA

Hiromi KAMATA

The Japan Statistical Society

Hiroshi SAIGO

Shinya SAKANOThe Japanese Association of Administrative Science

Mitsutoshi HIRANO

Yasuo HOSHINOThe Japanese Association of Management Accounting

Masami MOTOHASHI

Masayuki TANIMORIThe Japanese Society for the History of Economic

Masahiro KAWAMATA

Daisuke ARIE

Management Studies
Japanese Association for International Accounting
Studies

Research Association

StudiesInternational

Thought

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The Japanese Society of Insurance Science

Nobuyoshi YAMORI

Kyoko KANEOKA

The Political Economy and Economic History Society

Tetsuji OKAZAKI

Katsunobu KITAHARAThe Society for Industrial Studies, Japan

Tetsuya KOBAYASHI

Zhijia YUANThe Society for the History of Management Theories

Kazuhito ISOMURA

Nobuo KATSUBEThe Society of Economic Sociology

Teruya ODA

Masahide ONO

Transcultural Management Society

Hideshi SAWAKI

Yoshinobu NAKAMURA

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Directors of the Union
Chairperson of the Board of Directors
Kenichi ENATSU (Japan Academy of International Business Studies)
Members of the Board of Directors
Junjiro SHINTAKU (Academic Association for Organizational Science)
Kazuhiko YAGO (Japan Society of Monetary Economics)
Kenshi YAMAKURA (Academic Association for Organizational Science)
Kohei KOMAMURA (Japan Economic Policy Association)
Mitsuhide SHIRAKI (Japan Society of Human Resource Management)
Shizuko KATO (Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management)
Takahide KOSAKA (Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management)
Tetsuji OKAZAKI (The Political Economy and Economic History Society)
Yoshiharu KUWANA (Japan Academy of International Business Studies)
Secretary General
Keiichi HASEGAWA (Japan Academy of Management)
Auditor

Makoto NAKANO (Japan Accounting Association)
Mamoru KOBAYASHI (Japan Academy for Asian Market Economies)

Emeritus

Mitsuhiko TSURUTA
Yasuhiro OGURA

English Information Bulletin No.42 Editorial Committee Members
ChairmanNobuo WATANABE (Nippon Urban Management and Local Government
Research Association）

Members

Akiyoshi ARAKAWA (Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics）
Hideto AZEGAMI (The Japan Society of Household Economics)
Hiroki NISIJIMA (Japan Academy for Consumption Economy)
Hironobu ODA (The Japan Association for regional Economic Studies)
Katsuyuki KAMEI (Japan Risk Management Society)
Satoru HASHIMOTO (The Japan Society of Public Utility Economics)
Takuya FUKAZAWA(Japan Academy of Multinational Enterprises)
Sachio IMAKUBO (Business History Society of Japan)

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Secretariat of the Union of National Economic Associations in Japan,
c/o International Business Institute Co., Ltd.
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Publisher: The Union of National Economic Associations in Japan
Date of issue: July 31, 2023
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