Ne ws Bul l e tin of the Union of Nati onal
Ec onomi c Assoc i ati ons i n Japan
No.56 2020
Contents○

Introductory Comments
Ken’ichi ENATSU・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 1○

On Publishing the 39th Issue of the English Information Bulletin
Shinya SAKANO・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 3○International Conference Participation Report
Hisanao TAKASE・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 6
Mayuko NISHII・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 9Kazuhiro KUMO・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 12○

Reports on the Use of Assistance for the Invitation and Stay in Japan of Foreign Scholars

The Academic Association for Organizational Science・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 17Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 19○

Reports on the Use of Assistance for Academic Conference Expenses
The Japan Society of Household Economics・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 21○

List of Member Association Trustees・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 23○

List of Union Directors・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 25○

List of English Information Bulletin No.39 Editorial Committee Members・・・・・・・ 25

Introductory Comments
Anticipating the Occasion of our 70th Anniversary Commemorative Project,“The Economics Forum:
New Roles for Economic Studies in the 21st Century”
Ken’ichi ENATSU
President
It is 2020, and two decades havealready passed in the 21st century. We
remember how the millennium arrived
just recently and realize the truth
expressed in the Japanese proverb
derived from Chinese poetry, “Timeflies as swiftly as an arrow.”
The transition of world affairs
during the past 20 years far surpasses

accumulated substantial results in
response to the changing times. It seems
that we should consider the implicationsof the fact that academic economics is
also facing a turning point.
Established in 1950, The Union of
National Economic Associations inJapan (hereafter to be abbreviated as‘The Union’) celebrates its 70th

the human experience in the last century,
not only in quality and quantity but alsoin speed and expansion. Suchphenomena “transcending limitations”
currently proceed universally in politics,
economy, society, culture, and manyother areas, and we are facing new
chaotic situations and problematicanniversary this year. It is symbolic that
we are also standing at the crossroads
where we need to consider the structure,
management, and other aspects of theorganization.
‘The Union’ up till now has strictly
maintained its academic nature and thehistory and tradition accumulated by theissues that cannot be solved by theperspectives and methods we have
known.
On the other hand, we wonder if
the study of economics, our field ofspecialization and focus of constantresearch and education, has fully

profound knowledge and efforts of its
numerous predecessors, and we should
be
proud
of
the
remarkableachievements by this approach.
However, is it proper that ‘The Union’remain this way in the next 10 or 20
years, keeping its old ways and1

rigorously maintaining its academic

the member societies of ‘The Union’

nature?
I think that it is time for ‘The
Union’ to respond to meeting thedemands of the social environment andworld conditions, wake up to the new
mission the study of economics must
accomplish, and restore itself as an
academic organization that can present

will maximize their joint knowledge
and synergy to create a convention
where we can examine the “new roles
for economic studies in the 21st century”(the critical issues of economics,
business administration, and commerce,
including the role development andcultivation of new researchers from adiverse policies that offer solutions tocurrent issues such as SDGs
(Sustainable Development Goals) andESG (Environment Social Governance).
I expect the 70th anniversarycommemorative project to be an eventthat serves as a kickoff for thistransformation. I wish very much that

global perspective) as they plan andprepare the “Economics Forum” on theoccasioncelebrating
the70th
anniversary of founding ‘The Union’.
Isincerely
appreciatetheunderstanding and cooperation of eachof our members in advance.

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On the Publication of the 39th Issue, Information Bulletin of
The Union of National Economic Associations in Japan
Shinya SAKANO (Waseda University)
Chairman, Editorial Committee
We published the 39th issue of theInformation Bulletin of The Union of
National Economic Associations in

Shoichiro Hosomi, Rika Kashiwagi,
and Toshiyuki Masubuchi were elected
as the Editorial Committee members.

Japan in December 2019. The bulletin
included articles from 11 academic
societies, namely the Japan Academyof Business Administration, Japan
Economic Policy Association, The
Japan Society of Transportation
Economics,
The
Agricultural
Economics Society of Japan, Japan

Likewise, Fumitaka Iwanami, Takashi
Yanagawa, Yoshinori Takahashi,
Hisako Sekine, Hiroshi Saigo, Saeran
Doh, Hiroaki Itakura, Hitoshi Oguma,
Shoichiro Hosomi, Rika Kashiwagi,
and Kazuko Goto were elected as the
Authoring Committee members. (Theorder of each Editorial and Authoring

Statistical Society, Japan Society ofMarketing and Distribution, Japan
Association for Management Systems,
International Society of Collective
Economy, The Japanese Association ofManagement Accounting,Japan
Academy for Asian Market Economies,
and Japan Association for Cultural

Committee member follows the orderof their academic societies listed
above.)We held two Editorial Committee
meetings.
In the first Editorial Committee
meeting held on February 4, 2019, we
first elected the committee members;

Economics (Japan).
From the respective academic
societies mentioned above, Fumitaka
Iwanami,Yasuhiro
Tsukahara,then, we explained the editingschedule to be followed and themethods for distributing / transmission.
It was agreed that the schedule for

Katsumi Kojima, Kazuhiko Hotta,
Shinya Sakano, Hiroaki Ishii, Kenya
Murayama,
Kazuyoshi
Ueno,

editing the 39th Issue will proceed in
the same way as for the 38th issue.
The Information Bulletin of The
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Unionof
National
Economic
Associations in Japan has been
published electronically since westopped providing the distribution of
its printed version since the 35th Issue(published in December 2015), and it
is currently available on The Union
homepage and J-STAGE. For thisreason, we added the following

the bulletin and the method of
distribution (transmission). Further,
we considered the academic societies
for authoring the articles in thesubsequent issue (40th Issue) anddetermined that we will ask thefollowing 10 societies: Japan Societyof Monetary Economics, The JapaneseSociety of Insurance Science, The

indication
tothe“Authoring
Guidelines” upon requesting the
Authoring Committee members fortheir articles: “The International
Bulletin electronic version has made it
possible to include not only text data
but also photographs, journal covers,
and logo images of the academic

Japan Society of Political Economy,
The Japan Section of the Regional
Science Association International, The
Japan Society for Social Science of
Accounting, Japan Academy ofInternational Business Studies, Japan
Society for Business Ethics Study, The
Japanese
Associationofsocieties and conferences.
Pleaseutilize these functions.”
The internet accesses to theInternational Bulletin on the homepageof The Union of National Economic
Associations in Japan and J-STAGE
have been reported to the Editorial
Committee and Board of Councilors.

Administrative Science, Japanese
Association for Chinese Economy andManagement Studies, and Accounting
History Association (Japan).
Then, the Secretariat proposed torenew the cover design of the 40thIssue to be published in December
2020 and to include articles about our

The second Editorial Committee
meeting was held on October 11, 2019.
At this meeting, we first reviewed
the procedure for the final

activities in recent years (theAcademic Forum held 5 times already)on the occasion of the project for the70th anniversary of the founding of The

proofreading of the manuscripts. Next,
we reported and confirmed the editingschedule leading to the publication of

Union
of
National
Economic
Associations in Japan. It was agreed
that this issue will proceed according4

to the consideration and examinationby the Board of Directors, Board of
Councilors, and Editorial Committeeof the International Bulletin.
Thepublicationofthemanuscripts
submitted
totheInternational Bulletin by the authoring
academic societies in their respective
academic journals will open the

Finally, I would like to express
my appreciation to the respective
Editorial Committee and Authoring
Committee members, Paul Snowden(Professor and Director of the Center
for International Exchange, Kyorin
University) who helped us in the
proofreadingoftheEnglishmanuscript, the Secretary-General

International Bulletin to a wide rangeof audiences and presupposes its
extensive recognition. We encourage
the authoring societies to actively
utilize these manuscripts by publishingthem in their newsletters and annual
reports, etc.

Yoshiharu Kuwana who helped us withthe editing, President Ken’ichi Enatsu,
and the administrative staff Yoshiko
Ishii in charge of the English version
for their dedicated support inpublishing this issue of theInternational Bulletin.

5International Conference Participation Report I

Labor and Employment Relations Association 71st Annual Meeting
Participation Report
Hisanao TAKASE (Yasuda Women’s University)
Japan Association for Social Policy Studies
The 71st Annual Meeting of theaffairs, human resources administration,

Labor and Employment Relations
Association (LERA) was held at The
Westin Cleveland Downtown, askyscraper hotel in Cleveland, Ohio, U.
S. A., on June 13 through 16, 2019. I
participated in the conference programfor June 13 and 14, presenting in the
joint session of LERA and Japan
Association for Social Policy Studies onlabor economics, labor laws, and public
policy sectors, corporate businessadministrators, and those affiliated to
the labor unions in America.
475 participants gathered from 11
countries for the 71st LERA meeting,according to the conference secretariat.
The occasion also turned out to be aplace of communication and exchange

June 14.
According to the LERA homepage,
it was established in 1947 as theIndustrial
Relations
Research
Association (IRRA). The organization
changed its official name to the Laborand Employment Relations Associationin 2005. The list of chairpersons since

between the participants from diverse
backgrounds, including not only theacademic researchers and professionals
who made research presentations but
also the representatives of labor unions,practitioners such as the corporate laboradministrators, and those involved insocial movements. In fact, this diversity

the IRRA days includes the famous
researcher in labor affairs, John T.
Dunlop, who also served as the UnitedStates Secretary of Labor. Currently,
LERA has more than 3000 members,
and it is supported by mainly the
researchers in the employment, labor

is reflected in the list of the LERA
conference sponsors that include Ford
Motor Company and UAW in addition
to the academic research and higher
education research organizations inlabor and employment at Cornell, MIT,
Rutgers, and UC Berkeley. The
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following three sessions I participatedabout employment affairs in China, andin clearly represented the specificfeature of the LERA conference. At thesession called Featured Luncheon
Plenary: Integrating People, Technology,
and Operating Systems at Ford’s
Cleveland Engine Plant held during
lunchtime on June 13, the people from
Ford Motors and UAW introduced thethis presupposed the keen interest of theconference participants in the problems
and issues of China.
Japan Association for Social
Policy Studies and LERA have been
making exchanges since 2014, and thesession held on June 14 at theconference this year was one of ourlabor affairs of the Ford engine factories
in Cleveland. Another session held in
the afternoon on the same day, called
Intersectionality and Carework: Effectsof Multiple Marginalization on Labor
Market Outcomes and Workplace
Dynamics, involved discussions aboutcare labor and the relationship withgender or ethnic / racial issues ininitiatives. In this joint session under the
topic, Problems of Long Working Hours
in Japan, I delivered one of the threepresentations from the Japan side.
Professor Ishii of Oita University
reported on his research about this topic,
focusing on the history, general process,and status quo in a presentation titled,
Industrial Relations and Long Working

America. The participants wereresearchers and social activists for
improving the status of care workers. In
the afternoon session held on June 14,
called The ILO at the Century Mark:
Confronting 21st Century Challenges,
the researchers and ILO related persons
were discussing the past, present, andHours in Japan. Also, Professor Akira
Suzuki of Ohara Institute for Social
Research, Hosei University, presented
his research on the Factors Behind
Occurrence of Karojisatsu (Suicide due
to overwork), giving an overview of thekaroshi (Death from overwork) problem
as a result of working long hours andfuture of the ILO policy making.
One of my impressions at the
LERA conference was the large numberof Chinese participants who werecurrent residents at US universities.
Apparently, the number of participants
were relatively high for the sessions

making a comparative examination of
two case studies at Dentsu, Inc. My own
research presentation reported on the
Abe Administration and “Work Style
Reform” Laws. In my report, based on
the discourses and policies of theministers of Prime Minister Abe’s
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administration,

representativesofperiod about the critical issue of long

management groups such as the Japan
Business Federation (Keidanren) andthe Japan Association of Corporate
Executives, representatives of theJapanese Trade Union Confederation(Rengo), the national center for tradeunions, and political parties such as the
LDP, I focused on the process ofworking hours in Japan at the session
this time.
My participation in the LERA
conference was a precious opportunity
to experience what it is like to make a
research presentation in an international
convention. In addition, I had multiple
chances for intellectual stimulation

formulating the laws related to Work
Style Reform (the process from thediscussion to legislation at the Work
Style Reform Realization Conference)that led to the introduction of two
important systems in the Japanese laborlaw history, namely, the upper limit
system with penalties for overtime workand the highly professional system.

through joining various study sessions
and making exchanges with theresearchers in America. I wish to
express my sincere appreciation to thoseat The Union of National Economic
Associations in Japan for providing mytransportation and accommodation feesin the form of support for researchers
attending international conferences, andJanice Bellace of the University ofPennsylvania, former chairperson of
LERA and labor law specialist, served
as the MC for this session. The
commentator for the researchpresentations was Elaine McCrateof The University of Vermont, thelabor economics professional whoto the members of Japan Association forSocial Policy Studies in recommending
me to receive the financial support toattend the annual meeting of LERA.

had participated and presented in theJapanconventionofJapan
Association for Social Policy
Studies. 15 participants exchanged
ideas and held a question and answer
Photo: The session on the Japanese critical issue of working long hours

8International Conference Participation Report II2019 Global Fashion Management Conference Participation Report
Mayuko NISHII (Waseda University)
Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution
With recommendation from theacademic societies, and international

Japan Society of Marketing andDistribution and financial support of
The Union of National Economic
Associations in Japan, I attended andreported on my research at the 2019
GlobalFashionManagement
Conference (GFMC) held in France
from July 11 to July 14, 2019. The
convention site was the Republic

textile and apparel associations, mainly
from countries in Asia, Europe, andOceania. This conference takes place
every two years in the second half ofJune and the month of July, and thevenues for the 2017 conference was the
University of Vienna in Austria, and the2015 conference was held at the
University of Florence in Italy.

Campus of ESCP Europe Business
School located in Paris. The conference
was hosted this year by ESCP Europe
and Korean Scholars of Marketing
Science.
GFMC is an international
conference held as part of the activities
of GAMMA (Global Alliance ofParticipants from around the world,
mainly Asia and Europe, attended thisyear’s conference and made individual
research presentations in the 51 session
tracks on the convention topic, “Fashion,
Culture and Design Management in
Sustainable Environment”. Of the 51
session tracks, approximately 20 were

Marketing&Management
Associations), whose goal is to build asocial basis for global research andpractical study of marketing andabout digital marketing. In addition to
the individual presentations, there were
4 symposia, namely, 1) B2B Innovative
Digital Marketing Symposium, 2) 2019

management. The participants consistof a wide range of researchers andpractitioners from the research institutes,

SIMktg - GAMMA Joint Symposium:
Fashion Branding and Retailing in a
Sustainable Environment, 3) 20199

GlobalCultureMarketEquitypresentation titled, “Can Regulatory

Symposium, 4) 2019 KAPPS GAMMA Joint Symposium. The
Keynote Speech was given by Professor
John Cadogan of Loughborough
University and Chief Editor ofInternational Marketing Review. (Cf.
Attached image) In the lecture, there
was discussion between the speaker andFocus Influence the Judgement of‘These Suit Me!’? A Comparison
betweenWesternandEastern
Consumers”. This consisted of some
output from the research conducted toprove how the nature of fashion productevaluation can change according tocontrol focus motivation. I did a

the audience about the effective
approaches of research for building aneven more substantial theory, based on
the characteristics of the papers selected
for publication in recent years. Further,
the conference provided the opportunity
to listen to the stories by the editors of 9journals, such as the Journal of BusinessResearch, International Journal ofcomparative study of consumers inJapan and Italy based on thepresupposition that cultural differences
exist between the oriental andoccidental understanding of therelationship between fashion andindividual consumer identities. Since
the floor audience included many
participants from Asia, such as Koreans,

Advertising, and Journal of Global
Fashion Marketing, in the “Meet the
Editors” session.
Another highlight was the fashion
show by 3 designers called “GAMMA
Invited Fashion Show: Innovation and
Art in Modern Fashion” that added
passion and glamour to the convention.

and Europe, such as Italians, I was able
to gain a lot of valuable comments that
could lead to further development of myresearch from their respective views andideas.
It was also rewarding to acquire
knowledge about the research based on
European social issues at the convention

I was much stimulated by the 4-day
conference with its extensive programs
beside my own research presentation.
In Session 7.5 that started at 10:20
a.m. on July 13, Cross-cultural andInternational Marketing Track, I
reported on my research in aheld in Europe by listening to otherpresentations of the same session, suchas those dealing with marketingstrategies of fashion products upholding
the cultures of the ever-increasing
immigrants in Europe.
I am happy to mention that the10

opportunity provided me with not only

conference period.

the chance to make a researchpresentation but also other great
benefits in promoting my research fromnow on by enhanced exchange withmany other researchers I met atlunchtime, during coffee breaks and inother occasions throughout the

Let me express my most sincere
appreciation to the support I received in
the form of financial assistance fromThe Union of National Economic
Associations in Japan that gave me avery precious experience this time.

Photo: Keynote speech by Professor John Cadogan11International Conference Participation Report III

Kazuhiro KUMO
(Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
Japan Association for Comparative Economic Studies
Receiving the much-appreciatedsupport from The Union of National

Sciences. In Japan, the administrative
organization mainly consists of

Economic Associations in Japan, Iattended the 35th “Japan-Russia Far East
Academic Symposium” held in
Khabarovsk.
The symposium was originallyorganized in 1984 for mainly the
researchers and professional specialists
in Far Eastern Russia and the Japanese
researchers, journalists, and industrial

members from the Graduate School of
Language
andCulture,Osaka
University;
RussianDepartment,
Faculty of International Studies, Tenri
University; Graduate School andFacultyof
Economics,
Kyoto
University; and Center for Russian
Research, Institute of Economic
Research, Hitotsubashi University. Thismembers interested in the relations
between Japan and the Far East regionof Russia (the Soviet Union). The
common issues of the symposium are to
discuss various problems involving thestatus quo and international relations
between Japan and Russia (the Soviet
Union) and to promote further

symposium has taken place almost
every year, alternating locations inJapan and Far Eastern Russia such as
Osaka, Kyoto, Nakhodka, Vladivostok,
and Khabarovsk.
For those attending the symposiumfrom overseas, both the Japanese andRussian administrators have arranged

consideration about them. The Russian
administrators include mainly theInstitute for the History, Archaeology
and Ethnology of the Peoples of the Far
East (Vladivostok), Institute of PacificGeography (Vladivostok), and Instituteof Economics (Khabarovsk) of the Far
East Branch of the Russian Academy oftours of the local governments (City ofOsaka, City of Kyoto, Coastal Territoryof Russia, Local Government of
Khabarovsk, etc.) and visits to factories.
In recent years, we can say that thistheme has spread to the entire Asian Far
East as we acquired participants fromthe institutions and researchers of
12Northeast Asian related studies such as

graduatestudentinthedoctoralabout China. Broadly speaking, theapproximate number of participants inthe symposium are between 80 and 100
when the symposium is held in Japan.
For the same symposium held in Russia,
30 to 50 participants attend eachlocation. Since the symposium is held at
two locations in Russia, namely

program, so I have been involved formore than 20 years. At first, I produced
the Japanese translations of the papers
presented by the Russian side
participants, but in 2000 and thereafter,
I became the research presenter, panel
discussion
memberandpanel
coordinator. In 2018, we held the

Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, theattending number of persons is about
equal in both countries.
I
haveadministeredthesymposium since 1997, when I was a

symposium in Osaka; therefore, in 2019the symposium was to be held at alocation in Russia. The convention
program was as follows:**************

35th Japan-Russia Far East Academic Symposium“Japan-Russia Cooperation in the face of Geopolitical and Economic
Challenges in Northeast Asia and the Impact of Russian Far East Economic
Development”
Conference period: September 8 to September 11, 2019
Location: Cities of Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk-na-Amure, Vladivostok
Host institutions: Institute of Economics, Institute of History, and Institute of PacificGeography, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Joint host institutions: Osaka University of Economics and Law (Japan); National
Academy of the Russian Presidential District, Soviet Union; City Office ofKomsomolsk-na-Amure; Amur State University of Humanities and Pedagogy------------------Khabarovsk, September 9, 2019
Greetings

P.A. Minakir

Member, Russian Academy of Sciences; SeniorResearcher, Institute of Economics, Far East
Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Wakio Fujimoto

Former President, Osaka University of Economics
and Law13

1.

Kazuhiro Kumo

Professor, Hitotsubashi University"The possibility of grasping gender situations in
Russia using micro data”

Panel

M. A. Glicko

Discussion
２.

Academic Secretary, Institute of Economics, Far
East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Taro Tokuoka

President, Solid Corporation“Problematic issues in promoting trade between
Japan and Russia”

Panel

M. G. Mazhitova

Discussion
３.

Researcher, Institute of Economics, Far East
Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Shigeki Hakamada

Professor, University of Niigata Prefecture"The deadlock of peace negotiations and theirbackground as seen from the Japanese side"

Panel

O. M. Rangen

Discussion
４.

Deputy Director, Institute of Economics, Far East
Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Katsumi Fujiwara

Professor, Osaka University“Russian consumer society in the fashionindustry”

Panel
Discussion

S. N. Nikhon

Senior Researcher, Institute of Economics, Far
East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

I regret that my university
responsibilities urged me to leave theconference midway through theprogram and return to Japan, so I was
not able to attend the latter part of the

migration analysis that treats theregional
data,
non-disclosed
information source by the RussianFederation Statistics Office, as a panel.
However,participation
in
this

symposium, held in Komsomolsk-naAmureand
Vladivostok
from
September 10 through 11, 2019.
I am engaged in research on
analysis of demographic determinants
based on micro data of household
surveys conducted in Russia, and on
interregional
production
factorsymposium was not limited toeconomists, but it often included
historians and sociologists. Therefore, it
was not quite appropriate to report theresults of quantitative studies.
In my presentation under the title,“The possibility of grasping the gendersituation in Russia using micro data”, I
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not

proceedtoanalyzecausalrelationships. Yet thenarrative data in mypresentation seemed
to have provided
some impact on theaudienceofthesymposium by thistime, and although
my own research
report was kept within the allotted 15
minutes as requested in advance, thediscussion and Q & A extended for overan hour. I would like to make a special
note of this and to apologize that as aresult of the prolongation, all otherresearch presentations in the panel wereattempted to present the topic in anarrative
style,
describing
theacceptance and tolerance of social
norms between genders by creating
aggregate values from sociologicalsurvey data that are rarely used in
Russia. It was shown that in countries
with former socialist governments,
including Russia, there is a strong
willingness to accept theregulations and models
regarding inter-gender
domestic division oflabor. Since these wererepeated cross-section

allowed less than 30 minutes’ time,
respectively.

data that differed fromhousehold surveys, andthe information related toindividual characteristics
was very limited, I did

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(Slide: Sample presentation material）

I have always thought that the
study of overseas economics becomes
truly relevant when the output isreferred to by the researchers not only in
America and Europe but also the target
countries and regions of specificresearch. At the same time, I recognize

extremely important. I would like toexpress my deep appreciation for The
Union
of
National
Economic
Associations in Japan in providing thefinancial support to attend theinternational conference and the Japan
Association for Comparative Economic

that this kind of opportunity to present
on the research in the target country is

Studiesingivingrecommendation.

me

their

(Upper and lower images on the previous page: Photos of the symposium)

16Report on the Use of Assistance for
the Invitation and Stay in Japan of Foreign Scholars Ⅰ

Report on the Use of Support Funding
for Overseas Scholar Invitation and Stay
Toru KIYOMIYA (Seinan Gakuin University)
Acting Chairman, Conference Project Committee
60th Anniversary Convention 2020
The Academic Association for Organizational Science
Thank you very much for yourgenerous financial support for theinvitation and stay of an overseas
scholar on the occasion of our annual
convention to commemorate the 60th
AnniversaryoftheAcademic
Association for Organizational Science.
We held the 2-day annual convention
from October 19 through October 20,
2019, at Seinan Gakuin University(Fukuoka City) under the general
discussion topic, “The Social Nature ofOrganization”. We were able to invite
on this special occasion Professor
Kenneth J. Gergen, Professor Emeritus
and Senior Researcher at Swarthmore
College, also the President of The Taos
Institute, who delivered the Keynote
Lecture at the Chapel of Seinan Gakuin
University.
Titled “Social Construction andOrganization: Theory and Practice”, theKeynote Lecture was presented in
English with myself as the MC in a truly
rewarding 80-minute session including
theQuestion-and-Answer
period.
Professor Gergen is a renowned
researcher in not only social psychology
but also contributing greatly to theresearch of organizational studies in
17EuropeandAmericabyhiscorrelation and actuality, starting fromdevelopment and dissemination of the“social construction” paradigm. Manyof the members of our society highly
evaluated the lecture as a profoundopportunity worthy of celebrating our60th anniversary, and we received
comments such as “It is almost a
miracle to listen to Prof. Gergen’s live

theskeptical
standpoint
andintrospection toward the “objective
reality” based on existentialism.
Further, he emphasized the importanceof “co-creation” in organizational
practices,
commentingonthedevelopment of organizations byfocusing on dialogue. Rather thantalk in Japan.”In the lecture, the professor gave ageneral introduction to the social
construction paradigm outlining thefundamental principles. Since social
constructionisanextensively
recognized perspective overseas but not
yet widely promoted in Japan, thisprovided a good opportunity for thesimply having a lot of conversations, theconcept of social construction suggests
makingpractical
changesinorganizational culture and initiating the
reproduction and transformation ofhuman relations in the workplace thatcan be realized through dialogues.
It was a very valuable keynote
lecture for The Academic Association

participants to understand his proposal
about a new perspective of the world
through social construction, that the“interesting but objective truths are notdirectly observable by humans, so theymust be observed in another framework.”
His lecture presented to us the actual“social reality” conceived by social

for Organizational Science, and thecontents
furtherenhanced
thequalitative research in terms of researchmethodology. Please allow me once
again to express my appreciation for the
support we received from yourorganization to realize the keynote
lecture that made a great impact for us

construction, especially
importantrelationshipat The Academic Association for
Organizational Science.

the very
between18

Report on the Use of Assistance for the Invitation andStay in Japan of Foreign Scholars Ⅱ

Report on the Use of Support Funding
for Overseas Scholar Invitation and Stay
Takahide KOSAKA (Nihon University)
Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management
The 15th Conference of theInternational Federation of East AsianManagement Association (IFEAMA)
was held at Kyoto University from June
18 through June 19, 2019. For theoccasion, we were able to invite
Professor Dev Raj Adhikari (President,
IFEAMA) of Tribhuvan University,case studies on Japanese corporate
business. The current member countries
of IFEAMA are Japan, China, Korea,
Russia, Mongolia, Vietnam, and Nepal,
and we are expecting more countries tojoin us in the near future. The
Conference is held biannually, rotating
the host country locations, and these

Nepal, with the generous financial
support received from The Union of
National Economic Associations inJapan. The IFEAMA Conference thisyear was held with the cooperation ofrelatedacademic societies anduniversities (research institutes) in therespective member countries, and theactivities are remarkably attractive interms of gaining knowledge about thepresent conditions of Asian economics
and management for the Japan
Scholarly Association for AsianManagement and its members.
Under the main topic, Innovation
Management for the Sustainable andJapan Scholarly Association for AsianManagement
bore
the
main
responsibility as the host country
administrators. We have established aseparate industrial study group at The
Union chiefly conducting research withindividuals of the corporate sector in
multiple countries, mainly introducing

Inclusive
Development
inathTransforming Asia, the 15 Conference
consisted of Keynote Speech I by
Takahiro Fujimoto (Professor, The
University of Tokyo) presented on June
18, and Keynote Speech II by Osamu
Nagayama(Chairman,
ChugaiPharmaceutical Co. Ltd.) delivered on
19June 19. During the 2-day conferenceelected as the new President. Professor

period, 86 presentations were made in
the 29 Parallel Sessions. A total of 150
participants, including 90 from overseas,attended from the seven member
countries.
Professor Dev Raj Adhikari of
Tribhuvan University, whom we invitedwith the funding support from your

Shioji is the former President of theJapan Scholarly Association for AsianManagement, and he served as theActing Committee Director of the 15th
Conference of IFEAMA. The durationof his appointment will be two years.
The 16th Conference of IFEAMA(2021) will take place in Russia. We areunion, served as the President of
IFEAMA but became the Post President
in the board meeting held this year at
Kyoto University, and Hiromi Shioji(Professor, Kyoto University) was

sincerely grateful for the cooperation
provided by your union that madepossible the success of this year’s
conference.

Photo notes: Prof. Adhikari, second person from the left; Prof. Hiromi Shioji, third from the left

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Report on Financial Support for Academic Society Meeting

Report on the 35th Research Conferenceof The Japan Society of Household Economics
Yasuko TAKEZAWA (Toyo University)
Acting Chairperson
35th Research Conference of The Japan Society of Household Economics
The 35th Conference of The Japan
Society of Household Economics washeld on June 22 through June 23, 2019at the Hakusan Campus, Toyo
University (Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo). The
total number of participants over the 2day conference was 159 (115 attendedon Day 1, and 124 on Day 2).

critical issue to be discussed, thepanelists presented on their respective
research. Mr. Kitamura spoke about“Looking at our daily lives from thehousehold account book”, Ms.
Shigekawa told us about “What we cansee from individual household accountbook analysis”, Mr. Takashima reported

In the afternoon of Day 1, on
Saturday, June 22, we convened to
discuss the common topic, “Looking at
Our Daily Lives from the Household
Account Book”. With Mr. Hideto
Azegami (Toyo Gakuen University) as
the general MC and Ms. Kyoko Uemura(Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University) as theabout “An overview of household
account
bookreferencesandconsidering future research”, and Ms.
Nagase discussed “The framework ofchanges in the industrial structure,
women’swork
andhouseholdaccounting”. In response to the reportsby the 4 panelists, Mr. Osamu Saito

chairperson, 4 panelists joined thediscussion, namely Mr. Yukinobu
Kitamura (Hitotsubashi University), Ms.
Junko Shigekawa (Saitama University),
Mr. Masanori Takashima (Kwansei
Gakuin University), and Ms. Nobuko
Nagase (Ochanomizu University).
Following the presentation of the(Member, The Academic Society ofJapan; Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi
University) made his comments, andthere were many questions from thefloor audience. Each panelist carefully
replied to the comments and questions,and the active discussion lasted
approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes.
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The participants showed a very highOshitani (Rakuno Gakuen University),

interest in the historical research ofhousehold account books that revealed
the transition of our country’s living
standards.
Free topic research presentations
and theme-based study sessions were
held in the morning of Day 2, on Sunday,
June 23. The free topic presentations

Katsura Maruyama (Seikei University),Mr.
Shigenori
Kamata(MeijoUniversity), and Tamami Azuma(Sugiyama Jogakuen University).
Interesting
reports
andactivediscussions were made in both the free
topic presentations and theme-based
study sessions.

consisted of 23 research reports in the 7sessions about “Regional economics”,“Consumer
behavior”,“Teachingfinance”,“Financial
economics”,“Labor”, “Social security 1” and“Social security 2”. The theme-based
study sessions were held under thecommon theme, “Considering our daily
lives in view of the new ‘asset-share

Finally, we sincerely express ourappreciation for everyone involved thatmadepossiblethesuccessful
implementation of this conference.
With the increasing situation of tightfunding for The Japan Society ofHousehold Economics, the financial
assistance we received from The Unionof National Economic Associations insociety’”, with statements by Mr. Takau
Yoneyama (Tokyo Keizai University),
Ms. Kyoko Uemura (Tokyo Kasei
Gakuin University), Mr. Hajime

Japan was a great help in administering
this research meeting. Please allow us
once again to mention our appreciation
herein.

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Member Association Trustees
2020.3.31
Japan Society of Monetary Economics

Yoshio WATANABE

Kazuhiko YAGOThe Japanese Society for the History of Economic Thought

Masahiro KAWAMATA

Daisuke ARIEThe Japan Society of Public Utility Economics

Akihiro NAKAMURA

Satoru HASHIMOTO

Socio-Economic History Society

Shigehiko IOKU

Masato SHIZUMEThe Political Economy and Economic History Society

Tetsuji OKAZAKI

Yasuo KAWAIThe Japan Accounting Association

Koji ISHIUCHI

Hidetsugu UMEHARA

Japan Academy of Business Administration

Takashi SAKIKAWA

Zenkai INOUE

Japan Economic Policy Association

Kohei KOMAMURA

Yasuhiro TSUKAHARAThe Japan Society of Transportation Economics

Katsumi KOJIMA

Yoshinori TAKAHASHIThe Japan Institute of Public Finance

Motohiro SATO

Satoshi SEKIGUCHIThe Japan Statistical Society

Hiroshi SAIGO

Shinya SAKANOThe Agricultural Economics Society of Japan

Hitoshi KUSAKARI

Hisako SEKINE

The Japan Society of International Economics

Tomohiko INUI

Yasuyuki TODO

Japan Society for Commodity Science

Shuji OHIRA

Shin OSERAThe Society for the Study of Social Policy

Toru KUMAZAWA

Atsushi HYODOThe Japanese Society of Insurance Science

Kazuyoshi HOTTA

Hiroshi SUZAKI

Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution

Hiroshi KUMAKURA

Sangchul CHOIThe Japan Association of Economic Geographers

Koji KATOH

Shuichi NAKAGAWA

Japan Association for Asian Studies

Tomoo MARUKAWA

Kazushi SHIMIZU

Japan Society of Political Economy

Mitsugu YONEDA

Hideto AKASHIJapan Business Communication Association

Yoichi SATO

Takashi MASUYAMAJapan Society of Business Mathematics

Katsushige SAWAKI

Isao USUIBusiness History Society of Japan

Shin HASEGAWA

Sachio IMAKUBO

Japan Academy for International Trade and BusinessToshihiko SINOHARA

The Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International
Hidehiko KANEGAE

Hiroyuki SHIBUSAWA

The Population Association of Japan

Kouhei WADA

Natsumi ARATAME

The Japan Association for Comparative Economic Studies

Fumikazu SUGIURA

Yasushi NAKAMURA

The Academic Association for Organizational Science

Kenshi YAMAKURA

Junjiro SHINTAKUJapan Society of Human Resource Management

Mitsuhide SHIRAKIAtsushi YASHIROThe Society of Economic Sociology

Teruya ODA

Chikako MORI

Japan Finance Association

Kotaro INOUE

Hitoshi TAKEHARA

Japan Academy for Consumption Economy

Takehiko YASUDA

Yasuyuki SASAKI

Noriyuki KONISHI

Yasunori MATSUIJapanese Association for International Accounting Studies

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Nippon Urban Management and Local Government Research Association
Keiichiro SUENAGA

Kazuyoshi OKU

Japan Port Economics Association

Hideki YOSHIOKA

Toshio ONDA

Nippon Academy of Management

Yasuhiro OGURA

Shigeo KATO

The Academy of Management Philosophy

Hiroshi OTSUKI

Hiroko NAGANO

Japan Risk Management Society

Kazuo UEDA

Katsuyuki KAMEIJapan Logistics Society

Mitsumasa NAKA

Eiichiro IWAO

Yuri KIMURA

Ichiro IWASAKI

Japan Academy of Management

Saburo OTA

Keiichi HASEGAWAThe Society for Industrial Studies, Japan

Akira YAMASAKIYUAN Zhijia

Japan Association for Management Systems

Shogo SHIODE

Hiroshi YAMASHITA

Japan Association for the Comparative Studies of Management

CIRIEC Japanese Section (Japan Society of Research and Information on Public and Cooperative Economy)
Teizo ANAYAMA

Kazuyoshi UENO

The Japan Society for Social Science of Accounting

Kazuki UCHINO

Yoshiaki JINNAIJapan Society of Logistics and Shipping Economics

Koichiro TEZUKA

Katsuhiko HAYASHIThe Japanese Association of Management Accounting

Masami MOTOHASHI

Akimichi AOKIThe Society for the History of Management Theories

Yasuharu TANZAWA

Takeshi MATSUDA

Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management

Takahide KOSAKA

Shizuko KATO

Japan Academy of International Business Studies

Kenichi ENATSU

Yoshiharu KUWANA

Japan Society for Business Ethics

Sairan HAYAMA

Hironori KAWAGUCHIJapan Association for Evolutionary Economics

Takeshi IKEDA

Hiroyasu UEMURA

Japan Academy of Labor and Management

Hiroyuki KUNISHIMA

Kota SHIMAUCHIThe Japanese Association of Administrative Science

Yasuaki KIDO

Yasuo HOSHINO

The Accounting and Economic Association of Japan

Hisashi MORI

Japan Academy for Asian Market Economics

Mamoru KOBAYASHI

Yoshihito TAKAHASHIThe Japan Society of Household Economics

Nobuyoshi YAMORI

Yoshihiro ASAI

Japan Association for Cultural Economics

Kazuko GOTO

Japanese Association for Chinese Economy and Management Studies
Fumio MAKINO

Renping HAOAcademy of Multinational Enterprises

Shigeto MOROKAMI

Hiroo TAKAHASHITranscultural Management Society

Hideshi SAWAKI

Yoshinobu NAKAMURA

Accounting History Association, Japan

Hiroaki TAKEBE

Masayoshi NOGUCHIThe Japan Association for regional Economic Studies

Mitsuo YAMAKAWA

Hironobu ODA

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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
Tetsuji OKAZAKI (The Political Economy and Economic History Society)
Koji ISHIUCHI (Japan Accounting Association)
Fumitaka IWANAMI (Japan Academy of business Administration)
Motohiro SATO（Japan Institute of Public Finance）
Mitsuhiko TSURUTA (Japan Society of Political Economy)
Junjiro SHINTAKU (Academic Association for Organizational Science)
Yasuhiro OGURA (Nippon Academy of Management)
Shizuko KATO (Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management)
Takahide KOSAKA (Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management)
Secretary General
Yoshiharu KUWANA (Japan Academy of International Business Studies)
Auditor

Saburo OTA (Japan Academy of Management)
Hideki YOSHIOKA (The Japan Port Economics Association)

Emeritus

Osamu NISHIZAWA
Toshio KIKUCHI

English Information Bulletin No.39 Editorial Committee Members
ChairmanShinya SAKANO (The Japan Statistical Society)

Members

Kazuhiko HOTTA (The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan)
Rika KASHIWAGI (Japan Academy for Asian Market Economics)
Fumitaka IWANAMI (Japan Academy of business Administration)
Kazuyoshi UENO (CIRIEC Japan)
Toshiyuki MASUBUCHI (Japan Association for Cultural Economics)
Yasuhiro TSUKAHARA (Japan Economic Policy Association)
Shoichiro HOSOMI (The Japanese Association of Management Accounting)
Kenya MURAYAMA (Japan Association for Management Systems)
Hiroaki ISHII (Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution)
Katsumi KOJIMA (The Japan Society of Transportation Economics)

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Correspondence to be addressed:
Secretariat of the Union of National Economic Associations in Japan,
c/o International Business Institute Co., Ltd.
Tsukasa Building 3rd. F. , 518
Waseda Tsurumaki-cho,Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo 162-0041, Japane-mail: rengo@ibi-japan.co.jp

Publisher: The Union of National Economic Associations in Japan
Date of issue: March 31, 2020
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