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Editorial Committee
Managing Editor

Shinya SAKANO, Waseda University
Kazuhiko HOTTA, Tokyo University of Agriculture
Rika KASHIWAGI, Josai International University
Fumitaka IWANAMI, Komazawa University
Kazuyoshi UENO, Daito Bunka University
Toshiyuki MASUBUCHI, Hosei University
Yasuhiro TSUKAHARA, Meiji University
Shoichiro HOSOMI, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Kenya MURAYAMA, Kyoai Gakuen University
Hiroaki ISHII, Seikei University
Katsumi KOJIMA, Bunkyo 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 2019, the Union had a membership of 63 associations, as listed on pp. 79-100.
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: http://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.
Professor Paul Snowden of Kyorin University, Director of International Exchange
Center acts as editorial adviser.
Address :Secretariat of the Union, c/o International Business Institute Co., Ltd.
Tsukasa Building 3rd. F. , 518 Waseda Tsurumaki-cho, Shinjuku-ku,
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THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SOCIETY OF JAPAN
1. History and General Characteristics of the Society
The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan (the AESJ) was founded in 1924.
The AESJ is now made up of around 1,200 members under a president and four vicepresidents with a board of managing directors.
Main activities of the AESJ are as follows:
A. Publishing the AESJ’s academic journals
B. Holding the Annual Meeting of the society
C. Giving the AESJ’s academic awards to selected academic publications and papers
D. Academic exchange in cooperation with related domestic and foreign societies
A. Publishing the AESJ’s academic journals
The Society issues two publications. The main journal, the Journal of Rural
Economics, has been published quarterly since 1925, and it reached the 90th volume in
March 2019. The latest issue is not only subscribed by the members of the Society but
also sold at bookstores. Its contents consist of several articles, research letters, bookreviews and other information for members. The research letters include the latest
information and cutting-age methodologies. Based upon presentations at the Annual
Meeting, the authors revise their manuscripts by themselves, incorporating the comments
exchanged at the Meeting and submit the revised manuscripts to the Journal. They arepeer-reviewed, and only the accepted papers are published. Once a year, the Journal isalso composed to report the invited papers presented at the Annual Meeting.
Secondly, the Japanese Journal of Rural Economics (JJRE) is an English language
journal. It has reached the 21st volume in March 2019, having been published once a year
since 1999. The JJRE includes ordinary articles, research letters, book reviews, etc. The
research letters were presented in English at the Annual Meeting and published using thesame procedure for the Journal of Rural Economics.
Parts of the latest contents of the Journal of Rural Economics and the JJRE are
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B. Holding the Annual Meeting of the Society
The focal point of the Society’s activities is the Annual Meeting held at the end of
March every year. The Meeting lasts for two or three days. Usually, on the first day, aSymposium is held, while on the next day, oral presentations and poster sessions by
individual members are held.
In addition to these two events, a mini-symposium and an international joint session
with oversea societies such as the Agricultural Economics Societies of Korea, China andTaiwan, are held. Also, the Cooperation Committee and International Committee held
their first joint symposium at the Annual Meeting in 2018.
C. Giving the AESJ’s academic awards to selected academic publications and papers
There are three categories of awards granted by the society, that is, the Academic
Award, the Encouragement Award (for younger generations) and the Distinguished Paper
Award.
D. Academic exchange in cooperation with related domestic and foreign societies
Within these activities, exchanges with foreign societies are mainly carried out at
the Annual Meeting as above mentioned.
2. Major topics discussed at recent Annual Symposiums and related sessions
2-1. 2014 Annual Meeting2014 was the 90th year since the Society was established. In commemoration of
the 90th anniversary, an Anniversary Lecture was given, and a Special Symposium washeld in addition to a regular symposium and a mini-symposium at the 2014 Annual
Meeting at Kobe University.
The Anniversary Lecture was given by Yonosuke HARA (National Graduate
Institute for Policy Studies) entitled “Toward Comparative Analysis of World Agriculture:
The Task of Agricultural Economic Society of Japan in the Age of Globalization”.
The Special Symposium was opened with chair’s address by Yoko NIIYAMA (Kyoto
University (at the time)). The first presenter was Taichi KITAGAWA (Fukui Prefectural
University) with the title of “How Should We Overcome Chronic Deficit?”. The second
presenter was Takuya HASHIGUCHI (Meiji University) with the title of “The Problems of
Publishing Electronic Journals and Getting Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research fromthe Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)”. The third presenter was Miyuki
SHIMIZU (Nihon University) with the title of “Uneven Distribution of the Journal, the Peer

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Review System and Post Countermeasures to Social Evaluation”. The fourth presenter
was Hitoshi KUSAKARI (Kobe University) with the title of “The Promotion of the AESJ
Journal Submission by Planning the Annual Meetings”. The fifth presenter was Susumu
FUKUDA (Kyushu University) with the title of “Problems and Relationship between the
Related Society of Agricultural Economics and The Agricultural Economics Society ofJapan”. The sixth presenter was Byung-Oh LEE (Kangwon National University) with thetitle of “Current Status and Future Issues of Korean Agricultural Economics Association”.
The last presenter was Keijiro OTSUKA (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)with the title of “How to Publish English Articles in Journals”.
The regular symposium, with the theme of “The Validity of the Quality
Competitiveness of Made-in-Japan Agricultural Products: Toward Strengthening thePower of the Analyses of Empirical Studies in Agricultural Economics” was chaired by
Shinichi SHOGENJI (Nagoya University (at the time)). The first presentation given by
Kentaro KAWASAKI (Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries) was entitled “Quality of Agricultural Products: Rationale, Impact, and Policy
Issues of Crop Grading”. The second presentation made by Tomoyuki YUTAKA(Kagoshima University) was entitled “Measures to Improve Quality of Safety of Imported
Foods in Food-related Industries”. The final presentation given by Ryo SAKAMOTO(Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) was entitled “Assessing the Relationshipbetween Quality Competitiveness and the Safety of Domestic Agricultural Products inJapan”. Selected co-discussants were Katsuhito FUYUKI (Tohoku University), Masao
KIDACHI (Chuo University) and Masanori HAYASHI (Waseda University).
The theme of the Mini-symposium in this year was entitled “How to Reconstruct
Food Supply Systems Collapsed by Earthquake Disasters”. The chairs were SHIMIZU and
Tamotsu KAWAMURA (Miyagi University). Speakers were Haruyuki NAKANO(Agricultural and Environmental Affairs Department, Hyogo Prefectural Government),
Kae SEKINE (Aichi Gakuin University), Fusao ITO (Tohoku University) and Toshiyuki
MONMA (Tokyo University of Agriculture (at the time)).
2-2. 2015 Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting was held at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.
The Symposium, with the theme of “The Development Process of Asian Agriculture in
the Past War Period: A Comparative Consideration among Japan and the Selected AsianCountries”, was chaired by Seiichi FUKUI (Kyoto University (at the time)) and Kiyohide
MORITA (Tohoku University (at the time)).
The first speaker was Daisuke TAKAHASHI (Waseda University). The topic of his

5presentation was “The Agricultural Adjustment Problem of Japanese Agriculture:
Technological Progress, Price Policies and Farmland Policies”. The second speaker was
Katsunobu KONDO (Asahikawa University). The topic of his presentation was “Economic
Growth, Agricultural Development and Rice Productivity in Korea”. The third speaker
was Junichi ITO (Kyoto University). The topic of his presentation was “Comparative
Disadvantage of Chinese Agriculture and Agricultural Policy Development”. The final
speaker was Sotaro INOUE (Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries). The topic of his presentation was “Export-oriented Agriculture ofThailand: Formation and Change”. Selected co-discussants were Masaru SHINAGAWA(Saga University), Akihide IKEGAMI (Meiji University) and Shinichi SHIGETOMI (Meiji
Gakuin University).
In addition to the usual program with the symposium and concurrent sessions, theJapan-Korea Joint Symposium was held and chaired by Takenori MATSUMOTO (The
University of Tokyo). The speakers were Eui-sik HWANG (Korea Rural Economic
Institute) and Takao YURUGI (The University of Tokyo). The presentation title by HWANG
was “Critical Issues and Their Background in the Organizational Reform of the National
Agricultural Cooperatives Federation in Korea” and the one by YURUGI was “An Analysis
of Business Shares and Profitability of Zen-Noh and Prefectural Economic Federationsof Agricultural Cooperatives through Their Consolidations”.
2-3. 2016 Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting was held at Akita Prefectural University. The Symposium wasentitled “Development of Agricultural Policies in the Postwar Period: The Agricultural
Policy Model of Japan Reconsidered”. It was chaired by Yasuhiro NAKASHIMA (The
University of Tokyo) and Ruriko NOGUCHI (University of Tsukuba). The first presenter
was Mitsuyoshi ANDO (The University of Tokyo) with the title of “The Process andConsequence of Paddy Field Policy Development in Japan: Farm Price Support andMarket Measure to Direct Payment”. The second presenter was Koshi MAEDA (Kyushu
University) with the title of “Modeling the Price and Income Policies of Rice”. The thirdpresenter was Takao HOSOYAMA (Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, NARO) withthe title of “Farmland or Structural Policies and Development of Large-scale Paddy
Farming Management: A Focus on the Hokkaido and Hokuriku Area”. The fourthpresenter was Takeshi FUJIE (Meiji University) with the title of “Farmland, Agricultural
Structure Policy, and Farmland Concentration”. The fifth presenter was Noboru
HASHIZUME (Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
with the title of “The Systematized Problems of the Rural Policy: Focusing on the Direct

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Payment System to Farmers in Hilly and Mountainous Areas”. The last presenter was
Tomoaki NAKATANI (Hokkaido University (at the time)) with the title of “Evaluating the
Matures to Conserve and Improve Land, Water and the Environment and the Prospects of
the Multifunctional Payment System”.
The Mini-symposium was opened with the presentation by Satoru SATO (Akita
Prefectural University (at the time)) and chaired by Kenichiro N AGAHAMA (Akita
Prefectural University). It consisted of a panel discussion argued by three panelists,
Masakazu MIYAKAWA (Shohachi Company Limited), Fujihiko TOZAWA (Hanasaka Nouen
Company Limited) and ANDO.
2-4. 2017 Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting was held at Chiba University. The theme of the Symposium
chaired by Shigeaki ODA (Kyoto University) and Tomoko ICHIDA (Meiji University) was“Whither the Next Generation Agriculture in Japan? A Multi-methodological
Exploration”. The first speaker was Teruaki NANSEKI (Kyushu University). Hispresentation was entitled “Current Status of Farm Business Innovation and Prospects for
Next-Generation Agriculture: Focusing on Rice Farming”. The second speaker was
Hiromi TOKUDA (Mie University). His presentation was entitled “Development ofAdvanced Corporation Farms and Regional Faming System: A Case of a Fruit FarmingArea”. The third speaker was Kiyohiko SAKAMOTO (Kyoto University (at the time)). Hispresentation was entitled “Farms on the Cutting-edge of Innovation:
A Sociological Analysis on the Relevance of Local Agriculture and Community
under Neoliberal Governmentality”. The final speaker was Shusuke MATSUSHITA(University or Tsukuba). His presentation was entitled “A Study of the Management Risk
and Environment in Innovative Farms: Normative Analyses for Farm Planning”. Selected
commentators were Ryoji ITO (Niigata University) (to the first presentation), Akira
NAKAYASU (Ehime University) (to the second presentation), Masashi TACHIKAWA (Ibaraki
University (at the time)) (to the third presentation) and Shinichi KURIHARA (Chiba
University) (to the final presentation).
In addition to the regular symposium, an International Joint Symposium with theAgricultural Economics Society of Korea was held and chaired by Masaru S HINAGAWA(Saga University). The speakers were Kohei ORO (Oita University) and Seung Chul CHOI
(Konkuk University). The presentation title by ORO was “The Dynamics of the Wagyu
Beef Cow-Calf Sector in Japan: Calf Shortage and the Possibility of Foreign ‘Wagyu’
Import” and the one by CHOI was “Sustainable Hanwoo Industry under Free Trade
Circumstances”.

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The Annual Meeting was held at Hokkaido University. The Symposium wasentitled “Bridging Local Communities and Thriving Next-generation Farms”. It waschaired by Takenori MATSUMOTO (The University of Tokyo) and Haruhiko IBA (Kyoto
University). Four speakers were Takashi WAKABAYASHI (Norinchukin Research Institute),
Akihisa NONAKA (Tohoku Agricultural Research Center, NARO (at the time)), Rieko
TSURU (Atomi University) and Kuniyuki KOBAYASHI (Hokkaido University). Fourpresentations were given as follows: “A Relationship between Next-Generation Farms
and Local Communities Maintaining Production Scale” (WAKABAYASHI); “BusinessConditions for Paddy Field Integrated Farming Units and the Part-time Farming Structurein the Tohoku Region” (NONAKA); “The Diversification of Actors Engaged in Agriculture:
From the Viewpoint of Gender Studies” (TSURU) and “Functions of JA for Sustainable
Agriculture in Rural Areas – How Agricultural Cooperatives Could Establish Positive
Relations with Advanced Farms for Rural Development - ” (KOBAYASHI). Selected
commentators were Miki SHIBUYA (Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, NARO) (tothe first and third presentations) and Hajime KOBAYASHI (Hiroshima University) (to thesecond and fourth presentations).
At the 2018 Annual meeting, a Cooperation Committee and International
Committee Joint Hosting Symposium was held for the first time. The chairs were Hitoshi
KUSAKARI (Kobe University) and Takayuki KIMURA (Ministry of Acculture, Forestry and
Fisheries). The first presentation given by Hideki HAGIWARA (Cabinet Office) was entitled“Recent Developments and the Outlook for Trade Negotiations: Report from a
Responsible Organization”. The second presentation made by Tsukasa CHIBA (Kobe City
University of Foreign Studies) was entitled “The Result of Current Differential Treatment
and Prospects of the Development Agenda”. The Third Presentation given by Seiichi
FUKUI (Osaka Sangyo University) was entitled “Developing Countries and Trade
Agreement: A Prediction of Their Future Course”. The final presentation given by
Shinichi SHOGENJI (Fukushima University) was entitled “Japan’s Position in the Context
of Agricultural Trade Issues”.
2-6. 2019 Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting was held at The University of Tokyo. The Symposium, withthe theme of “Lessons for the upcoming 2 decades from the 20 years ‘New Basic Law’experience” was chaired by Shinnosuke TAMA (Tokushima University) and Takayuki
KIMURA (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries). The first presentation given by8

Shirara SHIOKAWA (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) was entitled“Principles and policy development of the Basic Law on Food, Agriculture and Rural
Areas: Achievement and Future”. The second presentation made by Mitsuyoshi ANDO(The University of Tokyo) was entitled “A Critical Review of the Rural Policy
Development in Japan: The Decay and Future Outlook of Rural Communities”. The thirdpresentation given by Miyuki SHIMIZU (Nihon University) was entitled “Changes in Food
Consumption and Policy Responses”. The fourth presentation given by Hideki HAGIWARA(Cabinet Office) was entitled “Changes in the External Environment and Corresponding
Agriculture Policy in Japan: A comparison with Agriculture Policy in the EU”. The final
presentation given by Masaki UMEMOTO (Central Region Agricultural Research Center,
NARO (at the time)) was entitled “Technological Innovation in Japanese Agriculture:
Progress and Prospect”. Selected commentators were Satoru SHIMOKAWA (Waseda
University) and Kae SEKINE (Aichi Gakuin University).
At the 2019 Annual meeting, an International Symposium was held with the themeof “Japan and Korea in the Field of International Cooperation for Agricultural
Development: Approaches, Outcomes, and Impact Assessments”. The Convener was
Takeshi SAKURAI (The University of Tokyo). There were presentations entitled “Japanese
Agricultural ODA and its Economic Impacts: Long-term and Spillover Effects of Rice
Production Training in Uganda” by Yoko KOJIMA (National Graduate Institute for Policy
Studies) and “Korean Agricultural ODA and its Economic Impacts: System Performance,
and Some Issues” by Heo JANG (Korean Rural Economic Institute). Selected
commentators were Kei KAJISA (Aoyama Gakuin University) and Tae-Yoon KIM (Seoul
National University).
3. Appendix: President and Staff for 2018-2019
President: Hitoshi KUSAKARI (Kobe University)
Vice Presidents: Kazuhiko HOTTA (Tokyo University of Agriculture)
Yasutaka YAMAMOTO (Hokkaido University)
Teruaki NANSEKI (Kyushu University)
Takeshi SAKURAI (The University of Tokyo)
Contact: https://www.aesjapan.or.jp/
E-mail: office@aesjapan.sakura.ne.jp(Hisako SEKINE, Central Region Agricultural Research Center, NARO)

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JAPAN ACADEMY FOR ASIAN MARKET ECONOMIES
1. Brief History
The Japan Academy for Asian Market Economies (JAFAME) was established on
November 22 1997. During that time, the economies of ASEAN and the Newly
Industrializing Economies (NIEs) suffered a drop in growth due to the Asian currency
crisis. Until the Asian currency crisis, the NIEs and ASEAN had maintained a high levelof economic growth, of course, including Japan. Japan and other Asian countries affectedby the currency crisis continue to experience economic difficulties. Therefore, JAFAME
started to research the Asian economy. It has accomplished steady growth as the Asian
economies have grown.
The first convention was held at Meiji University on November 11th, 1997. Prof.
Toshio OISHI was elected as the first president.
Later, the activities of JAFAME were extended and a Western Japan Chapter was
established, so that now JAFAME has been focusing on Asian business environment. In
2007, JAFAME successfully joined the Science Council of Japan and the Union of
National Economic Associations in Japan. Conference Themes of JAFAME hitherto haveincluded Japanese Economy and Firms in the midst of the Asian Crisis in 1998, Asian
Market Economy in the Coming 21st Century in 1999, and Revival of the Asian Market
Economy and its Prospect in 2000. Then in 2002, Some Scenarios for Asian Economic
Development in the 21st Century, in 2003, The Asian Market in the Global Economy, in
2004, Changing Asia? FTA vs. Globalism, and in 2005, Trends in Asian Market from theStandpoint of Japan.
There are two tracks in our annual conferences: the main track and the track forworkshops. The main track concerns relevant aspects to the main theme of The Emerging
Shape of the East Asian Economic Community and the other deals with important issues
around Asian market economies.
2. Objective
The purpose of JAFAME is to perform academic research on various fields of Asia.
We aim to contribute to the development of the economy in Asia and through discussing
the management of each country’s companies, including trade, business, corporate
governance and markets.
Currently, JAFAME seeks to create a new academic methodology for conducting
researches on various aspects the changing Asian market, which is one of thecommemorative projects of the 20th anniversary through collaboration among members.

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3. Members
The members of JAFAME are regular research associates, general members, PhD
candidates and business people who are interested in researching business and economy
in Asia. The number of members is around 230. The expertise of the members extends
from social sciences to liberal arts. Members are attached to organizations from Okinawa
to Aomori.
Since the annual general meeting held at Kanagawa University in 2007, all board
members are appointed through election among members. The number of foreign
members is significantly increasing in these couple of years.
The President, Vice-president and executive board members are nominated fromthe board members; JAFAME has several firms as corporate members as well. The
existing corporate members are internationally active by being involved in various fieldsof business.
4. Journal Articles and Annual General Meeting
JAFAME publishes an academic research journal, the Japan Academy for Asian
Market Economies, as its annual bulletin. The members’ academic papers should be
examined and qualified by the bulletin committee and referees who are appointed by thecommittee. The qualified papers are published at the occasion of the next year’s Annual
General Meeting.
For regular communication, JAFAME publishes the JAFAME Letter semi-annually,in which the secretariat office (head: general secretary, Assoc. Professor Akira OHYABU,
Okayama University of Science) assemble information on current activities including
research meetings coordinated by the East and West chapters.
Research projects and books published by the members are also reported in
JAFAME Letter.
Besides the annual meeting, the Eastern and Western chapters each hold several
research meetings in a year. Taking those occasions, board members have somediscussion about the development and strategy of JAFAME.
5. Latest Activities
The characteristics of JAFAME’s activities can be summarized with the following
three key phrases; cooperation with foreign experts, cooperation with other academic
societies and cooperation with small and medium enterprises.

11(1) Awards and Foreign Membership
JAFAME academic awards are given to the members who have made an eminent
academic performance. In addition, JAFAME has started a special membership system
for foreign researchers. This is a system for members who have the intention to contributeto JAFAME’s activities.
The number of foreign researchers among the members is 47 as of July, 2019,
which is increasing slightly, while the number of domestic members is decreasing becauseof domestic members’ retirement.
(2) Cooperation with foreign institutes
JAFAME members sometimes visit outside of Japan, to such distributions as
Myanmar, Vietnam and China since 2016 to 2019. For example, on February 22nd to 28th,
2019, we visited Myanmar, Yangon. From March 15th to 18th, 2018, we visited Vietnam.
From March 26th to 30th, 2017, we also visited Myanmar. We also visited China fromMarch 23rd to 26th, 2016. They have exchanged academic opinions with several foreign
institutions and firms through these visits.
(3) Cooperation with other academic associations
Since 2012, we have held exchange academic meetings with other academic
associations such as Nihon Boeki Gakkai (Japan Academy for International Trade andBusiness), which has a significant number of members.
(4) Subsidy for independent research project by JAFAME members
Currently three research projects by the member groups are subsidized by JAFAME.
The outcomes will be presented in the Annual General Meeting.
(5) Ties with BusinessBusiness executives, government officials and key members of businessassociation have often been invited to do Annual General Meetings as main speakers.
JAFAME invited a researcher of private bank, managers of a local companies andgovernment official such as JETRO. The Last Annual General Meeting was held at
Senshu University, Tokyo from 6th to 7th of July, 2019. The title of the Program was
Friction of Trade between China and the U.S. and Economy of Asia. A researcher of
Mitsui and Companies (Mitsui Bussan) was invited and made a presentation.
In 2020, Annual General Meeting will be held at Doshisha University, Kyoto.

126. Future Strategy
JAFAME will strengthen its original competitive edges such as ties with foreign
researchers and business society through jointly-conducted events on Asian market
economy.

(Rika KASHIWAGI, Josai International University)

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JAPAN ACADEMY OF BUSINESS ADMIMISTRATION (JABA)
1. Brief History
The Japan Academy of Business Administration (JABA: Nihon Keiei Gakkai) was
founded in 1926 by 342 members, ant its total members were 1,825 as of September 2018.
JABA is one of the oldest and largest academic societies of the economic study field inJapan. This means the Society is the oddest and the largest of Japan’s management-relatedsocieties and one of the oldest scholarly management associations in the world. JABA’s
principal aims involve the furtherance of research and diffusion of business andcommercial studies, the facilitation of collaboration and socialization between researchers,
and the opportunity for networking between societies and groups in Japan and beyond
borders.
In September 2018, the Society held its 92nd Annual Conference at Niigata
University of International and Information Studies.
2. Membership, Divisions, and Administration
JABA members are scholars at colleges, universities, and research institutes, as wellas practitioners with scholarly interests from business, government, and others.
Membership in JABA is open to all individuals who find value in belonging. Anyone candownload an application form for membership from the web site.
Membership in JABA is based on the following criteria: applicants to getmembership must have been conducting research in management or commerce for at least
two years after graduation from college or university; after application together with two
members’ recommendations, admittance is subject to the approval of the Council.
JABA is composed of six regional divisions: Kanto, Kansai, Hokkaido, Tohoku,
Chubu, and Kyushu. JABA holds an annual conference on a specified pivotal theme witheach regional division also organizing its own meetings several times a year. For example,
the Kanto division organizes its own meetings every month except February and March(for the season of entrance examinations), August (Summer vacation), and September (forthe annual conference). JABA is one of the most active associations in the field of
business administration.
The presidency of JABA shifted from Prof. Nobuchika KAIDO to Prof. Yoshiharu
HYAKUTA in September 2016. The board member as the representative of East Japan isProf. Yasuo TABUCHI, and Prof. Kyohei HIRANO is the representative of West Japan. JABA
has ten executive committee members, 26 councilors, 16 secretaries, and two auditors.

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3. Annual National Meetings and Symposia
Annual meetings of JABA are held each year in September. Attended by more than
700 people, the meeting provides forums for sharing research and expertise in many
management disciplines through paper sessions, symposia, workshops, and poster
sessions.
Themes of the recent three years’ conferences are as below.
2016: Reflection and concept of Japanese business administration over the past 90 years.
2017: Management of publicness and efficiency
2018: Current Japanese management
More detailed contents of the last two years are as follows.
The 2017 annual conference was held at Okayama University from August 31st to
September 2nd under the central agenda of Management of Publicness and Efficiency.
Under this agenda, there were three sub-themes: “Management of medical and welfareorganization”, “Management of social business”, and “CSR through the view point ofpublicness and efficiency”.
The 2018 annual conference was held at Niigata University of International andInformation Studies from September 5th to 8th under the central agenda of Current
Japanese Management Practices. Under this agenda, there were three sub-themes: “Whatwas Japanese management?”, “What can Japanese management change and inherit?”, and“What will become of ‘companyism’ in Japan?”
4. Publications
JABA publishes the outcomes of its research activities as periodicals in three forms.
The first one is The Annals of Business Administration (Keieigaku Ronshu), the second,
The Journal of Business Management (Nihon Keieigakkaishi), and the third, Newsletters.
The Annual Review of Business Administration: Once a year JABA edits andpublishes the Annual Review of Business Administration, which contains the summaries
of papers presented at an annual meeting. From the 2012 annual conference, The Annual
Review of Business Administration has edited and published two styles: articles on thecentral agenda in the main session have been published in Keieigaku Ronshu No.89, in
the Journal as in the past; articles on the panel or free session program have been available
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The Journal of Business Management: JABA edits and publishes the Journal ofBusiness Management. Members of JABA can submit manuscripts to the journal for
publication consideration. The editorial board of the journal is responsible for the review
process of the submitted manuscripts. Issue number 40 of the Journal was published in
March 2018, issue number 41 was published in October 2018, and the latest issue, number
42, was published in March 2019.
The contents of No.40 published are as follows:
1) “Comparative study of design management among Japanese and Korean firms:
focusing on interdivisional coordination in product design development”, Yusuke KANNO
2) “The present situation of supervisory board committees in large German corporations”,
Daigaku MURATA
3) “On the perspective of the mechanism within Yunus’s social business design as socially
responsible business”, Nobuyuki TAKAOKA
4) “Hitachi, Ltd.’s process of constructing the development and production structure ofelectrical parts for motor tricycles before World War II”, Yoshiaki MAKI
5) “Transaction dependence between domestic carmakers and tire-1 suppliers: policy
differentiation in parts procurement”, Atsushi INUZUKA
The contents of No.41 published are as follows:
1) “Impact of ‘product scope’ and ‘customer scope’ on the suppliers’ business relationshipduration with their customers”, Yoshinori KONNO
2) “Product development and conceptualization beyond product category”, Yoshiki
KAGEYAMA
3) “Change of incumbent competition triggered by new entry: a case of the Japaneseeyewear retail industry”, Miuya MIZUNO
4) “The dual-structure of distribution channels in emerging markets: a review and future
research agenda from the viewpoint of emerging market strategy”, Kazumi TADA
5) “Case study on enhancing learning in communities of practice: non-canonical viewand boundary crossing”, Yuichi MATSUMOTO
The contents of the latest issue No.42 published in April 2019 are as follows:
1) “Reflections on the transformation of Argyris’s research: from integrating theindividual and the organization to organizational leaning”, Tetsu HIRASAWA
2) “Effects of political behavior and other-oriented motivation on R&D employees’
individual innovation”, Asami OUE and Yasuhiko HARAGUCHI16

3) “The historical relationship between Japanese companies and their cleaning activities:
history of 5S and means-based management”, Shin OHMORI
4) “Determinants of start-up performance: a qualitative comparative analysis”, Keisho
KOMOTO
5) “The effect of workplace diversity on cooperation-oriented motivation”, Shohei
HAYASHI, Yuta MORINAGA, Yuki SATO and Tomoyuki SHIMANUKI
Newsletters: Twice a year JABA edits and publishes Newsletters in order that JABA
members can know the current issues and topics concerning JABA.
JABA Award: JABA presents an award for book(s) and article(s) that have madegreat contributions to the advancement on management research.
JABA published a publication other than a periodical in 2017.
The History of Japan Academy of Business Administration from 51st anniversary to
90th anniversary: JABA published The History of Japan Academy of Business
Administration from 51st anniversary to 90th anniversary as a 90th anniversarycommemorative project in 2017. It has been available for downloading from the web sitefrom 2018.
5. IFSAM (International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management)
JABA is an active member of IFSAM (International Federation of Scholarly
Associations of Management). Founded in 1992 with the strong leadership of JABA,IFSAM is an association of associations designed to foster development of international
scholarly activities directed at the understanding of management practices. It consists ofa representative association of management from each country: for example, The
Academy of Management from the USA, French Foundation for Management Education(Fondation Nationale pour L'Enseignement de la Gestion des Entreprises) from France,
Irish Academy of Management from Ireland, China National Economic Management
Association from China, and JABA from Japan, and so on.
The first World Congress was held in Tokyo in 1992. Dr. Tasuku NOGUCHI (KeioGijuku University), who played a critical role in founding IFSAM, was elected the firstchairman. This means JABA took the leadership to establish IFSAM. In the first
conference, the focus was Management and High Technology. IFSAM has offered themesthat meet the needs of the time. For example, Globalization: Impact on Management,
Education, Research and Practice (1998, Madrid), Taking Stock (2001, Montreal),
Enhancing Managerial Responsiveness to Global Challenges (2006, Berlin), Fusion and17

Development of East and West Management (2008, Shanghai), Justice and Sustainability
in the Global Economy (2010, Paris), Management Re-Imagined (2012, Limerick),
Management in Crisis (2014, Tokyo), New World Equilibrium: managing regional
realities (2016, Merida, Yucatan), and Business Management: Region / Country / Culture(2018, Shanghai).
The IFSAM 12th World Congress 2014 in Japan was held in Meiji University,
Tokyo. The Conference theme was Management Crisis, in order to research the threefundamental questions; “What should management do in an economic crisis?”, “How canmanagement studies deal with arrays of economic crisis in today’s global and high-techsociety?”, and “What is the role of management researchers in an era of social andenvironmental crisis?”
6. 2019 Annual Meeting of the Japan Academy of Business Administration
The 93rd annual meeting of the Japan Academy of Business Administration washeld from September 3rd to 6th 2019, at Kansai University in Osaka, Japan. The main
theme of the meeting was How to Make a Managerial Contribution to Work Style Reform.
Under this main theme, the following three issues were discussed: “How to make amanagerial contribution to the problem gap between regular and non-regular employees?”,“How to make a managerial contribution to the work-life-balance?”, and “How to makea managerial contribution to the working style reform and human resource developmentin the era artificial intelligence?”(Fumitaka IWANAMI, Komazawa University)

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JAPAN SOCIETY OF RESEARCH AND INFORMATION
ON PUBLIC, SOCIAL COOPERATIVE ECONOMY(National Section of the CIRIEC International in Japan)
1. CIRIEC Japan, the national section of CIRIEC International
CIRIEC Japan was founded in 1985 by our first president, Hisao ONOE (Professor
Emeritus of Kyoto University) and the second president, the late Shunzo NITTA (ToyoUniversity). Since then, the office of CIRIEC Japan was located in Toyo University inTokyo until 2011, when it was transferred to Nagoya Gakuin University in Nagoya.
We inherit the spirit of inauguration, which can be seen in our website as follows.
CIRIEC Japan is aiming to be the place for exchange of opinion and research among
researchers and practitioners who are interested in public, social and cooperative elementsin the market economy. One of the consequences we expect is to enhance the level ofactivity in public and common services that have not yet succeeded to respond to thedemands of people in Japan.
According to the CIRIEC-International statute, CIRIEC Japan is an independent
academic association within the network of CIRIEC International.
Since its establishment, CIRIEC Japan has developed its academic activities andexpanded its international networks by frequently attending the activities of CIRIECInternational. CIRIEC Japan’s members do not need to apply for membership directly to
CIRIEC International, but are automatically recognized as international members.
International membership fees are paid from part of the domestic budget of CIRIEC Japan.
This membership system is very special among Japanese academic societies, but it
provides a well-designed and efficiently organized international network of research andinformation.
The Headquarters of CIRIEC International is located in Liège, Belgium. Although
its national sections are located mainly in Europe, CIRIEC extends to all parts of theworld: Argentina (1966), Canada (1967), Japan (1985), Turkey (1999), Venezuela (1999),
Brazil (2002). CIRIEC holds a biennial congress to discuss issues and prospects on public
utilities, cooperative and social economics. In addition, we also organize scientificcouncils on the subjects of public economy and social economy.
2. Social backgrounds of CIRIEC Japan’s activities
2.1 New relationship among public, social and cooperative economy, and emergence of
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After the collapse of the “bubble economy” in 1991 in Japan, for almost two
decades, we have experienced a long period of economic stagnation. However, as far as
the social and cooperative economy is concerned, it should be mentioned as “growing”
decades in Japan.
There are many good examples and instances to show how they have grown andflourished during the past decade in Japan. We would note here the following three
examples: one is enhancing citizenship contributions to the Japanese society and economy,
the second one is social economy organizations themselves and coordination among themas a source of social capital in Japanese society, and the third one is innovations of “coproduction” among public, social and cooperative economy organizations.
2.2 Enforcement of NPO law and citizenship contributions to society and economy
One momentum for the Japanese social economy is the enforcement of an NPO law
in December 1998, enabling Japanese citizens to ply an active role for supplying sociallyneeded services and activities.
As you may know, the labor unions and cooperatives in agriculture or consumers
have played a very important role for the development of civil society in Japan. However,to cope with the needs of social services in the 21st century, we are still short of theresources of organizations and manpower. After the introduction of the law, the numbersof non-profit organizations are increasing more drastically than expected, and they areplaying a key role for providing socially needed services in Japan such as care services
for elderly and handicapped, youth support or child care and so on.
2.3 Social economy organizations as a source of social capitalComparatively, organizations in Japanese social economy enterprises are weak inboth of their financial and human resource foundations; furthermore, networking amongsocial enterprises and local governments has several difficulties, especially in utilizing
the mapping of resource endowment in the region: human resources, financial resources,
social capital and citizenship initiatives.
However, the year 1995 that experienced The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake,
which hit Kobe City and its surrounding areas on January 17, highlighted the importanceof social economy organizations throughout Japan. Approximately 1,380,000 volunteers
joined emergency relief and recovery services. While volunteers have a variety ofmotivation such as caring for others, capacity building, and the others, people’s reason
for volunteering may be based on reciprocity or solidarity. Hence the notion ofvolunteering could have strong links to social capital with its integral emphasis on mutual20

co-operation, mutuality, trust and networking and the civic activities in social economy
organizations are recognized to be one of the indexes of facilitating social capital.
The relationships between social economy organization and social capital are also
demonstrated from social economy sector growth after The Great Eastern Japan
Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011. The disaster was about six times larger than
1995, affecting more than 37 towns and cities across five prefectures. National and local
governmental institutions responded almost immediately after the quake to facilitate andorganize disaster relief efforts in concert with civic groups, particularly NPOs. Within thefirst four months, there were 499,300 registered volunteers, many of whom participatedin the relief effort through an NPO. After that, social capital has been drawn an interest
as supporting not only disaster reliefs but also bringing innovative change in local
societies and economies. And social economy organization to put social capital into shape
also has been growing essential in our daily life.
3. CIRIEC: objectives and organization
3.1 Objectives
CIRIEC (International Center of Research and Information on the Public, Social
and Cooperative Economy) is a non-governmental international scientific organization.
Its objectives are to undertake and promote the collection of information, scientificresearch, and the publication of works on economic sectors and activities oriented towards
the service of the general and collective interest: action by the State and the local andregional public authorities in economic fields (economic policy, regulation); public
utilities; public and mixed enterprises at the national, regional and municipal levels; theso-called “social economy” (not-for-profit economy, cooperatives, mutual, and NPOs);
etc.
In these fields CIRIEC seeks to offer information and opportunities for mutualenrichment to practitioners and academics and for promoting international reflection andaction. It develops activities of interest for both managers and researchers.
3.2 Organization
In 1947 Professor Edgard MILHAUD, a French economist, founded CIRIECInternational; he had earlier published the review then known as the “Annals of Collective
Economy”.
CIRIEC International is a federation or a network of international sections,consisting of various collective or individual members: enterprises and organizations
associated with network-economics together with socio-political networks (government

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agencies, public administrations, socio-professional federations, trade unions) or
technical networks (public utilities, semi-privatized firms), enterprises and organizations
from the “social economy” sector (cooperatives, mutual, associations, non-profit or notfor-profit enterprises and organizations, foundations), individual researchers fromuniversities and research centers interested in CIRIEC’s activities. In many countries,
CIRIEC has deepened close contact with enterprises, industries or individuals who have
literal interests in public, social or cooperative economy.

The International Board forms CIRIEC’s Board of Directors
It is composed of delegates of the national sections. Its meetings (twice a year) areorganized through one international section’s invitation.
The Biennial General Assembly
It meets every two years in accordance with the occasion of the International
Congress of CIRIEC.
Scientific Bodies
The International Scientific Council is organized and is composed of delegates of
the national sections of CIRIEC. It directs the activity of two International ScientificCommissions: one devoted to issues concerning Public Services and Public Enterprises,
the other devoted to Social and Cooperative Economy.
Both Commissions also comprise a transversal commission. These Commissions

22and their working groups as a whole form an international network of more than a hundred
academics and experts, involved in many research activities.
CIRIEC International, Presidium 2018-2020
Honorary President:- Léopold BEAULIEU, President and CEO of FondAction, Development Fund for
Cooperation and Employment of the Confederation of National Trade Unions(CNTU); President of CIRIEC-Canada
President:- Alain ARNAUD, Former President of Mutualité Fonction Publique (MFP); Presidentof
CIRIEC-France
Vice-Presidents:- Leona DETIÈGE, former Minister, former Member of the Senate, former Mayor of
the City of Antwerp, former President of the Users’ Committee of P&V, Presidentof the Belgian Section of CIRIEC- Erich HAIDER, Executive Director, Linz AG; Vice-President of CIRIEC-Austria-

José Luis MONZÓN CAMPOS, Professor, University of Valencia; President of the
Scientific Commission of CIRIEC-España- Rainer PLASSMANN, Director of personnel and of local public services policies,
Stadtwerke Köln holding company, Germany
Other members:- Buhran AYKAÇ, Rector of the University Gelişim of Istanbul & President of
CIRIEC-Turkey- Hajime IMAMURA, Professor at Toyo University; Vice-President of CIRIEC-Japan- José Pablo PUZINO, President of IAIES – CIRIEC-Argentina- Hernando ZABALA SALAZAR, President of CIRIEC-Colombia
Invited:- Jacques FOURNIER, Honorary President of France’s national rail operator SNCF and
Gaz de France (GDF); Honorary President of CIRIEC-France
Treasurer:- Jean-Pierre GRAFE, Belgium
Auditors:- Jean-Manuel KUPIEC, France; José Alberto PITACAS, Portugal
General Director:- Bernard THIRY, Belgium

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Managing Director:- Barbara SAK, Belgium
4. Activities of CIRIEC Japan
CIRIEC International has organized a biennial congress since 1998 under common
themes that reflect topical issues of Public, Social and Cooperative Economy. CIRIEC
Japan’s members have participated in the congress and contributed to every round table.
On the other hand, CIRIEC Japan’s domestic activities are mainly composed of an annual
meeting to discuss relevant subjects by inviting speakers to round tables, and to prepare
chances for members to report on their academic studies. One more important activity is
to publish the academic journal entitled Kokusai-kokyo-keizai-kenkyu (International
Public Economy Studies in Japanese)
4.1 Annual Meeting of CIRIEC Japan 2011-2018
The Annual Meeting of CIRIEC Japan from 2011 to 2018 has been held as follows.
26th (2011) Annual Meeting at Chuo University
Main Theme: Policy Response and Institutional Reform for Earthquake Restoration andJapan’s Revitalization
27th (2012) Annual Meeting at Kyoto University
Main Theme: Environment, Energy, Earthquake Restoration and Governance28th (2013) Annual Meeting at Keio University
Main Theme: ICT Business in 2025
29th (2014) Annual Meeting at Kwansei Gakuin University
Main Theme: The Future of Urban Development and the Frontier of Regional
Revitalization
30th (2015) Annual Meeting at Nagoya Gakuin University
Main Theme: Blueprint for Local Autonomy
This Congress was a commemorative meeting to celebrate CIRIEC-Japan’s 30th
anniversary, and to discuss a blueprint for local autonomy on the basis of four round tables.
31st (2016) Annual Meeting at Osaka City University
Main Theme: Regional Revitalization and the Reorganization of Broader-based Local
Government
32nd (2017) Annual Meeting at Rikkyo University
Main Theme: New Directions for Public Ownership and Innovative Changes of SocioEconomic System
33rd (2018) Annual Meeting at Hyogo University

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Main Theme: Thirty Years of Heisei in Retrospect
In commemoration of the final year of Heisei, we held a panel discussion,consisting of members from the social economy sector, public, social or cooperative
economy sector and next generation’s research sector, to discuss the new directions forsocial economy and innovation after the Heisei Era.
4.2 President and Staff of CIRIEC Japan 2018-2019
President and Staff of CIRIEC Japan from 2018 to 2019 are as follows.
President:- Munenori NOMURA, Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University
Vice-Presidents:- For International Relations: Hajime IMAMURA, Professor, Toyo University- For Public Enterprise: Kazuyoshi UENO, Professor, Daito Bunka University- For Social Economy: Kazuhiko TABATA, Professor, Hyogo University
Secretary:- Akihiro ITO, Professor, Nagoya Gakuin University(Kazuyoshi UENO, Daito Bunka University,
Hitoshi OGUMA, Takasaki City University of Economics)

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JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURAL ECONOMICS
1. Introduction
The history and establishment of the Japan Association for Cultural Economics(JACE) are detailed in the Information Bulletin of the Union of National Economic
Association in Japan (No. 34, 2014). The Association for Cultural Economics
International (ACEI) was established in 1975. The year 1977 saw the first publication of
the Journal of Cultural Economics, with 43 volumes published to date (Vol. 43, No.3 isthe latest issue). The JACE was established in 1992, and 46 issues of its official journal,
the Journal of Cultural Economics Japan (referred to as Cultural Economics below), havebeen published (Vol. 16, No. 1 is the latest issue). As of June 2019, the JACE has 511
members.
The first Asia-based ACEI conference was held in Kyoto in 2012. ACEI
conferences are held biannually, and prior to the Kyoto conference they were held
alternately in Europe and North America. The Kyoto conference was the first ACEI
international conference that was held outside Europe or North America. In the years
when the international conference is not held, workshops are held in various places in
Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. Workshops in Asia have been held inJapan four times from 2011 to 2017. In 2019, RMIT University in Ho Chi Minh City
hosted a workshop. Via these workshops, the JACE has developed a close cooperative
relationship with the ACEI.
The ACEI has a strong tendency toward applied economics, emphasizing
application of economics to culture. In contrast, the JACE comprises researchers fromvarious academic fields and practitioners who focus on systematic social and economic
research concerning cultural issues. One of the accomplishments of the JACE is the
publication of Bunka keizaigaku: kiseki to tenbo (Cultural Economics: History and
Future Prospects) (2016, in Japanese).
Based on the content of the relevant article in the Information Bulletin of the Unionof National Economic Association in Japan (No. 34, 2014), this paper discusses new
trends in research advanced by the JACE. Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs recently
made a significant policy change that included changes in laws. One reason behind thechange in cultural policy is that culture has become considered central to urban
development because culture is linked with a vast range of non-cultural policies. In 2017,26

the Agency for Cultural Affairs drew up a cultural economic strategy aimed at creating amechanism for independent, sustainable development that is based on generating newvalue through coordination between cultural activities and other activities, such asindustrial and tourism activities, and on effectively reinvesting generated resources inpreservation of cultural and artistic heritage and new creative activities. The second
section discusses changes in cultural policy in detail.
Cooperating with the Cabinet Secretariat’s Special Team for Cultural Economic
Strategy, the JACE aims to present theoretical rationale for new cultural policies andexamine their effects and has been advancing research that incorporates approaches frombehavioral cultural economics, sports economics, tourism studies, and other fields.
Volume 15, Number 1 (2018) of Cultural Economics discusses the Olympic Games andsports-related policies as a featured topic; Volume 15, Number 2 (2018) presents an article
that analyzes the consumption behavior of figure-skating spectators. MASUBUCHI, T(2018) discusses the relationship between cultural tourism and creative industries. Whenthe field of cultural economics was born, art-related research was mainstream; however,the field has now been expanded and considers culture in a wider sense, including sports.
2. Changes in Cultural Policy and New Questions
Volume 16, Number 1 (2019) of Cultural Economics published by the JACE
includes featured articles discussing various recent law changes and policy shifts which
are relating to the Agency for Cultural Affairs. The first policy shift was the 2017
amendment of the Basic Act for Promoting Culture and Arts (bunka geijutsu shinko kihonho), which was enacted in 2001, into the Basic Act for Culture and Arts (bunka geijutsu
kihon ho). ITO (2019) points out that the purpose of the amendment of the basic law is not
only to promote culture and arts, but also to make the amended law applicable to policy
measures in relevant areas such as tourism, local development, international exchange,
welfare, education, and industry. He also considers it significant that, in addition to local
conditions, factors such as users’ age, disability, and financial situation are taken into
account in developing places for enjoying culture and arts.
The Basic Policy on Economic and Fiscal Management and Reform (honebuto no
hoshin) regards markets related to sports, Japanese-style integrated resorts, and culture
and arts as likely growth markets and emphasizes the money-making aspect of culture.
Ito questions the appropriateness of the policy’s approach. In other words, although herecognizes the economic value of culture, he worries about the possibility that culture is27

considered as part of economic growth strategy, and that cultural policies yielding no
returns are discarded. There are emerging new perspectives and approaches concerning
how to portray the relationship between culture and the economy, which are discussed
later.
The second policy shift was the amendment of the Act for Preserving Cultural
Properties (bunkazai hogo ho) in 2018. The amendment, too, emphasizes utilization ofcultural properties to promote tourism. To protect not only cultural properties themselves
but also things associated with them, prefectural education committees can now provide
support to small municipalities and plan policy measures that cover a wide range of
relevant things. Also, municipalities can now plan for the utilization of cultural properties
in cooperation with various local stakeholders and designate private-sector organizations
as plan implementers. Furthermore, instead of education committees, the heads of local
governments can now administer operations for protecting cultural properties.
BABA (2019) agrees with the basic idea behind the amendment, but worries about
the possibility that the utilization of cultural properties as tourist attractions might lead toa ranking of these properties based on their profitability, and that cultural properties that
do not generate short-term profits would become ignored. Furthermore, Baba considers
it significant that municipalities are legally guaranteed to be able to make plans forpreserving and utilizing cultural properties in cooperation with local citizens andorganizations and commission private-sector organizations, such as NPOs, to implement
these plans.
Although the concerns of Baba (2019) and people whose work deals with culturalproperties are understandable, a question arises whether the government could limitlessly
provide subsidies to protect all cultural properties. Because the government’s financial
resources are limited, subsidy recipients must be prioritized, and examinations are neededfor each cultural property to determine whether it is the local, regional, or national
government that should provide funds. If utilization of cultural properties leads toadditional funds being available, then another question arises how the increased funds
should be allocated.
The third policy shift concerns vitalization of the fine art market and the role offine art museums. Vitalization of the fine art market was discussed at a meeting of theJapan Economic Revitalization Headquarters held in April 2018. Also, assuming that28

Japan’s share (3.6 %) in the 6.75 trillion yen global fine art market is extremely small, theAgency for Cultural Affairs submitted a document describing its intention to vitalize themarket for Japanese artists’ works by promoting research and exhibitions at major
museums in Japan and disseminating relevant information (so that Japanese artists andtheir works are internationally evaluated).
TAKEI (2019) points out that reports by newspapers and other media on the
document, which described cutting-edge museums contributing to the growth of the art
market, subsidies aimed at better artist evaluation and artwork sales, and their stimulative
effect on art collectors, have led to major discussions among people working in the finearts field. For artists, purchases by museums of their works are significant in terms of thesubsequent valuations of their artworks. That is, an artist’s works becoming part of amuseum’s collection means that their aesthetic and cultural value is considered high. It is
well known that, as a consequence, other works by the artist start to be sold at high prices
in the secondary market (i.e., auctions).
While the increased value of an artist’s works in the above discussion results fromtheir becoming part of a museum collection, many experts criticize the inappropriatenessof cultural policy intervening in museums’ activities to promote valuation of Japanese
artworks and sale of museum-held works, which influences market prices. Overseas
museums, too, sell their artworks, but the purpose of such sales is to purchase newartworks that better suit them. There are various actors in the fine art market, including
artists, galleries, art dealers, museums, auction houses, collectors, and critics. These
actors play different roles and support the market. What is the rationale for government
intervention in the fine art market? What is the right kind of intervention? More studies
are needed to address such questions.
KATAYAMA (2019) highly regards how the government’s cultural economic strategy,
which is consistent with the aforementioned policy shifts at the fundamental level, does
not see culture as mere final consumption goods, but portrays a sustainable cycle where
cultural investment results in economic growth which in turn leads to reinvestment inculture. He, however, points out that the strategy rarely mentions not-for-profit culturalactivities or coordination with welfare activities, and that the characterization of tourism
and culture in the strategy is quite superficial. For example, the strategy describes local
cultural properties and art festivals as having a significant synergetic relationship with
relevant businesses, such as local stores, manufacturers, restaurants, and hotels, and the29wider local economy. However, if the synergy reflects only the spillover effect ofconsumption by tourists, the same relationship holds with sports events and the like inplace of cultural properties or activities. Katayama argues that the cultural economic
strategy should take into account the importance of not-for-profit activities, coordination
between cultural and welfare activities, and the spillover effects on tourism and theeconomy that are unique to cultural activities.
3. Culture and the Economy: Approaches of Cultural Economics
Section 2 discusses recent major changes in cultural policy which have given riseto new questions concerning the relationship between culture and economy. Researchersin cultural economics have tried to apply methods in economics to cultural problems tounderstand the essence of underlying causes of various cultural phenomena. Because it isnecessary to understand what culture is, they have also taken into consideration
knowledge from sociology and aesthetics, which deal with culture and art, cultural studies,business administration, legal studies, and other fields. In addition, as the scope of culture
considered in cultural policy has expanded from art and cultural heritage to include daily
life culture and human behavioral patterns, the scope of research in cultural economics
has also expanded. This section discusses traditional analytical perspectives and newchallenges in cultural economics.
3.1 Demand for Cultural Goods and Services: Limits of Existing Studies and Challenges
in Behavioral Cultural Economics
The government implements culture-related budgets and policies to increase thequality and supply of cultural goods and services on the assumption that their supply anddemand have already existed in the market. Therefore, analyzing market demand for
cultural goods and services is a basic requirement in policymaking. Examples ofquestions analyzed in cultural economics include why people go to concerts, how culturalpreferences are formed, and what factors affect the formation of preferences. Ordinarilyin economics, the following assumptions are made about preference formation and choice
behavior.
- Individuals rationally order their preferences for goods and services.
- Individuals’ preferences are given and unchangeable.
- Consumers have perfect knowledge of the market and can freely obtain
information on the market.
- Relative prices determine consumer behavior, given income constraints.

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People’s preferences for cultural goods and services, however, are affected by theirchildhood experiences outside school and by other people’s consumption (bandwagon
effect). In addition, cultural goods and services can be “addictive”: consumption leads togreater consumption.
In cultural economics, researchers have traditionally conducted studies that, forexample, calculate the cultural activity participation rate based on the Survey on TimeUse and Leisure Activities (shakai seikatsu kihon chosa) or other statistical data, or
estimate the amount of cultural expenditures based on the Family Income andExpenditure Survey (kakei chosa) (GOTO and KATSUURA, 2019). They have also
conducted studies investigating how people’s participation in cultural activities is
associated with their age, income level, academic background, occupation, family
structure, neighborhood characteristics, and other factors.
Some researchers, however, have recently started focusing on people’s behavioral
changes, arguing that analyzing people’s participation in cultural activities solely basedon their attributes is insufficient in explaining incentives for their participation.
Economist Tadashi YAGI uses the term “behavioral cultural economics” to refer to thefield of study to which such studies belong. OGAKI (2018) defines behavioral economics
as economics without the assumption of self-centered, rational economic actors. He thenlists deeper understanding of human behaviors and their interactions as one of the
purposes of behavioral economics. In behavioral economics, researchers consider reasons
why people do not necessarily act rationally and construct appropriate models, by taking
into account knowledge from the field of psychology or conducting experiments. For
example, researchers studying prospect theory construct models that explain why people
take actions that deviate from expectations formed based on probabilistic calculations(i.e., they may be excessively risk averse or risk loving).
Researchers in behavioral economics also analyze how culture and people’s
identity affect their behavior and relevant economic results. For example, some studies
investigate the relationship between a culture that emphasizes thriftiness and the savingrate. Researchers in behavioral cultural economics, which is advocated by Yagi, do notregard culture as a behavioral incentive even though their approaches are based on thoseof behavioral economics. They instead analyze data on people’s childhood experiences,for example, to examine which experiences are associated with the formation of people’s
preferences for cultural activities (Yagi, 2018). In other words, they try to explain people’s

31participation in cultural activities based not on their attributes, such as income andoccupation, but on information on their incentive-inducing experiences and personal
inclinations.
3.2 Supply of Cultural Goods and Services: Market Failure and Government Intervention
Producers of cultural goods and services are mostly artists, not-for-profit
organizations, and small firms. If the pricing mechanism of the market that dictates the
supply of cultural goods and services results in socially desirable allocation of resources,
the government does not need to intervene in the market. However, where cultural goods
and services are concerned, the market fails in various ways. Cultural heritage ischaracterized by its nonexcludability (i.e., objects can be consumed for free) andnonrivalness (i.e., people’s consuming of objects does not reduce the quantity of theobjects consumed by other people). For this reason, preservation and maintenance costs
cannot be covered by revenue, which results in supply shortages. Such goods are called
public goods. Supply shortages are also caused by externalities, as seen in the case of
performing arts. Externalities, in this case, include national prestige, spillover effects on
surrounding businesses, positive impacts on the local community, and bequeathal to
future generations.
In creative industries, which have been on the rise since the 2000s, it is mostly
artistic creators and private-sector firms that supply cultural goods and services. Suchgoods are not public goods because they are supplied in the market and are excludable
and rival. However, these cultural goods may have positive externalities (e.g., creativity
exhibited in them may have spillover effects on other industries). Creative industries, ingeneral, also face large fixed costs, and large sunk costs due to uncertainties in demand.
Consequently, a natural monopoly arises in the market without government intervention,and the government therefore provides various types of support to encourage small firms
to enter the market. The existence of new entrants in the market is desirable for innovation,
which is the key to creative industries. Also, one can say that creative industries are adriving force of economic growth because their growth is more rapid than that of otherindustries. As for spillover effects of activities by creative industries on the local economy
and employment, various empirical studies have been conducted and have provided
rationale for government support (Goto and Katsuura, 2019).
As discussed above, the government tries to increase the supply of cultural goods
and services and achieve optimal resource allocation by implementing laws and32

regulations and providing subsidies and tax incentives. In particular, since the latter halfof the 1980s, it has become a global trend to support cultural activities based on tax
incentives to compensate for reductions in the government’s culture-related budgets.
Even though subsidies are provided within the government’s budgetary limits, with tax
incentives, the government can draw private-sector funds in exchange for reductions inincome tax, corporate tax, and other taxes. There are many tax incentives in creative
industries. HEMELS and GOTO (2017) examine in detail the rationale behind them, theireffects, and problems.
3.3 Cultural GDP and Research on Cultural Tourism
As discussed in Section 2, estimating the contribution of cultural output in GDP
and explaining the relationship between culture and tourism are important in addressing
policy issues.
3.3.1 Cultural GDP
In recent years, it has become a global trend to measure culture-related domestic
output and calculate the economic size of the cultural sector and the extent of supporting
industries. Such measurement was discussed in a summer seminar and other meetingsorganized by the Japan Association for Cultural Economics. Estimating “cultural GDP”
requires identifying culture-related economic activities in the national accounting system.
The calculation is based on the so-called cultural satellite account, and, in Japan,
calculations have been performed for satellite accounts for the environment, not-for-profit
activities, nursing care and childcare, research and development, and tourism. According
to the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan’s cultural GDP is approximately 5 trillion yen,which accounts for 1.2% of GDP.
At the aforementioned summer seminar, participants discussed non-market culturaltransactions such as those performed as part of the culture of everyday life (e.g., tea
ceremony) and suggested that it would be appropriate to estimate such output by using
final-demand data and the inverse of an inter-industry, input-output matrix. Given that
estimation of cultural GDP sheds light on the extent of industries supporting the cultural
sector and the structure of relevant value cycles, it is important to include non-market
transactions. The participants also discussed the concepts of stock and flow that are usedin measuring the value of culture and argued that because cultural GDP is a flow measure,a separate estimation is needed for the stock measure of cultural value. These issues
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3.3.2 Culture and Tourism
Since the establishment of the Japan Tourism Agency in 2008, there has beenheightened interest in culture and tourism. As mentioned earlier, the Act for Preserving
Cultural Properties was amended on the assumption that cultural properties would be
utilized for tourism. Studies in cultural economics have examined cultural heritage as one
type of cultural goods. Also, the Journal of Cultural Economics (Vol. 41, No. 2, 2017)
featured cultural tourism.
Similarly to other cultural goods, cultural heritage has both economic value andcultural value. One of the differences from other cultural goods is that even though
cultural heritage is durable, its destruction is irreversible. Cultural heritage can be either
tangible or intangible. Tangible cultural heritage includes movable assets and immovable
assets. Studies in cultural economics have mainly focused on tangible cultural heritage,
and research on intangible cultural heritage including skills of craftwork has yet to mature(Goto, 2013, 2019).
SAWAMURA (2010) discusses in detail the economic aspect of cultural heritage inJapan, especially its relationship with the local economy. He points out that securing abudget is not enough to preserve and maintain cultural landscape and cultural heritage,
and that one should consider ways to divide responsibilities between the public private
sectors, taking into account the economic potential of cultural heritage. He has also
conducted a cost-benefit analysis by comparing tourism-related consumption andinvestment that took place over a period of 40 years in Tsumagojuku, where Japan’s firsteffort for townscape preservation was made, and shows that benefits have exceeded costsin the long run. In the case of Tsumagojuku, efforts to keep a good balance between theeconomic aspect and the cultural aspect of cultural tourism have been successful, which
include financial contributions for townscape preservation made by tourism businesses.
In addition, a system in which people can participate in townscape preservation efforts
has played an important role.
Citing THROSBY (1997), SAWAMURA (2017) argues that cultural heritage is a public
good and entails externalities, and that government intervention is therefore needed,methods of which include nationalization, property rights arrangement, information
dissemination, incentivization, and regulation. Pointing out that government regulation iscostly, Throsby (1997) poses questions as to who benefits from preservation and34

utilization of cultural heritage (i.e., the scope of benefit recipients), who pays relevantcosts, and who manages cultural heritage.
Cultural tourism refers to a wider range of activities than just tours for seeing
cultural heritage. Cultural tourism involves intangible culture, contemporary culture, andpopular culture, and cultural tourists visit festivals including art and film festivals,
museums, and other cultural places and events. According to a report by the OECD (2009),
culture-related tourism accounts for 40% of tourism as a whole. TOWSE (2010) points outthat travelers visiting cultural places and events tend to have higher incomes, stay at theirdestinations for a longer period of time, and spend more. Also, for managers of cultural
facilities, revenue from travelers’ consumption has reached a level that cannot be ignored.
In addition, cultural tourism mitigates the seasonality of tourism (i.e., large seasonal
fluctuations in the number of tourists, especially beachgoers and mountain climbers).
As discussed above, studies have examined the economic aspect of cultural heritageand cultural tourism, which includes their economic value and spillover effects on thelocal economy. However, cultural heritage and cultural places and events visited bycultural tourists have not only economic value, but also cultural value. Researchers haveestimated the value of externalities and cultural value, which are not reflected in market
prices, using contingent valuation methods (CVMs). However, there is debate about how
the results of CVMs can actually be reflected in political processes or policies (see Vol.
27 (2003) of the Journal of Cultural Economics).
An important yet extremely difficult task of future research is clarifying therelationship between cultural value and economic value. How is cultural value reflected
in demand for tourism, or in travelers’ decision-making and motivations at theirdestinations? It is hoped that future research will address such questions concerning theunique effects of culture on tourism.
4. Conclusion
In addition to promoting research on how culture affects the economy, the JACE
have sought answers to various questions regarding, for example, how people’s culturalexperiences affect their preference formation, how cultural creativity influences urban
development, and whether culture impacts on the happiness of individuals and groups ofpeople. With significant changes in cultural policy having led to emphasis on the synergy
between culture and the economy in recent years, the role of culture in society has

35attracted attention.
At the conference held by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) in Kyoto
in 2019, the definition of a museum was reexamined, and a proposal was made to regard
museums as cultural hubs. The ICOM is trying to position museums as promoters ofcorporate innovation and as places of social inclusion for people with social
disadvantages.
Responding to such trends, the JACE has been evolving to meet contemporaryneeds. A new textbook on cultural economics was published in 2019 (Goto and Katsuura,2019). It not only emphasizes data-based research and evidence-based policymaking, butalso includes new topics such as a labor market based on incentives unique to artists andthe relationship between culture and tourism.
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JAPAN ECONOMIC POLICY ASSOCIATION
Toward Economic Policy Research with Internationality,
Comprehensiveness, and Practicality
Abstract
Based on the president’s address at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Japan Economic
Policy Association, I first summarize the main activities of the Association after reforms
while I was the president. When International Journal of Economic Policy Studies(IJEPS) was published by Springer, it was necessary to clarify the characteristics of IJEPS,
that is, the characteristics of the Association. Then looking back on the activities of theSociety, we re-recognized that economic policy research with internationality,
comprehensiveness, and practicality are what should be aimed at in IJEPS as well as the
Association.
Keywords: Economic Policy Research, Internationality, Comprehensiveness,
Practicality
JEL index: B40

1. Introduction
I was elected as the 13th president at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Japanese
Economic Policy Association at Kyushu Sangyo University, and gave a president’s
address at the 2019 Annual Meeting at Josai University. This article is intended to convey
the current status and aims of the Association to members and non-members interested in
the Association based on the contents of the president’s address.
After being recommended as a presidential candidate by the Managing Board inearly April 2016, I thought about the direction to aim for during the years of my term bylooking back on the past of the Association. When I was elected president at the annual
meeting at the end of May, I talked about the main points there.
In the following, I would like to describe the direction that the Association is aiming
for while reviewing what was done during the term of three years when I was president.
Section 2 introduces the current main activities of the Association after reform. It is useful
to introduce the Association to non-member readers. I would also like to ask current
members about the possibilities of various activities. In Section 3, I would like to lookback on the activity policies stated at the annual meeting when I was appointed as

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president. I would like to write about the situation surrounding universities and academic
societies, what I thought of as the characteristics and tasks of this Association, and whatkind of reform I thought we should carry out. In Section 4, I would like to describe thecharacteristics and the direction to be pursued in the economic policy research of thisAssociation that I considered as the president. Section 5 is my concluding remarks.
Before starting this article, I would like to express my deep appreciation for theefforts and cooperation given by many of you while I was president. The daily activitiesof the Association are based on discussions at the Managing Board, and made up of thecooperation of a very large number of people including Vice Presidents, Managing
Directors, representatives of each regional branch (Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, Nishi-Nihon),and headquarters and regional branch secretaries, as well as program committee members
and steering committee members for annual meetings and international conferences. I
would like to express my sincere appreciation to all the members, especially those who
cooperated in the operation of the Association. Thank you for all the efforts of taking careof me for three years.
2. Main Activities of the Japan Economic Policy Association
In this section, I would like to introduce the main activities of the Japan Economic
Policy Association to non-member readers. Also, since there have been major changes invarious points over the last three years, I would like to introduce the Association’s current
situation to the members, too.
The Association has an annual meeting, an international conference, and four
regional meetings every year. The official journals of the Association are the Journal of
Economic Policy Studies (in Japanese), and the International Journal of Economic Policy
Studies (IJEPS) (in English). The Association also publishes the Japan Economic Policy
Association Series. Authors of excellent articles published in the Journal of Economic
Policy Studies or IJEPS will receive academic awards or junior awards.
The annual meeting is held for two days around the end of May in Japanese. The
76th meeting was held in 2019. On the first day, reports and panel discussions on thetheme of each annual meeting are held. Special sessions may be established. On thesecond day, individual researches are reported by members divided into regular sessions.
The main themes of the annual meetings have been: Depopulation, Low Birthrateand Aging Society and Economic Policy: Labor System Reform as an Economic Growth
Strategy and Social Security Reform (hosted by Sugiyama Women’s University) in 2012,
Reliability of Economic Policy (hosted by The University of Tokyo) in 2013, Japan’s
Growth Strategy under the Global Economy (hosted by Kobe University) in 2014,39

Modern Economic Policy Studies and Social Justice (hosted by Kokushikan University)
in 2015, Policy Adjustment Issues under the Global Economy: for Regional Revitalizationand Economic Growth Strategy (hosted by Kyushu Sangyo University) in 2016, Change
in Economic Environment and Economic Policy: Asian Economic Partnership andJapan’s Engagement (hosted by Asia University) in 2017, Evaluation of Economic Policyof the Abe’s Administration (Abenomics) and Future Guidelines (hosted by Doshisha
University) in 2018, and To Regional Revitalization, then to Japanese Revitalization(hosted by Josai University) in 2019. Every year hot and important economic policy
issues were reported and discussed.
International conferences are held for two days around November in English. The
18th international conference was held in 2019. As with the annual meetings, a plenary
session is held on the first day, and regular sessions are held on the second day.
The main themes of recent international conferences have been: The Roles of
Economic Policy toward Secure Economic Society: Food, Energy, Environment andSocial Welfare (hosted by Nagoya Gakuin University) in 2012, Making Economic Policy‘Smart’: Rules for Global Sustainability (hosted by Sapporo University) in 2013, Policy
Evaluation and Economic Theory: How Can We Measure the Effects of Policy Changes?
(hosted by Meiji University) in 2014, Future of Young Generations and Welfare of Aging
Society: Roles of Public Sector and Private Institutions (hosted by Toyo University) in
2015, The Global and/or Regional Effects of New Communication Systems (hosted by
Hokkaido University of Education) in 2016, Deregulation and Stable Growth Policy toOvercome the Deceleration of the World Economy (hosted by University of the Ryukyus)
in 2017, Do Our Best Days Lie Ahead?: Stable Growth or Unstable Decline (hosted by
Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus) in 2018, and Global Economy after 2020:
Emerging Economies, Growth and Population (hosted by Chuo University) in 2019. In
2017, there were about 80 presentations and 215 participants, including 42 foreigners.
Non-members can present a paper at the international conferences, while only members
can do so the annual meetings.
There are four regional branches, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, and Nishi-Nihon, where
regional meetings are held.
The Journal of Economic Policy Studies had been published as a peer-reviewed
journal once a year since 2003. It was published as a booklet by Keiso Shobo Publishing
Company. Since 2018, it has been published as an online journal twice a year and has
been published on the homepage of this Association so that anyone can read it. Volume
15 was published in 2019. Before 2003, the Annals of the Japan Economic Policy
Association was published every year and reached 50 issues.

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IJEPS had been published on the Association’s website as an online journal once a
year since 2006, but since 2018 it has been published as an online journal twice a year by
Springer. Volume 13 was published in 2019. Members can read for free. Contributions to
the Journal of Economic Policy Studies can only be submitted by members, but IJEPS
can also be submitted by non-members.
The Japan Economic Policy Association Series has just published the first volume
in 2019. The main topics are presentation and panel discussions on the main theme at theannual meeting. As a social contribution of by an academic society, important economic
policy issues are explained in an easy-to-understand manner to the general public andstudent readers. The first part deals with the main theme, and the second part looks at
economic policy outlooks. Volume 1 was published by Keiso Shobo Publishing Company
with the title of “Abenomics: success or failure”, whose Part 1 is based on the main themeof 2018, and Part 2 surveys energy policies, i.e., energy system reform, nuclear power
policy, and renewable energy policies.
The Academic Award was established in 2005. Although not so many works havebeen selected, it has been awarded every year since 2016. Authors of an excellent article
published in the Association’s official journals can be awarded regardless of whether they
are members or non-members.
The membership system of the Association has traditionally been individual
members, group members/supporting members, student members, and associate members,
but we have established senior members in 2018 and overseas members in 2019. Overseas
members do not need to be recommended by members if they live overseas.
Please see the homepage for details of this Association.
3. Reform of the Japan Economic Policy Association
First of all, I would like to summarize the current state of the Association at thetime of the 2016 general meeting and briefly introduce the activity policies that I talked
about as president.
In 2016, the situation surrounding academic societies and the universities had
undergone the following changes, mainly due to the policy of the Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. First, university functions were asked to bestrengthened. Second, there was a need for more internationalization of research andeducation. Third, there was a need to raise the international reputation of Japanese
academics. Fourth, the reorganization of the Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences
was ongoing. Fifth, graduate students and young researchers majoring in economics werefocusing on submitting their papers in English peer-reviewed journals. Sixth, with the41

increase in graduate students in economics, the places of employment were changing.
There were more jobs in private companies than jobs in research institutions such asuniversities. It is no exaggeration to say that this trend has been further advanced over thecourse of three years.
Under these circumstances, looking at the current state of the Japan Economic
Policy Association, I thought that the characteristics were as follows. First, theAssociation, which has a long history, established in 1940, is one of the economic
societies with a large number of members. Second, researchers from various fields of
economic policy belong to the Association. Third, research meetings of this Associationsuch as annual meetings, international conferences, and regional branch meetings
function as meaningful research activities. Fourth, research results are disseminatedthrough two official journals published by the Association, the Journal of Economic
Policy Studies and IJEPS. Fifth, each regional branch and various committees are thebasis in the daily management of academic societies.
On the other hand, the Japan Economic Policy Association had the following issues.
First, membership continued to decline. The number of members increased from 1,056 in
1985 to 1,290 in 2001, but then turned down to 1,019 in 2015. Second, the financial basewas still weak. Some financial reforms had been carried out so far, but in fact, the deficit
was avoided by the fact that the Journal of Economic Policy Studies was effectively
changed from bi-annual to annual publication.
Based on these facts, my first suggestion was that IJEPS should be published as apaid online journal from a prominent overseas company, in order to become a leading
force as an academic journal with impact factors in the Web of Science. Secondly, byfurther enhancing cooperation between international conferences and IJEPS, we wereable to enhance the plenary sessions and survey lectures of international conferences,which in turn were published in IJEPS. The third was to convert the Journal of Economic
Policy Studies, which was mainly a Japanese journal, into an online journal. With the
Association’s budget constraint, it was difficult to publish English and Japanese journals
from publishers, but this has the merit that authors can publish full papers and express
their ideas fully. At that time papers submitted to the Journal were limited to four pages
due to printing costs, so in the past, when submitting their paper to the Journal,
contributors had to shorten it to four pages, despite submitting a full paper at an annual
meeting, which made it difficult for them to express their ideas fully. Also, all the
manuscripts had to be gathered to publish the special issue of the annual meeting, so thatpublication was apt to be behind schedule. Fourth, we reviewed the membership systemand tried to increase the number of members. One measure, mainly for non-members of42

international conference participants, was the enhancement of the overseas membershipsystem, with relatively low membership fees, new IJEPS subscription and submitting
rights, annual renewal, no voting rights for board members, no referral required. In
addition, I thought it would be easy for international students who had earned a degree inJapan to continue to be members after returning to their home countries. Based on these
efforts, I thought that in the future, we would be able to consider establishing overseas
branches and help establishing overseas economic policy associations. The other was toestablish a senior membership system. The aim was to respond to the aging of themembers, i.e., reduce the financial burden and encourage them to work as members after
retirement. Fifth, we relied more on IT, reduced printing and mailing, and made use of
the homepage and email. Specifically, we stopped printing and distributing newslettersby posting them on our website and contacting members by e-mail, stopped printing andissuing a member directory booklet by enhancing the member information search systemon the society’s website, and held managing directors’ board meetings in conjunction withthe annual meetings and international conferences. It was estimated that the primarybalance could be maintained by these cost reductions. Sixth, the Business Reform
Working Group (WG) was established to promote these reforms. Since the Association’s
finances that had deteriorated have been reconstructed by the former 11th president Yuko
ARAYAMA and 12th president Mazuru NAKAMURA, it was time for the Association to takea new step. The WG was expected to be the engine of the society.
4. Economic Policy Research at the Japan Economic Policy Association
In order to launch IJEPS from Springer, we had to create a journal publication
proposal that would be reviewed by worldwide experts. At that time, I was strongly asked
to clarify the characteristics of IJEPS. If it had been the same as other journals, it would
have had little significance, and so we had to find fields that made researchers think thatthey would like to submit their papers to IJEPS. That led me to think about thecharacteristics of economic policy research that had been aimed at by the Japan Economic
Policy Association so far, and the economic policy research that the Japan Economic
Policy Association should aim for in the future.
Looking back at this Association, the international characteristic that we have been
conducting international conferences that are all managed in English from early on is amajor feature. In the plenary session of the annual meeting, we have discussed important
policy issues every time. The leaders who established the Japan Economic Policy
Association have been working on the comprehensiveness and practicality of economic
policy studies with a frontier spirit. The memorial sessions for former presidents of the43

Association, such as Hiroshi KATO in 2013, Takashi FUJII in 2018, and Taketoshi NOJIRI
in 2019, were a valuable opportunity to look back on them. Prof. Akira YOKOYAMA, the8th president, made an effort to have Professor Koichi HAMADA join the Honorary Board
of IJEPS for advice. Prof. YOKOYAMA, Prof. MAEDA and I had a meeting where Prof.
HAMADA provided advice on IJEPS and the Japan Economic Policy Association. Prof.
HAMADA’s most memorable word was that it was not interesting if there were not manythings related to Methodology and Discipline. Until then, in the process of creating an
IJEPS proposal, we had decided to inherit the previous editorial policy. In response toProfessor HAMADA’s words, we decided to come up with new features while inheriting
the previous features. Prof. YOKOYAMA also encouraged us to take the initiative.
Based on the characteristics of this Association, the attitude of economic policy
research that we should aim for is “Economic policy research with internationality,
comprehensiveness and practicality”, which is the title of this paper. Internationality isessential for international exchange of economic policy research and international
dissemination of research results. International comparative studies are also useful for
conducting economic policy studies. Comprehensiveness is related to interdisciplinarity.
Talking about economic policy requires not only economics but also policy research thatabsorbs the results of various sciences such as law, politics, commerce, engineering,
information science, medicine, sociology, psychology, and philosophy. Economic policy
studies are not one isolated field of economics, and it is important to be a comprehensive
field of study that incorporates various fields of economics (including economic history
and economic thought) and other sciences. It is a fact to be proud of that those who have
led the Association have put their efforts into the creation of the Faculty of Policy
Management. Practicality will be centered on economic field of study studies throughindustry-government-academia exchange. We believe it is desirable to pursue policy
research, policy recommendations, and social implementation through dialogue withpractitioners on ongoing policy issues. In fact, looking at the main activities of thisAssociation, the annual meeting has been conducted on a common topic with reports fromindustry, government and academia on research on contemporary policy issues. In the
future, I hope to have more comprehensive and interdisciplinary reports as free theme
reports. The international conference has been truly a place of internationality. The
number of reports has been increasing year by year, and has now exceeded the annual
meeting. I hope that the Journal of Economic Policy Studies and IJEPS will be even morecomprehensive and interdisciplinary. In particular, IJEPS is expected to challenge
comprehensiveness, interdisciplinaryness, and practicality in special features incollaboration with international conferences. The Japanese Economic Policy Association

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will be a place to realize practicality through commentary on economic policies, policy
evaluation, and policy recommendations in cooperation with the national convention. I
would like to take a look at the Aims and Scope of IJEPS. This Aims and Scope has beenrewritten several times together with Prof. MAEDA, incorporating the opinions of IJEPS
reviewers. I quote Aims and Scope below (underlined by the author).
The International Journal of Economic Policy Studies, IJEPS, aims at developing
economic policy studies. The journal offers comprehensive coverage of both applied
economics and multidisciplinary policy studies. IJEPS seeks applied economic studies
that are rich in policy implications, based not only on reliable economic models but also
on robust econometric analyses. It also encourages multidisciplinary studies that focus onpolicy-making process and policy implementation and deployment. In addition toeconomic science, the methodology includes methods in law, political science, sociology,
psychology, behavioral science, and other social sciences. Studies of economic thought
and history as a foundation of policy making are also within the scope of the journal.
Areas of interest include:
Public finance/Money and finance/Industrial organization/Public choice/Labor anddemography/Health, education, and welfare/Transportation, tourism, and regional
economies/Energy and environment/International trade and investment/Economic
development and growth/Law and economics/Institutions and comparative systems
Articles that examine other areas related to economic policy are also welcome.
IJEPS contains not only purely academic articles, but also those on hot policy
debates as special features. In order that economic policy studies be useful in real society,they should be considered from various points of view. For example, fairness and equality
are important as well as efficiency, and the policy-making process is important as well as
policy itself. In the special features of IJEPS, hot economic policy issues are raised sothat the discussion will be beneficial for considering policy implementation.
IJEPS welcomes contributions of active scholars and especially encourages young
economists to submit their articles. While these purely academic articles are aimed atreaders from academic and research institutions, the special features are expected to
attract interest from professionals engaging in policy making in government. IJEPS is an
official journal of the Japan Economic Policy Association, JEPA, one of the oldest
economics associations in Japan, founded in 1940.
As indicated by the underlined parts, IJEPS is looking for articles on economic
policy research across the fields of social sciences, as well as normal economic policy

45research of applied economics. In addition, a special feature based on the contents of theplenary session of the international conference will be set up to discuss urgent policy
issues, which will be interesting not only for academics but also for practitioners involvedin economic policy.
5. Concluding Remarks
On the occasion of the president's address, I organized the contents of the reform
conducted during my president’s period, looked back on the past of the Association about
the economic policy research considered in the process and described the future prospects.
The title of this paper, “Research on Economic Policy with Internationality,
Comprehensiveness, and Practicality,” has been gaining importance from many
researchers at the Association for nearly 30 years since I became a member of the Japan
Economic Policy Association. I believe that these values are still shared with many
researchers of the Association. I hope that the characteristics of this Association will befurther demonstrated in the future, and that the Japan Economic Policy Association will
increase its significance as a base for international, comprehensive, interdisciplinary, andpractical economic policy research. To that end, I hope that the annual meeting,international conference, Journal of Economic Policy Studies, IJEPS, and the Japan
Economic Policy Association Series will each provide a lively opportunity for activities.
References
Muramatsu, Kanji, Wataru Tanaka, and Takashi Yanagawa. “How to Teach Law andEconomics” (in Japanese), Law and Economics Review, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2015.
Wolff, Jonathan, Tsuyoshi Matsuda, and Takashi Yanagawa eds. Risk and the Regulationof New Technology, Springer, 2020 (forthcoming).
Yanagawa, Takashi, and Hiroshi Takahashi. “Composite Thinking of Law andEconomics: Aim of Econo-legal Studies”, (in Japanese) The Window of Author’s
Study, No. 633, Yuhikaku, 2014.
Yanagawa, Takashi, Hiroshi Takahashi, and Shinya Ouchi. Introduction to Econo-legal
Studies, (in Japanese), Yuhikaku, 2014.
(Takashi YANAGAWA1, Kobe University)

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The author was the 13th President of the Japan Economic Policy Association from June 2016 to May
2019. This article is a revised and translated version of “Toward Economic Policy Research with
Internationality, Comprehensiveness, and Practicality” published in Japanese in Issue 1 of Volume 16 of
the Journal of Economic Policy Studies.

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THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING (JAMA)
1. General Description of the Society
The Japanese Association of Management Accounting (JAMA), founded in 1991,
is the premier academic organization devoted to the study and promotion of knowledge
about management accounting. The Association is a voluntary organization of individuals
interested in management accounting research and education. The approximately 700 of
JAMA’s members are categorized as follows:(a) Full Member(1) Persons engaged in research and education of management accounting
or a related field in a university, junior college, or vocational school.
(2) Specialists, such as certified public accountants and licensed tax accountants, and(3) Individuals with business management experience in a company.
(b) Student Member
Graduate students with a major in management accounting or a related fieldcurrently enrolled in accredited institutions.
(c) Supporting Member
Individuals or corporations in agreement with the purpose of the Association who
wish to support the Association.
As an academic organization of management accounting, JAMA, through its
Executive Committee, is well positioned to provide a unique set of services to its members
and to promote the validity, visibility, and diversity of the discipline. Working at thenational and international levels, the Association aims to articulate policy, and implement
programs likely to have the broadest possible impact for management accounting now
and in the future.

2. Annual Conferences
The annual conference is the biggest event of JAMA. The conference usually takes
three days and consists of round table discussions and free-theme sessions. The unified
theme and the host institutions where annual conferences have been held since 2014 are
as follows:(1) 2014 Annual Conference
The 2014 Annual Conference was held on September 11-13, 2014 at Aoyama
Gakuin University under the unified theme of How Does Management Accounting Facethe Environment, Society and Governance? chaired by Noboru OGURA (Aoyama Gakuin

47University). Forty-one papers were presented in free-theme sessions.
(2) 2015 Annual Conference
The 2015 Annual Conference was held on August 28-30, 2015 at Kindai University
under the unified theme of Cost Behavior and Cost Accounting chaired by Kenji
YASUKATA (Kindai University). Thirty-two papers were presented in free-theme sessions.
(3) 2016 Annual Conference
The 2016 Annual Conference was held on August 31-September 2, 2016 at Meiji
University under the unified theme of New Developments in Management Accounting
chaired by Hisashi MORI (Meiji University). Thirty-three papers were presented in freetheme sessions.
(4) 2017 Annual Conference
The 2017 Annual Conference was held on August 27-29, 2017 at Fukuoka
University under the unified theme of Expansion of Management Accounting and
Problems in Its Practical Application chaired by Koh TASAKA (Fukuoka University).
Forty papers were presented in free-theme sessions.
(5) 2018 Annual Conference
The 2018 Annual Conference was held on August 27-29, 2018 at Keio University
under the unified theme of Management Accounting for Corporate Groups, chaired by
Tomoaki SONODA (Keio University). Thirty-six papers were presented in free-theme
sessions.
(6) 2019 Annual Conference
The 2019 Annual Conference was held on August 27-29, 2019 at Senshu University
under the unified theme of Management Control Development and Today’s Challenges,
chaired by Kazunori ITO (Senshu University). Thirty-nine papers were presented in freetheme sessions.

3. Publication
JAMA publishes its official journal, The Journal of Management Accounting,Japan, semiannually in Japanese. The present Editor-in-Chief is Kazunori ITO, Senshu
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The Journal of Management Accounting, Japan has various sections, such as
articles, invited articles, research notes, case studies, and book reviews. Articles in the
Journal are selected through a double-blind referee system.
The scope of acceptable articles embraces all subjects related to management
accounting and management practices as long as the articles meet the criteria established
for publication in the journal.
Manuscripts apart from articles are also selected through a review by a single
referee according to the policy set by the editorial board. The recent contents of The
Journal of Management Accounting, Japan are as follows:
Volume 25, No.1, 2017
ArticlesKazunori FUKUSHIMA, “The Interaction Effects between Management Control andManagement Accounting Capabilities on Radical Innovation?”
Naoya YAMAGUCHI, “Management Control in Meta-Organization: An Analysis of Kyoto
Shisaku Net.”
Takamitsu YOSHII, “An Analysis of Methods in Accounting for R&D Costs.”
Kohi MORI, “The Role of Interactive Controls at a Later Stage of Organizational LifeCycle.”
Volume 25, No.2, 2017
ArticlesMasao TSUJI, “Progress towards Fruitful Extension and Intension in Management
Accounting.”
Akimichi AOKI, “The New Direction of Management Control Theory in Service
Organizations.”
Satoshi HORII, “An Approach to Common Sense Knowledge of Management Accounting.”
Akira MAEDA, “The Significance and Issues of Micro-Macro Loop in Management
Accounting.”
Volume 26, No.1, 2018
ArticlesTakeshi NISHII, “The Effects of Distances on the Development of Performance
Management Systems.”
Takafumi YAMAGUCHI, “The Effects of Managers’ Disclosure Strategies on Investors’
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Tatsumasa TENNOJIYA, “Future Directions of Innovation and Management Accounting
Research: An Application of Robert Simons’ Theoretical Contributions.”
Toshiaki WAKABAYASHI, “Importance of Setting and Starting the Input Target for
Organizational Control.”
Masayuki TANIMORI, “Management Accounting Research on Bank Account Fee:
Applicability of Subscription Model.”Kappei MORI, “Characteristics of Indicators and Measures in Environmental
Management Accounting: Toward Measurement and Evaluation of Achievement
Level of Management Philosophy.”Case Research
Junya OHNISHI, “Issues in the Case of Expanding Management Accounting to Public
Sectors.”
Volume 26, No.2, 2018
Invited Articles
Michiharu SAKURAI, “Transition of Research Methodology and Its Field, and the
Research of Price, Cost and Profit on Defense Products ─ Focal Point ofManagement Accounting Research.”
Kazunori ITO, “Expansion of Management Accounting and Practical Issues.”
Katsuhiro ITO, “Management Accounting for Marketing Performance Measurement: The
Impact of Marketing Automation.”
Akihiko UCHIYAMA, “Management Accounting Research/Practice and Management of
Human Factors: Focusing on Integrated Reporting.”
Tomonari SHINODA, “Problems of Capital Budgeting Practices: Links to the Extension ofManagement Accounting.”
Takeshi ITO, “Management Practices of a Business Enterprise Contributing to Society:
Omron Corporation case study.”

4. International Journal
JAMA publishes an international journal as a supplement to The Journal ofManagement Accounting, Japan. It contains research papers that address significant
issues in the field of accounting and management.
However, there are few papers submitted for issues of this supplement. Therefore,
we will introduce the APMAJ issued by APMAA, which is related to JAMA.

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The Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association (APMAA), established in
2004, is the leading association of scholars and specialists in the field of management andaccounting. The proposal to form the Asian Management Accounting Association was
first mooted at the first convention of Asian Management Forum, which was held on 3rd
and 4th November 2002 in Fukuoka, Japan. The founder members from countries of the
Asia-Pacific region shared the same vision of advancing management and accounting
research and practices with particular reference to the Asia-Pacific region.
The APMAA 2018 Annual Conference was held at Waseda University on October
29th (Monday) – November 1st (Thursday) 2018. When APMAA2018 was held,
subsidies were granted to graduate students belonging to JAMA from the JAMA budget.
The Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Journal (APMAJ) is jointly publishedby APMAA - which is based in Japan - , the Accounting Research Institute and the UiTM
Press, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). Its initial publication in 2006 was once a
year but starting in 2010, the journal issue was increased to twice a year, respectively inJune (Issue 1) and December (Issue 2), and effective 2018, thrice a year (April, Augustand December).
Among topics of interest include: management accounting practices, sustainability
management accounting, environmental accounting, contemporary management
accounting, strategic management accounting and many others.
Currently the journal is included by various international indexing bodies such as
Ulrich, Cabell’s Directories of Publishing Opportunities, EBSCOhost Online Research
Databases (EBSCO), Excellence Research Australia (ERA) and Australian Business
Deans Council (ABDC).
In September 2015, the journal received another international recognition when it
was indexed by Thomson Reuters’ Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). This
provides APMAJ a platform to be read and cited by Thomson Reuters’ millions of Web
of Science (WoS) users, which eventually might lead to the acceptance of the journal toThomson Reuters’ main stream Core Collections (SCIE, SSCI and AHCI). This is indeed
a tremendous achievement for APMAJ.
(Reference)
APMAJ is indexed in:・Thomson Reuters’ Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)・Ebscohost
・Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Management (www.cabells.com)
・Ulrichs (www.ulrichweb.com)

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・Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)・Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC)
・UDLedge Social Science & Humanities Citation Index (SS&HCI)・Focus (Journals and Conference Proceedings)
・MyCite・UiTM Institutional Repositories (ePrints)(Shoichiro HOSOMI, Tokyo Metropolitan University)

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JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
1. General Description
The Japan Association for Management Systems (Nihon Keiei Shisutemu Gakkai:
JAMS) was founded in 1981 as an interdisciplinary association organized by university
professors and academic theoretical and empirical researchers from public and privateorganizations. The founding spirit and objectives of JAMS are to contribute to humansociety and management systems and to propose new models of logical thinking covering
a wide range of cross-disciplines between the social and natural sciences in the field of
management systems.
Currently, the subject of integration of various management resources in a
corporation is becoming more and more important. A sound establishment of management
ideas in the areas of integration, investigation of human nature, innovation inside anorganization, the global environment and its contribution to the world are indispensable
subjects in the development of strategic management. In addition, product development
and market capability also play a significant role, together with the innovation of businessprocesses by Information and Communication Technology (ICT), in advancing theconstruction of new business models.
2. Organization and Current Activities
JAMS has several sections. The head office manages the main work for members
and acts in conjunction with the board of directors, the board of editorial members which
publishes JAMS journals, and the board of information members which organizes JAMS
news releases and conferences, for example.
The Kansai Branch Office, the Chubu Branch Office and the Chugoku-Shikoku
Branch Office manage regional activities such as organizing presentation meetings,
hosting the Kansai, the Chubu and the Chugoku-Shikoku regional research meetings,
providing support at conferences, and so on. As of March 2019, the Association has 521
individual members and 125 student members.
3. Publications
JAMS publishes a bulletin titled the Journal of the Japan Association forManagement Systems. It is published three times a year. Technical papers, research papers,
case studies and commentaries are edited by the Association's Editorial Committee. The
Committee selects two referees and requests them to review the submitted papers. After
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JAMS also publishes international journals once a year. The International Journalof the Japan Association for Management Systems (IJAMS) was first issued in 2009 as aresult of the international conference (JAMS/JAIMS ICBI2008) which was held in 2008.
The review system of IJAMS is the same as that of the Journal of the Japan Association
for Management Systems: Technical papers, research papers, case studies andcommentaries are edited by the IJAMS Association's Editorial Committee. The
Committee selects two referees and requests them to review the submitted papers. After
review and acceptance, the paper is carried in the IJAMS. The association called for papers
to publish the 10th issue in 2018.
Finally, the Association publishes a newsletter titled JAMS News, which is editedby the Association's Information Committee. It is published four times a year. JAMS News
announces the dates of study meetings and calls for paper submissions for the annual
national conferences. It is a necessary and useful means of effective communication formembers.
4. Recent Research Activities of JAMS
Recently, with the advancement of information the worldwide competition among
companies has become increasingly severe. Study can no longer focus on only one fieldof knowledge, but must be broadened in terms of field knowledge and perspective. The
integration, fusion and optimization of management resources in a company are now
regarded as very important factors for a company to solve social, economic, andmanagement problems. The current situation in management study emphasizes the fusionof application of methodologies in both natural science and social science. Studies andresearch in management fields are required to be developed and deepened. Particularly,
innovation in management systems and the systemization of business administration havebecome strategically essential subjects. Recent research activities of JAMS have studied
and proposed new models and logical thinking theories as well as applications to solve
new problems in the information era. Some researchers and scientists study these matters,
and they explore the possibilities of applying new theories to solve management problems
and focus on key business areas such as strategy, information systems, human resources,
marketing, and accounting. Currently, management quality, global supply chain
management, environmental management, sustainable development, green productivity,
discrimination in the workplace, industry analysis, competitive advantage and corporate
governance are the topics most explored in recent research activities of JAMS.
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The semiannual national conference of JAMS is usually held for two days each inspring and fall. A unified theme, currently considered to be a meaningful and appropriate
topic for lively discussion, is set up by the host university and the executive committee at
each conference. The semiannual conference usually consists of these sessions: unified
theme papers, a keynote speech, special lectures and free theme papers. These sessions
provide a venue where research topics in social and natural science disciplines can bepresented and discussed by panels composed of management and organization theorists,
economists, sociologists, political scientists and management engineers.
Each presentation session, including discussions and questions, takes 30 minutes,
while student presentation sessions, which are open to undergraduate and graduate
students, take 20 minutes. The programs of the semiannual conferences are edited by the
program committee and the executive committee.
The locations and unified themes of semiannual conferences held from 2014 to2018 are as follows:
Table 1: Semiannual Conferences
The 52nd with the unified theme: Management Systems to Cope with Fraud,Falsification, and Impersonation was held at Hosei University in June 2014. 64 freetheme papers were presented.
The 53rd at Aichi Institute of Technology in October with the unified theme:
Data Analysis in Management Systems. 73 free theme papers were presented.
The 54th at Kyoai Gakuen University with Human Resource Development andManagement Systems in the Age of Glocalism in May 2015. 65 free theme papers were
presented.
The 55th at Waseda University at Kitakyushu Campus with the unified theme:
The Roles of Management Systems in Technology Management in September. 63 freetheme papers were presented.
The 56th at Yokohama City University with the unified theme: Open Data andManagement Systems in June 2016. 77 free papers were presented.
The 57th at Sapporo University with the unified theme: Digital Innovation andManagement Systems in October 2016. 87 free papers were presented.
The 58th at Tokyo Keizai University with the unified theme: IoT andManagement Systems in May 2017. 4 unified theme papers, and 60 free papers were
presented. 4 sectional meetings were held.
The 59th at Seijo University with the unified theme: The Fourth Industrial
Revolution and the Roles of Management Systems. 3 unified theme papers, and 61 free55

papers were presented. 10 sectional meetings were held.
In conjunction, an International Conference on Business & Information (ICBI)
2017 at Seijo University. Both conferences were organized in October 2017 in one.
The 60th at Yokohama College of Commerce with the unified theme: CloudCollaboration and Management Systems in May 2018. 2 unified theme papers and 57
free papers were presented. 28 sectional meetings were held.
The 61st at Aichi Institute of Technology with the unified theme: Society 5.0 andManagement Systems in October 2018. 2 unified theme papers and 50 free papers were
presented. 15 sectional meetings were held.
6. Continuing Efforts to Promote Science and Technology Development
JAMS finds and solves various corporation management problems with a forwardlooking commitment to design management by an integration of engineering, informationand social science, through its continuing efforts to promote Science and Technology
development. The society is a research group that has a global vision in addressing realworld issues with realistic and effective thinking and through the development of newtechniques to contribute to the field of management systems. In addition, researchfindings have found practical application to the economy and society, and certain progresshas been made in system reforms such as the improvement of systems to cultivate young
researchers.
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JAPAN SOCIETY OF MARKETIMG AND DISTRIBUTION
1. Organization and Brief History
The Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution (JSMD) was established in 1950.
As of July 2019, there were 1,072 regular members, eleven supporting members, and 32
associate members. The aim of JSMD is to promote theoretical and empirical research incommerce. JSMD has been playing a leading role in the advancement and developmentof marketing and distribution theories, as well as commerce both in Japan and abroad.
With its present membership totaling more than 1,000, the Society has grown into one ofJapan’s largest academic societies relating to commerce, distribution and marketing.
It is also one of Japan’s leading academic societies for social science. The Society’s
members are engaged in a wide range of research activities, ranging from the economy
of commerce, public policies in distribution, marketing strategies, consumer behavior,international comparative analysis, and historical analysis, to study methodology. A
significant number of the Society’s members, whose research is inextricably linked toreal-world events and business situations, are involved as advisors in the policy planningand strategy development of central and local governments as well as private enterprises.
2. Research Activities and Publications
The main activities of JSMD include an annual research conference (in spring), an
annual research conference on a specific topic (in autumn), and regional researchmeetings etc. A major activity of the Society is to make arrangements for an annual
national research conference and an annual national research conference on a specifictopic, in which its members present and discuss their research results. At the local level,
the Society’s five geographical divisions (Hokkaido, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai and Kyushu)
hold research meetings singly or jointly with other divisions five to ten times a year.
In addition, the Society publishes its journal with peer review, Ryutsu Kenkyu(Journal of Marketing & Distribution), on a quarterly basis to provide its members andnon-members interested in marketing and distribution with opportunities to present theirresearch results and promote the exchange of researches. As part of its effort to improve
the quality standards of research, the Society grants awards every year to honor its
members for their outstanding scholastic books and excellent articles published in its
journal.
The Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution will continue to pursue activities
that contribute to the development of commerce, distribution and marketing and that helpsocial progress and economic prosperity, by providing its members with opportunities to57

enhance the quality of their research and promote information exchanges among
researchers, by proactively disseminating information in various ways, and by responding
to social demands both domestically and internationally.
Currently, JSMD has published three journals namely, “Journal of Marketing &Distribution”, “JSMD Review”, and “International Journal of Marketing & Distribution”
in which the roles and positions of members are clarified in response to the diverse needsof its members. The International Journal of Marketing & Distribution (IJMD) is thescholarly journal published online in English by JSMD. The objective of IJMD is to
publish and widely disseminate the highest quality theoretical and empirical marketingand distribution research. Researches published in the journal must make a significant
contribution to the marketing and distribution discipline and meet high standards ofscholarship.
Marketing summer school objectives are as follows: Once a year, young researchers
who are studying distribution and marketing gather over regional boundaries to stimulate
and improve their research in seminars and workshops, as well as deepen friendships
through events and social gatherings, and help to form a useful personal network in the
future. Past Marketing Summer Schools, starting every September, have continued until
the present. This is the eighth time this year.
3. International activities
The International Planning Committee are collaborating with overseas conferencesand disseminating information overseas. The first International Conference of the Asian
Marketing Association was held at Seogang University in Seoul, Korea from March 15
to 17, 2014 as the ICAMA Korea Seoul Conference. This was the first international
conference co-sponsored by the Japan Academy of Commerce, the Korea Marketing
Association, and the Chinese Academy of Marketing Science. Under the theme“Consumption Trends in Asian Markets”, a conference was held and an international
exchange was realized with more than 300 participants from 26 countries gathering andfocusing on Asian researchers from Japan, Korea, China, and elsewhere. As the Call for
Papers announced, this was the first international marketing conference “by Asians for
Asians”. Globalization of researchers has been emphasized in recent years, but in manycases, emphasis has been placed on committing to Western societies and academic circles.
But Asia has its own distribution, marketing, consumer behavior and consumption culture.
However, it cannot be said that there were enough places for researchers who researchedthem to gather and argue across borders. It was in 2012 that the heads of three conferences
who had such a sense of these problems started to specifically consider the concept of58

establishing an international academic exchange forum. At 2013 National Research
Conference (at Ritsumeikan University), meetings from the heads of academic institutes
and practitioners from three countries were held, and a call for papers was proposed by
the Korea Marketing Association, the host society of the first conference. After that, thecall for presentations, peer reviews, selection of the Best Paper Award, and program
preparations were proceeded. As it was the very first attempt, it preparation began withchecking through many mail exchanges between Japanese, Korean, and Chinese
personnel. One of the features of this international conference was that local language
sessions (Japanese, Korean, Chinese) were also set up. Two Japanese sessions were heldand nine presentations were given. Of course, there were presentations by the membersof the commercial society in the global session (in English). Eventually, a meeting withthe editors of the Asian Marketing Journals will be held by the journal editors of eachacademic society, and questions about the submission of papers to “Distribution research”
will be presented, and the height of interest from researchers from other countries will beheard.
4. Annual National conferences (from 2014-2019)(1) 2014 Annual Conference
The 64th JSMD Annual National Conference was held at Hitotsubashi University
Kunitachi campus on 30 May – 1 June, 2014. Its unified theme was Thinking About theCurrent State of Globalization. In the preliminary session, a speech was given by the
JSMD president, Kyoichi IKEO (Meiji Gakuin University). After that, a special
symposium was held entitled “Rethinking Globalization of Today”, and two presentersspoke on that topic. The first presenter was Yoshihiro OISHI (Meiji University) and his
presentation was entitled “The Status Quo of Global Marketing”. The second speaker,
Lewis LIM (Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University), gave apresentation entitled “Misunderstandings about Globalization and How Companies canbe Truly Global”.
(2) 2015 Annual Conference
The 65th JSMD Annual National Conference was held at Kagawa University on
29-31 May, 2015. Its unified theme was Investigating the Development Direction ofService Industry and Research. In the preliminary session, a speech was given by the
JSMD president, Kyoichi IKEO (Meiji Gakuin University). After that, a special
symposium was held entitled “Exploring the direction of development of service industry
and service research”, and two presenters spoke on that topic. The first presenter was

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Masaki TAMURA (emeritus professor, Kobe University) and his presentation was entitled“Challenge of Marketing Theory to Tourism Research”. The second speaker, Masaaki
KOTABE (Temple University), gave a presentation entitled “Globalization of Service
Outsourcing and Its Limitations - A Consideration Based on Empirical Research”.
A special symposium was held entitled “Service Experience and Choice/Customer
Satisfaction”, and two presenters spoke on that topic. The first presenter was Jouji O NO
(Aoyama Gakuin University), and his presentation was entitled “Changes in Retail
Structure by Industry along with the Development of Service Economy and Commercial
Policy~Macromarketing Analysis Using City Level Data”. The second speaker, Shoji
YAMAMOTO (Kwansei Gakuin University), gave a presentation entitled “From service
consumption to operational innovation”.
After that, a special symposium was held entitled “Service Economy and Service
Innovation”, and two presenters spoke on that topic. The first presenter was Ikuo
TAKAHASHI (Keio University), and his presentation was entitled “Service Excellence andBusiness Results-Cross-sectional, time-series analysis of the Japanese service industry
with JCSI (Japan Version Customer Satisfaction Index”. The second speaker, Yoshinori
FUJIKAWA (Hitotsubashi University), gave a presentation entitled “Service
Globalization~Value Cocreation of International Knowledge Transfer Process”.
Meanwhile, a panel discussion was held by Chizuru NISHIO (University of Tsukuba) andJouji ONO (Aoyama Gakuin University) on the topic of “Service Experience and Choice/Customer Satisfaction”. Another panel discussion was held by Ikuo TAKAHASHI (Keio
University) and Yoshinori FUJIKAWA (Hitotsubashi University) on the topic of “Service
Economy and Service Innovation”.
(3) 2016 Annual Conference
The 66th JSMD Annual National Conference was held at Chiba University ofCommerce, on 3-5 June, 2016. Its unified theme was Distribution and Marketing andCommon Value Creation ─ Including Reconstruction from the Great East Japan
Earthquake.
In the preliminary session, a speech was made by the JSMD president, Katsuyoshi
TAKASHIMA (Kobe University). After that, a special symposium was held entitled“Distribution and Marketing and Common Value Creation ─ Including Reconstruction
from the Great East Japan Earthquake”, and four presenters spoke on that topic. The firstpresenter was Kanji TANIMOTO (Waseda University), and his presentation was entitled“Sustainable Development and the Role of Companies”. The second speaker, Chizuru
NISHIO (University of Tsukuba) gave a presentation entitled “Marketing response to60

global environmental problems: Characteristics of consumer behavior and trends”.
Meanwhile, the third speaker, Kentaro OYAMA (Iris Group) presented under the title“Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake”, and the fourth speaker, Masaya
HAYASHIDA (Kirin Co.) presented under the title “Initiatives for Social Issues and Creationof Corporate Value: Reconstruction Support “Kirin Kizuna Project” and Kirin’s CSV.
(4) 2017 Annual Conference
The 67th JSMD Annual National Conference was held at the University of Hyogo
on 26-28 May, 2017. Its unified theme was Innovation Required at the Turning Point ─
The Challenge of Reducing the Japanese Market. In the preliminary session, a speech wasmade by JSMD president, Katsuyoshi TAKASHIMA (Kobe University). After that, a special
symposium was held entitled “Innovation required at the turning point ─ The challengeof reducing the Japanese market”, and three presenters spoke on that topic. The firstpresenter was Tadahiko OKAZAKI (Familiar Ltd.) and his presentation was entitled“Creative Management”. The second speaker, Tadao KAGONO (Konan University), gavea presentation entitled “Local industry trading system”. Lastly, the third speaker,
Toshiyuki YAHAGI (Hosei University) presented under the title “Research issues at theturning point”.
(5) 2018 Annual Conference
The 68th JSMD Annual National Conference was held at Nihon University
Commerce Dept. on 25-27 May, 2018. Its unified theme was Globality and Locality:
Multi-layered Marketing and Distribution. In the preliminary session, a speech was madeby the JSMD president, Katsuyoshi TAKASHIMA (Kobe University). After that, a special
symposium was held entitled “Globality and Locality: Multi-layered Marketing andDistribution”, and four presenters spoke on that topic. The first presenter was Masaaki
KOTABE (Temple University, Ex President of the Academy of International Business), andhis presentation was entitled “Globality and Locality: Multi-layered Marketing andDistribution: What to learn from high-tech ‘Sony and ‘looks high-tech’ Apple”. The
second speaker, Takaho UEDA (Gakushuin University) gave a presentation entitled “SemiGlobalization Strategy of Japanese Food Companies ─ Based on a Web Survey and a
Corporate Interview Survey”. The third speaker, Kazuaki OSHITA (Fumakilla Ltd.)
presented under the title “Global Strategy to Protect Life-Global & Local Managementof Fumakilla”. Lastly, the fourth speaker, Kazuki SUNAMI (CoMix Wave Films Inc.)
presented under the title “Global Strategy of Animation ─ Case Study of Overseas
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(6) 2019 Annual Conference
The 69th JSMD Annual National Conference was held at Doshisha University
Commerce Dept. on 24-26 May, 2019. Its unified theme was Smart Society and Market
Creation ─ Fusion of Real and Digital. In the preliminary session, a speech was made by
the JSMD president, Katsuyoshi TAKASHIMA (Kobe University). After that, a special
symposium was held entitled “Smart society and market creation”, and three presentersspoke on that topic. The first presenter was Hiroshi IWATSUBO (Murata Co.), and his
presentation was entitled “Realize innovation in real and digital”. Next was Takahiro
FUJIMOTO (University of Tokyo) who gave a presentation entitled “Digitalization andmanufacturing innovation”. Finally, Masaki TAMURA (emeritus professor, Kobe
University, Ex Doshisha University) presented under the title “What is Smart inDistribution (Marketing/Commerce): Technology, Distribution Mode and Results”.

(Saeran Doh, Miyagi University)

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JAPAN STATISTICAL SOCIETY
1. General Description
The Japan Statistical Society (JSS) was established in 1931 by a group of
statisticians in Japan immediately after the 19th Session of the International Statistical
Institute (ISI) held at Tokyo. In the early stage of the JSS, a special emphasis was on
official statistics and economic statistics, but later the JSS attracted mathematicians andresearchers in other areas, including engineers in statistical quality control and biometrics,
which have been closely related to statistics since World War II. To date, the members of
the JSS have diversified in the various fields of biology, economics, education,engineering, finance, management sciences, mathematics, medical sciences, official
statistics, psychology, sociology, and other related fields of applications of statisticalmethods.
During 88 years since its establishment, the JSS has been recognized as one of theleading academic groups among Japanese scientists. The JSS has contributed indeveloping statistical methodologies with suitable applications in tremendously broad
fields in the community of science, government, and industry.
In Japan, there exist several independent societies that promote research andeducation in statistical methodologies and applications. The JSS has tried to build up
closer connections with the other statistics-related societies. A consequence of the JSS’s
efforts is the Japanese Joint Statistical Meeting (JJSM), where the JSS and other statisticalsocieties, such as the Japanese Society of Applied Statistics, the Biometric Society ofJapan, the Japanese Society of Computational Statistics, and the Behaviormetric Societyof Japan, have jointly held a large-scale research convention every September since 2002.
Since 2009, the Japanese Classification Society has been joined to the JJSM. These six
academic bodies have constituted the Japanese Federation of Statistical Science
Associations since 2005.
Since 2011, the JSS has been incorporated to accommodate requirements foradvanced research and education of statistics from outside the JSS. One of the JSS’s
activities to meet the demands is the Japan Statistical Society Certificate which started in2011 (See Section 6). From 2012 to 2016, the JSS participated as a stakeholder in theJapanese Inter-University Network for Statistical Education.
2. Information on the Japan Statistical Society
The Annual Meeting of the JSS (the Japanese Joint Statistical Meeting since 2002)
offers a convenient place where leading statisticians come from all fields and get together

63to exchange new and old ideas for solving statistical problems. In addition to the Annual
Meetings, the JSS has held an independent small-scale annual research meeting in Marchsince 2006.
The JSS published the Journal of the Japan Statistical Society (JJSS) both inEnglish and in Japanese, each biannually, up to 2017. Abstracts and full texts of papers
on all issues are available from the J-STAGE website.
However, the JSS has stopped publishing the English JJSS since 2018, when it
participated in editing the Japanese Journal of Statistics and Data Science (JJSD), a newrefereed journal launched by the JFSSA. The JJSD is published biannually and available
for the moment at its Springer-Nature website. The first Editor in Chief, Makoto AOSHIMA(University of Tsukuba) has made a tremendous effort to enhance the internationalrecognition of the JJSD together with Coordinating Editors and Associate Editors.
The Japanese JJSS, on the other hand, has been published biannually by the JSS as
before. The recent editors of the Japanese JJSS have been Makoto AOSHIMA (2010-2013,
Tsukuba University), Hisashi TANIZAKI (2013-2015, Osaka University), Kaoru FUEDA(2015-2017, Okayama University), Shido SAI (2017-2019, Okayama Shoka University),
and Toshinao YOSHIBA (2019-2021, Tokyo Metropolitan University). Guides to authorsand others are available at the JSS website.
The Society also publishes newsletters quarterly. They can be viewed at the JSS
website.
All business correspondence on the membership of the JSS, the annual meeting,and others are handled by the administration office of the JSS, whose address is: c/o
Sinfonica, Nogakushorin Building, 3-6 Kanda-Jinbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0051,
Japan, phone/fax: +81-3-3234-7738, and e-mail: shom@jss.gr.jp. The JSS website is
located at: http://www.jss.gr.jp. Information on the current and past activities of the JSS
can be obtained from there. The JSS is open to both individuals and institutions that havestatistical research interest in the world.
The regular members of the Society receive the printed form of the Proceedings of
the JJSM, Japanese JJSS, JJSD, and quarterly Newsletter. Newsletter includes valuable
information on future academic meetings including conferences, academic job
opportunities, new academic theses (M.A. and Ph.D.), books and computer software
information, and a series of essays on statistics by influential and leading statisticians inJapan. Besides regular members, there are several categories of memberships including
Honorary, Students, Associate, Institutional, and Supporting members. For details ofmembership of the Society, please see the JSS website.
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In an Annual Meeting (a Japanese Joint Statistical Meeting since 2002), many
economics-related sessions, for instance, empirical economics, econometrics, official
statistics, finance, and marketing sciences, are programmed. Other major fields are
educational science, genomic science, medical science, and psychology. The Abstracts inJapanese in the Proceedings will give information on the titles of the papers and theaffiliations of the speakers for further inquiries. Some sessions in a JJSM are designatedto English-based ones to accommodate international participants.
A standard setup of an Annual Meeting is as follows: Day 1: tutorial seminars for
non-experts and invited talk sessions for general audience; Days 2-5: the plenary session,
followed by ordinary sessions of individual presentations of recent research and special
topic sessions organized by designated members. The tutorial seminars serve as aspringboard to cutting-edge statistical technologies for non-experts.
The 82nd JSS Annual Meeting (The Japanese Joint Statistical Meeting 2014)
 Date: September 13-16, 2014
 Venue: University of Tokyo (Hongo, Tokyo)
 Number of sessions: 62 (ordinary: 37; special topic: 20; competition: 5)
The 83rd Annual Meeting (The Japanese Joint Statistical Meeting 2015)
 Date: September 6-9, 2015.
 Venue: Okayama University (Tsushima, Okayama) Number of sessions: 66 (ordinary: 43; special topic: 19; competition: 4)
 New JSS President Manabu IWASAKI gave a presidential address entitled “Role ofstatisticians: Past, present, and future.” The JSS organized international sessions with the Korean Statistical Society (KSS)
and the Chinese Statistical Association (CSA). The JSS also organized a Wakimoto
Memorial Session with the KSS and the Chinese Institute of Probability and Statistics(CIPS).
The 84th Annual Meeting (the Japanese Joint Statistical Meeting 2016)
 Date: September 4-7, 2016
 Venue: Kanazawa University (Kanazawa, Ishikawa) Number of sessions: 76 (ordinary: 37; special topic: 36; competition: 5)
The 85th Annual Meeting (the Japanese Joint Statistical Meeting 2017)
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Venue: Nanzan University (Nagoya, Aichi)
Number of sessions: 71 (ordinary: 44; special topic: 22; competition: 5)
New JSS President Masafumi AKAHIRA gave a presidential address entitled “Historyof Statistical Inference: Its development and sophistication.”
The JSS organized international sessions with the Korean Statistical Society and theChinese Statistical Association.

The 86th Annual Meeting (the Japanese Joint Statistical Meeting 2018)Date: September 9-13, 2018
Venue: Chuo University (Korakuen, Tokyo)
Number of sessions: 74 (plenary 1; ordinary: 33; special topic: 25; competition: 5)
The JSS organized international sessions with the KSS and the CSA. The JSS alsoorganized Wakimoto Memorial Session with the KSS and the CIPS.

4. Future Meetings
The 87th Annual Meeting (the Japanese Joint Statistical Meeting 2019) was held on
September 8-12, 2019, at Shiga University. The program is now posted at the JFSSA
webpage: http://www.jfssa.jp/taikai/2019/. To emphasize collaboration with statisticalsocieties in other countries, the JSS will continue its exchange program with the KSS, theCAS, the CIPS, and likely expand such programs with other statistical societies.
5. JSS Awards:
The following members received the JSS awards from 2015 to 2019:
 In 2015: Tatsuya KUBOKAWA (University of Tokyo) and Yasuto YOSHIZOE (Aoyama
Gakuin University).
 In 2016: Toshinari KAMAKURA (Chuo University), Satoshi KURIKI (Institute of

Statistical Mathematics), and Masaaki TAGURI (Professor Emeritus of Chiba
University).
In 2017: Makoto AOSHIMA (Tsukuba University), Kunio SHIMIZU (Institute of
Statistical Mathematics), and Yasuko CHIKUSE (Professor Emeritus of Kagawa
University).
In 2018: Yasuhiro OMORI (University of Tokyo) and Yutaka KANO (Osaka
University).
In 2019: Atsuyuki KOGURE (Tokyo Keizai University)

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In 2011, the JSS launched the Japan Statistical Society Certificate, a standard exam
system for evaluating an examinee’s statistical abilities. It has two broad categories, theone for measuring academic knowledge and the other for assessing skills required forsurveys. The former has five levels: Level 1 provides comprehensive exams appropriate
for advanced graduate students; Level semi-1 tests advanced undergraduate andbeginning graduate students’ statistical ability; Level 2 offers exams of the basics ofstatistics suitable for first-year and second-year university students; Level 3 focusses on
descriptive statistics and elementary probability theory studied by high school students;and Level 4 is designed for junior high school students who start to learn statistics at
school.
The exams for survey skills comprise two kinds: the grade for survey designers
tests abilities for organizing surveys, such as selection of sampling schemes andestimation of the sample size; the grade for survey practitioners asks about fundamentals
necessary for surveys in practice, such as handling non-respondents and editing response
errors.
From 2011 to 2013, the JSS Certificate was held once a year in November. Since
2014, however, it has been held twice a year in June and November.
7. Response to the inappropriate practice in the Monthly Labour Survey
At the end of 2018, it was revealed that the Monthly Labour Survey by the
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) had been estimated in an inappropriatemanner since 2004. First, the sampling fraction of establishments with 500 or more
employees in Tokyo area was changed from 1 to 1/3 in 2004 and yet the shift was notreported to the Statistics Commission at the Internal Affairs and Communications
Ministry. Second, the program for estimating the statistics was not modified inaccordance with the new sampling fraction. As a result, wage statistics, for example, were
underestimated for about 15 years. The statistics were linked with unemployment
insurance and others, and thus about 20 million people were affected by theunderestimation. The reliability of Japanese official statistics as a whole was at stake atthe beginning of 2019.
The JSS responded quickly to the scandal. On January 28, 2019, it published apress release on its website saying that it would cooperate with the government as aprofessional body in finding causes of malfunctions in Japanese official statistics andconsidering a robust system for producing reliable statistics. On March 10, 2019, The JSS
set a special session in its March meeting about the press release. A temporary JSS
committee on Japanese official statistics was established on April 1, 2019, which67

submitted a report on its analysis of the inappropriate estimation in the Monthly Labour
Survey by MHLW. An additional report by the committee on Japanese official statistics
as a whole is scheduled to appear in the future.
8. ISI Tokyo Memorial Award
The ISI Tokyo Memorial Fund was established when a World Statistics
Congress of the International Statistical Institute was held in Tokyo in 1987. The
organizing committee of the fund at the time consisted of governmental officers. The
purpose of the fund was to financially support those researchers in developing countries
who needed to earn travel costs for making a presentation at an ISI WSC.
However, the recognition of the ISI Tokyo Memorial Fund in the ISI was not at
all wide spread. First, among more than 100 speakers in a WSC, only five or so were paidby the fund. Second, once it offered travel costs to the candidates, the committee of thefund had no opportunity to advertise their financial support. Finally, the committee itself
was not interested in enhancing its recognition because it was a governmental body, notan academic one which is basically keen on presence in a scientific meeting.
Since 2013, when the ISI Tokyo Memorial Fund committee by the government
was dissolved due to the recent administrative restructure, the JSS has taken over the roleof the committee. To be specific, in 2013, it set up a committee in charge of the fund, andin 2018, expanded the purpose of the fund to encompass domestic activities. In otherwords, the JSS can finance a satellite meeting of the ISI held in Japan and assist
financially those young researchers in Japan who participate in a WSC to make apresentation of their research.
Some effects of the expansion immediately followed. The 10th International
Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS10), a satellite meeting organized by the ISI,
was held in Kyoto in summer, 2018. The next summer, Data Science, Statistics andVisualization (DSSV) 2019, another satellite meeting of the ISI, was held (again) in
Kyoto. ISI President Helen MACGILLIVRAY sent a thank-you letter to then JSS President
Masafumi AKAHIRA for financially supporting ICOTS10. In that regard, the expansion of
the objectives of the ISI Tokyo Memorial Fund is successful in improving internationalrecognition of the fund as well as the JSS
Another consequence of the change is the ISI Tokyo Memorial Award. The first
award was given to those young researchers in Japan who made a presentation at the WSC
in Malaysia in 2019. Five candidates were chosen; upon making a presentation at the ISI
WSC 2019, they would win the award.
(Shinya SAKANO, Waseda University, and Hiroshi SAIGO, Waseda University)

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1. Introduction
The Japan Society of Transportation Economics (JSTE) was founded in 1941,
making it one of the oldest academic societies in Japan. The Society has 457 members,
including eight lifetime honorary members and 32 corporate members (as of May 2019).
JSTE celebrated its 75 years (three quarters of a century) anniversary in 2016.
JSTE has held an annual meeting every fall, except for 2001, the 60th anniversary.
An annual meeting usually consists of two sections. One is called Toitsu Rondai(Symposium), which focuses on a typical issue at that time or related to a host University
and areas around it, while the other is called Jiyuu Rondai (Section Meetings referring to
Research Articles). Various papers have been presented at the meetings these years;
Symposium Invited Papers and Research Articles will be shown in Section 3. JSTE isgoing to hold the 78th annual meeting in October 2019 at Tokyo Woman’s Christian
University, and the 79th in October 2020 at Kansai University, Osaka.
All speakers at annual meetings can submit papers to the The Japanese Journal ofTransportation Economics (Kotsugaku Kenkyu, or JJTE hereafter). JSTE has used thepeer review system for JJTE since the late 1990s.
Two regional divisions, the Kanto Bukai (Eastern Division) and Kansai Bukai(Western Division) hold meetings separately. The Kanto Bukai holds meetings as neededin Tokyo and the Kansai Bukai holds monthly meetings in Osaka, except for in February,
March, September and October.
2. Research Trends in the Society after 1970
2.1 Increases in the Numbers of Papers Presented at Annual Meetings
The number of papers presented at annual meetings has doubled over the last 40
years. The average numbers of papers per year per decade in an annual meeting are as
follows: 1970-79: 10.1, 1980-89: 12.5, 1990-99: 13.9 and 2000-10: 23.9, 2011-18: 26.4.
The increase in number of published papers coincided with the dynamic changes
that occurred in the transportation policies in Japan. The deregulation in Japan’stransportation policy was more than 10 years behind that of Western Europe and North
America. In 1996, the Japanese government determined to abolish its regulation on
capacity. Subsequently, deregulation proceeded slowly through the Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). Deregulation has made transportation amore exciting area for research and has attracted younger scholars to the field.
To the extent that there are more young new JSTE members, the number of69submitted papers on evaluation of the deregulation policies using empirical approaches
has increased markedly. Furthermore, many new JSTE members are from fields ofbusiness administration and civil engineering.
2.2 Change of Focused Modes and Fields
The papers in JJTE mostly focus on a specific transportation mode. The number of
papers on cross-mode has constantly decreased since 1970s. That means,transportation research has become more specialized in one particular mode (railway, bus,
ship, or airplane, for example) or topic.
This trend probably relates to the fact that the number of empirical studies among
JSTE members has increased. Because data in transportation fields are collected andpublished according to each mode, it is difficult to adjust them for comparisons amongmodes.
Because of rapid progress of aging in Japan, local transport has become one of themost significant problems for local governments. Local rail and bus operators have closed
their lines and to maintain the mobility of society, so local government should work out
a policy under the severe financial situation. The number of papers on local transport has
increased on that account.
3. Annual Meetings of Recent Years（2013-18）
In this section, we introduce the papers released in annual meetings and approved
in JJTE. We will show the invited papers at the Symposium first, and then the papers for
Research Articles (Section Meetings). The affiliations of authors are as at the time of eachmeeting.
3.1 72nd, 2013: Symposium, Issues and Prospects of Logistics Policies, at Ryutsu
Keizai University (Chiba Pref.)Symposium Invited Papers
Jiro NAKAMURA (Nippon Express Co. Ltd.) “Significance of Seamless Logistics
Connectivity”, Seiichi KUBOTA (Japan Institute of Logistics System) “Logistics Concept
2020”, Akihiro KANAI (MLIT) “Issues and Prospect of Logistics Policy”, Hirohito KUSE
(Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology) “Logistics Policy for Disaster
Prevention”, Toshinori NEMOTO (Hitotsubashi University) “Asian Common Transport
Policy under a Globalized Supply Chain”

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Taro ARATANI (Institute for Transport Policy Studies) “Possibility of Modal Shiftfrom Truck Transportation to Ferry Boat and Roll-On Roll-Off Ship”, Ryo WATANABE
and Daisuke FUJII (Institute of Transportation Economics) “A Study on the Transportation
Policy for the Vertical Separation and School Pass Aid of Rural Railways in Japan”,
Mamoru MATSUMOTO (The University of Kitakyushu) and Takao GOTO (Kinki
University) “An Analysis of Soft Budget for Japanese Mixed Enterprise in theTransportation Sector”, Kiyohito UTSUNOMIYA (Kansai University) “Demand for Local
Public Transportation in Germany”, Akeyoshi MATSUZAKI (Aoyama Gakuin University)“The Measurement of Returns to Scope between the Subway and Bus Divisions in
Municipal Transportation Bureaus”, Katsumi TANABE (Keio University) “Car Taxes
Structure in Japan”, Shinichi MUTO (University of Yamanashi) “Interregional InputOutput Table in Consideration of Private Transport”, Takamasa AKIYAMA (Kansai
University), Hiroaki INOKUCHI (Kansai University) and Masashi OKUSHIMA (The
University of Tokushima) “The Distance-based Toll Determination of Urban
Expressways for Traffic Demand Adjustment”, Yuki MATSUNO (Institute ofTransportation Economics) “Analysis of the Supply-side Effect of the Taxi Deregulation”,
Mami FURUHATA (International Civil Aviation Organization) “The Jurisdiction over
Unruly Passengers on Board Aircraft”, Tomoyuki TODOROKI (Nihon University) andHiroaki NISHIUCHI (Nagaoka University of Technology) “A Prediction of Transport Mode
Choice Behavior by Introducing Seaplanes”, Hitoshi OGUMA (Kanazawa University)“The Change of Relationships between Tour Operators and Airlines in Europe”, Takashi
KURIHARA (Institute for Transport Policy Studies), Taro ARATANI (Institute for Transport
Policy Studies) and Naohisa OKAMOTO (University of Tsukuba) “A Comparison ofJapanese and Foreign Visitors’ Travel Spending by Destination Area”, Hideki F URUYA(Toyo University) “Estimation of Relative Tourism Attraction and Indexes by Two Data
Fusion”
3.2 73rd, 2014: Symposium, Urban Tourism and Transport at Doshisha University(Kyoto)Presidential Lecture
Ushio CHUJO (Keio University) “Survival Efforts by Transport Economics”
Symposium Invited Paper
Mami AOKI (Doshisha University) “Synopsis: Urban Tourism and Transport”,

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Hiroshi SUDA (Central Japan Railway Company) “Keynote Speech: Shinkansen, Urban
Transport and Tourism”, Masahiro BEPPU (Kyoto City Office) “Initiative of ‘Arukumachi
Kyoto’ Pedestrian Friendly City”, Hirotaka YAMAUCHI (Hitotsubashi University) “Howto Promote Urban Tourism”, Takamasa AKIYAMA (Kansai University) “Travel Behaviourin Urban Tourism”
Research Articles
Yeon-Jung SONG (Kobe University) “Effects of Diversification Strategy ofJapanese Private Railway Companies”, Shinya HANAOKA (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
and Masashi SOTA (Tokyo Institute of Technology) “An International Comparative Studyon the Performance of Freight Railways in Developing Countries”, Mamoru MATSUMOTO(The University of Kitakyushu) and Takao GOTO (Kindai University) “An Analysis of theRelation between Firm Performance and the Internal Governance Mechanism in Japanese
Listed Railway Companies”, Toru TAKAHASHI (Airport Environment Improvement
Foundation) “The Macroeconomic Implication of Government Expenditure on Road
Network Maintenance”, Yuki MISUI (Takasaki City University of Economics), Hideyuki
WAKISHIMA (CTI Engineering Co.), Ryutaro MATSUI (CTI Engineering Co.), Yuichi
SUZUKI (CTI Engineering Co.) and Toshinori NEMOTO (Hitotsubashi University)“Evaluation of Traffic Regulation for Heavy Vehicles using Ramsey Pricing”, Takamasa
AKIYAMA (Kansai University), Hiroaki INOKUCHI (Kansai University) and Masashi
OKUSHIMA (The University of Tokushima) “The Urban Expressway Toll Policy
Corresponding to Long Term Traffic Demand”, Akeyoshi MATSUZAKI (Aoyama Gakuin
University) “A Study on the Transfer of the Community Bus from Municipal
Organization to Private Bus Companies”, Satoshi IGUCHI (Wakayama University) “TheFeasibility of New Establishment and Resurrection of the Tram Business in the Small andMedium-Sized Local Communities in Japan”, Hiroaki NISHIUCHI (Nagaoka University ofTechnology), Tomoyuki TODOROKI (Nihon University) and Tomoya KAWASAKI (Nihon
University) “A Study on Change in Number of Tram Passengers by Survival Time
Analysis”, Yuki MORIKAWA and Naohisa OKAMOTO (University of Tsukuba) “A Study on
Sustainability of Local Railways Operation”, Ryota ASAHI (Fukuyama Heisei University)“An Empirical Analysis of US Air Carriers’ Pricing Behaviors after Merger”, Masashi
OGAWA and Kazushige TERADA (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)“A Study on Efficiency and Governance in Administration and Operation of the Port
Authorities”, Koichi FUJISAKI (JSTE) “An Empirical Analysis of Effects of Gasoline
Prices on Usage of Motorized Individual Transport as well as Public Transport inGermany”, Kiyohito UTSUNOMIYA (Kansai University) and Makoto AOKI (Tokyo Keizai

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University) “Local Public Transportation in France”
3.3 74th, 2015: Symposium, Local Transportation in an Era of Depopulation at
Hachinohe Gakuin University (Hachinohe, Aomori Pref.)Symposium Invited Paper
Masahiko MOCHIZUKI (Sanriku Railway Company) “Keynote Speech: Efforts for
Recovery and Reconstruction by Sanriku Railway Company”, Itsushi TACHI (MLIT)“Overview of New National Spatial Planning Act”, Satoshi HATAKEYAMA (Hachinohe
City Office) “Future Efforts and Revitalization/Regeneration of Local Public Transport
in Hachinohe City”, Komei SASAKI (Shokei Gakuin University) “Local Transport andHappiness of Inhabitants”
Research Articles
Kazuki BESSHO and Kei FUKUYAMA (Tottori University) “A CUE Model for Smalland Medium-Sized Urban Areas”, Fumio KUROSAKI, Takako HAGIWARA and HWANG
Young-Jin (Institute of Transportation Economics) “Recent Re-reform of SNCF and its
Analysis”, Hitoshi YAGAI (The Institute of Behavioral Sciences) “The Restoration
Situation of Public Transportation after the Great East Japan Earthquake in the Sanriku
Region”, Katsuhiro NIIRO (Nara Prefectural University) “Optimal Bus Fares for the
Elderly in Urban Bus Service”, Kiyohito UTSUNOMIYA (Kansai University) “Local Public
Transportation and Social Capital”, Hiroshi NISHIMURA (Kansai University)“Transportation Economics and Transportation Studies”, Takamasa AKIYAMA and Hiroaki
INOKUCHI (Kansai University) “Travel Behaviour Analysis for an Urban Transport Plan
with a Healthy City”, Hidenobu MATSUMOTO and Koji DOMAE (Kobe University) “An
Analysis on Bicycle-Related Traffic Accidents and Some Suggestions for Bicycle Safety
Policy in Japan”, Yusuke TERAJI and Taikei ARAKI (Tezukayama University) “The Welfare
Effects of the Slot Allocation to the Local Routes at the Congested Hub”, Shinichi SAITO(The University of Shimane) “Current Situation and Policy to Maintain the Small Airports
in the UK”, Katsuhiko YONEZAKI (Institute of Transportation Economics) “Open Skies
Agreements and a Model of Network Formation”, Masashi OKUSHIMA (The University ofTokushima), Hiroaki INOKUCHI and Takamasa AKIYAMA (Kansai University) “Influence
on Passenger Flow by the Secular Change of Keihanshin Railroad Network”, Ryo
WATANABE (Institute of Transportation Economics) “A Factor Analysis for Customer
Satisfaction of Urban Rail Passengers in Japan”, Tomoyasu TANAKA and Takao GOTO
(Kinki University) “Measuring Productivity of Japanese Taxicab Services”, Shinsuke

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TANIMOTO (National Institute of Technology, Akita College) and Masaaki MINAMI (Iwate
University) “A Study on an Attitude Survey of the Requirement to Maintain Public
Transport”, Kyoko MANAKA (Yokohama City University), Akihiro NAKAMURA(Yokohama City University) and Toru TAKEMOTO (Tezukayama University) “Does
Information Sharing Reduce Disparities in Local Public Utility Service Levels underDecentralized Decision-Making?”, Taro ARATANI and Keiko MIYAZAKI (National
Maritime Research Institute) “Analysis on the Burden of Maritime Traffic Movements by
Remote Island Residents by Generalized Time”, Masashi OGAWA (Tokyo University of
Maritime Science and Technology) “Incentive Design in the Management of theExpressway after Privatization”, Masahide DAIGO (Kansai Gaidai University) “Low
Emission Zone Systems in Europe”, Hirokazu KATO (National Institute of Technology,
Yonago College) “The System of Voluntary Relinquishment of Driver’s Licenses andIssues of Local Public Transportation Policy”, Kosuke MIYATAKE (Hitotsubashi
University), Toshinori NEMOTO (Hitotsubashi University) and Katsuhiko HAYASHI(Ryutsu Keizai University) “A Social Cost Model to Evaluate ‘Team Pick-up/Delivery’on the Last Mile of a Parcel Delivery Network”, Shinnosuke WATANABE (Former Policy
Research Institute for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism), Kazuyuki TSUCHIYA(Mitsubishi Research Institute) and Takeshi NISHIKIORI (Japan Airport Consultants, Inc.)“An Analysis of the Impact of LCC’s Entry in the National Air Transport Market on the
Passengers and Region”, Yuji KAWAGUCHI (Institute of Transportation Economics)“About the Issues for Introduction of the Tax System on Airline Tickets”
3.4 75th, 2016: Symposium, The Structural Change of Japanese Social Economy and
the Transport Policy in the Future at Hitotsubashi University (Tokyo)
Presidential Lecture
Kenichi SHOJI (Kobe University) “Japanese Transport System: Policy Yesterday,
Policy Today, Policy Tomorrow”
Symposium Invited Paper
Susumu TAKAHASHI (The Japan Research Institute) “Keynote Speech:
Infrastructural Investment on a Time of Demographic Change”
Research Articles
Kiyohito UTSUNOMIYA (Kansai University) “Value of Local Railways”, Takamasa
AKIYAMA and Hiroaki INOKUCHI (Kansai University) “Factor Analysis of Railway Traffic

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Demand with regard to Urban Activity”, Yeon-Jung SONG (Kobe University)“Diversification Strategies and Technical Efficiency of Private Railway Companies inJapan”, Ryo WATANABE, Shuntaro ENDO and Haruo SOGA (Institute of Transportation
Economics) “Current Status of Tourist Facilities that Utilize the Closure of Railway
Facilities”, Ryosuke MATSUMOTO (Railway Technical Research Institute) “EconometricAnalysis of Improvement in Commuter Rails’ Congestion”, Yoshihiro KAMEYAMA (Saga
University) “Inbound Tourist Growth from East Asia and Overseas Development ofJapanese Local Government”, Hitoshi OGUMA (Kanazawa University) “An Applicationof Network Data Envelopment Analysis to Evaluate the Efficiency of Airports and Factor
Analysis”, Satoru HASHIMOTO (Teikyo University) and Koichiro TEZUKA (Nihon
University) “Estimation of Scale Economies in Shipping Industry and its Interpretations”,
Shinya HANAOKA and Tomoya KAWASAKI (Tokyo Institute of Technology) “Current Status
and Issues of Freight Transport on Cross-Border Corridors in East Africa”, Masahide
DAIGO (Kansai Gaidai University) “Fiscal and Competitive Roles of InfrastructureManagers in British Rail”, Katsuhiro YAMAGUCHI (University of Tokyo) “Economic
Impact of High Speed Railway”, Keiki KONNO (National Institute of Technology,
Hachinohe College) “The Classification of Local Governments on their Characteristics
of Mobility and Accessibility for Public Transport Activation”, Tomohiro NAKADA(MLIT) “Study on Performance Evaluation of Local Public Transport Based on European
Standards”, Tomoyasu TANAKA and Takao GOTO (Kinki University) “Effects of Entry
Deregulation and Re-regulation of the Taxicab Industry in Japan”, Nobuaki ENDO (Tokyo
University of Marine Science and Technology) “Determinants of Foreign Direct
Investment in the Airline Industry”, Akeyoshi MATSUZAKI and Katsuhiko YONEZAKI(Institute of Transportation Economics) “Airline Network Analysis in Asia Market”,
Shumpei HARADA (Gifu University) “A Theoretical Study on System Design ofConcessions in the Transport Sector”, Kyoko MANAKA (Yokohama City University)“Relationship between Attentiveness and the Rate of Traffic Accidents”, Yosuke
TACHIBANA (Hiroshima Shudo University) “An Advantage of a Nash-Implementable
Linear-Cost Congestion Model”, Akihiro NAKAMURA (Yokohama City University),
Kazusei KATO (Keio University) and Kyoko MANAKA (Yokohama City University)“Reasons for Traffic Violations by Repeat Offenders”, Yasuyuki KOMAKI (Nihon
University) “The Welfare Effect in Infrastructure and the Identification in Local
Communities”, Kazuhiro NISHIKAWA (Wakayama University), Katsuhisa TSUJIMOTO(Wakayama University) and Kiyomine TERUMOTO (Kwansei Gakuin University) “A
Study on the Evacuation Measures for an Earthquake and a Tsunami on Railways”

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3.5 76th, 2017: Symposium, City Planning and Transportation Policy in Local Cities
at Wakayama University (Wakayama Pref.)Symposium Invited Paper
Katsuhisa TSUJIMOTO (Wakayama University) “Synopsis: City Planning andTransportation Policy in Local Cities”, Shinya KOYAMA (University of Hyogo) “SomeTopics on Local Public Transport and a Compact City”, Uichiro TAJIMA (Fukui City
Office) “City Planning and Transportation Policy in Fukui City”, Kazushige TERADA(Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology) “Important Factors behind Local
Public Transport Plans”, Nozomu NAKANISHI (Wakayama Institute for Social andEconomic Development) “Expectation for Making the ‘Local Public Transport Network
Formation Plan of Wakayama City’”
Research Articles
Mariko HIJIKATA (Institute of Transportation Economics) “Meanings of the Concept‘Daseinsvorsorge’ in German Local Railway Policy”, Kyoko MANAKA (Yokohama City
University), Akihiro NAKAMURA (Yokohama City University) and Kazusei KATO (Keio
University) “A Study on Driving Purposes of Elderly People”, Itsuro OTAKI (Public
Planning and Policy Studies, Inc.), Yoshikazu IMANISHI (Public Planning and Policy
Studies, Inc.), Naohiro UCHIYAMA (Public Planning and Policy Studies, Inc.), Toshinori
NEMOTO (Keiai University) and Kosuke MIYATAKE (Ryutsu Keizai University) “Surplus
Analysis on the Tolling System for the Metropolitan Expressway Considering Congestion
Charging and Fluctuations in Future Demand”, Toru TAKAHASHI (Airport Environment
Improvement Foundation) “The Noise-Related Landing and Take-off Charges andAirlines’ Choice of Aircraft Performance in Major European Airports”, Yoshihiro
KAMEYAMA (Saga University) “Inbound Tourist Growth by LCC Passengers in Saga
Airport and their Travel Behavior”, Yusuke SUZUKI (Fukuoka University), Hiroki SAKAI(Kobe University) and Kiyotaka YUGUCHI (Sagami Women’s University) “Estimation of
Air Pollution from Cruise Ships”, Kiyotaka YUGUCHI (Sagami Women’s University) and
Hiroki SAKAI (Kobe University) “Analysis of Negative Effects Caused by Concentrationof Calls of Cruise Ships”, Takamasa AKIYAMA, Hiroaki INOKUCHI and Yoshiyuki YASUDA(Kansai University) “The Estimation of Urban Railway Traffic Demand Change withIntelligent Information Planning”, Kunihiro KISHI (Hokkaido University) “Consciousness
of Revisiting Hakodate and South Hokkaido after the Opening of the Hokkaido
Shinkansen”, Katsuhiro YAMAGUCHI (University of Tokyo) “An Analysis of the Domestic
Air Transport Market in Japan with Inter-City Railway Competition”, Hiroyuki NAKANO(MLIT) “A Study to Enhance the Quality of Dialogue between Hosts and Foreign Tourists

76through a Case Study Analysis in the United States and Japan”, Koji DOMAE and
Hidenobu MATSUMOTO (Kobe University) “Spatial Agglomeration of the Aircraft Parts
Industry and its Impacts on Regional Economy in Japan”, Masahide DAIGO (Kansai
Gaidai University) “Heathrow Airport Expansion Accompanied by Comprehensive
Measures”, Naohisa OKAMOTO and Keiichi SATO (University of Tsukuba) “Issues on
Airport Operation Policy in Japan According to the Case Study of Airports Policy in
London”, Hideyuki WAKISHIMA (CTI Engineering Co.), Ryutaro MATSUI (CTI
Engineering Co.), Takao GOTO (Kindai University) and Toshinori NEMOTO (Keiai
University) “Heavy Vehicle Toll Management for Reducing the Lifecycle Cost of
Expressways in Japan”, Kiyotaka YUGUCHI (Sagami Women’s University)“Reconsideration of the ‘Option Value’”3.6 77th, 2018: Symposium, Transportation Studies as Interdisciplinary Fields at
Aoyama Gakuin University (Tokyo)
Presidential Lecture
Hirotaka YAMAUCHI (Hitotsubashi University) “Recollections of My Transport
Economics”
Symposium Invited Paper
Shuichi TAKASHIMA (Aoyama Gakuin University.) “Does Railway History
Research Contribute to Transport Studies?”, Toshiharu TSUCHITANI (Komazawa
University) “A Study of Public Transport from the Point of View of Geography Studies
of Local Railways”, Asao ANDO (Tohoku University) “Transportation Research:
Perspectives in Infrastructure Planning”, Kenichi SHOJI (Kobe University) “A Note on the
Railway Policy in Japan: From an Economist’s View”
Research Articles
Tomoya FUJITA (Osaka City University) “A Study on Railway Demand in Local
Areas”, Yutaka YOSHIDA (West Japan Railway Company) “A Study on the PsychologicalState of Passengers who Encountered Confinement within a Train”, Katsuhisa TSUJIMOTO(Wakayama University) “A Study on the Public Transport Accessibility of Architectural
Monuments”, Hiroyuki NAKANO (Transport Researcher) and Hiroko TAKANASHI (Japan
Women’s University) “A Study on the Construction of Local Identity through Dialogue
with Inbound Tourists Visiting Cities in Japan, the U.S. and Asia”, Toru YATABE (Nagoya
City University) “Measuring the Degree of Competition on the Air Traveler Market in
Japan”, Yushi TSUNODA (Kobe University) and Ryohei YAMAMOTO (Kobe77

University/Waterfront Vitalization and Environment Research Foundation) “Success andFailure of Airline Network Structure Caused by Airline Competition”, Satoshi HYODO
and Tomoyuki TODOROKI (Nihon University) “Analysis of Factors of Bird-Strike Risk at
Narita International Airport”, Yoshihiro KAMEYAMA (Saga University) “Accessibility
Improvement and Migration in the Age of Declining Population”, Kayo ISHIJIMA (Instituteof Transportation Economics) “A Study on a Trend of Free Public Transport in Paris as aTool to Beget Social Benefits”, Akeyoshi MATSUZAKI (Chiba University of Commerce)and Katsuhiko YONEZAKI (Yokohama City University) “The Geographical Influences on
the Area before and after the Abolition of a Local Railway”, Ryo WATANABE and Shuntaro
ENDO (Institute of Transportation Economics) “Population Dynamics along a Railway”,
Kiyohito UTSUNOMIYA (Kansai University) “An Analysis of Public Funding Schemes for
Local Railways in Austria”, Kyoko MANAKA and Akihiro NAKAMURA (Yokohama City
University) “Does the Self-help Approach Work in Maintaining Local Railway
Services?”, Hiroaki INOKUCHI, Takamasa AKIYAMA and Quan Kui CHANG (Kansai
University) “Applicability of Time Zone Tolls for Urban Expressways”, Shinichi MUTO
(University of Yamanashi) and Takamasa AKIYAMA (Kansai University) “Evaluating
Transport and Location Policies to Achieve a Low-Carbon Urban Society”, Ryohei
YAMAMOTO (Kobe University/ Waterfront Vitalization and Environment Research
Foundation) “Analysis of Airline’s Market Power and Cost Asymmetry”, Jun MIZUTANIand Hiroki SAKAI (Kobe University) “Effects of the Extension of High Speed Rail
Network on Air Transport Market in Japan”, Koji DOMAE (Kansai Gaidai University) and
Hidenobu MATSUMOTO (Kobe University) “Evaluation of Air Network Developments at
International Hub Airports in Japan”, Koji ADACHI (Kobe University) “On the Researchof the Relationship between Airport Efficiency and the Ratio of Non-Aeronautical
Revenue”
4. Conclusion
We have experienced drastic change in transport policy since the 1990’s. Over 20
years of deregulation in transport have brought changes in industry and business modelsof transport operators. This is why JJTE has accepted many papers on the evaluation of
deregulation policy, especially as Research Articles.
Recently, the members’ focus has shifted to regional revitalization (Chihou Sousei).
We have seen more papers on local transport problems and the social impact of transport
on tourism and local economy. The discussion in JSTE and JJTE has become more andmore fruitful.
(Yoshinori TAKAHASHI, Kindai University)78

List of Member Associations
2019
JAPAN ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATION
日本会計研究学会
・Established: 1937
・Number of Members: 1,788
・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 Hokkaido University and Hokusei gakuen University on September
4-6, 2020.
THE ACCOUNTING AND ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN （AEAJ）
日本経済会計学会
・Established: 2019
・Number of Members: Regular Members 636, Corporation Members 4, Supporting Members 7・President: Akira USUI (Waseda University)
・Publication: Japan Journal of Business Analysis (annual)・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, Japane-mail: AEAJ-Headquarters@list.waseda.jp

The next annual meeting will be held at Okinawa International University on March 13-15, 2020.

ACCOUNTING HISTORY ASSOCIATION, JAPAN
日本会計史学会
・Established: 1982
・Number of Members: Individual 174
・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 Kanagawa University on October 24-25, 2020 with thesymposium “Discussing Accounting History ― a Dialogue with Management Historians”.
79THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE
経営行動科学学会
・Established: 1997
・Number of Members: Individual 775, Collective 14
・President: Kiyoshi TAKAHASHI (Ritsumeikan 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 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SOCIETY OF JAPAN
日本農業経済学会
・Established: 1924
・Number of Members: 1,500
・President: Hitoshi KUSAKARI (Kobe 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 Tohoku University on March 28-29, 2020.
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 Kindai University on September 11-13, 2020.
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JAPAN ACADEMY FOR ASIAN MARKET ECONOMIES
アジア市場経済学会
・Established: 1997
・Number of Members: 233
・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
The next annual meeting will be held at Doshisha University in July, 2020.
JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES
アジア政経学会
・Established: 1953
・Number of Members: 1,133
・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
http://www.jaas.or.jp

JAPAN ACADEMY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
日本経営学会・Established: 1926
・Number of Members: 1,803
・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 94th annual meeting will be held at Keio University (Mita Campus) on September 2-5, 2020.
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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: 193
・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 80th annual meeting will be held in fall, 2020.
JAPAN SOCIETY FOR BUSINESS ETHICS
日本経営倫理学会
・Established: 1993
・Number of Members: 476
・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 in June, 2020.
BUSINESS HISTORY SOCIETY OF JAPAN
経営史学会
・Established: 1964
・Number of Members: personal 784, 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
http://bhs.ssoj.info/
The next annual meeting will be held at Doshisha University on December 5-6, 2020.
The 2nd World Congress of Business History will be held at Nanzan University on September 10-12, 2020.
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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 286, cooperative 7
・Representative: Munenori NOMURA (Kwansei Gakuin University)
・Publication: International Public Economy Study
・CIRIEC Japanese Section
c/o Professor Akihiro ITO
Faculty of Commerce, Nagoya Gakuin University,
1-25, Atsutanishi-machi, Atsuta-ku, Nagoya 456-8612, Japane-mail: japan@ciriec.com
http://ciriec.com/
The next annual meeting will be held in December, 2020.
JAPAN SOCIETY FOR COMMODITY SCIENCE
日本商品学会・Established: 1935
・Number of Members: 123
・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
The next annual meeting will be held at Chiba University of Commerce on September 12, 2020.
83

JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC STUDIES (JACES)
比較経済体制学会
・Established: 1963
・Number of Members: 234
・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 Seinan Gakuin University (Fukuoka-shi) on June 20-21, 2020.
JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR CHINESE ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES
中国経済経営学会
・Established: 2014
・Number of Members: 485
・President: Goro TAKAHASHI (Aichi 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
http://www.jacem.org/top.html
The next annual meeting will be held at Nihon Fukushi University on June 13, 2020.

JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF MANAGEMENT (JACSM)
日本比較経営学会
・Established: 1976
・Number of Members: 178
・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
http://www.jacsm.net
The next annual meeting will be held at Toyo University on June 26-28, 2020.
84

JAPAN ACADEMY FOR CONSUMPTION ECONOMY
日本消費経済学会
・Established: 1974
・Number of Members: 259
・Chief Representative: Takamichi INOUE (Meiji University)
・Publication: Annals of the Japan Academy for Consumption Economy
・Japan Academy for Consumption Economy
c/o Professor Takamichi INOUE
School of Commerce, Meiji University,
1-1, Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8301, Japane-mail: tinoue@meiji.ac.jp
http://jace.jpn.org
The 44th annual meeting will be held at Nakamura Gakuen University on August 20-22, 2020 with thesymposium “Thoughts on Regional Revitalization”.
JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURAL ECONOMICS
文化経済学会＜日本＞・Established: 1990
・Number of Members: 511, Patrons 8, Corporate membership 3
・President: Tadashi YAGI (Doshisha 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 will be held in Sendai-City on June 27-28, 2020.
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 in fall, 2020.
85

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 Professor Masashi IZUMOFaculty of Economics, Kanagawa University,
3-27-1, Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama 221-8686, Japane-mail: secretariat@jshet.net
http://jshet.net/
The 84th annual meeting will be held at Hokkaido University on May 30-31, 2020 with the Symposium“The Future for Economic History － from the Theory and History of Economics” .
THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHERS
経済地理学会・Established: 1954
・Number of Members: 675, 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 Seikei University on May 29-June 1, 2020 with the symposium“The Economic Geography of ‘The Street’ in a Large City”.
JAPAN ECONOMIC POLICY ASSOCIATION
日本経済政策学会
・Established: 1940
・Number of Members: individuals 884 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 77th annual meeting will be held at Otemon Gakuin University on May 23-24, 2020 with thesymposium “Reconstructing a Strategy for Growth － Heisei Results and Prospects for Reiwa”.
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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 next annual meeting will be held in March, 2020.
JAPAN FINANCE ASSOCIATION
日本経営財務研究学会
・Established: 1977
・Number of Members: 487
・President: Nobuyuki ISHIKAWA (Kyoto University)
・Publication: Japan Journal of Finance ― half - yearly・Japan Finance Association
c/o Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University,
2-1, Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japane-mail: jfa-office@jfa.main.jp
http://jfa.main.jp
The next annual meeting will be held at J.F.Oberlin University in fall, 2020.
THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
生活経済学会・Established: 1985
・Number of Members: 608, 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 Rakuno Gakuen University (Hokkaido Ebetsu-City ) on September
12-13, 2020 with the symposium “Household Economics and the Food and Agriculture industries”.
87JAPAN SOCIETY OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
日本労務学会・Established: 1970
・Number of Members: individual 846, 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 on July 17-19, 2020 with the symposium“Prospect of Human Resource Management Studies in Japan”.
THE SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL STUDIES, JAPAN
産業学会
・Established: 1975
・Number of Members: 275
・Representative: Hiromi SHIOJI (Kyoto University)
・Publication: Annals of The Society for Industrial Studies, Japan・The Society for Industrial Studies
c/o Associate Professor Katsuaki SUGIURA
Shimonoseki City University,
2-1-1, Daigaku-cho, Shimonoseki-city, Yamaguchi 751-8510, Japane-mail: sugiura@shimonoseki-cu.ac.jp
http://www.sisj.org/
The next annual meeting will be held at Hannan University, 2020.
THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF INSURANCE SCIENCE
日本保険学会・Established: 1940
・Number of Members: honorary 20 ordinary 852 including
6 foreigners, supporting organizations 91
・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 Meiji University on October 17-18, 2020.

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JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STUDIES
国際会計研究学会
・Established: 1984
・Number of Members: 527
・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
http://jaias.org
The next annual meeting will be held at Kyoto University on August 28-30, 2020.
JAPAN ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
国際ビジネス研究学会
・Established: 1994
・Number of Members: individual 729, corporate 6
・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 Aichi University on November 14-15, 2020.
c/o

THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
日本国際経済学会
・Established: 1950
・Number of Members: individual 943, corporate 5・President: Taiji FURUSAWA (University of Tokyo)
・Publication: Kokusai-Keizai and The International Economy ― both are issued once yearly
・The Japan Society of International Economics
c/o Professor Hiroshi MUKUNOKIFaculty of Economics, Gakushuin University,
1-5-1, Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8588, Japane-mail: head-office@jsie.jp
http://www.jsie.jp/
The next annual meeting will be held at Kyushu University in fall, 2020.
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JAPAN ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND BUSINESS
日本貿易学会・Established: 1960
・Number of Members: 410, 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 June 26-28, 2020. Unified
topic will be “Japan External Trade Society 60 years of History and of a new era trade ― to overcome avariety of risk”.
JAPAN ACADEMY OF LABOR AND MANAGEMENT (JALM)
労務理論学会・Established: 1991
・Number of Members: individual 305
・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, 2020 with the symposium “International
Comparisons of Human Resource Research ―Trends and Prospects ” .
JAPAN LOGISTICS SOCIETY
日本物流学会・Established: 1983
・Number of Members: individual 469, corporate 22
・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 Senshu University in August or September, 2020.
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JAPAN SOCIETY OF LOGISTICS AND SHIPPING ECONOMICS
日本海運経済学会
・Established: 1966
・Number of Members: individual 235, corporate 23
・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 in October, 2020.
JAPAN ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT
経営行動研究学会
・Established: 1991
・Number of Members: individual 409, 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 next annual meeting will be held at Nihon University College of Economics in August, 2020.
THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
日本管理会計学会
・Established: 1991
・Number of Members: individual 702, corporate 10
・President: Ichiro MIZUNO (Kansai University)
・Publication: The Journal of Management Accounting, Japan・The Japanese Association of Management Accounting
c/o Professor Tomonori INOOKA
Faculty of Business, Kokushikan University,
4-28-1, Setagaya, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154-8515, Japane-mail: jama-info@sitejama.jp
http://sitejama.jp/
The next annual meeting will be held at Nagoya University of Commerce & Business on August 27-29,
2020.
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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 79th National conference will be held at Bunkyo Gakuin University on June 5-7, 2020 with thesymposium “Management Reform and Enterprise Formation in the 2020s”.
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
The next annual meeting will be held at Waseda University, 2020.
JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
日本経営システム学会
・Established: 1981
・Number of Members: regular 635, advisory 10
・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 64th Spring meeting will be held at Nihon University on May 23-24, 2020.

92THE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT THEORIES
経営学史学会・Established: 1993
・Number of Members: 261, 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 Kurume University on May 22-24, 2020. The main theme will be“Changing Concepts of Technology in Management － Toward the Age of AI”.
JAPAN SOCIETY OF MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION
日本商業学会・Established: 1951
・Number of Members: honorary 20, ordinary 1,037 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 70th annual conference will be held at Takushoku University on May 29-31, 2020 withthe symposium “SDGs and Marketing and Distribution ― Toward Simultaneous Achievement of
Economic and Social Value”.
JAPAN SOCIETY OF MONETARY ECONOMICS
日本金融学会・Established: 1943
・Number of Members: 1,350
・President: Toshiki JINUSHI (Kobe 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 Chuo University (Tama Campus) on May 23-24, 2020.
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JAPAN ACADEMY OF MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES
多国籍企業学会
・Established: 2007
・Number of Members: 226
・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 on July 11-12, 2020.
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 2,018, 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
http://www.aaos.or.jp
The next Spring meeting will be held at Yokohama National University on June 6-7, 2020.
The next annual meeting will be held at Osaka City University on October 17-18, 2020.
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,
2160, Kanai-machi, 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
24-25, 2020.
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POLITICAL ECONOMY AND ECONOMIC HISTORY SOCIETY
政治経済学・経済史学会
・Established: 1948
・Number of Members: 724
・Representative Director: Kazuhiko YAGO (Waseda University)
・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
http://seikeisi.ssoj.info/
The next annual meeting will be held at Senshu University on October 24-25, 2020.
POPULATION ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN
日本人口学会・Established: 1948
・Number of Members: 344
・President: Noriko TSUYA (Keio Unibersity)
・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 72nd annual meeting will be held at Saitama Prefectural University on June 13-14, 2020.
THE JAPAN PORT ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION
日本港湾経済学会
・Established: 1962
・Number of Members: 140
・Representative Manager: Nobuhiro ISHIDA (Doshisha University)
・Publication: Kowan Keizai Kenkyu(The Annual Report of the Japan Port Economics Association)
・Japan Port Economics Association
c/o Professor Nobuhiro ISHIDA
Faculty of Commerce, Doshisha University,
Karasuma-Imadegawa, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8580, Japane-mail: info@port-economics.jp
http://port-economics.jp/
The next annual meeting will be held at Kindai University in September, 2020.

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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 Tohoku University, 2020.
THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF PUBLIC UTILITY ECONOMICS
公益事業学会・Established: 1949
・Number of Members: regular members 329, corporation members 53
・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 Kobe University on June 6-7, 2020 with the symposium “The Roleof Public Utilities in a Low-Carbon Society ” .
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 theJapan Section of RSAI Vol.49 No. 1, No.2, ― annually
・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 57th annual meeting will be held at Toyo University (Hakusan Campus) on September 11-13,
2020.
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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/o Professor 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/
The 45th annual meeting will be held in fall, 2020.
JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR SOCIAL POLICY STUDIES
社会政策学会・Established: 1950
・Number of Members: 1,173
・Representative: Takafumi UZUHASHI (Doshisha University)
・Publication: SHAKAI-SEISAKU(Social Policy and Labor Studies)・Japan Association for Social Policy Studies
c/o Professor Michihiko TOKORO
Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University,
3-3-138, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
http://jasps.org/
The next annual meeting will be held at Tokyo Metropolitan University on May 23-24, 2020.

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 Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Hokkaido University,
Kita 9, Nishi7, Kita-ku,
Sapporo 060-0809, Japan
http://www.jsssa-net.org
The next annual meeting will be held at Fukui Prefectural University in fall, 2020.

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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 June 27-28, 2020.

THE JAPAN STATISTICAL SOCIETY
一般社団法人 日本統計学会
・Established: 1931
・Number of Members: 1,511
・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 Yokohma City University on March 14, 2020.
The next annual meeting will be held at Toyama International Conference Center in September, 2020.
TRANSCULTURAL MANAGEMENT SOCIETY
異文化経営学会
・Established: 2003
・Number of Members: Individual 393, Institutional 6・President: Emiko MAGOSHI (J. F. Oberlin University)
・Publication: Transcultural Management Review
・Secretary General, Transcultural Management Society
Professor Toshikazu TAKAHASHI,
Faculty of Business Administration, Rissho University,
4-2-16 Osaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo, 141-8602
e-mail: ibunkakeiei@gmail.com
http://ibunkakeiei.com/
The next annual meeting will be held at J. F. Oberlin University (Shinjuku Campus) on May 31, 2020.
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98THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS
日本交通学会・Established: 1941
・Number of Members: 460, student 5, 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 Kansai University on October 10-11, 2020.
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 26-27, 2020.

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New Membership 2019

THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC STUDIES
日本地域経済学会
DATE OF ESTABLISHED: October 10, 1989
OBJECTIVES

The purpose of the Japan Association for Regional Economic Studies (JARES) is tocontribute to the democratic development of regional economies by promoting thedevelopment of research in the fields of scientific theoretical, analytical, policy, andhistorical consideration through interaction and collaboration between the members.
NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 285
REPRESENTATIVE:
President: President: Mitsuo YAMAKAWA (Fukushima University)
ANNUAL MEETINGS:
We hold the annual meeting once a year.
PUBLICATION:
Annals of the Japan Association for Regional Economic Studies ― once or twice a year
ADDRESS:c/o

Professor, Takeshi HAMADA, Faculty of Economics, Hokkai-Gakuen University,
1-40, 4-chome, Asahi-machi, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo-shi, 062-8605 Japan

Email: chiikikeizai60@gmail.com
http://jares.jp/100