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Editorial Committee
Managing Editor

Takahide KOSAKA, Nihon University
Kazushi SHIMIZU, Kyushu University
Kotaro INOUE, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Rika KASHIWAGI, J. F. Oberlin University
Teiichi SEKIGUCHI, Chuo University
Toshihiko MATSUO, Osaka University of Commerce
Ken MATSUDA, Komazawa University
Hisanaga AMIKURA, Sophia University
Yoshihiko FUKUSHIMA, Waseda University
Sayako KANDA, Keio 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
Fumihiko HIRUMA, Waseda University

Secretary General
Masataka OTA, Waseda 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 2017, the Union had a membership of 63 associations, as listed on pp. 71-91.
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 theFifth 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 theEighth World Congress of IEA held in India in 1986. Most recently the Union
successfully sponsored the IEA Tokyo Round Table Conference on “Institutions in a
New Dynamic Society” held between 15 and 17 September 1987, and hosted the 1996
IEA Tokyo Round Table Conference between 16 and 19 December, on the theme “TheInstitutional 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 willbring 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 two 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 proceedings ofboth 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.
Vice-President and Professor Paul Snowden of Kyorin University acts as editorialadviser.
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CONTENTS

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ASIAN MANAGEMENT, JAPAN SCHOLARLY ASSOCIATION FORASIAN STUDIES, JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR…………………………………………… 6…………………………………………………………… 12

FINANCE ASSOCIATION, JAPANINTERNATIONAL TRADE AND BUSINESS, JAPAN ACADEMY FOR

LABOR AND MANAGEMENT, JAPAN ACADEMY OF

LOGISTICS SOCIETY, JAPAN…………………… 1………………… 16…………………………………… 22……………………………………………………………… 33

HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT THEORIES, THE SOCIETY FOR THE…………………… 40

ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCE, THE ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION FOR………………… 47

SOCIAL POLICY STUDIES, JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR

SOCIO-ECONOMIC HISTORY SOCIETY

LIST OF MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS………………………………… 56…………………………………………………… 66……………………………………………………… 71

JAPAN SCHOLARLY ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN MANAGEMENT
1. Brief History and Activities
The Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management (JSAAM) was founded
in 1993 for the purpose of promoting business and management research and academic
exchange among internal and external researchers in the Asian region. The association
was inaugurated during a conference celebrating the anniversary of the establishment of
the International Federation of East Asian Management Associations (IFEAMA), held at
Senshu University. Attended by representatives from academic organizations throughout
the Asian region including China, Korea, Russia, Mongolia and Vietnam, and a large
number of researchers and graduate exchange students, the anniversary conference
served to deepen mutual exchange among the peoples of Asia.
JSAAM has held a national conference once a year since its establishment.
Additionally, conferences are held by its east and west Japan chapters once a year toannounce research findings.
IFEAMA currently operates in Japan, China, Korea, Russia, Vietnam andMongolia. The Federation holds conferences on a rotational basis in these nations once
every two years.
As of September 2016, JSAAM has 330 members. The present chairman is
Takahide KOSAKA, Professor, Nihon University, who succeeded Hiromi SHIOJI,
Professor, Kyoto University, in September 2015. The Association’s executive consists of
20 board members and a trusteeship consisting of 30 members.
(1) The activities in recent years of the national conference of JSAAM are listed below.
2010: 17th Annual Conference (Sapporo University)
Asian Business Management in the Age of Growth and New Crises
2011:
2012:
2013:
2014:
2015:

18th Annual Conference (Ryukoku University)
Kyoto companies and Entering Asia
19th Annual Conference (Kokushikan University)
Competition and Symbiosis in Asia
20th Annual Conference (Kyoto University)
Asian ICT industry in the Mobile Era
21st Annual Conference (College of Commerce, Nihon University)
Asian Expansion of Small and Medium Enterprises
22nd Annual Conference (Ritsumeikan University Osaka Ibaraki Campus)
Growth Strategy of Service Industry in Asia
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2016:
2017:

23rd Annual Conference (Kyushu Sangyo University)
Relocation in Asia of Japanese Manufacturing Companies
24th Annual Conference (Tohoku University)
New Stages of Business Creation and Innovation in Asia

(2) East and West Japan chapter meetings:
Research conferences have been held once a year by the east and west Japan
chapters since 1994.
(2) Themes and host countries of IFEAMA Conferences to date are as follows:
2010: 10th Conference (Seoul, Korea)
Overcoming the Global Recession and Paradigm Shifts in Asian Management
2012: 11th Conference (Nanjing, China)
Management Innovation and Win-win Cooperation in East Asia
2014: 12th Conference (Hanoi, Vietnam）
Innovation, Competitiveness, and International Economics Cooperation
2015: 13th Conference (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)

2017:

Trajectories of the Green Revolution: Adaptation and Innovation in
Management and Industry
14th Conference (Kathmandu, Nepal)
Knowledge Transfer and Transformation: Global and Local Business forCompetitiveness and Social Justice

2. The 2017 Annual Conferences(1) 23rd Annual Conference of JSAAM was held at Kyushu Sangyo University. Withthe theme of Relocation in Asia of Japanese Manufacturing Companies, theconference was chaired by Kyushu Sangyo University Professor Hee-tak AHN.
Speakers and individual themes were as follows:- Takeshi FUJISAWA (Kwansei Gakuin University): “Selection decision factors of
relocation within the Asian region as seen from the advance and withdrawal ofmajor Japanese manufacturers”- Chie IGUCHI (Keio University): “Relocation of R&D and technology
development of Japanese companies within the Asian region”- Reijiro KATAYAMA (Kyushu Economic Research Center): “The actual state ofdomestic regression in manufacturing industry in Kyushu and its background”- Ryohei SUGIYAMA (Nissan Motor Kyushu): “Asian Business after the Global
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Recession”(2) 24th Annual Conference of JSAAM was held at Tohoku University in Sendai. Withthe theme of New Stages of Business Creation and Innovation in Asia, the conference
was chaired by Tohoku University Professor Nozomu KAWABATA. Speakers andindividual themes were as follows:- Tomoo MARUKAWA (University of Tokyo): “Business creation and innovation in
Shenzhen, China”- Sulin CHUNG (Tokyo Institute of Technology): “Growth Strategy of Japanese
Retail Companies in Asia ─ Through Examination and Application of theConcept of Embedded ”- Yukihiko NAKATA (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University): “The creation anddevelopment of LCD business in Asia and the new stage ─ Strategic comparison
between Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China”- Hitoshi HIRAKAWA (Kokushikan University): “Offshoring of ICT service
operations and East Asia”(3) The 14th Conference of IFEAMA was held at Hotel Yak and Yeti, Darbarmarg,
Kathmandu, Nepal. With the central theme of Knowledge Transfer andTransformation: Global and Local Business for Competitiveness and Social Justice,
the conference was chaired by Tribhuvan University Professor and Dean Dev Raj
ADHIKARI. Speakers at the conference and individual themes are listed below.
- TRAN Thi Van Hoa (National Economics University, Vitnam), “Tourism
Development linkage in Vietnam: Case study of Northern midland andmountainous”,- ZHOU Haiwei (Hohai University, China), and ZHENG Aixiang (Hohai University,
China), “Research on Acquisitions of Professional Reputation Strategies ofChinese Engineering Consulting Firms under the Background of Strategic
Evolution”,- ZHANG Yang (Hohai University, China), and YU Siyuan (Hohai University),“Strategic improvisation, organizational memory and competitive advantages:
Text analysis based on data from Southwest Airlines”,- Nobuo HIROHATA (Yamaguchi University, Japan), “Fin Tech contribute to theadvantage of backwardness - a case study of Cambodia”,- Hiromi SHIOJI (Kyoto University, Japan), “Examining the Realignment Strategies
of Automobile Production Bases in Southeast Asia: The Case of Japanese3Automakers”,- Yozi ICHIDA (Nihon University, Japan), “Competitive Advantage of Additive
Manufacturing Strategy in the Design Phase for Automotive Suppliers”,- Nobuyuki TOKORO (Nihon University, Japan), “Sustainable Urban Development
and Value Creation: The Panasonic Challenge”,- Takabumi HAYASHI (Kokushikan University, Japan), Chie IGUCHI, (Keio
University, Japan) and Masashi ARAI (Asia University, Japan), “Base-of-Pyramidbusiness strategies to tackle poverty in emerging countries: Strategic managementin economic development”.
3. The Journal of Asian Management Studies
Every year JSAAM publishes the Journal of Asian Management Studies. Using
the peer review system, all articles published in the Journal are screened, and may
include materials related to the themes announced at the annual national conferences,
articles with free themes, as well as other freely submitted articles and research notes.
Around 20 articles, including theses and research notes, are published in the Journal
each year. The Journal was first released in 2006, and is currently printed and bound by
Izumi Shuppan, a private publishing company. With the installation on J-Stage (2016),
the back numbers of the magazine will be readily searchable.
4. Recent Trends in Studies
The remarkable economic growth in East Asia is always accompanied by large
qualitative changes, largely due to the economic crises. Those who study management,
and businesses supporting economic development in East Asia pay close attention to thechanges triggered by these crises.
In September 2008, the world was plunged into financial and economic crisis
triggered by the collapse of the Lehman Bros Investment Bank in the United States.
This crisis brought pressure for a qualitative change in China, whose influence wasgetting stronger and stronger not only in Eastern Asia but also around the world. In
other words, one of the changes facing China is the country’s shift away from being“the world’s factory” towards developing its own domestic markets. This is also forcing
Japan to rethink direct investment and capital expenditure in China. While penetration
into coastal areas has become more difficult, investment inland and in the mountainous
regions is becoming increasingly attractive. There are also more enticements forcorporations to transform from mass production to quality production, as demand forpenetration by corporations with brand power, cutting-edge manufacturing and so on
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takes over from the conventional type of processing trades. And as measures to protect
workers, new labor contract laws have also come into force that require provisions forlifetime employment and increases to the minimum wage. In 2010, China’s GDP
surpassed Japan, becoming the world’s second largest economic power after the UnitedStates.
These changes in China have created more pressure for Japanese companies todiversify their expansions into the ASEAN countries, India, Bangladesh, Russia andothers. Of course, it isn’t only Japanese companies that are feeling these pressures.
They are also being felt by Korean, Taiwanese, American and European companies.
Currently, globalization in the Asian economic region and new developments in
integration mean there are large changes taking place to the economic structures
between nations. Diversification of production bases and import and export routes, andincreased mutuality are advancing at a rapid pace, while mutually cooperative
relationships are becoming more and more indispensable not only in the “hard” area of
manufacturing, but in the “soft” areas of R&D, etc. With these developments, there isalso an accompanying demand for reform to corporate strategy and management.
These research trends have been gathered from research announced at JSAAM
National Conference and its east and west Japan chapter meetings. Research exchange
about the Asian community is also actively carried out at conferences held by IFEAMA,and specific details are reflected in the Journal of Asian Management Studies released
by JSAAM.
5. Future Prospects
In 2018, the 25th conference will be held at Doshisha University in Kyoto. The
15th conference of IFEAMA is also due to be held at Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan
in 2019.
(Isao YANAGIMACHI, Keio University)5THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES (JAAS)
1. Outline
The Japan Association for Asian Studies (JAAS) was established on May 5, 1953
for the purpose of conducting and publishing results of theoretical and empiricalresearch centering on politics and economy in Asia. JAAS was not the only academic
society that was involved in Asian studies at that time, but it was unique in the sensethat it was politically neutral while most other similar organizations were deeply
influenced by specific ideology, against the background of the political atmosphere in
Japan in the early 1950s.
The inaugural statement of JAAS says, “It is unquestionable common knowledge
that the analysis of Asian affairs, including not only Chinese affairs but also Korean,
Indian and other southern areas’ affairs, is of immense importance for Japan.
Nevertheless, the Japanese have not been so keen on studying theoretically andempirically the current political and economic problems of Asia, compared with theireffort to study Asian history and classics. Therefore, we wish to mend this big defect inJapanese academia by combining the efforts of scholars, bureaucrats, and businessmen.
By doing so, we can not only contribute to the progress of scholarship but also fulfill theimmediate needs of society.” This spirit has been alive throughout the 64 years’ historyof JAAS.
In 1957, JAAS was authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a public
service corporation (koeki hojin). It was one of the few academic associations that are
the officially permitted as foundational juridical persons (zaidan hojin) in Japan.
JAAS was registered in 2013 as a general incorporated foundation (ippan zaidan hojin)
in conjunction with the enforcement of new legislation pertaining to foundations.
By now, JAAS is the largest academic society specializing in Asian studies.
2. Membership
The membership of JAAS is said to have been only about 40 at the time of its firstnational meeting at Keio University in 1953. When JAAS celebrated its 30th
anniversary in 1983, due to the rise of interest to Asia and the increase of foreign
students coming to Japan, the membership expanded impressively. In 1993 it was 800,and in 1999 it surpassed 1000. JAAS has more than 1,300 members as of August 2017.
JAAS comprises members with a variety of disciplines, including economics,
political science, international relations, history, sociology, and anthropology. East Asia,
Southeast Asia and South Asia are the three major regions that JAAS academically6

covers. Currently about 800 members focus on East Asia, about 400 on Southeast Asia,and about 100 on South Asia, with the rest focusing either on Asia in general, theAsia-Pacific region or other regions. As such, JAAS can be said to more or less centeron studies on the East Asian region. However, there has been a rise in the number ofmembers studying Southeast Asia and South Asia in recent years. The JAAS website
has also been actively building links with counterparts in Southeast and South Asia
along with those in East Asia.
3. Academic Activities
Main activities of JAAS include the JAAS Spring Convention, JAAS Autumn
Convention, Regular Seminars, Publications and Prize.
1) JAAS Spring Convention
Having an annual national convention has been the major activity for JAAS
(semiannually until 1959). Our national conventions have dealt with contemporary andhistorical issues in social scientific ways. This academic orientation has become thetradition and culture of JAAS. It has held occasional international symposia withinviting international guest speakers. The annual national conventions usually consist offour types of sessions: free theme sessions, sub-theme sessions for specific topics,
plenary sessions, and international sessions in which the presentations and discussions
are usually conducted in languages other than Japanese. All the records of the
discussions at these sessions are reported in the JAAS Newsletter, which is
downloadable at the website of JAAS.
The recent JAAS Spring Convention held in June at Hitotsubashi University
consisted of seven free theme sessions, five sub-theme sessions, a plenary session, aninternational symposium and an international seminar (“Kashiyama Seminar”). Fortyseven presentations were made during the two-day meeting.
The theme of the plenary session was “Asia and the World under the Period ofUncertainty,” which comprised the Chair: Chiharu TAKENAKA (Meiji Gakuin
University), Speaker 1: Akio TAKAHARA (University of Tokyo) “China in the world ofuncertainty: the end of the post-Mao Era?,” Speaker 2: Tadashi KIMIYA (University ofTokyo) “The Korean Peninsula between ‘America First’ and ‘China First’ Policies:
Uncertainty of ROK’s Politics and Rigidity of DPRK’s Politics,” Speaker 3: Yoshiki
KANEKO (Dokkyo University) “South East Asia Unsettled by Uncertainty: New Split
between Domestic Policies and Regional Integration,” and Speaker 4: Chiharu
TAKENAKA: “Moving to Global India: the Nexus of Inner and Outer Policies.”
The theme of the international symposium was “Report on a Large Scale Survey
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in Cambodia: The Realities of Politics and Economy Revealed through Dollarization,”
which comprised the Chair: Hidenobu OKUDA (Hitotsubashi University), Speaker 1:
Ken ODAJIMA (JICA Research Institute), Speaker 2: KHOU Vouthy (National Bank of
Cambodia), Speaker 3: Hiroshi YAMADA (Niigata University of International andInformation Studies), and Discussants: Jayant MENON (Asian Development Bank) andSovannroeun SAMRETH (Saitama University).
The theme of the international seminar (“Kashiyama Seminar”) was“Development of Data Archives and Its Impact on Asian Studies,” which comprised the
Chair: Shigeto SONODA (University of Tokyo), Speaker 1: KIM Seokho (Seoul National
University), Speaker 2: WANG Weidong (Renmin University of China), Speaker 3:
Ronald D. HOLMES (De La Salle University, and President of Pulse Asia), Speaker 4:
YOSHINO Ryozo (Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research, Research
Organization of Information and Systems), and Discussants: Akihiko TANAKA(National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) and Nobuto YAMAMOTO (Keio
University). The presentations and discussions in this session were conducted in English
and Japanese.
The themes of five sub-theme sessions were “Panel 1 Politics of Sexual
Minorities in Asia: Family, Religion, and State,” “Panel 2 India’s Industrialization and
the Japanese Multinational Companies,” “Panel 3 The Upper Strata in Vietnam,” “Panel
4 Regional Order in Asia-Pacific and China Factor” and “Panel 5 Malaysian Politics in
the Post-Mahathir Era.”
2) JAAS Autumn Convention,
Since 1988 JAAS has added two annual regional conferences – the Eastern Japan
Conference and the Western Japan Conference. These two annual regional conferencesdeveloped to the JAAS Autumn Convention, since 2015.
The recent JAAS Autumn Convention held in November at the Kitakyushu
International Convention Center in Kyushu consisted of seven free theme sessions, fivesub-theme sessions and a plenary session. Thirty-five presentations were made at theconvention.
The theme of the plenary session was “The Economic Integration andDevelopment in East Asia—AEC, RCEP, TPP and One Belt/One Road—,” which
comprised the Chair: Kazushi SHIMIZU (Kyushu University), Speaker 1: Koichi
ISHIKAWA (Asia University) “Economic Integration and FTA in East Asia,” Speaker 2:
Hitoshi HIRAKAWA (Kokushikan University) “Economic Integration and new
development in East Asia,” Speaker 3: Kazuo YUKAWA (Asia University)“Consideration on One belt/One Road from the Political Economy,” and Discussants:8

Etsuro ISHIGAMI (Fukuoka University) and Mie OBA (Tokyo University of Science).
The themes of five sub-theme sessions were “Panel 1 International Politics over
the Marine Boundaries in East Asia,” “Panel 2 The Impact of the OBOR/AIIB on the
Political Economy of Central Asia: A Multidimensional Analysis,” “Panel 3 The
Chinese Revolution and the Transition of Local Power Structures,” “Panel 4 Thinking
the Seas and Islands in Northeast Asia: Wakkanai-Sakhalin, Tsushima-South Korea, andYonaguni-Taiwan,” and “Panel 5 Christianity and Chinese Politics.”
3) Quarterly seminars
JAAS has resumed its quarterly seminars since July 2010. The purpose of thesequarterly seminars is to provide young scholars with chances to brush up their studies
by presenting in front of more experienced scholars.
4) Publications
Publishing academic journals and books has composed of the main activities of
JAAS. JAAS publishes a quarterly journal Aziya Kenkyu (Asian Study), which hasentered its 63rd year in 2017（Refer 1: the back cover of the recent journal）. The journal
is one of the most important journals in the field of Asian studies in Japan. The journal
is edited by the editorial committee of 16 JAAS members. Its journal is known as anestablished peer-reviewed journal. All manuscripts submitted to the journal are refereed
by anonymous referees appointed by the editorial committee. Besides the editorialcommittee, the book review committee consisting of 10 JAAS members compiles bookreviews. All the contents of the 63 volumes of the journal are available electronically at
the website of JAAS.
Besides the quarterly journal, JAAS had a unique system of publishingmonographs on China studies. The monographs published through this system areentitled the Contemporary China Study Series. Thirty-eight volumes of this series were
published during 1964-2001. However JAAS has suspended the publication of thisseries since 2002, because of the termination of financial support from the Ministry ofForeign Affairs. The full texts of six volumes are available electronically at the website
of JAAS.
JAAS has published two edited series of Asian studies. The first series was
published when it marked its 40th anniversary in 1993. It has four volumes entitled
Koza Gendai Aziya (Lectures on Contemporary Asia). It consists of Vol. 1
Nashonarizumu to kokumin kokka (Nationalism and Nation State), edited by Kenji
TSUCHIYA, Vol. 2 Kindaika to kozo henka (Modernization and Structural
Transformation), edited by Katsuji NAKAGANE, Vol. 3 Minshuka to keizai hatten(Democratization and Economic Development, edited by Yoshiyuki H AGIWARA, and9Vol. 4 Chiiki shisutemu to kokusai kankei (Regional Systems and International
Relations), edited by Kenichiro HIRANO.
The second series was published in 2008 when JAAS reached its 55th anniversary.
It comprises the three-volume Gendai Aziya Kenkyu (Contemporary Asian Studies),
consisting of Vol. 1 Ekkyo (Transborders), edited by Akio TAKAHARA, Keiko T.
TAMURA and Yukihito SATO, Vol. 2 Shimin shakai (Civil Society), edited by Chiharu
TAKENAKA, Nobuo TAKAHASHI and Nobuto YAMAMOTO, and Vol. 3 Seisaku (Policy),edited by Yasuhiro TAKEDA, Tomoo MARUKAWA and YAN Shanping. As the choice ofthe topics explicitly shows, the JAAS has paid close attention to both contemporary andhistorical issues and changing academic fashions.
JAAS publishes a semi-annual newsletter, JAAS Newsletter. The purpose of asemi-annual newsletter is to provide a regular channel to exchange news and views
about JAAS and Asian studies for JAAS members. The latest newsletter was Vol. 46.
JAAS newsletters have rich contents about JAAS and Asian studies.
5) Prize
JAAS launched the JAAS Prize for the Best Article in Asian Studies in 2003. The
purpose of the Prize is to encourage Asian studies by the young members of JAAS. The
article to be awarded the Prize is selected from those published in Aziya Kenkyu, andthose published in other refereed journals, which have been recommended by JAAS
members. The latest winner of the Prize was Fuminori MATSUMURA for “The Immature
System of Sino-Soviet Burden-Sharing in Asian Revolutionary Movements:
Re-considering the Asia-Pacific Bureau of the World Federation on Trade Unions” in
2016.
4. Institutional Reform
The Japanese government started to reform public corporations in 2000, and
JAAS, as one of those public service corporations, started its institutional reform. In
2005, the board of directors of JAAS agreed upon a new corporate charter, whichreflected the electoral process of directors. To streamline administrative work and spend
more time on academic activities, JAAS has transferred some of its administrative work,
such as services toward members, to a non-profit organization. Besides these, JAAS has
drastically improved its websites so that the general public can easily access the
publications and activities of JAAS.
(Kazushi SHIMIZU, Kyushu University and Director of JAAS)

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THE JAPAN FINANCE ASSOCIATION
1. General Description of the Association
The Japan Finance Association was founded in 1977 to promote academic
research in the field of corporate finance and financial management. The initiative forthe creation of the Association came from academic researchers in corporate finance,business administration, accounting, and financial economics. Since its foundation, toprovide a focal point for intellectual interactions between researchers in academic
institutions and those in business and governmental institutions has been the prime
objective of the Association.
The Association has currently 558 individual members and institutional members(as of September 30, 2016).
The board of directors consists of 20 members (10 Eastern Regional members and
10 Western Regional members). They are elected triennially by the regular members
except for students and institutions. The President of the Association is elected amongthe 20 directors. Following Hiroshi KOJIMA (Nagoya Gakuin University), Hideki
HANAEDA (Chuo University) became a president from 2016 until 2019.
2. Main activities of last five years
The main activities of the Association consist of four events, holding an annual
meeting, publishing an annual selection of articles in Keiei Zaimu Kenkyu (Japan
Journal of Finance), offering a best paper award (newly introduced in 2011), and a
Finance camp (newly introduced program in 2014).
2.1. Annual meetings
Every year the Association holds the annual meeting, the board meeting, theannual general meeting and the Eastern and Western Regional meetings, respectively. A
brief summary of the past meetings in the last five years is documented below.
The 37th annual meeting consisted of one special lecture and research paper
presentations and was held at University of Hyogo. The theme of the panel discussion
was “M&A Investment and Business Evaluation: Past Review and Future Prospects.”
The chairperson of the meeting was Yoshiro YASUDA (University of Hyogo). The panel
discussion was held on the first day consisting of four panelists, and overall 37 papers
were presented in concurrent research paper sessions, each with assigned discussants,
and also a special lecture was presented.
The 38th annual meeting consisted of one panel discussion and research paper
12presentations and was held at Meiji University. The theme of the panel discussion was“Why did Japanese Companies Decline?: ROE, Stock Prices and Governance.”. The
chairperson of the meeting was Tsuneo SAKAMOTO (Meiji University). The panel
discussion was held on the first day, consisting of four panelists, and overall 46 papers
were presented in concurrent research paper sessions, each with assigned discussants.
The 39th annual meeting consisted of one invited talk, one panel discussion andresearch paper presentations and was held at Kyushu University. The theme of the panel
discussion was “Private Equity and IPO.” The chairperson of the meeting was Konari
UCHIDA (Kyushu University). The invited talk and panel discussion were held on thefirst day, consisting of three panelists, and overall 46 research papers were presented inconcurrent research paper sessions, each with assigned discussants.
The program of the 40th annual meeting held at Musashi University, October
2016 is explained below.
A special session was held on the first day of the meeting and the theme was“Corporate Governance in Japan after 40 Years”. There were three speakers, chaired by
Mr. Yoshinori KOUTA (CFA Society of Japan). The first speaker was Mr. Joji IGUCHI(Nissay Asset Management), the second speaker was Mr. Keiji NEMOTO (Toyota Motor
Corporation), and the third speaker was Mr. Naoki ADACHI (Response Ability).
On the first day there were six papers presented and on the second day there were
27 papers presented. The areas covered Corporate Finance, Asset Pricing, Accounting,Corporate Governance, Payout Policy, Equity Finance, M&A, Patents, and Liquidity.
The 41st Annual Meeting was held at Kansai University on September 3 and 4,
2017. The 41st annual meeting consisted of one panel discussion and research paper
presentations. The chairperson of the meeting was Koji OTA (Kansai University). The
theme of the panel discussion was “Payout Policy,” and overall 30 papers were
presented in concurrent research paper sessions.
The next Annual Meeting will be held at Hitotsubashi University on October 6
and 7, 2018. The chairperson of the meeting will be Katsushi SUZUKI (Hitotsubashi
University).
2.2. Journal Publications
The Association publishes its annual journal, Keiei Zaimu Kenkyu (Japan Journalof Finance) twice a year. Journal articles for publication are administered by two blindrefereeing systems for regular articles, and by the recommendation of a session chair
and/or discussant with one blind referee for papers selected from annual meeting
presentations.
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The regular articles can be submitted by the Association members with nosubmission fees and by non-members with submission fees.
The editor-in-chief is Nobuyuki TESHIMA (Senshu University) and the former
chief was Kengo SHIROSHITA (Yamaguchi University). In addition to the editor-in-chief,
there are eight associate editors to handle the submitted papers to this journal.
Under the careful refereeing processes conducted by suitably selected blindreferees in the area, including non-association members in case of a very specialized
area, this journal is making good progress, concomitant with the journal editors’
continuous efforts. The journal has been successful in contributing to promote frontierresearch ideas and agendas in the corporate finance area among the association
members as well as non-members, those who may read the journal articles at university
libraries or subscribe to the journal individually. The Association is also currently
making efforts to make this journal available on its web page starting from 2011, tofurther publicize and share this academic knowledge in the corporate finance area.
The Association’s journal started from Volume 21, the reason being that the newjournal took over from previous Association publications in book form, whose title was
Keiei Zaimu Kenkyu Sosho (Corporate Finance Studies Series) published from Chuo
Keizai Publishing Co. These previous publications were published annually up to
Volume 20 (2001).
The current journal is published twice a year. The latest issue is Volume 36,
number 1&2, published in June 2017, and it includes four regular research articles andone annual meeting article, one of which is written in English. The areas of the papers
cover Capital Structure, Corporate Governance, Capital Spending, Dividend Policy, andBehavioral Finance.
Each year, one of the outstanding published papers authored by young researchers
has been selected by the Best paper award committee, starting in 2007. Unfortunately,
we were not able to find an appropriate paper every year. The best paper award was firstgiven to three papers by outstanding young researchers under age 40 in 2007. They
were followed by Katsushi SUZUKI (Kobe University) in 2011, Tsung-ming YEH (Akita
International University) in 2013, Noriyoshi YANASE (Tokyo Keizai University) in
2014, Hidenori TAKAHASHI (Nagoya University) and Kazuo YAMADA (Nagasaki
University) in 2016.
2.3. Finance Camp (newly introduced)
In addition to the important activities mentioned above, the former vice president,
Hideaki KATO (Nagoya University) started the Finance Camp. The goal of the camp is14

to encourage and help young finance scholars to write a research paper to present to theworld. A selected number of doctoral students receive travel support. In addition, thiscamp gives an opportunity to young finance scholars (aged below 40 only) tocommunicate with each other academically and personally. Through the camp, theyoung participants have a chance to revise their paper by responding to the comments
by members of the camp organizing committee and other participants. The camp plays
an important role to create a new academic network and a job market. The first camp
was held in Rokko Resort in July of 2014. Since then, the camp has been held in theresorts of Atami (2015), Okinawa (2016) and Kanazawa (2017) in March. Some of thepapers presented in the camp have been accepted in refereed finance journals outside
Japan. Obviously, the camp stimulates the motivation of young scholars to submit theirresearch paper to a refereed journal in English. The next Finance Camp will be held at
Kagoshima in March, 2018.
3. The Association web page
The Association provides the most updated information on annual meetings andregional meetings as well as the abstracts of the papers presented at these meetings on
the URL address below. The web page also lists the Association Articles, the board
member lists and the contact address of the Association office at Kobe University. The
designated Association Web committee members manage this web page to keep related
information current.
(Office Address)
The Japan Finance Association (JFA)c/o Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University,
2-1, Rokkodai-cho, Naka-ku, Kobe , 657-8501, Japane-mail: zaim@b.koe-u.ac.jp
http://www.b.kobe-u.ac.jp/~keieizaimu/(Hideaki KATO, Nagoya University)

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JAPAN ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND BUSINESS(JAFTAB)
1. Profile of Japan Academy for International Trade and Business
The Japan Academy for International Trade and Business was founded in July
1961. JAFTAB is a pioneering academic society for global business research. It is
focused on studying the theories and practices of international trade and business. The
organization members mainly belong to academic research institutions based on
economics or trading and other global fields. Some of them are students with post-doc
degrees, and some of them are professors at universities in Japan, Korea, China andVietnam and other Asia countries. Of course, there are some members from tradingindustries in Japan who research into pragmatic trade studies as well as academic
studies.
After JAFTAB held its 50th anniversary national meeting at Nihon University in2010, JAFTAB continues an aggressive international exchange through exchange of
opinions and discussion of results of new research for international business and trade.
Members from Korea and other countries typically attend and present study papers in
JAFTAB’s annual meetings, thereby contributing to panel discussions at the annual
convention held in May or June every year. JAFTAB also holds quarterly meetings in
the Eastern and Western areas of Japan.
From July 2011 to May 2013, the president of JAFTAB was Tatsuo NOBU
(Kokushikan University), and then the president’s position was transferred to Toshihiko
SHINOHARA (Meiji University) to May 2015. From June 2015, the presidency JAFTAB
was taken over by Takeshi FUJISAWA (Kwansei Gakuin University) to June 2017. Again
from July 2017, Toshihiko SHINOHARA took over as president until May 2021.
JAFTAB’s ultimate mission is to contribute to society by offering knowledge,
information, and various opinion reports based on a multidirectional field of vision,
including:
1. Social contribution by proposals to global companies and governments, and bypresenting its research results at its annual meeting, and through panel discussion andwithin its annual report etc.
2. Discussing and sharing knowledge about international business and trade including
the findings of new research at the annual convention and regional chapter meetings,
3. Globalization by means of dispatching members to foreign counterparts and inviting
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scholars from affiliated organizations. JAFTAB usually holds an annual convention in
May or June every year, together with quarterly meetings in the Eastern and Westernareas of Japan. There are two types of presentations: unified topics and free topics in theannual convention. The speakers are able to choose one of the presentation options on
the topics which they wish to present at the national convention.
The titles and contents of presentations which presenters wish to make the annual
meeting may be submitted to the annual journals by the due date.
However, only when the paper is evaluated as a high level by several reviewers, isit placed as an article within the review and annual report. Several appropriately
qualified reviewers are selected within their special field. The level of the evaluation for
acceptance by reviewers as a contributory paper within the annual report has risen
recently.
2. Overview of Studies Presented at Annual Conventions from 2013 through 2017.
The titles presented in the past five years are summarized in Table 1. Many
presenters’ topics and titles are TPP, WTO, or FTA transactions for the last five annual
conventions as current topics at that time.
There is a tendency commonly seen in the free topics presented in the years 2011
through 2015. The most frequently discussed theme was on the emerging countries, andespecially Asia-related issues. Among them, major interest was on China, Korea,
Vietnam and other Asian nations. The themes were discussed in various areas of study,
including global trading, logistics, human resources development, operation of airports,
economic development, the presence of Japanese companies and so on. The titles
presented in the latest five years (2013-2017) are summarized as in Table 2.
3. Future issues for JAFTABJAFTAB will need to develop for the next several years. One option is to expand
the global studies such as academic exchange of associations internationally. As result,it will increase contact with some additional countries and should thereby increase theexchange of information and discuss knowledge at future meetings. It also has tothereby raise the number of academic papers as well as increase the number of membersof JAFTAB as many members are of retirement age. The other is to enhance theacademic level of JAFTAB for its quality of research, which represents JAFTAB’ssocial responsibility with the purpose of enhanced academic achievement as ourultimate mission.

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Table 1 Lecture/Speaker’s Name and Topics at Annual Meetings
Lecture/Speaker’s name and topics.

Annual Meeting title and daterd53
Annual Meeting: The Present 1) Toshiko AOKI,Conditions and Problem for the Overseas“Support to overseas expansion for
Trade Expansion for Medium andmedium and small-sized companies in
Small-Sized Business Organizations. (Junethe Kinki area”.
stnd
1 to 2 , 2013)
2) Yoshiharu FUJIWARA,“First Step of Overseas Expansion for
Medium and Small-Sized Companies”
3) Youichi HOSOKAWA,
Action for the Expanding of Trade in
Asia in the Field of the Environment.
4) Takeshi FUJISAWA,“Overseas Trade Expansion ofJapanese Medium and Small-Sized
Companies”
54th Annual Meeting: New Expansion of 1) Saburo TAKEUCHI,
the Investment Environment and Trade inJapan and the Asian Market. (May 31st toJune 1st 2014).

Business Expansion in Vietnam and aCase Study on the Engineer Training
for Japanese companies in Vietnam.
2) Eitarou KOJIMA,
Condition and Possible Problems for a
Japanese Company in Myanmar.

55th Annual Meeting: Strategy of an Asia 1) Takayoshi KABU,
Gateway in the Kyushu Area (May 30th toStrategy for global Trade in thest
31 2015)
Kyushu Area.
2) Satoshi KAI,
Globalization of Agriculture in the
Kyushu Area.
3) Takashi WAKINOSONO,
Logistic Strategy of Asia, mainly about
Hakata Port.
56th Annual Meeting: Potential of 1) Michinori YAMAZAKI,
Hospitality in Japan (May 28th to 29th
“Commitment Toward Becoming a
2016)Tourism Nation.”
2) Takeshi FUJISAWA,
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“Tourism as Part of Japan’s Balance ofInvisible Trade to its Economy andSeveral Influencing Factors”
3) Takeshiro MITSUGI,“Current Status and Issue ofInternational Tourism in Japan throughTravel and Tourism Competitiveness”
57th Annual Meeting, “The meaning of a 1) Naohiko IJIRI,MEGA FTA” (May 27th to 28th 2017)“Reduction of Non-Tariff Barriers andTrade Promotion Effects via
International Standardization”
2) WANG Dapeng,“FTA Competition in the Asia-PacificRegion and Directionality of theChinese Commerce Strategy”
3) Nobuto IWATA,“Significance and Case Study of Mega
FTA, Tariff Union”
4) Masao SUEMATSU,“Strategy of MEGA FTA of JapaneseCompanies in Asia”

Table 2 Presenter/Reporter’s Name and Topics at Annual Meetings
53rd Annual Meeting

The Present Conditions and Problems for Overseas
Trade Expansion for Medium and Small-sizedBusiness Organizations

Presenter/Reporter’s Name

TopicsTakaaki MAENO(Nihon University)

Trade Facilitation and Variation in Transport Costs

Chiaki MIYAZAKI (Japan Tariff Current Situation of Trade Facilitation and the
Association. Research & Study),
Advance Notification Rule 24 hours before
Shinji ISHIHARA
Departure of an Importing Shipment.
(Tokai University)
Takeshi FUJISAWA(Kwansei Gakuin University)

The Characteristics of Japanese SME
Manufacturers’ Subsidiaries Abroad

Nobuto IWATA (Aoyama Gakuin

Agricultural Measures and Trade Policy under TPP
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University)th

Negotiations

54 Annual Meeting

New Expansion of the Investment Environment
and Trade in Japan and the Asian Market

Masaki ODA(Aoyama Gakuin University)

Significance of Regulatory Coherence Provision in
Recent FTAs

Teruhisa YAMADA (Yokohama
College of Commerce)

Japan’s Asian Trade and Investment Strategies

Takeo SATO (Yokohama College

Current Situation and Future Prospect of TSU andof Commerce)

BPO in Trade Business Service

Junji NARA
(Kwansei Gakuin University)

Genealogy of Dematerialization of Shipping
Documents in Trade Business

Kumiko KOYAMA(Nagasaki University)

American Trade Policy History from the
Perspective of Presidential Power

Takumi SAKUYAMA(Meiji University)

Changing Nature of APEC as a Catalyst for TPP

Ken NAGANUMA(Doshisha University)

Empirical Research on the Current Situation
Regarding Surrendered B/L and the Factors
Necessary for its Adoption in Japanth

55 Annual Meeting

Strategy of an Asia Gateway in the Kyushu area

Mariner WANG (Ritsumeikan
Asia Pacific University)

Present Condition and Prospect of International
Trade via Sea and Air Transport in Kyushu.

Osamu KURIHARA (Hiroshima
Kokusai Gakuin University)

The Value and Meaning of the Ratio for Overseas
Remittance in the Philippine’s GDP

Kenji HIROTA (Hiroshima
University of Economics)

Value Constitution of Chinese Export ProductHaruo ARAHATA

Entry and Problems within the Retail Trade for(Nihon University)

General Trading Firms in ASEAN

th56 Annual Meeting

Title Potential of Hospitality in Japan

Nobuto IWATA(Aoyama Gakuin University)

The Study of Combination Between Mega FTA

Kiyomi SUZUI(Kyoto Sangyo University)

TTIP and JAPAN Analytical Viewpoint of
EU-USA Mega FTA

Hitoshi TSURUTA(Nagasaki University)

Appropriate Process for Dispute Resolution on
Tariff Concessions in WTO and FTA as well as
Customs Classification
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Takumi SAKUYAMA(Meiji University)

An Empirical Analysis of Japan’s Agricultural
Liberalization in the TPP Agreement

Kazutaka YAMAMOTO (Okinawa
Industry Promotion Public
Corporation)

Studies of the Effect on International Trade of
Okinawan Products by in Okinawa International
Logistics Hub and a Proposal

57th Annual Meeting

Significance of the Mega FTA ─ The current
situation and problem of WTO

Tenkou YOSHIDA(AIBA)

Response by the industry and safe use of policy for
the Trade agreement by the Mega FTA

SHIM, Sang-Ryul (Kwangwoon
University)

Prospect of Cross-Border e-Commerce (CBEC) in
the Era of Mega FTA

MOON, Hee-Cheol (Chungnam
National University)

Korea’s Manufacturing Innovation Strategy in the
Globalization 4.0 Era

Hironori

NAKAMURA(Aichi Tendency of International Strategic Partnerships

Gakuin University）
BAE, Jung-Han(Yeungnam University),
CHOI, Seok-Beom(Cheju Halla University),
HAN, Nak-Huyn(Kyungnam University)

Study on the Principle of Korean Faith and its
Application(Rika KASHIWAGI, J.F. Oberlin University)

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JAPAN ACADEMY OF LABOR AND MANAGEMENT
1. Introduction
The Japan Academy of Labor and Management (JALM) was founded for thepromotion of theoretical research on management and labor in 1991, when the Japanese“bubble economy” collapsed amid the rapid progress of the IT revolution and theintensification of global competition after the fall of the Berlin Wall. “The Prospectus
for Establishment of the Japan Academy of Labor and Management” (May 20, 1991)
describes the following seven purposes.
1. Promotion of political economy of labor and management
2. Promotion of fundamental and empirical research of labor management
3. Research of female labor issues and labor management
4. Development of critical studies of labor theories
5. Research of labor and management of socialism
6. Deepening exchange of opinions among labor and management researchers
7. International academic exchange among labor and management researchers
The first annual national conference of JALM was held at Chuo University’s
Surugadai Memorial Hall on May 10-11, 1991, with Universal Labor Issues in JapaneseManagement as a unified theme. At this conference, research reports on the following
themes were conducted, based on the purpose of establishment of this Academy, andactive discussions were developed:
1. Japanese style “Americanization” of Japanese employment practices
2. Gender labor movement and transition in Japanese management
3. Japanese production system and “Japanese labor-management relations”
4. “Japanese management” and computerization micro-electronization
5. “Japanese labor management” and flexibility─for international comparison─6. Seniority wages and the value rule of labor forces
Ekkehard SACHSE (Hochschule für Ökonomie Berlin) was invited, and hiscommemorative lecture entitled “Der Übergang zur Marktwirtschaft in der ehemaligen
DDR: sozialökonomishe Aufgaben und Probleme” was held.
The first annual National Conference had 74 participants, and about 100 members
participated in the annual National Conference in June 2016. Over some 25 years since22its establishment in 1991, members of JALM expanded to 320 people. In recent years,
with more participation of social insurance labor consultants, the Academy’s researchachievements extended its range of contribution to labor management practice.
Successive presidents of JALM after 2011 have been as follows：
2009-2012
Tsunenori YASUI (Hannan University)
June 2012- Sept. 2012 Ryuji HORI (Komazawa University)
Sept. 2012- June 2013 Miki SAWADA (Kanazawa University) as acting president
2013-2015
2015-

Satoshi NAGAI (Ehime University)
Masatsugu TAKEDA (Chukyo University)

The mission of JALM is to “develop the academic research instead of thepractical methods of the labor and management issues within industries. “As Susumu
KAIDO, one of the founding members and the first president of JALM, notes, “Theacademic research is emerging from the “critical mind” which is the driving force of
research development and is also the genius of this Academy” (KAIDO, S, 1991). This
“critical mind” has been a shared fundamental value and a genuine heritage of themembers of this Academy.
Organized during this historic milestone, JALM has seriously addressed thecurrent labor management problems in Japan without losing the spirit of “critical mind.”
Japanese human resource management practices are in disarray lately, making it
necessary to engage more actively in cross-national research as well as theoreticalanalysis of labor management for finding ways to overcome it. We also need to take
into consideration the claims that the studies of labor and management must be
developed as policy studies (WATANABE, T, 2005) and that we must design analternative system of human resource management (KURODA, K, 2007). And so, it will
become an even greater challenge to pursue the democratization of business andmanagement, so that people make companies fulfill their social responsibilities,
especially during a time of supposed social responsibilities of big companies (SHIMA, H,
2005).
2. Recent Research Activities since 2012
JALM holds national conferences around June every year. In addition to theplenary session, national conferences provide special lectures, parallel sessions,workshops, special sessions, book reviews and so forth. Those findings andcontributions are published every year in Labor and Management Review (Roumu-riron
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Gakkai Shi), the academic journal of JALM. The main themes, author’s names and theirspeech titles in the plenary sessions after the 22nd conference (2012) are as follows:(1) The 22nd National Conference (2012)
The main theme: Problems of Business Labor in Small and Medium-Sized
Enterprises (SMEs)<Plenary Session Papers>
1. “On Contemporary Economical Roles of SME's Manpower in Japanese Economy” by
Toshikazu NAGAYAMA (Nihon University)
2. “The Issues of the Improvement of a Skilled Laborer’s Working Condition in Smalland Medium-Sized Builders” by Kayoko MURAMATSU (Institute for the Study ofConstruction Policy, NPO)
3. “A Study of the Increase of Individual Labor-Related Disputes” by Takashi
SHIMABUKURO (Meiji University)
4. “Understanding the Importance of Employees for SMEs Managers” by Tomohiro
SEKI (Hannan University)
The 22nd JALM National Conference was held at Hannan University (Osaka
Prefecture) on June 15-17, 2012. Its main theme was “Problems of Business Labor in
Small Medium-Sized Enterprises.” This conference was the first attempt of JALM tosquarely grapple with the SMEs’ management labor. The aim was to deepen the related
previous research through reports and discussions to find new ways to revitalize theJapanese economy by pointing out various problems, such as ways of working,employment, wages, working hours, labor relations, working places, etc. in small andmedium-sized enterprises, which were not found in the management labor research oflarge companies.
Each presenter spoke to the intention of the theme, and reported about thefollowing: neo-liberalism, the globalization of economy, fund capitalism, the businessenvironment, where small and medium-sized enterprises were placed in the middle ofintensifying competition, working conditions of SMEs workers and shortage ofcraft-skilled workers, the change of labor relations, and the effectiveness ofmanagement practices of “emphasis on employees” in small and medium enterprises.
The conference turned out to be a hard-driving arena not only elucidating the harshreality of SMEs and the employees working there, but also presenting future prospects
for expected business practices.
Furthermore, this 22nd National Conference with the theme of Management that
Makes People More Active held special lectures, inviting two practitioners,
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co-sponsored with Hannan University Graduate School. Mr. Masayoshi OHASHI,
president of Ohashi Engineering Co., Ltd., (Ota-ku, Tokyo) gave a special lecture,
entitled “From Back-Street Workshop to International Machinery Maker: The
Challenges of an R & D Enterprise Aiming to Last 100 Years.” He introduced the
management philosophy, management strategy, and the daily efforts to solve themanagement problems of his engineering company which celebrated the 100
anniversary of its founding to show one form of desirable business practice. Ms.
Sachiko NAKAJIMA, CEO of N-Sougoukaikei, an accounting firm (Osaka), conducted athspecial lecture entitled “Management which Brings Out the Best in People: From theManager’s Perspective.” She talked about the attitude of managers who “foster people”
and “draw a vision” to contribute to the development of client companies through her
own experience. In addition, not only free topic reports by researchers and graduate
students but also practical study reports were conducted by social insurance laborconsultants at the National conference.
JALM’s research activities show a concrete path towards new management
practices while analyzing the reality of management labor with “critical mind” as statedin the founding brief.
(2) The 23rd National Conference (2013)
The main theme: Re-examination of Theories on Labor and Management<Plenary Session Papers>
1. “Reconstruction of the ‘Human Resource management’ Concept: the Management of
Personnel Activities and its Developed Forms” by Iwao NAMIE (Ritsumeikan
University)
2. “Management and Labor of the 1980s in the USA: the Establishment on
Accumulation Model of Capital in Neo-Liberalism” by Hiroyuki KUNISHIMA (Soka
University)
3. “Reconsideration of Labor and Management Theory” by Masaki SARUTA (Chukyo
University)
4. “Industrial Relations in Light of the terminus ad quem of Labor Studies” by Koshi
ENDO (Meiji University)
The 23rd JALM National Conference was held at Nihon University (Tokyo) on
May 31-June 2, 2013 with the main theme Re-examination of Theories of Labor andManagement. While a new neo-liberal economic and labor policy was being promoted
in Japan, the point of arrival of labor theory and its way in the future were discussed inorder to prove that labor theory can be a scientific analytic tool for corporate

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management and management labor. The aim was to examine the direction ofdeveloping labor theory through these discussions.
Each presenter spoke to the planned intention, made a presentation on thefollowing topics: spreading of personnel activities and analysis of perspectives of the“labor management” concept, problems of labor relations which were brought about by
the progress of capitalism and citizens’ movement calling for social responsibility in the
United States, various problems caused by the Toyota production system by promoting
globalization, evaluation of the “peace and welfare state” concept, and impasse and thepath to revive “labor relations study.” It turned out to be a conference that clearly
showed the features of JALM that promotes the significance of theoretical research, notonly in quantitative analysis and case studies.
Also at the 23rd National Conference, Sung-Jo PARK, Ph.D (Berlin Free
University, General Secretary of Global University Network) was invited, and gave a
special lecture entitled “The Paradigm Change from HRD (Human Resources
Development) to GTM (Global Talent Management).” JALM actively promotes theexchange of international researchers and research.
In addition, the conference held a special session titled “Changes in Young
People’s Employment Awareness and Problems of Corporate Recovery after the Great
East Japan Earthquake.” This special session offered a policy recommendation based ona survey conducted under the circumstances where the reconstruction and rehabilitationfrom the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 continued to be invisible, and it was ameaningful research result in accordance with social demands.
The Excellent Work Award of JALM in 2013 was presented to Sonoko MORITA(Osaka Shoin Women’s University) for her academic work, a book titled To Break
Down a Wall against a Career Path: cases of working women in Korea(Yachiyo-Shuppan, 2011).
(3) The 24th National Conference (2014)
The main theme: Personnel & Labor Management in Careful and Large
Selection of Employment at This Time<Plenary Session Papers>
1. “Today’s Reform of the Employment System and Gender: Focusing on the Issues
Concerning Diversified Forms of Regular Employees” by Rei SEIYAMA (Ibaraki
University)
2. “Agency Work and Private Employment Business in Today’s Japan” by Kazumichi
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3. “The Subjects Seen from Rural Areas with regard to the Determination of the
Minimum Wage” by Atsushi SAITO (Tokusima Bunri University)
4. “Characteristics of ‘a New Type of Employment’ and Problems ofLabor-Management Negotiations: Focusing on the ‘Black-listed Company’Phenomenon” by Haruki KONNO (POSSE, NPO)The 24th JALM National Conference was held at Meijo University (Nagoya
City) on June 20-22, 2014. Its main theme was Personnel & Labor Management in
Careful and Large Selection of Employment at This Time. In this national conference,the proposed issue was that the reduction of regular employment and substitution by“irregular” (part-time, temporary, and contract) workers had progressed due to the
deregulation of the labor market and the progress of shareholders’ capitalism in Japan,
and then had arrived an era of large employment selection with diversified employment
management categories such as regular employees, “limited regular employees,”
part-time workers, permatemps (contract employees), dispatched workers, contract
workers. Then, the problems of labor management in the era of large employment
selection were analyzed and the direction for overcoming them was discussed.
Considering the planning intention, each presenter made a presentation on the factthat the diverse regular employee system was backed by gender discrimination in Japan,
there were concerns about the entry of multinational enterprises into Japanese humanresources business market by revision of the worker dispatch law, the recent rise in theminimum wage which had little effect of rectifying the urban-rural disparity, the harshlabor management of “black enterprises” which had expanded to diverse employment
forms with the Japanese-style employment system as the base. Through these
discussions, practical perspectives, such as illegal employment discrimination andcountermeasures against working methods, that is, collaboration with new forms oflabor movement and citizens, and realization of decent work, making full use of the ILO
treaties and recommendation, were raised. By combining theoretical research andpractical research, social science can contribute to society, which was again shown inthis JALM conference.
In addition, at the 24th conference, a workshop titled “Academic Freedom andUniversity Autonomy” was held. There, it was reported that private enterprisemanagement methods had been introduced in Japanese universities and their problems
were discussed by many members of the audience. The Excellent Work Award of
JALM in 2014 was presented to Taichi ITO (Osaka University of Economics) for his

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academic work, a book titled Labour Movement and Atypical Employment in Japan:
Resistance and Independence of youth workers (Horitsu Bunka Sha, 2013).
(4) The 25th National Conference (2015)
The main theme: Contemporary Capitalist Enterprise and Working Hours<Plenary Session Papers>
1. “Neoliberal Capital Accumulation and Deregulation of Work Time” by Minoru
FUJITA (J.F. Oberlin University)
2. “Thinking about the Price of Disregard for Working Hours” by Koji MORIOKA(Kansai University)
3. “A Logical Verification of ‘White-Collar Exemption’ by Critical Approach” by
Daizo YAMAMOTO (Aichi University)
4. “The Issue of Labor Security Hygiene and Long Hours of Hard Work” by Shozo
SASAKI (Shaiken Center)
The 25th JALM National Conference was held at Ibaraki University (Mito City)
on June 5-7, 2015. Its main theme was Contemporary Capitalist Enterprise and Working
Hours. At the 25th National Conference, based on the reality of Japan in which further
deregulation of labor laws was promoted, such as the established and enforced “lawpromoting measures to deal with overwork, etc.” in 2014, while the legalization of“White-Collar Exemption” was considered, discussions were made on the following:
the actual situation of long working hours in Japan from the international comparison
perspective, the influence of long working hours on workers, the strategies ofcompanies and business circles trying to promote deregulation, the necessity of
establishing rules to protect workers’ physical and mental health. Through these
discussions, the conference aimed to examine countermeasures against the strategies of
employers.
With the planning intention in mind, each presenter made a presentation on thetheoretical problems inherent in the deregulation of labor law based on neoliberalism,
the grave social cost caused by long-hour working including death from overwork, thetrue aim of “White-Collar Exemption” proposal in Japan, the EU’s working time
regulation law and the desirable way of its legislation, etc. In the discussion here, aclarification was made of the meaning of working time regulation in industrial relations
and the counter logic against long working hours problem that exists deeply in Japanese
corporate society. It was a constructive conference to objectively analyze the reality ofsociety, grasp it theoretically, and pose a desirable way forward for society.
At the 25th national conference, a special lecture titled “On the Japanese
Employment System and Labor Legislation” was also given by Keiichiro HAMAGUCHI,
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Ph.D (The Japan Institute for Labor Policy and Training, JILPT). It was closely related
to the theme of the unified theme, whose content was comprehensively captured fromboth aspects of law and reality of Japan’s employment system. Furthermore, following
the previous year’s case, at this national conference, a workshop was held entitled“Academic Freedom and University Autonomy: Management and Industrial Relations
in a Private University.” Many participated in the discussion and deepened theirunderstanding of the crises of Japanese private universities and problems of their
management methods.
(5) The 26th National conference (2016)
The main theme: Diversity in Human Resource Management: Are There
Alternatives to American HRM?
<Plenary Session Papers>
1. “Internal and External in Personal Management and Labor Relation and the Human
Resource Management: Beyond Japanese Style Management and Task Oriented Job” by
Ken YAMAZAKI (The Japan Institute for Labor Policy and Training, JILPT)
2. “The Characters and Problems of Human Resource Management in the Hospitality
Business” by Akira TANIMOTO (Doshisha University)
3. “Changing Personnel Administration and Industrial Relations in Sweden” by Miki
KISHIDA (Setsunan University)
4. “The Labor Productivity and Industrial Relations in Germany” by Kichitaro ASAHI(Kagoshima Prefectural College)
The 26th JALM National conference was held at Ehime University (MatsuyamaCity) on May 27-29, 2016. Its main theme was Diversity in Human Resource
Management: Are There Alternatives to American HRM?
The 26th national conference examined the historical significance and limitationsof HRM concept from an international comparison perspective. Through this discussion,
it aimed to clarify the achievements and tasks for achieving better labor managementand decent work.
Each presenter followed the planning intention, and made a presentation on
characteristics and future prospects of HRM practices in Japan and the United States
based on company studies, the actual situation of HRM in the service industry andtheoretical grasp of service labor, changes in personnel management and labor relationsin Swedish companies, comparative study of labor relations between Japan andGermany, etc. Through these discussions, the elucidation from an international
perspective was conducted on the universality of the American style HRM model, thecharacteristics of each country, and the influence of industrial relations system, and so29

forth. The feature of JALM that emphasized the theoretical and practical research in theinternational context appeared prominently in this conference.
Also at the 26th national conference, Mr. Seiji KONDO (President of Imabari
Towel Industrial Association; CEO of high quality towel maker, Kontex Co., Ltd.) was
invited and a special lecture titled “The Project of Imabari-Towel: the Epic Recovery by
its Brand Strategy” was held. Mr. KONDO vividly introduced his management efforts tocultivate the Imabari Towel brand, one of Ehime’s local industries, and inter-company
collaboration in the region, on the basis of his own experiences. The invitation of thisspeaker is also a part of JALM’s research activities, focusing on the management effortsof small and medium-sized enterprises in the region, seeking better management
practice and theory for that.
Furthermore, at the 26th national conference, the third workshop was held,
entitled “Academic Freedom and University Autonomy (3): The Solidarity andResistance of Academics and University Community Reforms.” Many participated in
the audience discussion and learned about the national movement to regain freedom of
research at universities.
The Excellent Work Award of JALM in 2015 was presented to Kazumichi GOKA
(Kanazawa University) for his academic work, a book titled Japan as a ‘Non-Regular
Worker’s Big Country’: the Employment Issues and Labor （Shin Nihon Publishing
Company, 2014）. The JALM Research Encouragement Award in 2015 was presented toNoriko MATSUMOTO (Komazawa University) for her paper titled “The Fact andProblems of Worker Co-operatives in the UK” Labor and Management Review(Roumu-riron Gakkai Shi), No. 25, 2016.
3. A Vision of the Future
In 2011, JALM published The Encyclopedia of Labor and Management (Koyo
Shobo, 2011) as a project to commemorate the 20th anniversary of its foundation. The
committee of the JALM 20th Anniversary publication project (2011) states the aim of
this document as follows: “discussing ‘ever’ and ‘now’ of labor management (‘how to
work’ and ‘how to let them work’), and thinking about ‘the future’ and its prospects,
looking for decent work. We wish it will help companies further in considering thecourse of Japanese management labor reform for decent work.”
Over the 25 years since its foundation, JALM has studied labor management fromvarious aspects based on these ideas, accumulated research results and has developed
significantly. It is the manifestation of JALM that the following themes were taken up
as a unified theme in recent years: not only the theoretical problems of management30

labor, but also the management of small and medium enterprises and the current
situation of their workers, changes in labor relations, women’s labor issues, irregular
workers’ problems, long working hours and legal regulations, HRM diversity andinternational comparison. These research achievements are published annually by thejournal, Labor and Management Review (Roumu-riron Gakkai Shi).
Furthermore, at the 27th National Conference to be held at Tokyo University of
Science, Suwa (Nagano Prefecture) on June 9-11, 2017, the issues and prospects for“Equal Work for Equal Pay” in Japan were discussed. There, they deepened thetheoretical understanding of “Equal Work for Equal Pay”, and also considered measures
to correct gender discrimination and major treatment disparities between regular
workers and irregular workers. In addition, meaningful findings were introduced about
the labor management situation of the Nordic countries including the EU and Sweden.
We recognize that it is necessary to do further theoretical research of labor
management with an interdisciplinary/international perspective through an empiricalanalysis of management and labor conditions. While JALM already has made a certain
achievement through international researcher exchanges, further international research
will be promoted in the future. There is no doubt that our identity will become an
important common foundation, pillar and promoter in collaboration with researchers,
practitioners, labor unions, NPOs and citizens around the world.
As stated in JALM’s founding brief, an academic society that studies theories andpractices seeking human-friendly management labor while striving for critical spirit.
This is our identity that both we ourselves and others recognize. This, once again, isbelieved to be well-reflected in the main themes that were set from the 22nd to 27th
National Conferences. We would like to continue our efforts to seek and pursue the“essential nature of objective necessity of occurrence of phenomena” (KAIDO, 1991).
References
KAIDO Susumu (1991) “A Message for the Foundation of the Japan Academy of Laborand Management” The Bulletin of the Japan Academy of Labor and Management, No.
1.pp.1-2.
KURODA Kenichi (2007) “Human Resources Management and Flexibility Today inJapan” Labor and Management Review (Roumu-riron Gakkai Shi), No. 14. pp.
101-114.
SHIMA Hiromu (2005) “The Problems of Modern Human Resource Management inJapan” Labor and Management Review (Roumu-riron Gakkai Shi), No. 14. pp. 17-35.

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The Committee of the JALM 20th anniversary publication project (2011) The
Encyclopedia of Labor and Management, Koyo Shobo. pp. i-iii.
WATANABE Takashi (2005) “One of the Challenges in HRM Studies” Labor andManagement Review (Roumu-riron Gakkai Shi), No. 14. pp. 1-16.
(Daizo YAMAMOTO, Aichi University
Tsuyako NAKAMURA, Doshisha University
Masatsugu TAKEDA, Chukyo University)

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JAPAN LOGISTICS SOCIETY
1. General Description(1) Foundation and purpose
The Japan Logistics Society (Nihon Butsuryu Gakkai: JLS) was established in
May 1983 with the aim of studying and promoting both academic and practical researchon logistics and related matters based on an interdisciplinary approach. The society isalso responsible for disseminating research results as well as addressing conceptualmodels and technical exchange among the researchers concerned.
The President of the Association is Toshinori NEMOTO (Keiai Univ.) and there are
494 members (including 437 regular members) as of July 10, 2017.
(2) Organization and research fields
The structural organization of the society is composed of the General Assembly,
the Board Meeting, six Chapters throughout Japan and seven committees including theeditorial committee, public relations committee, planning committee, etc. In line withsocial, academic, educational, political, economic changes in the environment, thelineup of committees or chapters has been changed and enhanced.
The research fields of the society currently cover all the fields of logistics
including logistics management such as logistics strategy, logistics planning, logistics
control and logistics operation, logistics organization, logistics cost management,
logistics psychology, logistics law and regulation, logistics information, logistics
technology, logistics human management and so on from theoretical and practical pointsof view.
(3) Activities
The activities of the Society can be summarized as follows:①Conferences, Chapter workshops and seminars②Publications of research results③Communication and exchange of Society activities with other related domestic andforeign organizations④Other related activities(4) Membership
There are three membership categories: regular member, associate member and33

supporting member. Regular membership has gradually been increasing in number since
establishment (See Table 1). This tendency of only slight increases in number is due tothe comparatively strict qualifications for regular membership; these qualifications need
to be discussed and reevaluated in the near future.
Table 1. Number of Regular Members by YearYear

No. of Regular Members

1983

135

1984-99(abridged)

2000

309

2001

339

2002

360

2003

379

2004

413

2005

428

2006

443

2007

444

2008

479

2009

432

2010

425

2011

435

2012

434

2013

428

2014

427

2015

429

2016

447(511 in total)

2. Summary of Activities
2.1 Annual Conferences
Since establishment an Annual National Conference has been held once a year,
and the 33rd Annual Conference was scheduled for September, 2016. The unified theme
and the host institutions where annual conferences have been held are as follows:(1)The 24th Annual Conference
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The 24th Conference was held on September 6-8, 2007 at Kanagawa Univ.
(Yokohama) under the unified theme of Evolving Company’s Logistics and Strategy of
Logistics Contractor with 41 papers presented.
(2) The 25th Annual Conference
The 25th Conference was held on September 4-6, 2008 at Tokai Univ. (Shizuoka)
under the unified theme of Logistics and Risk Management with 40 papers presented.
(3) The 26th Annual Conference
The 26th Conference was held on September 10-12, 2009 at Aichi Gakuin Univ.
(Nisshin) under the unified theme of CSR on Physical Distribution and Logistics with
52 papers presented.
(4) The 27th Annual Conference
The 27th Conference was held on September 2-4, 2010 at Hitotsubashi Univ.
(Tokyo) under the unified theme of New Development of Global Logistics and Its
Leaders with 53 papers presented.
(5) The 28th Annual Conference
The 28th Conference was held on September 1-3, 2011 at Sanno Univ. (Tokyo)
under the unified theme of New Current of Supply Chain Logistics with 49 papers
presented.
(6) The 29th Annual Conference
The 29th Conference was held on September 13-15, 2012 at the University ofMarketing and Distribution Sciences (Kobe) under the unified theme of Supply Chainof the Asian Times with 44 papers presented.
(7) The 30th Annual Conference
The 30th Conference was held on September 12-14, 2013 at Tokyo Univ. of
Marine Science and Technology (Tokyo) under the unified theme of Logistics to
Support Networked Society with 56 papers presented.
(8) The 31st Annual Conference
The 31st Conference was held on September 11-13, 2014 at Ryutsu Keizai Univ.
(Matsudo) under the unified theme of Human Resource Development to Support
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Logistics with 45 papers presented.
(9) The 32nd Annual Conference
The 32nd Conference was held on September 9-11, 2015 at Aichi Gakuin Univ.
(Nagoya) under the unified theme of Manufacturing and Logistics with 28 papers
presented.
(10) The 33rd Annual Conference
The 33rd Conference was held on September 1-3, 2016 at Hokkai School ofCommerce (Sapporo) under the unified theme of Local Development and Logistics with
43 papers presented.
2.2 Publications(1) Journal of the Japan Logistics Society
The Society decided to issue the Journal of the Japan Logistics Society in 1992,
and the first Journal was issued that year. Since then, eight volumes have been
published and are roughly summarized in Table 2.

Table 2. Summary of Journals issued
VolumeDate of Issue

No. 1

Nov., 1992

Contents- Academic Papers , 5- Academic Reports, 1

No. 2－No.14
No. 15

May, 2007

No. 16

May, 2008

No. 17

May, 2009

No. 18

May, 2010

No. 19May, 2011

No. 20

May, 2012

Pages
95

(abridged)- Academic Papers, 19- Academic Reports, 8- Academic Papers, 22- Academic Reports, 8- Academic Papers, 23- Academic Reports, 5- Academic Papers, 22- Academic Reports, 4- Academic Papers, 19- Academic Reports, 6- Academic Papers, 26- Academic Reports, 10
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241
287
269
255
223
325

- Academic Papers, 29- Academic Reports, 10- Academic Papers, 23
No. 22
May, 2014- Academic Reports, 9- Academic Papers, 13
No. 23
May, 2015- Academic Reports, 3- Academic Papers, 15
No. 24
May, 2016- Academic Reports, 3- Academic Papers, 13
No. 25
May, 2017- Academic Reports, 6
Note: Academic Paper: Refereed
Academic Report: Non-Refereed
Research Report: Non-Refereed
No. 21

May, 2013

393
321
175
175
173

(2) Annals
The Society has been publishing its Annals once a year since establishment and so
far 28 Annals have been issued, as shown in Table 3.
Table 3. Annals by Year
VolumeFiscal Year

Date Issued

Pages

Vol. 1

1984

Mar. 20, 1985

25

Vol. 2-23

1985-2006

Vol. 242007

May 31, 200869

Vol. 25

2008

May 31, 200963

Vol. 262009

May 31, 201084

Vol. 272010

May 31, 201183

Vol. 282011

May 31, 201273

Vol. 292012

May 31, 201367

Vol. 30

2013

May 31, 201472

Vol. 312014

May 31, 201565

Vol. 32

2015

May 31, 201668

Vol. 33

2016

May 31, 20176237

(abridged)

3. Contents of Journals (Vol. 25）

Contents
Keynote Address…Truck Size Enlargement to Increase Logistics Productivity
Keiai University Toshinori NEMOTO … 1

33rd National Conference of Japan Logistics Society
Program……………………………………………………………… 3
Keynote speech
The Importance of Logistics to Hokkaido Revitalization
Hiroki ARAKAWA (Vice Governor of Hokkaido) … 7
Refereed Papers
1.
Measures for Improving the Railway Access to Sihanoukville Port in Cambodia
Hidetoshi KUME, Takashi SHIMADA,
15
Kiyoshi NAKASHIMA, Masaaki GOSHIMA…
2.
3.

4.

5.
6.

7.
8.

Disaster Business Continuity in Food Manufactures:23
a Supply Chain Perspective
Takuya AKIKAWA …
Contribution to the National Economy of Railway Cargo Transport between
Hokkaido and Japan’s Other Main Islands and Projected Economic Effects ofCargo Transport by Hokkaido Shinkansen
Wataru HIRAIDE, Hideaki ABE, Nobunori AIURA … 31
Relationship between Sales and Business Condition ofOverseas Cooperation of Japanese Logistics Companies in Asia
Shogo SAKAMOTO, Hiroyuki SHIMAMOTO, Jongjin WI … 39
A Study on the Current Situation of Women’s Work Participationin Logistics Industry
Mirei OHARA …
Measure of Difficulty with Picking on Warehouse Work Probe System
Toshimasa ASO, Yuka SATO,
Hisayuki KUROKAWA, Shikato KAMIMURA …
Challenges from Logistics Service Provider’s Viewpoint on Car Carrier
Business In India and Proposal to Solve Them
Masaki SHIMOMURA …
The Moving Store Routing Problem for a Sustainable Grocery Supply Chain:
A Case of Osakikamijima
Kenichiro NAGAIWA, Koichi SHINTANI,
Yasuhito TANAKA, Yoshinori TAKAHASHI …
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47

55

63

71

9.

Labor Productivity Index of Long-distance Intermodal Freight Transportation
Hirotoshi KATO, Nobunori AIURA, Toshinori NEMOTO… 79
10. Study on the Local Business Model to Utilize the Local Resources Effectively- The Case of Kirishima Shuzo Co., Ltd and Saishunkan Co., Ltd Koji KATO, Masataka HASHIMOTO … 87
11. A Study on the Subsidy’s Policy for Freight Railway in United Kingdom
Masafumi NAKAMURA, Nobunori AIURA … 95
12. An Estimation of the Negative Impact of US West Coast Port Disruption on
Asia -US Maritime Container Transport
Yasuhiro AKAKURA, Tomoko SASAKI,
Kenji ONO, Tomohiro WATANABE … 103
13. Study on the Efficiency of Cut Flowers Supply Chain From the Perspective ofContainer Standardization
Masanao TERASHIMA, Susumu KIRYU … 111
Non-Refereed Papers
1. A Mathematical Model for Selecting the Optimal Efficient Route for Delivering
Aid Materials: Taking into Account of Queue
Yoshihito SHIGENO…
2.

3.
4.

5.
6.

119

Development of Parts Logistics by Japanese Auto Manufacturers in South India
Katsuhiko HAYASHI, Toshinori NEMOTO
Minoru SAITO, Kosuke MIYATAKE, Takayuki MARUYAMA… 125
The Review and the Outlook for the Northwest Passage
Hiroyuki GODA … 133
A Basic Study on Shopping Behavior and Intention for Shopping Support of theElderly People in Mountainous Areas- A Case Study in Otama Village, Fukushima Naoto KIKUCHI, Tomoyasu ISHIKAWA… 141
Implications for Better International Container Transit in the Lower Mekong River
Takashi SHIMADA, Ryuichi SHIBASAKI, Hidetoshi KUME … 149
Issues to be Solved and Directions for the Future of “Modal Shift” based on
Ajnomoto’s caseKazuhiro UOZUMI … 157
Information from the Secretary ………………………………………………

165(Toshihiko MATSUO, Osaka University of Commerce)

39THE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT THEORIES
1. Foundation of the Society and Its Development
The Society for the History of Management Theories, established on May 29/30
in 1993, when the first Annual Meeting was held at Meiji University. When the Society
was established, the number of members of the Society was 262. The Society has now
256 members. Since then, an annual meeting has been held on a unified topic regularly
in May, and the Annals have been published.
2. The Three Objectives of the Society
The first objective of the Society is to contribute to the development of thediscipline of management by studying and researching theories of management, thehistory of management theories, and comparative studies of management. The second
objective is to consciously develop young scholars in the history of management
theories. They are encouraged to present papers and participate in discussions at theAnnual Conference. The third objective is to develop some enthusiastic and capable
authors through editing and publishing the Annals of the Society for the History ofManagement Theories.
3. The Organization and Management of the Society
Ten directors (five each from East Japan and West Japan) and two auditors (oneeach from the East and West) are elected by those attending the general meeting. The
election of the directors is implemented every three years. In addition, several directors
are nominated in consideration of the balance between districts and their research fields.
The president (limited to one term of three years) and two vice-presidents (one eachfrom the East and West) are elected by all new elected members of the directors. The
tasks of the Board of directors, including the editing and publication of the Annals, areperformed by seven or eight executive committee members including the president andboth vice-presidents and those who are recommended by the directors.
4. 20th Anniversary Publication Projects,
Our Society published 14 books in its series of History of Management Theories
as 20th Anniversary Publication Project in 2012 and 2013. In this project, about 70
authors were recommended from the 330 members (at that time) of our Society. In
addition, the 380-page Dictionary for the History of Management Theories that had
been published on the 10th anniversary in 2002, was enlarged and revised.
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In the 14-book series, the editing committee decided to nominate and publish
works by historical management scholars like F. W. TAYLOR (Vol. 1), J. H. FAYOL(Vol. 2), G.E. MAYO and F. J. ROETHLISBERGER (vol. 3), M. P. FOLLET (Vol. 4), A. A.
BERLE and G C. MEANS (Vol. 5), C. I. BARNARD (Vol. 6), H. A. SIMON (Vol. 7), J.
WOODWARD (Vol. 8), H. I. ANSOFF (Vol. 9), P. F. DRUCKER (Vol. 10), H. NICKLISCH(Vol. 11), E. GUTENBERG (Vol. 12), Japanese Management Theories I (Vol. 13),
Japanese Management Theories II (Vol. 14).
In the case of the enlarged revised edition of the Dictionary for the History ofManagement Theories, most members participated to write about 50 new items andrewrote or revised the old expressions of the 620 items on management theories.
5. Themes and Names of Presenters at the Annual Conference and Contents of Annals
Themes and names of presenters from the first to the 18th annual conference andcontents of the Annals were shown in the Information Bulletin of the Union of National
Economic Associations in Japan No. 22, 2002; No. 30, 2010.
(1) The 19th Annual Conference and Annals, on May 20/21, 2011 at Aomori PublicCollege.
(a) The unified theme and Annals title: The Thought and Method of Management
Theories
・Presentation by Masahiko YOSHIHARA (Aomori Chuo Gakuin University) “TheThought and Method of Management Theories”
・Presentation by Norio KAMBAYASHI (Kobe University) “Real Business World that the
Study of Business Administration has Constructed: A Discipline as a Social Scienceand its Crisis”
・Presentation by Tsuyoshi INAMURA (Osaka City University) “Diverse Facets ofThought in Contemporary Management Theories: From a Viewpoint of Modern vs.
Postmodern Perspectives”
・ Presentation by Kenshu K1KUZAWA (Keio University) “Toward Business
Administration as Comprehensive Study of Science and Philosophy”
・Presentation by Yoshikazu NIWAMOTO (Konan University) “Management Theory as
Philosophy of Action”(b) Other Themes
Presentation by Tadashi MITO (Chiba University of Commerce) “Japanese Management,
Its Thought and Method”
Presentation by Koki TAKAGI (Nagoya University) “Organizational Autonomy and the41

Principle of Making Order”
Presentation by Tadamitsu SAKURAI (Hiroshima University of Economics) “A Study of
the Usefulness in HRM Research Results Based on Pragmatism’s Conception of Truth”
Presentation by Yasuhiko OKUBO (Kanto Gakuin University) “The Foundation
Environment Analysis to Success: Model Building and Case Study”
Presentation by Kotaro KUWADA (Tokyo Metropolitan University) “Practice Turn in the
Theories of Management: A Comparative Study of C. I. Barnard and H. A. Simon”
Presentation by Tetsu HIRASAWA (Chuo University) “On Action Science: Beyond
Prediction, Interpretation and Critique of Management”
Presentation by Tsuyoshi YAMASHITA (The University of Kitakyushu) “Maslow’s
Thought and Method”(2) The 20th Annual Conference and Annals, on May 25/26/27, 2012 at Meiji
University(a) The unified theme and Annals title: Contributions from and Reflections on the Studyof Business Administration: Focusing on the 21st Century
Contents
・Presentation by Tadashi MITO (Chiba University of Commerce) “Contributions fromand Reflections on the Study of Business Administration: Focusing on the twenty-first
Century
・Presentation by Nobuo KATSUBE (Kumamoto Gakuen University) “The Developmentof Theories of the Firm and their Relationship to Management Studies in the 21stCentury”
・Presentation by Hiroshi IWATA (Setsunan University) “The Trend of Corporate
Responsibility and the Future of Civilized Society”
・Presentation by Masayuki MUNAKATA (Kobe University) “One Hundred Years of
Discussions on Industrial Business: Contributions, Limitations and Perspective”
・Presentation by Takeo KIKKAWA (Hitotsubashi University) “The Fukushima Nuclear
Accident and the Role of Academism”
・Presentation by Izumi MITSUI (Nihon University) “Narratives of ‘Individual vs.
Organization’ in American Management Thoughts: From Dichotomy Model toInteractive Relationship Perspective”
・Presentation by Haruo MURATA (Momoyama Gakuin University) “Organization andTime in the History of Management Theories: Development of Organization andSatisfaction of Person”

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(b) Other Themes
・Presentation by Koji SAWADA (Ritsumeikan University) “The History of Modern
Business Enterprise and Chandler’s Theory: Its Present-day Meanings andLimitations”
・Presentation by Takehiko OKAMOTO (Kwansei Gakuin University) “Axel v. Werder’sManagement Organization: A Study from the Viewpoints of the Organizational
Theory and Legality”
・ Presentation by Toshiki FUKUMOTO (Kobe University) “A New Approach toOrganizational Socialization: A Study of Description Style of Self in Organizations”(3) The 21st Annual Conference and Annals, on May 17/18/19, 2013 at Kinki
University(a) The unified theme and Annals title: The Revival of the Study of Business
Administration: What can the Study of Business Administration do?
・Presentation by Kazuhiro FUJII (Aomori Public University) “What can the Study ofBusiness Administration do?: The Revival of the Study of Business Administration”
・Presentation by Masayuki YAMAGATA (Kinki University) “From ‘Betriebserhaltung’ to‘Unternehmungsentwicklung’: The Concept of ‘Value Creation (Wertschöpfung)’ andStakeholder-oriented Approach in Business Administration in Germany”
・Presentation by Tsukasa FUJINUMA (Aomori Public University) “The Rethinking ofManagement Theories Based on ‘Theory of Co-operation’”・Presentation by Kimio TAKAHASHI (Kanto Gakuin University) “Management Theory
beyond Economics: Possibilities of Management Imagination”
・Presentation by Yasuharu TANZAWA (Chuo University) “Analysis of the Interactions
between Economics and Business Practice in Organizations”
・Presentation by Hiroshi MITO (Yokohama National University) “The View of Human
Being, Corporation, and Society in Management and Economics”(b) Other Themes
・Presentation by Toru HAYASHI (Nagasaki University) “Rethinking the Arguments
about Organizational Equilibrium: An Inquiry into the Aspiration Level”
・Presentation by Natsuko FUJIKAWA (Yokkaichi University) “The Development of High
Reliability Organizations Studies”
・Presentation by Shuichi MORITANI (Kwansei Gakuin University) “Human Resource
Management and Strategy”
・Presentation by Yoshiko NIWAMOTO (Kobe University) “The Role of Human Resourceof Management in Organizational Capabilities: Focusing upon Coordination and43

Cooperation”
・Presentation by Kohei KUIMA (Kobe University) “Reconsideration of Micro-Macro
Gap Problem in Organizational Behavior: Applications of Interdisciplinary Approachbased on Socio-technical Systems”(4) The 22nd Annual Conference and Annals, on May 16/17/18, 2014 at Kanto Gakuin
University(a) The unified theme and Annals title: The Trends and Limits of Contemporary
Management Theories: Their Future
・Presentation by Kimio TAKAHASHI (Kanto Gakuin University) “The Trends andLimits of Contemporary Management Theories: Their Future”
・Presentation by Kenshu KIKUZAWA (Keio University) “Research Stagnation of New
Institutional Economics and its Recovery”
・Presentation by Hiroshi OTSUKI (Waseda University) “Theoretical Pluralism ofStrategic Management and Practical Implications”
・ Presentation by Tamiki KISHIDA (Chubu University) “A Paradigm Shift from
Contingency Theory to Evolutionary Theory of Organizing”
・Presentation by Norio KAMBAYASHI (Kobe University) “The Development of HRM
Paradigm: Significance, Limitations and Possibilities for Future”(b) Other Themes
・Presentation by Kazuhiro MURATA (Shimonoseki City University) “The Developmentof the Division of Labor in Great Britain: From Adam Smith to J. S. Mill”
・ Presentation by Akira HAYASAKA (Kobe University) “Return to Theoretical
Background of Symbolicity and Materiality inherent in Institution: Focusing on
Kant’s Antinomy in Transcendental Epistemology”
・ Presentation by Inao TSUKUI (Kanto Gakuin University) “Corporate Social
Responsibility View from the Community Level”
・ Presentation by Akira YOSHINARI (Aichi Institute of Technology) “Recent
Developments in a Study of Whistleblowing in the U.S.”・Presentation by Atsuya AKAO (Kanto Gakuin University) “Knowledge Problems in
Dynamic Capabilities Framework”(5) The 23rd Annual Conference and Annals, on May 15/16/17, 2015 at Osaka
University of Commerce(a) The unified theme and Annals title: Management Theories: Are They Critical andConstructive?
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・Presentation by Jun KAWABE (Osaka University of Commerce) “Critiquing andConstructing in Management Theories”
・ Presentation by Norihiro MIZUMURA (Saitama School of Economics andManagement) “Professionalized Business and Ethical Lens”
・ Presentation by Seishi NAKAGAWA (Fukuoka University) “H. S. Dennison’s
Management Thought of Long-term Solidarism”
・ Presentation by Kotaro KUWADA (Tokyo Metropolitan University) “Rethinking
Institutionalized Theories of Management and Managerial Practices: Implications
from Institutional Entrepreneurnhip Studies”
・Presentation by Toshio WATANABE (Kwansei Gakuin University) “Theory of Business
Administration, Theory of the Corporation, and Theory of Business-Oriented Society:Toward a Theory of Corporate Society”(b) Other Themes
・Presentation by Yuko OZAWA (Kobe Gakuin University) “Einführung und Verbreitungdes Controlling”
・Presentation by Tsukasa FUJINUMA (Aomori Public University) “Response-ability ofManagement Theories on ‘Trans-Science’: ‘Incorporation of Science’ andManagement Theories”
・Presentation by Yoshiaki TAKAHASHI (Chuo University) “Basic Thought of the New
Institutional Economics, and Neo-Liberalism”
・Presentation by Yoshiko NIWAMOTO (Setsunan University) “How Organizational
Capabilities are Developed: Based on the Adjustment Processes on the Spot”
・Presentation by Sho NAKAHARA (Osaka Sangyo University) “Political Researchabilityof Organizational Corruption: Turning Observation into Production in Social
Problems”(6) The 24th Annual Conference and Annals, on May 20/21/22, 2016 at Kyushu Sangyo
University(a) The unified theme and Annals title: Studies in History of Management Theories:
Their Past, Present and Future
・Presentation by Hideki IKENOUCHI (Kyushu Sangyo University) “The Rise and Fall of
the Historical Studies of Management Theories”
・Presentation by Kazuhiro FUJII (Aomori Public University) “An Essay: Thinking about‘History of Management Theories’ from a Historical Perspective”
・ Presentation by Nobuchika KAIDO (Kwansei Gakuin University) “The Current
Situation and Significance of the Historical Studies of Management Theories”
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・Presentation by Noboru MATSUSHIMA (Kobe University) “Materiality in Information
Management Theory: Transcending the Folklore of Social Constructivism”
・Presentation by Izumi MITSUI (Nihon University) “Pragmatism and Pluralism on theThought of M. P. Follett: Its Meaning and Potentiality”
・Presentation by Akira SHIBATA (Kagawa University) “A Study on Business Ethics
Theories in ‘Ordnungsethik’ from Karl Homann’s School: The Theoretical
Development and Practical Significance”(b) Other Themes
・Presentation by Yoshimichi SHIMADA (Kobe University) “Global Leader Research in
History of Management Theories”
・Presentation by Ibuki ISHIKAWA (Ritsumeikan University) “Rebuilding the Dynamic
Capabilities: How Entrepreneur Senses an Economic Opportunity”
・Presentation by Tsuyoshi YAMASHITA (The University of Kitakyushu) “Maslow’s
Theory of Self-Actualization and Management”
・Presentation by Tetsuya TAKAHASHI (Tokyo Fuji University) “Developing a Human
Side in a Theory of Human Resource Management”
・Presentation by Kaori NISHIMURA (Kyushu Sangyo University) “The Meaning of M. P.
Follett’s Theory of Creative Experience: As a Viewpoint of the Understanding ofCreative Experience”
・Presentation by Hiroshi SUGITA (Ishinomaki Senshu University) “The World View ofM. P. Follett: Based on Narrative Philosophy”
・Presentation by Takaharu NAKAMURA (University of Nagasaki) “Considering theConcept of Stake in Stakeholder Theory”(Yasuharu TANZAWA, Chuo University)46

THE ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION FOR ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCE
1. Brief History
The Academic Association for Organizational Science has a history of more than
50 years. We celebrated our 50th anniversary in 2010 and will have the 60th anniversary
in 2020. In 1959, the Association was founded by Keiji BABA (the University of Tokyo),
who thought that it was important to establish a micro foundation for various social
sciences. He focused on the level of a focal organization and the human behavior in it
and fostered interdisciplinary studies. After the demise of Baba in 1961, Susumu
TAKAMIYA (Sophia University) became the second president (1963-1986) of the
Association. He expanded the activities based on the founding philosophy andestablished the basic system of the Association. After Takamiya passed away, Yasuo
OKAMOTO (Aoyama Gakuin University) took the reins as the third president(1987-1992) and witnessed a growth in membership. Koichi SHIMOKAWA (Hosei
University) succeeded Okamoto to become the fourth president (1993-1996), while
Ikujiro NONAKA (Hitotusbashi University) became the fifth president (1996-2002). The
sixth president (2002-2005), Hiroyuki ITAMI (Hitotsubashi University), endeavored tohave the Association acknowledged as an NPO (non-profit organization) by the Tokyo
Metropolitan Government in March 2004. After Itami, Tadao KAGONO (Kobe
University) took up the post of the seventh president (2005-2009). Our 50th Anniversary
was held under the leadership of the eighth president (2009-2013), Takahiro FUJIMOTO(the University of Tokyo). Fujimoto tried to promote internationalization by sending
Japanese research achievements overseas in English. Tsuyoshi NUMAGAMI(Hitotsubashi University) took over from Fujimoto and renewed the homepage of the
Association as the ninth president (2013-2015). At present, Shigeru ASABA (Waseda
University) leads the Association as the tenth president (2015- ). Under these presidents,
various new experiments described below have been executed to promote the activitiesof the Association.
Due to various efforts through its history, the Association has developed
dramatically. The number of members as of September 2016 is 2,027 and that ofquasi-members is 86. Supporting companies number 13. As meaningful studies inorganizational science are believed to require various approaches, the membership bodyhas always been intended to be diverse, comprising management and organization
theorists, economists, psychologists, and political scientists. They mostly identify as
behavioral scientists in a broader sense, but beyond them, some members from anengineering background constitute another group. Board members (both elected and47

nominated) are intended to be representative of multiple disciplines. As such, theAcademic Association for Organizational Science has salient characteristics ascompared with those other associations that rely on a single discipline in conventionalsocial science.
2. Major Activities
The Academic Association for Organizational Science holds two types of annual
meetings: one held every autumn featuring a special topic, and the other held every
spring providing opportunities for members to present their recent studies. We haveexperimented with new forms of presentations such as panel discussion, sessions for
doctoral students, sessions to discuss contemporary topics in organizations withpractitioners, and so on. Especially, we put emphasis on both interaction among
members with different disciplinary backgrounds and development of research skills of
the younger members. Doctoral Consortiums, which started in 2001, are one of theefforts for the latter. In addition, we have invited non-members who have made great
achievements, from both the academic and the practical fields, to facilitate fruitful
discussion.
The Association issues an academic journal called Organizational Science(Soshiki Kagaku). Organizational Science aims to be a synthetic theoretical journal in
the social sciences. The first volume was published in 1967, and it has been publishedquarterly since 1968. The most recent issue (published in March 2017) is alreadyvolume 50, number 3. Each issue consists of submitted papers on free topics and invited
papers on a specific topic, which is selected by the editorial board. Most authors are
members of the Association, but non-members including foreign researchers are inviteddepending on the special issue. Submitted papers have to be anonymously
peer-reviewed for possible publication. Moreover, we exploit a senior editor system toshorten the referee cycle, help submitters to revise their papers, and promote
submissions. The editorial board is trying to increase the number of submitted papers;
more submitted papers are expected to be published than invited papers in the near
future. A Call for Paper (CFP) system was begun in 2006. Each issue on the CFP system
has a special theme, such as “Power and Organization (Vol. 45),” “Organizations andTime (Vol. 46),” and “Entrepreneurship: Diversity and Dynamism (Vol. 47).”
Furthermore, we began to post the papers published in Organizational Science on
J-STAGE, an electronic journal platform developed by the Japan Science andTechnology Agency (JST). The aim is to spread our members’ research achievements
worldwide and speedily.
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In addition to the two annual meetings, we have several one-day meetings orseminars a year. They are held for a couple of hours on a weekday evening usually. For
example, we had seminars entitled “What is MBA? Where it should go?” (held in
August 2016) and “What is ‘Taken for granted’ for Management” (held in December2016) in 2016. Moreover, regional sub-organizations of the Association such as Chubu(Nagoya and its vicinity), Kansai (the Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe and adjacent area) andKyushu are also active with several meetings a year. Moreover, the Association
financially supports several collaborative studies by members, selected through thesubmission of research proposals.
In October 1984, the Association launched an annual project for rewarding thebest books and papers in the area of organizational science, to support and encourage
quality works. The awards were renamed the Takamiya Prizes in 1986 in memory of thecontribution of the second president, Susumu Takamiya. In each year, a committee isorganized to review books and papers nominated for the award. Since 2012, papers
which won the Takamiya Prize were gradually translated into English and reedited
under the name of “Annals of Organizational Science (International Special Issue ofOrganizational Science).”
3. Current Research Concerns
The Academic Association for Organizational Science deals with various research
topics, partly because of its multidisciplinary nature and partly because of its sensitivity
to the social and economic environmental change in the real world. Although members’
research interests are various, the recent tendency might be roughly divided into three asfollows:
First, interests in the interdisciplinary or crossing border of research fields arecontinuously growing. Interplay between law and business, relationships between
management and psychology, interfacing neuroscience with organizational science, andso on. Second, we reaffirm the significance of notable classic works and try to develop
new interpretations based on them. Needless to say, it is important to enthusiasticallyinvestigate new and hot topics. However, we should remember the value of pastfindings at the same time. For this reason, many challenges to bridge past, present andfuture are positively working. Third, various research methods are focused on. We
always seek for better ways to utilize the information from mass data, questionnaire
surveys, academic interviews, etc. New ways of analysis are also introduced into thestream, like the multilevel analysis storytelling approach and text-mining approach.
Another way to delineate the current research concerns of the Association would49

be to review (1) special topics chosen for annual meetings, (2) special issues ofOrganizational Science, and (3) books and papers awarded the Takamiya Prizes inrecent years.
3-1. Special topics chosen for annual meetings
As described above, one of the two annual meetings is to present the special
topics which reflect the common interests of the Association at that time. The topics andthe site of the meetings in the past six years have been as follows:
Organization in Organization, Kyoto University, Kyoto, October 8-9, 2011.
Overview of Organization Studies，Kokushikan University, Tokyo, October 20-21,
2012.
The Changing World, Local Political and Economic system, and Business Management,
Hiroshima, November 9-10, 2013.
Organization Theories of Representation, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, October
18-19, 2014.
Dynamics of Organizing: From the various aspects of our time, Osaka University,
Osaka, December 5-6, 2015.
Competition and Corporation, Sophia University, Tokyo, October 8-9, 2016.
Besides, the next conference and special topics will be follows:
The Practice and Meaning in Organizations, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji,
November 11-12, 2017.
At the latest meeting in Sophia University in 2016, we had eight regular sessions
based on the topic of Competition and Cooperation and three new challenges. One of
the challenges was a Book Review Session organized by the editorial board. We picked
up two books, written by Jinichiro YAMADA (Osaka City University) and Ken
KUSUNOKI (Hitotsubashi University) respectively, and had meaningful active
discussions. Another challenge deserving special mention was the President’s Session.
Shigeru ASABA, the tenth president of the Association, delivered a presentation entitled“The core problem of Competition and Cooperation” as a keynote speaker. Followed it,a panel discussion with Nobuko HOSOGAYA (Sophia University) and Naoki
WAKABAYASHI (Kyoto University) ran. Furthermore, we had a special session on social
innovation. As a keynote speaker, Ikujiro NONAKA (Hitotsubashi University) gave apresentation entitled “Social Innovation: Ba and practical knowledge.” Then, a50

presentation by two practitioners who were invited to this session followed: Hiroshi
IIJIMA (Incorporated Nonprofit Organization ASAZA Fund) gave us a speech entitled“Dynamic Networks, dissolving obstacles into membranes,” and Toshie MITSUI(Incorporated Nonprofit Organization Cross Fields) made a presentation entitled“Interface between social problem solving and business.”
3-2. Special issues of Organizational Science
Organizational Science (Soshiki Kagaku) intends to be an integrating vehicle forvarious branches of social science to discuss theoretical and empirical analyses oforganizational phenomena. Normally, it features special issues in each volume. Below
are the issues specially covered by the journal in the last six years, which will also
indicate some of the Association’s current research concerns:
Introduction to Multilevel Analysis (Vol. 44, No. 4, 2011)
Management Theory of Business Ecosystem (Vol. 45, No. 1, 2011）
Business Activities and International Order (Vol. 45, No. 2, 2011)
Power and Organization (Vol. 45, No. 3, 2012)
Organization and Crisis Management (Vol. 45, No. 4, 2012)
Contracts with Organization and Dignity, Liberty and Justice within Organization (Vol.
46, No. 1, 2012)
Innovation beyond Boundaries (Vol. 46, No. 2, 2012)
Organizations and Time (Vol. 46, No. 3, 2013)
Japanese Companies from Asian Point of View (Vol. 46, No. 4, 2013)
The Collaboration in the Fields (Vol. 47, No. 1, 2013)
Contemporary Organizational Researches on Japanese Firms (Vol. 47, No. 2, 2013)
Entrepreneurship: Diversity and Dynamism (Vol. 47, No. 3, 2014)
Interfacing Neuroscience with Organizational Science (Vol. 47, No. 4, 2014)
Beyond Ownership and Control (Vol. 48, No. 1, 2014)
Learning at Work (Vol. 48, No. 2, 2014)
Exploring Theories in Organization and Strategy (Vol. 48, No. 3, 2015)
Models and Methods in Big Data Analysis (Vol. 48, No. 4, 2015)
Funding Organizations (Vol. 49, No. 1, 2015)
The Ecology of Organizational Theories (Vol. 49, No. 2, 2015)
Innovation for Customer Value Creation (Vol. 49, No. 3, 2016)
Non-Verbal Communication in Organizations (Vol. 49, No. 4, 2016)
Diversity and Leadership (Vol. 50, No. 1, 2016)
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Stability and Change in Employment Systems (Vol. 50, No. 2, 2016)
Structures and Strategies of Intra-Organizational Relationships (Vol. 50, No. 3, 2017）
In the most recent issue (Vol. 50, No.3) of Organizational Science, there are four
papers for the special issue on the “Structures and Strategies of Intra-Organizational
Relationships.” The papers for the special issue are as follows: (1) “An introduction tocommunity capital: The functions of imprinting, commensurate trust and quasi-ties,” (2)“Inter-organizational relationships between business and nonprofits for theircollaborative value creation and linked interest: A comparative case study on a joint
development,” (3) “Resource dependencies, power imbalance, and board cooptation: An
empirical synthesis and reexamination of the Japanese main bank system and resource
dependence perspective,” (4) “Response delay due to the fear of cannibalization: An
empirical study of new product launches in the Japanese beer industry.” Three othersubmitted papers are follows: (5) “Governance structures of police organizations: Fromthe perspective of incentives and information asymmetry,” (6) “The interaction effect offraming and reciprocity norm on negotiators’ attitudes in distributive bargaining,” (7)“The effect of intra-organization transfers on employees’ organizational identification.”
3-3. Takamiya Prize winners
To list the works awarded the Takamiya Prizes is another way to indicate theresearch concerns of the Association. The prizes are awarded to books and journal
articles. The award-winning books in the last six years are as follows:
No awards for book section in 2011.
2012 Book award:
Toshihiko KATO, Structure and Change of Technological Systems: Exploring a Theory
from a Methodological Perspective (Gijutsu System no Kozo to Kakushin:
Hohoronteki Shiza ni Motozuku Keieigaku no Tankyu), 2011.
2013 Book award:
Kimihiro FURUSE, Hybrid Exchange Forms: Gift and Market Mechanisms for the Saleof Small Family Businesses (Zoyo to Baibai no Konzaisuru Kokan:Chusho Kigyo
M&A ni okeru Keieisha no Katto to sono Kaisho Process), 2012.
Fumihiko IKUINE, Development Productivity Dilemma: The Innovation Patterns in the
Digital Age (Kaihatsu Seisansei no Dilemma: Digital-ka Jidai no Innovation
Pattern), 2012.
2014 Book award:
Ryuta SUZUKI, Management of Workplace Relationship (Kakawariau Shokuba no52

Management), 2013.
Michi FUKUSHIMA, The Formation of a High-Tech Cluster and Local Initiatives: How
Has Austin Grown into a High-Tech City? (High-Tech Cluster no Keisei toLocal Initiative: Texas Shu Austin no Kiseki ha naze Okottanoka), 2013.
2015 Book award:
Nobuyuki INAMIZU, Communication and Decision-making in a fluid organization:
Agent-based approach (Ryudo-ka suru Soshiki no Ishikettei: Agent Base
Approach), 2014.
2016 Book award:
Minoru SHIMAMOTO, National Project Management: The Development of Photovoltaic
Power Generation System under the Sunshine Project (Keikaku no Sohatsu:
Sunshine Keikaku to Taiyoko Hatsuden), 2015.
2017 Book award:
Hiroshi SHIMIZU, Innovations in General Purpose Technology: Technological
Development of Semiconductor Lasers in the U.S. and Japan (General Purpose
Technology no Innovation: Handotai Laser no Gijyutsu Sinka no Nichibei
Hikaku), 2016.
The award-winning journal articles in the same period are as follows:2011 Article award:
Hidenori TANAKA, “The Mechanism of Network in Industrial Agglomeration: The Caseof Okayama Jeans Industrial Agglomeration,” Organizational Science (Soshiki
Kagaku), Vol. 43, No. 4.
2012 Article award:
Yuki TSUBOYAMA, “Intra-Organizational Processes of Making Organizational Façade:A Case Study of the First Restructuring Plan of Japanese National Railways,”
Organizational Science (Soshiki Kagaku), Vol. 44, No. 3.
Yoichi MATSUMOTO, “Resource Mobilization for Innovation and Technology Progress:
In a Case of Kaneka’s Solar Module Business,” Organizationa Science (Soshiki
Kagaku), Vol. 44, No. 3.
2013 Article award:
Takehiko KOMATSU, “Integration or Disintegration in Semiconductor Manufacturing:
An Empirical Study on Transaction Cost Economics and Resource-Based View,”
Organizational Science (Soshiki Kagaku), Vol. 45, No. 2.
No award for the article section in 2014.
2015 Article award:
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Koichiro KODAMA, “An Adaptive Process to Technological Change: A Case Study of
the Photo Printing Business Adapting to Digitization of Photographs,”
Organizational Science (Soshiki Kagaku), Vol. 47, No. 1.
Hidenori SATO, “Manager’s Power and Cognition to Form Organizational Routine:
Manager’s Role in Car Dealerships,” Organizational Science (Soshiki Kagaku),Vol. 47, No. 2.
2016 Article award:
Genjiro KOSAKA, “A Comparative Study on R&D Organizations in Specialized
Manufacturer and Generalized Manufacturer: A Case Analysis in the Vacuum
Fluorescent Display Industry,” Organizational Science (Soshiki Kagaku), Vol.
48, No. 1.
Motohiro NAKAUCHI, “Effective Method of Knowledge Transfer Among Engineers,”
Organizational Science (Soshiki Kagaku), Vol. 48, No. 2.
2017 Article award:
Shinich YAMAGUCHI, “An empirical Analysis of the Game Industry to Demonstrate
Decreased Impact of Network Externalities Over Time,” Organizational
Science (Soshiki Kagaku), Vol. 49, No. 2.
4. Future Challenges
There are a few foreseeable problems that we have to tackle in the future. In the
structural change of the Japanese economy and world situation, new management
systems are being sought: Japanese manufacturing companies which used to have highcompetitive advantage now face a lot of trouble from losing it, and there is a growing
call for a review of Japanese traditional work practices like long working hours, and soon. For this purpose, it is necessary to accumulate both empirical research andtheoretical studies much more.
Second, in the context of the falling birthrate, the number of members of the
Association will be expected to decrease gradually in the future. To minimize theundesirable effects and to keep the quality of the Association, we need to provide much
more attractive seminars and meetings as collaborative locations. We have alreadylaunched the challenge for it and expect good results. It might be effective to invite
many more foreign researchers to our Association as members.
Third, we promote sending our research achievements overseas. Although many
outstanding research outputs are developed in Japan, it is hard to say that they are
known well enough. In order to improve the situation, the Association has registeredwith J-STAGE as stated above and encourages members to write and publish papers in54

English. In addition, the Association tries to facilitate international exchange throughseminars and meetings as well as collaborative projects with overseas researchers.
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JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR SOCIAL POLICY STUDIESIntroduction
The Japan Association for Social Policy Studies (JASPS, Shakai Seisaku Gakkai)changed its name in English from SSSP in 2014. Since it was founded as one of theoldest academic communities in Japan in 1897, the academic focus of the association
has not so much changed in essence, but it deals today with labor problems and labor
union movements, the social security system including social insurance, social welfare,and social services, the poverty and social exclusion, and so on. Reflecting the range ofits focus, the academic or research fields of its members are also various, including
economics, politics, and sociology.
The Association is so interdisciplinary that representing its character in general
would be too abstract. Therefore the Section 1 of this paper will introduce every themeof the general symposium in each biannual conference these five years. According
mainly to the journal, Social Policy and Labor Studies, edited by JASPS and publishedthree times a year, short summaries of reports presented at each general symposium will
be shown in chronological order. Each general theme is given after the number of theconference, although only the 124th conference held two general symposiums. Section
2 lists the books awarded prizes by JASPS, which will present a glimpse of performanceby the members of the Association. Section 3 presents international exchange and future
prospects.
1. General symposiums in each biannual conference(1) 124th Biannual Conference: Spring, 2012
1) Local Communities and the Seismic Disaster at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant
With the chairman Hirohiko TAKASU (Hitotsubashi Univesity), this was the first
general symposium among those held at JASPS conferences that treated the nuclear
power problem head on.
In the report “Confronting an unprecedented seismic nuclear disaster”, Koshiro
ISHIMARU (Anti-nuclear Alliance Futaba), a guest speaker, showed some 160,000
Fukushima residents were forced to live as refugees, with more than 1,000 leaving theprefecture each month. Yukiko SATO (Fukushima Network for Saving Children from
Radiation), also a guest speaker, represented in “Children of Fukushima Since the
Nuclear Accident” about mental health problems caused by conflict between those who
convinced themselves it was all right to stay in Fukushima and those who did not. The
session “Refugees from radioactivity, the return to Iitate, and conflicts between the56village and the refugees over the recovery from the disaster” by Akihiko S ATO(Hitotsubashi University) concerned the policymaking process around the government
office of Iitate, before and after the evacuation. Masuro SUGAI (Kokugakuin University),in the session “The Earthquake and Tepco’s Fukushima Nuclear Power Accident Have
Revealed Problems with Japan’s Modernization”, introduced a diary written by Shozo
Tanaka.
2) Disaster and Social Policy
The chairpersons Hisashi FUKAWA (Shizuoka University) and Kazue ENOKI(Hosei University) of this symposium pointed out the fact that political ideas andproposals concerning the Great East Japan Earthquake, which hardly reflected the
feelings of the people in the disaster areas, caused confusion among them.
In “Rebuilding the lives of victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and related
disasters”, Fuminori TAMBA (Fukushima University) pointed out the extraordinary
challenges which victims were facing, such as the breadth of the evacuee diaspora, theundetermined duration of this evacuation, and the variety of forms this evacuation took.
“Social Policy for Revaluating the Human Security Principle and De-grow Strategy in
the Aftermath Process of the 3.11 Catastrophe” by Koichi OGASAWARA (Tohoku
Fukushi University) emphasized the necessity of human security norms in the processof recovery and reconstruction of lives and an alternative economic strategy ofde-growth (de-emphasizing dependence on economic growth).
(2)125th Biannual Conference: Autumn, 2012
“New Public Commons” and Social Policy
According to the chairman Makoto ABE (Oita University), “New PublicCommons”, a concept embraced by the Democratic Party’s Hatoyama Government, had
attracted attention since 2010, while the concept was introduced by the Liberal
Democratic Party around 2000, emphasizing “self-reliant individuals”.
The report titled “The Change in Social Services and ‘New Public Commons’:
The Trends and Issues about Quasi-Marketization in Japan” by Katsuhiko SAHASHI(Hokkai Gakuen University) took particular note of the provision system of elderly careservices called “Long-term Care Insurance” (LTCI, Koteki kaigo hoken). Satoru
HASHIMOTO (Kansai University) showed “Aspects of Studies of Nonprofit
Organizations in Japan” with the intention to answer such questions as what the mainfeatures or principles of management in nonprofit organizations were and what was“new” for nonprofit organizations. Natsuko TANAKA (Tsuru University), a guest
speaker, provided a report titled “The Process of Reception of the Principle of57‘Sussidiarieta’ (Subsidiarity) in Italy: Case Studies of Relationships between Local
Governments and Cooperative/Not-for-profit Organizations (‘terzo settore’, third
sector)”, referring to “horizontal subsidiarity”, “collaboration”, and “strain” between
cooperative/not-for-profit and local governments. Taro MIYAMOTO (Chuo University),
under the title “‘New Public Commons’ and the Changing Welfare States: New
Governance for Decommodification, Defamilialization, and Decentralization”, reviewed
the theory of the non-profit regime developed by Salamon and Anheier, discussing thepossibility of new divergences into different types of provisional systems.
(3) 126th Biannual Conference: Spring, 2013
Gender Equality and Social Policy
Chairpersons Kazue ENOKI (Hosei University) and Kimiko KIMOTO(Hitotsubashi University), noticing that efforts to achieve gender equality were still inprogress, introduced the themes of this symposium as centered on labor issues.
“Economic Gaps and Equity among Employees: Aiming at a Transformation from
‘Japan’s 1960’s System’ to a New Social System” by Koshi ENDO (Meiji University)
argued that a better solution would not be returning to the rigid “Japan’s 1960’s System”,
but an effort to establish a new social system built on job-based employment practices
and diverse family structures. Mie MORIKAWA (National Institute of Public Health),under the title “Visibilization of Care Work in Social Policies: Issues of the Long-term
Care Insurance System Viewed through Care Work Evaluation”, pointed out that theserious issues resulting from LTCIS (Koteki kaigo hoken) lay not only in the economic
status of care workers but also in the normative aspect. In “Gender Analysis of Japan’sChild Allowance: A Crossroads of Social Policies”, Akemi KITA (Fukui Prefectural
University) insisted that the real contradiction existed in the choice between a
combination of public nurseries and the universal child allowance based on a
tax-financed system, and between a policy of quasi-marketized childcare services andchildcare vouchers based on childcare insurance. “Governance of Livelihood Security
Systems: Reconsidering Income Poverty and Disparity” by Mari OSAWA (The
University of Tokyo) focused on income poverty among the faces of vulnerability,emphasizing the conclusion that tax and social security schemes in Japan were not only
dysfunctional but “reverse-functional”. A comment by Yoku KADO, “Reviewing Social
Policies from the Perspective of Vertical Gender Segregation – Possibilities forAchieving Partnerships among Actors, Considering Environmental Conditions, andDeal with Vertical Gender Equality”, noticed a strong need to construct a social policy
oriented to correcting gender inequality.
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(4) 127th Biannual Conference: Autumn, 2013
Social Policy and the Right to Housing
As an introduction, the chairman Shogo TAKEGAWA (The University of Tokyo)
represented housing policy as a marginal area of social policy, differing widely fromcountry to country, and noticed great change in Japan’s housing policy brought by the
Basic Housing Act of 2006.
Yosuke HIRAYAMA (Kobe University), a guest speaker, pointed out that mostowner-occupied houses had consistently generated capital losses for the past two
decades under the title “Housing policy and the reproduction of home ownership”. And
he emphasized that economic decline had undermined the reproductive capacity ofJapan’s homeowner society. “The transfiguration of livelihood capital and the housingpoor” by Yoshihiro OKAMOTO (Chukyo University) pointed out that social security
policy had been providing no assistance for suitable housing while focusing on
community care, although changes in regional structure or resident attributes werecreating greater demand for housing support. Risa KUZUNISHI (Foundation for Senior
Citizens’ Housing) presented “Housing problems for people in need of care and newmeasures to cope”, with an overview of the problems related to living and livelihoods
for single parents, and then some case studies of shared housing aimed at single parents
that had been verified within Japan. “Housing policy and social security reform in
Britain” by Michihiko TOKORO (Osaka City University) introduced that Margaret
Thatcher’s government implemented a ‘right to buy’ program instead of providing
council housing.
(5) 128th Biannual Conference: Spring, 2014
Social Reform Ideology and the Present Age: Questioning the Intellectual Foundationsof Social Policies
The chairpersons Koichi HIRAOKA (Ochanomizu University) and Kaori KATADA(Hosei University) examined the possibilities for “the social” with special focus on therelationships to neoliberalism, to “the political”, and to labor.
“History of the ideology of social policy and contemporary social policy reforms
in France” by Takuji TANAKA (Hitotsubashi University) discussed two ideas thatemerged in the history of French social policy: the first, the novel political ordercomprising the state and the “free” individuals, and the second, the philosophical origin
in the concept of social solidarity during the Third Republic. Midori WAKAMORI (Osaka
City University), in “Karl Polanyi and ideas on social reform re-examined: controversial
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basis of the market society”, emphasized that completely unfettered markets lacking
social control were destructive of the livelihood of common people with narrowing
freedoms for social reactions that sought to achieve the general interests of thecommunity. “Economic and social dimensions in the history of ideologies and theories
in social policy in Japan” by Kingo TAMAI (Aichi Gakuin University), noticing tworoles of social policy in relation to the market, examined whether and how JASPS hadchanged in its principle of facilitating social reforms, and also whether and how the core
principle was still active.
(6) 129th Biannual Conference: Autumn, 2014
Labor Regulation as Social Policy in Europe and JapanThe chairman Tateshi MORI (Teikyo University), on the premise that any
employment is necessarily composed of variable kinds of regulation, discussed thetendency of Japanese policymakers in comparison with the EU.
Keiichiro HAMAGUCHI (The Japan Institute for Labor Policy and Training), under
the title of “The current situation of EU labor law policy”, introduced the aims of theEuropean Commission as legislation of transnational company agreements at the EU
level, pointing out many legal problems related to conflicts with national industrial
relations systems. “The social regulation on labor in Germany: the ‘Job-Miracle’ anddual codetermination system” by Yoko TANAKA (University of Tsukuba) observed thepolicies coordinating working hours after the Lehman shock in 2008, which resulted inalmost no unemployment, examining the changing process from deregulation to
re-regulation in Germany over the last 20 years. Takashi SUGANUMA (Rikkyo
University), under the title of “Workers’ control in Denmark in a globalized world”
reported industrial relations and labor market policies in Denmark against the backdropof the recent globalization drive, emphasizing that Denmark was still one of thecountries with the narrowest social gap. “Employment policy and industrial relations inJapan: a comparison with flexicurity policies in Europe” by Kensaku TOMURO(Yamagata University) examined the present conditions of employment policy andindustrial relations in Japan in contrast with collective agreements concluded byindustrial unions with industrial associations. In “Japan’s regulatory reforms in
employment and gender”, Rei SEIYAMA (Ibaraki University) analyzed employment
regulatory reforms of the second Abe administration, pointing out little reduction in
Japan’s gender gap or gender inequality in workplaces.
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Social Services Reform and Local Government: Issues and Prospects
With the chairman Michihiko TOKORO, new social care and personal support
system for those in complex social difficulties, such as self-withdrawal and dementia,
aimed to be provided in recent social security reforms with expectation for local
authorities.
Namiko NUMAO (Nihon University), under the title of “The role of municipal
governments in developing integrated community care systems under social security
reforms in Japan”, emphasized through two cases, Masaki Town and Omuta City in
Kyushu, that budgetary systems had to be changed. “Elderly care and community-based
integrated care in Japan” by Nobuhiro INOUE (Shinshu University) discussed how local
communities could solve mismatches between essential livelihood tasks and support for
elder care actually provided, emphasizing importance of the distribution of care. In“Local authority and the Law to Support the Independence of People in Need in social
policy”, Yusuke KAKITA (Oita University) discussed, from macro, mezzo and micro
perspectives, the actual conditions of people in need, referring to the issues andproblems concerning implementation of the Seikatsu Konkyusha Jiritsu Shien Ho. Ken
TAKIWAKI (Hurusatono-kai), a guest speaker, under the title of “The status ofcommunity support for the needy”, reported about a non-profit organization named
Hurusatono-kai, which had provided support for people in Tokyo with various socialand housing needs.
(8) 131st Biannual Conference: Autumn, 2015
Foreign Workers’ Problems and Social Policy
The plan of the session noticed by the chairman Norio HISAMOTO (Kyoto
University) was to address specifically or concretely some problems concerning foreign
workers.
Yasushi IGUCHI (Kwansei Gakuin University), under the title of “International
labor migration and social policy in Japan: stocktaking and prospects for realizing
reforms”, emphasized that the present institutional scheme had been heavily weighted
toward immigration control since 1990, pointing out little political will to prohibit
discrimination against foreigners even after the establishment of the ASEAN
Community at the end of 2015. “Discussions on fostering ‘globally competentpersonnel’ and issues related to accepting ‘high skilled foreigners’ in Japan: Global
talent management in Japanese multinational corporations and connections tointernational students” by Takashi MORIYA (Ritsumeikan University) clarified thedifferences from “globally competent talent” and “global leadership” in the West.
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Katsuaki MATSUMOTO (Kumamoto Gakuen University), under the title of “Social
security in response to trans-border relocation of workers”, examined the developmentof social security coverage for foreigners in Japan referring to initiatives in Germany
and the European Union. In “The background and issues regarding the reception offoreign residents by the city of Hamamatsu and the role of companies, universities andcitizens”, Shigehiro IKEGAMI (Shizuoka University of Art and Culture), a guest speaker,
emphasized that xenophobia by Japanese citizens and migrants’ unstable working
conditions would undermine efforts at multicultural community building.
(9) 132nd Biannual Conference: Spring, 2016
Changing Personnel Management and Employment Structure in the Public Sector
The chairman Makoto ABE’s “Introduction: changing personnel management andemployment structure in the public sector” pointed out that privatization andoutsourcing brought revision of personnel management and pay systems for employeesof public sectors in Japan.
“The public sector reform and the transformation of public sector work” by
Koichi MATSUO (Aoyama Gakuin University) examined how Japan’s recent public
sector reform had changed the employment structure, the nature of public employees’
work, and the character of Japanese public sector work, especially under the recent
trend of personnel management reform. Kenichi KURODA (Meiji University), under thetitle of “Revision of the local public officer act and introduction of the performanceappraisal system”, considered the change of the way of working of the local public
service workers from the performance appraisal system, the actual situation of Tokyo,
Kanagawa, Osaka and Kyoto, and the countermeasures of labor unions. The report by
Masanori KAWAMURA (Hokkai Gakuen University), “Present status and problems of thegovernment-made working poor”, was focused on non-regular public employees, who
had neither protection in the legal system nor compensation for limitations on basic
labor rights, and on those employees working in projects on which an order was placedby the local government. In “Public sector childcare teachers in the transformation of
the public sector as employer and provider of social services: friend or foe for genderequality?”, Kumiko HAGIWARA (Shimonoseki City University) emphasized that the
government was now taking role of reproducing unequal gender relations in care workby both rejecting the gender equal route and concealing the gender bias built into
Japan’s “Promoting Women’s Active Participation” policy. In addition, a comment by
Yoji KAMBAYASHI about this symposium was titled, “The public responsibility of the
public service: expertise and professionalism”. His attempt was to clarify recent changes
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in the labor conditions of public servants from the perspectives of public responsibility
and occupational professionalism.
(10) 133rd Biannual Conference: Autumn, 2016
Financial Resources and Social Policy: How to Establish a National Consensus?
The chairman Kingo TAMAI, examined historical studies on thoughts andinstitutions related to taxes, social insurance, and contribution funds (kyoshutsu kin),emphasizing the importance of the last, sometimes invisible although growing in Japan
since 1980s.
Mari OSAWA, under the title of “Comparative gender analysis of the net burden oftax and social security contributions, with a focus on Japan”, presented a comparative
analysis of the net burden of tax and social security contributions from a gender
perspective, in order to clarify characteristics of Japan’s livelihood security system
related to relative poverty. “Has the social insurance scheme now reached its limits?:
The burden of tax and social security contributions and non-payment of the national
pension” by Masato SHIKATA (Kwansei Gakuin University) evaluated Japan’s social
insurance system, suggesting a need to achieve universal coverage through an
employment-based social insurance system. In “Financing education and childcare
security: how to convince the elderly?”, Yorimitsu OOKA (Chukyo University)emphasized, referring to Sweden, that we should consider taxing pensions on the basisof universalism, rather than reducing the basic pension contribution for high-income
pensions, which would not be politically supported. Takehiko IKEGAMI (Rikkyo
University), a guest speaker, under the title of “Financing social security: issues in taxes
and social insurance premiums”, insisted on shifting the source of revenue for universal
benefit programs from social insurance premiums to taxes in order to realize theprinciple of horizontal and vertical equity, and so on.
2. Prizes awarded by JASPS
The books written by members which were awarded prizes by JASPS in these
five years were as follows.

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Books awarded by JASPS: published between 2011 and 2015 (all in Japanese)
2011

Academic Prize: No one qualified.
Encouragement award:
Rie IWANAGA, How the Japanese Public Assistance System Formulated theConcept of Minimum Living Standards: Historical Analysis of the Standards and
Implementation Guidelines, Minerva Shobo.
Encouragement award:
Lianhua LI, Late-Modernization and Social Policy in East Asia: Health
Insurance in South Korea and Taiwan, Minerva Shobo.

2012

Academic Prize: No one qualified.
Encouragement award:
Naoki FUKAZAWA, History of German Social Insurance, Nagoya University
Press.
Encouragement award:
Kenzo YOSHIDA, The Pension System in the United States, Nihon Keizai
Hyouronsha.
Encouragement award:
Nobuko YOKOTA, The Urban Under-Stratum and Workers in Korea, Minerva
Shobo.

2013

Academic Prize:
Setsu ITO, A Biography of Clara Zetkin, Ochanomizu Shobo.
Encouragement award: No one qualified.

2014

Academic Prize: No one qualified.
Encouragement award:
PARK Hee Sook, Welfare Governance of Local Government, Minerva Shobo.

2015

Academic Prize: No one qualified.
Encouragement award:
Mie MORIKAWA, Visibilization of Care Work, Minerva Shobo.

3. International Exchange and Future Prospects
According to TANAKA (2014), the Association has had an academic exchangewith the Korean Association for Social Policy (KASP) since 2011, with sessions to
discuss the problems of non-regular workers and welfare financing in Japan and in
Korea. In 2013, it started an academic collaboration with the European Social Policy
Analysis Network (ESPA net) and invited ESPA net members to be special presenters on
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126th biannual conference. And in 2014, an academic collaboration with the Labor and
Employment Relation Association (LERA) in the USA started. In addition, the special
issue on social policies in east Asia, Social Policy and Labor Studies 5(2), published in2013, was not based on biannual conferences but was composed of six papers
concerning social policies in east Asia coordinated by Takafumi UZUHASHI, most ofthem written by Chinese or Korean members.
In JASPS, approximately 1,200 members are struggling with various topics andproblems concerning social policy today. The variety may of course enrich researches
and discussions around JASPS, but at the same time, being aware how to integrate eachview with one another is getting more important than before, so that the performance orperspective of each member should not be too much segmented.
References
JASPS ed. (2013-2017), Social Policy and Labor Studies, Vol. 4, Vol. 5, Vol. 6, Vol. 7,
Vol. 8, Vol. 9, Minerva Shobo.
Yoko TANAKA (2014), “What’s JASPS (SSSP)?”
http://jasps.org/en/about_index.html(Rimpei YOSHIMURA, Fukui Prefectural University)

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SOCIO-ECONOMIC HISTORY SOCIETY
Since the 1990s, cross-border trade, the movement of people and funds, and thetransmission of information have developed rapidly for a variety of reasons. These
include market deregulation via financial Big Bangs, advances in telecommunications
technology (the IT revolution), including the spread of the internet, and, politically, thedisintegration of the Soviet Union and the former socialist bloc in Eastern Europe. As
the economic and social interdependence between countries, or globalization,
accelerates, historical research is required to clarify the origins and processes that have
deepened ties across the world, rather than simply summing national histories.
Therefore, there is a need to build different methodological paradigms and frameworks
to go beyond the Western-centric approach, which reconstructs history by projecting aworld image based on 19th century Europe onto the past. In response to awareness of
this issue, global history research, which studies history panoramically and holisticallyfrom a global perspective, has been promoted in academic circles inside and outside ofJapan. Prominent British economic historian Patrick O’BRIAN (London School of
Economics and Political Science) contributed “Historiographical Traditions and Modern
Imperatives for the Restoration of Global History” to the Journal of Global History
2006 issue, in which he described two main approaches: namely the history of
connections, and comparative history (Journal of Global History (2006) 1, pp. 3 – 39).
Moreover, Japanese Indian historian Tsukasa MIZUSHIMA (The University of Tokyo)emphasizes the length of the historical time axis, the breadth of the geographical spaceaxis, and the diversity of themes covered as the features of global history (Tsukasa
Mizushima, Introduction to Global History (in Japanese), Yamakawa Shuppansha,
2006). For example, an approach that treats humans as one element in the global
environment covers long-term historical change (previously the subject of archeology
from the birth of prehistoric humans), the characteristics and evolution of humans as a
species, and the emergence of agriculture through to the development of agricultural
civilization. Then, in addition to Western developed countries, colonies and emerging
countries are identified as dynamic actors, and continental areas such as Eurasia, Northand South America, Africa, and Australia, and maritime areas such as the Pacific Ocean,Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean are analyzed. There are also diverse research themes,
including the production, distribution, and consumption of global commodities,
including sugar, coffee, tea, tobacco, silver, and cotton goods; the propagation of
epidemic and infectious diseases; change in the global environment; and comparisons ofliving standards and wages in each region.
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The rising interest in the history of connections and comparative history in thedevelopment of global history can also be observed in the activities of theSocio-Economic History Society. In the preface to Studies in Socio-Economic History,
2002–2011: Collected Essays to Mark the 80th Anniversary of the Socio-Economic
History Society, Japan, Yuhikaku, 2012, Shinya SUGIYAMA (Keio University), Presidentof the Society at the time, observed a trend among the papers and book reviews
published in the academic journal since the beginning of the 21st century. He noted that
research areas had shifted from Europe and the United States to Asia, including Japan,
China, and India, and that the research periods had shifted from the pre-modern andmodern to the inter-World War and post-World War Ⅱ periods. In light of these changes,
the publication adopted organizations, humans and the environment, and space andnetworks as its three major frameworks for organizing research trends.
The special lectures at SEHC annual meeting in 2015 (Juro TERANISHI,
Hitotsubashi University, “Economic Activities and Religions: An Approach from theHistorical Comparison of Britain and Japan”, Waseda University, May 30th, 2015) andin 2016 (Nak-Nyeon KIM, Dongguk University, “Economic Development of Korea:
Long-Term Trends and International Comparisons”, Hokkaido University, June 11th,2016) also reflected those keen interests in the global comparison of economies andsocieties beyond the conventional west/east dichotomy.
Rising interest in historical narrative on a global scale is also closely connected tothe development of international research networks. Here, the 17th World Economic
History Congress held at the Kyoto International Conference Center from August 3–5,
2015, has vital significance. The World Economic History Congress is an international
academic conference held every three years around the world by the International
Economic History Association (IEHA), which has 45 member academic societies fromover 40 countries. For over half a century of history since its launch in 1960, the World
Economic History Congress was held mainly in European countries. However, its
international reach has expanded, beginning with Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2002, andwas held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in 2012. The World Congress held in Kyoto in2015 was the first in Asia, and was memorable. At the World Congress in Kyoto, in
addition to three plenary sessions and 178 parallel sessions, there were poster anddissertation sessions, which formed a doctoral dissertation competition. Here, 1,202
researchers took part in the sessions, with the number of participants exceeding 1,300, if
partners are included. Considering the number of participating researchers by country,
Japan accounted for the largest number with 294 researchers. In other words, 908
researchers, or 76% of the total participants, were from outside Japan. Countries with a67

large number of participants included the United States (143), the United Kingdom(101), China (91), France (56), the Netherlands (56), and Spain (53). It is noteworthy
that in addition to the major Western countries that have traditionally played a central
role in global economic history research, the World Congress gained many participantsfrom China.
“Diversity of Development” was established as the common theme for the World
Congress. As pointed out by Tetsuji OKAZAKI (The University of Tokyo), who served as
Chair of the Local Organizing Committee, 19th century Japan achieved the first modern
economic development in Asia, and its post-war economic growth also presented a new
development model. Subsequently, as economic growth continued in the Asia NIEs and
BRICS, and it emerged that modern industrialization is not a phenomenon specific toWestern countries. Thus, it became necessary to re-examine existing theories by
unraveling diverse development paths against a background of various economic andsocial cultures. As a result, the Executive Committee of the International Economic
History Association that selects the sessions was not bound to the theme determined by
the Local Organizing Committee. Nevertheless, because the theme overlapped with theissues of interest shared by many researchers in recent years, amid the progression in
globalization, many of the sessions at the World Congress compared diversity between
times and regions.
Three plenary sessions connected to the common theme were also held at theWorld Congress. In his Keynote Lecture for the first session on the opening day of theWorld Congress, Osamu SAITO (Hitotsubashi University) compared the long-termchanges in the occupational structure of industry in Europe and Japan in the 18th–20th
centuries. In addition, he considered the mechanisms of change based on theInternational Network for the Comparative History of Occupational Structure project, inwhich he plays a central role. His observations were that the conventional pattern ofoccupational structure change, known as the Petty-Clark Law, is not necessarily general.
Instead, the share of industrial workers did not increase in many countries during theIndustrial Revolution, including the United Kingdom and Japan. Furthermore, while theshare of industrial workers did increase overall during the Industrial Revolution, thedecline in the share of agricultural workers was not as rapid. Thus, as perspectives tounderstand this phenomenon, he raised the relationship between the labor-saving effectof machinery and the labor demand of the machine industry (the problem of Ricardo’s
machine theory), the technology bias in industry and in industry linkages, and long-termchanges in agricultural labor demand.
In the second session on the third day, Professor Pranab BARDHAN (University of68

California, Berkeley) and Professor R. Bin WONG (University of California, Los
Angeles) focused on two of the world’s largest economies — China and India — fromthe perspectives of economic history and development economics. The debates
examined the development experiences, including institutional forms, governancepatterns, and their impact on contemporary development experience not only fromnational but also from regional, global and historical perspectives. Professor Pranab
Bardhan, speaking from the perspective of development economics, contrasted theentrepreneurial, rentier and state capitalist patterns of development in China and India
with special focus on labor-intensive production in the agriculture and manufacturingsectors, infrastructural considerations, property rights and governance issues. Professor
R. Bin Wong, approaching the same issues from a long-term historical perspective ofChina, examined patterns of change stressing the role of socially constructed institutions
that shaped production and exchange and their encounters with government policies.
The third session on the final day invited Professor Abhijit BANNERJEE(Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Professor Avner GREIF (Stanford University),and Professor Nicholas CRAFTS (Warwick University), three researchers who haveplayed a leading role in the fields of economic history and development economics, to aroundtable discussion. Both Professor Banerjee and Professor Greif emphasized theneed to relativize historical determinism, or the “Tyranny of History,” while assumingthat history plays a major role in economic development. In other words, Professor
Bannerjee empirically and theoretically criticized the view in development economics
that politics and culture are determined historically and cannot be changed by policy or
artificial means, and stressed the effectiveness of policy recommendations with regard
to institutions, culture, and politics. Based on observations of European and Chinese
history, Professor Greif emphasized that social organizations that enable people tocooperate are key to economic development. In addition, he stressed the importance offocusing on social organizations and understanding economic development as asustained process, rather than a one-off event. On the other hand, Professor Crafts
focused on the theories of New Economic Geography and Directed Technical Change as
theoretical frameworks to explain the significant diversity and heterogeneity seen in
economic development around the world. Here, he demonstrated the effectiveness ofeach framework using modern European data, and proposed integrating the twotheoretical frameworks as a task for future research.
The Socio-Economic History Society was actively involved, contributing to the17th World Economic History Congress and providing information at the Society’s
annual meeting and on its website, encouraging its members to participate. This is69because international interaction and dissemination of information in other countries has
been positioned as one of the main activities of the Society, which has responded byestablishing a committee to oversee this process. As part of this, since 2015, the Society
has promoted the Springer publication, Monograph Series of the Socio-Economic
History Society, Japan, along with papers and book reviews from the Society’s journal,translated into English and edited. To date, four volumes have been published, both ase-books and in printed form: Volume 1: Economic History of Energy and Environment,
ed. Shinya SUGIYAMA, Springer 2015; Volume 2: Micro-Performance During Postwar
Japan’s High Growth Era, ed. Haruhito TAKEDA, Springer 2016; Volume 3: Economic
Activities Under the Japanese Colonial Empire, ed. Minoru SAWAI, Springer, 2016; andVolume 4: Economic History of Cities and Housing, ed. Satoshi BABA, Springer, 2017.
The publication of a further two volumes is planned.
Alongside international academic interaction, fostering young researchers has
become a central part of the Society’s activities in recent years. At the time of the 17th
World Economic History Congress, the Society provided funding assistance for young
members making reports, and has established a similar assistance program for the 18th
World Congress to be held in Boston in 2018. Moreover, since 2011, the Society has
held the annual SEHS Next Tide Workshop, providing an opportunity for young
researchers to engage in discussion and interact beyond the boundaries of the areas anderas of their research.
By effectively combining the Society’s core activities, namely, the presentationand discussion of research at the annual meeting and in the academic journal, with suchinternational interaction and the fostering of young researchers, it is hoped that theSociety and its members will make an even greater international academic contribution.
(Tomoko SHIROYAMA, Graduate School of Economics,
The University of Tokyo)

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List of Member Associations
2017
THE JAPAN ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATION
日本会計研究学会
・Established: 1937
・Number of Members: 1,799
・President: Hisakatsu SAKURAI (Kwansei Gakuin 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 Kanagawa University on September 3-6, 2018.
THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE
経営行動科学学会
・Established: 1997
・Number of Members: Individual 803, Collective 19
・President: Wataru IDE (Osaka Prefecture 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 Toyoaki NISHIDA
College of Business Administration and Information Science, Chubu University,
1200, Matsumoto-cho, Kasugai-shi, Aichi 487-8501, Japane-mail: jaas.office@gmail.com
http://www.jaas.jpn.org/
The 21st annual meeting will be held at Nihon University, Kinuta Campus on November 10-11, 2018.
THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SOCIETY OF JAPAN
日本農業経済学会
・Established: 1924
・Number of Members: 1,500
・President: Kiyohide MORITA (Tohoku 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 Norin Tokei Kyokai
Meguro Sumiya Building, 3-9-13, Shimo-Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0064, Japane-mail: aesj@aafs.or.jp
http://www.aesjapan.or.jp
The next annual meeting will be held at Hokkaido University on May 26-27, 2018 with the symposium“Bridging Local Communities and Thriving ‘Next-generation’ Farms: On the Premise to Sustain Japan’s
Agriculture as an Economic Sector”.
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JAPAN SOCIETY FOR APPLIED MANAGEMENT (JSAM)
実践経営学会・Established: 1967
・Number of Members: 390
・President: Koji IGATA (Osaka University of Economics)
・Publication: Applied Management (No.1-54)
Newsletter ― 2 times a year
・Japan Society for Applied Management (JSAM)
c/o Professor Kenya HIRANO,
Faculty of Business Administration, Toyo Gakuen University,
1-26-3, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japane-mail: jsam.headoffice@gmail.com
http://www.jsam.org
The next annual meeting will be held at Kobe Yamate University, 2018.
JAPAN SCHOLARLY ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN MANAGEMENT (JSAAM)
アジア経営学会
・Established: 1993
・Number of Members: 320
・President: Takahide KOSAKA (Nihon University)
・Publication: The Journal of Asian Management Studies
・Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management (JSAAM)
・Executive Secretary Yoshikazu SAKAMOTO
c/o College of Commerce, Nihon University
5-2-1 Kinuta, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157-8570, Japane-mail: jsaamoffice@ifeama.org
http://www.ifeama.org/jsaam
The next annual meeting will be held at Doshisha University on September 16-17, 2018.
JAPAN ACADEMY FOR ASIAN MARKET ECONOMIES
アジア市場経済学会
・Established: 1997
・Number of Members: 233
・President: Mamoru KOBAYASHI (Senshu University)
・Publication: Japan Academy for Asian Market Economies ― annual
JAFAME Newsletter (Occasional publications)・Japan Academy for Asian Market Economies
c/o Eiichiro INAO
School of Commerce, Senshu University,
3-8, Kanda-Jimbo-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8425, Japane-mail: eiinao@senshu-u.jp
http://www.jafame.jp
The next annual meeting will be held at Okayama University of Science in July, 2018.

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JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES
アジア政経学会
・Established: 1953
・Number of Members: 1,133
・President: Shigeto SONODA (University of Tokyo)
・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: 1,863
・President: Yoshiharu HYAKUTA (Komazawa University)
・Publication: Keieigaku Ronshu ― once a year
Journal of Business Management ― once or twice a year
・Japan Academy of Business Administration.
c/o The Office for Management Research,
Graduate School of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University, Dai 2 Kenkyukan,
2-1, Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo 186-8601, Japane-mail: nihon.keiei.gakkai@gmail.com
http://www.keiei-gakkai.jp
The next annual meeting will be held at Niigata University of International and Information Studies on
September 5-8, 2018 with the symposium “Japanese-style Management Now ― What Will It Retain,
and What It Alter?”.
BUSINESS ANALYSIS ASSOCIATION
日本経営分析学会
・Established: 1984
・Number of Members: 438
・President: Akira USUI (Waseda University)
・Publication: Japan Journal of Business Analysis (annual)・Business Analysis Association
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: info@keiei-bunseki.org
http://keiei-bunseki.org
The next annual meeting will be held in Spring, 2018.

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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: Nobuo KAMATA (Toyo Gakuen 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 next annual meeting will be held at Kindai University on October 13-14, 2018.
JAPAN SOCIETY FOR BUSINESS ETHICS
日本経営倫理学会
・Established: 1993
・Number of Members: 472
・President: Mitsuhiro UMEZU (Keio 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
http://www.jabes1993.org/
The next annual meeting will be held at Yamanashi Gakuin University in June, 2018.
BUSINESS HISTORY SOCIETY OF JAPAN
経営史学会
・Established: 1964
・Number of Members: personal 807, 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 Professor SHIMADA Office
Faculty of Business Administration,
Bunkyo Gakuin University,
1-19-1, Mukogaoka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 133-8668, Japane-mail: jimukyoku@bhs.ssoj.info
http://bhs.ssoj.info/
The next annual meeting will be held at Kyoto University on September 29-30, 2018.
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JAPAN SOCIETY OF BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
日本経営数学会
・Established: 1959
・Number of Members: 120
・President: Hitoshi TAKEDA (Bunkyo 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/
The next annual conference will be held in June, 2018.
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 281, cooperative 5・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://www.ciriec.com/
The next annual meeting will be held at Hyogo University in December, 2018.
JAPAN SOCIETY FOR COMMODITY SCIENCE
日本商品学会・Established: 1935
・Number of Members: 131
・President: Satoru 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 Senshu University in June, 2018.
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THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC STUDIES (JACES)
比較経済体制学会
・Established: 1963
・Number of Members: 252
・Chief Representative: Akira UEGAKI (Seinan Gakuin University)
・Publication: Japanese Journal of Comparative Economics ― annually 2 volumes
・The Japan Association for Comparative Economic Studies (JACES)
c/o Professor Kazuhiro KUMO
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University,
2-1, Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo, 186-8603, Japane-mail: kumo@ier.hit-u.ac.jp
http://www.jaces.info
The next annual meeting will be held at Hokkaido University on June 9-10, 2018.
JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR CHINESE ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES
中国経済経営学会
・Established: 2014
・Number of Members: 459
・President: Yomoo MARUKAWA (University of Tokyo)
・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

JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF MANAGEMENT(JACSM)
日本比較経営学会
・Established: 1976
・Number of Members: 180
・President: Toru SAKURAI (Kokushikan University)
・Publication: Journal of the Association for the Comparative Studies of・Japan Association for the Comparative Studies of Management
c/o Professor Dr.Tetsuro SAISHOManagement

Faculty of Business, Kokushikan University,
4-28-1, Setagaya, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154-8515, Japane-mail: tsaisho@kokushikan.ac.jp
http://www.jacsm.net
The next annual meeting will be held at Kyorin University on May 11-13, 2018.

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JAPAN ACADEMY FOR CONSUMPTION ECONOMY
日本消費経済学会
・Established: 1974
・Number of Members: 275
・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 43rd annual meeting will be held at Nihon University on June 29-July 1, 2018.
JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURAL ECONOMICS
文化経済学会＜日本＞・Established: 1990
・Number of Members: 539, Patrons 9, Corporate membership 4
・President: Masaki KATSUURA (Meijo University)
・Publication: Journal of Cultural Economics Japan
Newsletter of Japan Association for Cultural Economics
・Japan Association for Cultural Economics (JACE)
c/o Galileio, Union Building 2nd 4F,
1-24-1, Sugamo, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0002, Japane-mail: g018jace-mng@ml.gakkai.ne.jp
http://www.jace.gr.jp.
THE SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY
経済社会学会・Established: 1966
・Number of Members: 306
・President: Takao MAMADA (Rikkyo 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://web.waseda.jp/assoc-soes/
The next annual meeting will be held at Keio University on September 8-9, 2018 with the symposium“The Problems of Disparity, Unfairness, Inequality, and Distribution in Modern Society”.

77THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
経済学史学会・Established: 1950
・Number of Members: 602
・President: Atsushi KOMINE (Ryukoku University)
・Publication: The History of Economic Thought
The Society for the History of Economic Thought Newsletter
The Proceedings of Annual Meeting
・The Society for the History of Economic Thought
c/o Professor Atsushi KOMINE
Faculty of Economics, Ryukoku University,
67, Fukakusa, Fushimi, Kyoto 612-8577, Japane-mail: komine@econ.ryukoku.ac.jp
http://jshet.net/
The next annual meeting will be held at University of Tokyo on June 2-3, 2018 with the plenary lecture
by Atsushi KOMINE, Ryukoku University.
THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHERS
経済地理学会・Established: 1954
・Number of Members: 680, patronage members: 3
・President: Kenji YAMAMOTO (Kyushu 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 Tohoku University on May 25-28, 2018 with the symposium“Changes in the Central Role of Regional Hub Cities at a Time of Post-Branch Economics”.
JAPAN ECONOMIC POLICY ASSOCIATION
日本経済政策学会
・Established: 1940
・Number of Members: individuals 916 institutional 2・President: Takashi YANAGAWA (Kobe 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 Granduate School of Economics, Kobe University,
2-1, Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japane-mail: jepa-headquarters@jepa-hq.com
http://jepa.jp
The 74th annual meeting will be held at Doshisha University, Imadegawa Campus on May 26-27, 2018with the symposium “Evaluations of Abenomics and Guiding Principles for Coming Economics Policy”.
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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 Academy Center
358-5, Yamabuki-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0801 Japane-mail: a-arakawa@rikkyo.ac.jp
http://www.jafee.org
The next annual meeting will be held at Kyushu University, Hakozaki Campus, on March 29-30, 2018.
JAPAN FINANCE ASSOCIATION
日本経営財務研究学会
・Established: 1977
・Number of Members: 565
・President: Hideki HANAEDA (Chuo 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: zaim@b.kobe-u.ac.jp
http://www.b.kobe-u.ac.jp/~keieizaimu/
The next annual meeting will be held at Hitotsubashi University on October 6-7, 2018.
THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
生活経済学会・Established: 1985
・Number of Members: 620, Cooperative member 6
・President: Takau YONEYAMA (Tokyo Keizai University)
・Publication: Journal of Household Economics― twice a year
・The Japan Society of Household Economics
3-7-4, Misaki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
101-0061, Japane-mail: he-office@jsheweb.org
http://www.jsheweb.org/
The next annual meeting will be held at Gifu University on June 9-10, 2018 with the symposium “Living
and the Economy in a Depopulating Society”.

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JAPAN SOCIETY OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
日本労務学会・Established: 1970
・Number of Members: 841
・President: Hiromi SAKAZUME (Hosei 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 Kyushu Sangyo University on June 29-July 1, 2018 with thesymposium “Changing Industrial Structure and Work Styles”.
THE SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL STUDIES, JAPAN
産業学会
・Established: 1975
・Number of Members: 296
・Representative: Hiroshi ITAGAKI (Musashi 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 Saga University on June 9-10, 2018.
THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF INSURANCE SCIENCE
日本保険学会・Established: 1940
・Number of Members: honorary 24, ordinary 885 including
6 foreigners, supporting organizations 87
・President: Yasuo FUKUDA (Nihon 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@sonposoken.or.jp
http://www.js-is.org/
The next annual meeting will be held at Nihon University on October 27-28, 2018.

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JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STUDIES
国際会計研究学会
・Established: 1984
・Number of Members: 565
・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
School of Business Administration, Kwansei Gakuin University,
1-155, Uegahara-Ichibancho, Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo 662-8501, Japane-mail: office@jaias.org
http://jaias.org
The next annual meeting shall be announced on our website.
JAPAN ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
国際ビジネス研究学会
・Established: 1994
・Number of Members: individual 721, corporate 5・President: Mitsuhide SHIRAKI (Waseda University)
・Publication : Journal of International Business・Japan Academy of International Business Studies
c/o Professor Tomoaki SAKANOSchool 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 in fall, 2018.
c/o

THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
日本国際経済学会
・Established: 1950
・Number of Members: individual 948, corporate 4
・President: Noritsugu NAKANISHI (Kobe University)
・Publication: Kokusai-Keizai and The International Economy ― both are issued once yearly
・The Japan Society of International Economics
c/o Professor Koji AOKIFaculty of Economics, Konan University,
8-9-1, Okamoto, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8501, Japane-mail: head-office@jsie.jp
http://www.jsie.jp/
The next annual meeting will be held at Kwansei Gakuin University in fall, 2018.
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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: Toshihiko SHINOHARA (Meiji University)
・Publication: ①The 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 Toshihiko SHINOHARA
School of Commerce, Meiji University,
1-1, Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8301, Japane-mail: shino@meiji.ac.jp
http://jaftab.org
The 58th annual congress will be held at Takachiho University (Tokyo) on May 26-27, 2018 with theCommon theme “Service and International Trade ― a framework for new economic growth ”.
JAPAN ACADEMY OF LABOR AND MANAGEMENT (JALM)
労務理論学会・Established: 1991
・Number of Members: individual 311
・President: Masatsugu TAKEDA (Chukyo University)
・Publication: Labor and Management Review (Roumu-riron Gakkaishi)
・Japan Academy of Labor and Management (JALM)
c/o Professor Daizo YAMAMOTO
Faculty of Business Administration, Aichi University,
4-60-6, Hiraike-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 453-8777, Japane-mail: daizo@vega.aichi-u.ac.jp
http://jalmonline.org
The next annual meeting will be held at Doshisha University, Imadegawa Campus on June 9-10, 2018.
JAPAN LOGISTICS SOCIETY
日本物流学会・Established: 1983
・Number of Members: individual 478, corporate 19
・President: Mitsumasa NAKA (Tokyo Keizai University)
・Publication: Journal of Japan Logistics Society
・Japan Logistics Society
c/o Nittsu Research Institute and Consulting, Inc,
9-3, 1-chome, Higashishinbashi, Minato-ku,
Tokyo 105-8322, Japane-mail: logistics@nifty.com
http://www.logistics-society.jp
The next annual meeting will be held at Meiji University, 2018.

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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 at Osaka University of Commerce, 2018.
JAPAN ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT
経営行動研究学会
・Established: 1991
・Number of Members: individual 424, corporate 4・Representative: Toshio KIKUCHI (Nihon University)
・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 on August 4-5, 2018.
THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
日本管理会計学会
・Established: 1991
・Number of Members: individual 710, corporate 9
・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.org
http://www.sitejama.org/index.html
The next annual meeting will be held at Keio University, 2018.

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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 640, corporate 5・President: Yoichi KAKIZAKI (Toyo 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 162-00814, Japane-mail: name@kae-yamashiro.co.jp
http://nippon-management.jp/
The 77th national conference will be held at Nihon University in May, 2018.
THE ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY
経営哲学学会・Established: 1984
・Number of Members: 300
・Representative : Yoshitaka OHIRA (Hokkai-Gakuin Unversity)
・Publication: Keiei Tetsugaku Journal(Journal of Management Philosophy)
・The Academy of Management Philosophy
c/o Professor Yoshitaka OHIRA
Faculty of Business Administration, Hokkai-Gakuen University,
4-1-40, Asahi-cho, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido 062-8605, Japane-mail: officel@jamp.ne.jp
http://www.jamp.ne.jp

JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
日本経営システム学会
・Established: 1981
・Number of Members: regular 651, advisory 10
・President: Shogo SHIODE (Kobe Gakuin 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 60th Spring meeting will be held at Yokohama College of Commerce, 2018.
The 61st Autumn meeting will be held at Aichi Sangyo University, 2018.
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THE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT THEORIES
経営学史学会・Established: 1993
・Number of Members: 256, 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 Kobe University on May 18-20, 2018. The main theme will be“The Future of Administration Studies ― Investigating Its History and Current Significance”.
JAPAN SOCIETY OF MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION
日本商業学会・Established: 1951
・Number of Members: honorary 19, ordinary 1,116, supporting company 11
・President: Katsuyoshi TAKASHIMA (Kobe 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 annual conference will be held at Nihon University on May 25-27, 2018 with the symposium“Globalism and Localism : Stratification of Marketing and Distribution”.
JAPAN SOCIETY OF MONETARY ECONOMICS
日本金融学会・Established: 1943
・Number of Members: 1,300
・President: Eiji OGAWA (Hitotsubashi 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 Senshu University on May 26-27, 2018 and Autumn meeting will
be held at Nagoya City University on October 20-21, 2018.
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JAPAN ACADEMY OF MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES
多国籍企業学会
・Established: 2007
・Number of Members: 211
・President: Kazuhiro ASAKAWA (Keio University)
・Publication: MNE ACADEMY JOURNAL
・Secretary General, Japan Academy of Multinational Enterprises
c/o Associate Professor Yoshinori YASUDA,
Faculty of Business Administration, Soka University,
1-236 Tangi-machi, Hachioji City, Tokyo, 192-8577 Japan
Email: mne@ibi-japan.co.jp
http://www.mne-jp.org/sub6.html
The next Spring meeting will be held at Kansai University on July 7-8, 2018.
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 2,027, 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 University of Tokyo on June 9-10, 2018.
The next annual meeting will be held at Otaru University of Commerce on September 22-23, 2018 withthe symposium “Organizations and Organizational Theory in Japan”.
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 Professor Atsushi SHIMIZU
Faculty of Economics, Musashi University,
1-26-1, Toyotamakami, Nerima-ku,
Tokyo 176-8534, Japan.
e-mail: secretariat@jspe.gr.jp
http://www.jspe.gr.jp
The next annual meeting will be held at Ritsumeikan University, Biwako-Kusatsu Campus on October
13-14, 2018.
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THE POLITICAL ECONOMY AND ECONOMIC HISTORY SOCIETY
政治経済学・経済史学会
・Established: 1948
・Number of Members: 800
・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 Hitotsubashi University on October 20-21, 2018.
THE POPULATION ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN
日本人口学会・Established: 1948
・Number of Members: 344
・President: Ryuichi KANEKO (National Institute of Population and Social Security Research)・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 next annual meeting will be held at Meikai University on June 2-3, 2018.

THE JAPAN PORT ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION
日本港湾経済学会
・Established: 1962
・Number of Members: 174
・Representative Manager: Hideki YOSHIOKA (Takasaki University of Commerce)・Publication: Kowan Keizai Kenkyu(The Annual Report of the Japan Port Economics Association)
・Japan Port Economics Association
c/o Takasaki University of Commerce,
741, Negoyamachi, Takasaki-city, Gunma 370-1214, Japane-mail: yoshioka-hdk@uv.tuc.ac.jp
http://port-economics.jp/
The next annual meeting will be held at Aichi University, Nagoya Campus on September 5-7, 2018.

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THE JAPAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE
日本財政学会・Established: 1940
・Number of Members: 824
・Chairman: Masaru KANEKO (Keio University)
・Publication: Public Finance Studies (Zaiseikenkyu)
・The Japan Institute of Public Financec/o Academic Societies Center, Galileo, Inc.,
Union Building 2nd 4F, 1-24-1, 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 Kagawa University on October 20-21, 2018.

THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF PUBLIC UTILITY ECONOMICS
公益事業学会・Established: 1949
・Number of Members: regular members 361, 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 Hitotsubashi University on June 9-10, 2018.
THE JAPAN SECTION OF THE REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL
日本地域学会・Established: 1962
・Number of Members: 1,049
・President: Moriki HOSOE (Kumamoto Gakuen University)
・Publication: Studies in Regional Science (Chiikigaku Kenkyu) - the Journal of theJapan Section of RSAI Vol.46 No. 1, No.2, No.3, No.4 ― 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: mizu@isrsai.envr.tsukuba.ac.jp
http://www.jsrsai.jp
The next 55th annual meeting will be held at Hokkai-gakuen University on October 6-8, 2018.

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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 SOCIETY FOR THE ECONOMIC STUDIES OF SECURITIES
証券経済学会・Established: 1966
・Number of Members: 550
・Representative: Junsuke MATSUO (J.F. Oberlin University)
・Publication: Annual of the Society for the Economic Studies of Securititese ― annually・Society for the Economic Studies of Securities
c/o Japan Securities Research Institute,Tokyo Shoken Kaikan,
1-5-8, Nihonbashi-Kayaba-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0025, Japan
http://www.sess.jp
The next Spring meeting will be held at Soka University, 2018.
JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR SOCIAL POLICY STUDIES
社会政策学会・Established: 1950
・Number of Members: 1,173
・Representative: Koshi ENDO (Meiji University)
・Publication: SHAKAI-SEISAKU(Social Policy and Labor Studies)・Japan Association for Social Policy Studies
c/o Professor Yasuhiro TSUKAHARA
School of Information and Communication, Meiji University,
1-1, Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8301, Japan
http://jasps.org/
The next annual meeting will be held at Saitama University on May 26-27, 2018.

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THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE OF ACCOUNTING
会計理論学会・Established: 1986
・Number of Members: individual 162
・Representative: Hiroshi YOSHIMI (Hokkaido 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 in fall, 2018.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC HISTOTY SOCIETY
社会経済史学会
・Established: 1930
・Number of Members: 1,400
・Representative: Satoshi BABA (University of Tokyo)
・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 Osaka University on May 27-28, 2018.

THE JAPAN STATISTICAL SOCIETY
一般社団法人 日本統計学会
・Established: 1931
・Number of Members: 1,507
・President: Masafumi AKAHIRA (University of Tsukuba)
・Publication: Journal of the Japan Statistical Society ― 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 Waseda University on March 4, 2018.
The next annual meeting will be held at Chuo University in September, 2018.

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TRANSCULTURAL MANAGEMENT SOCIETY
異文化経営学会
・Established: 2003
・Number of Members: Individual 421, Institutional 6・President: Emiko MAGOSHI ( J. F. Oberlin University)
・Publication: Transcultural Management Review
・Secretary General, Transcultural Management Society
c/oProfessor Toshikazu TAKAHASHI,
Faculty of Business Administration, Rissho University,
4-2-16 Osaki, Shinagawa, Tokyo, 141-8602
e-mail: ibunkakeiei@gmail.com
http://ibunkakeiei.com/
THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS
日本交通学会・Established: 1941
・Number of Members: 461, student 7, company etc. 30
・President: Hirotaka YAMAUCHI (Hitotsubashi University)
・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 Aoyama Gakuin University on October 6-7, 2018.
NIPPON URBAN MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESEARCHASSOCIATION
日本地方自治研究学会
・Established: 1984
・Number of Members: individual 330
・Representative: Hidemasa IKEMIYAGI (Meiji 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 Muroran Institute of Technology, 2018.

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