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Editorial Committee
Managing Editor

Yasuyoshi KUROKAWA, Senshu University
Eiji FURUYAMA, Kaichi International University
Nobuhide TANAKA, Gakushuin University
Tsuyoshi HIROSE, Komazawa University
Norio KAMBAYASHI, Kobe University
Yasushi MATSUSHITA, The General Insurance Institute ofJapan
Eiji HISAMOCHI, Aoyama Gakuin University
Reiko HAYASHI, National Institute of Population andSocial Security Research
Nobuhiro ISHIDA, Doshisha University
Motohiro SATO, Hitotsubashi University

Directors of the Union
President

Kenichi ENATSU, Waseda University
Fumihiko HIRUMA, Waseda University
Tetsuji OKAZAKI, University of Tokyo
Koji ISHIUCHI, Japan University of Economics
Kappei HIDAKA, Chuo University
Mitsuhiko TSURUTA, Chuo University
Yasuhiro OGURA, Toyo University
Katsuaki ONISHI, Senshu University
Yoshiaki TAKAHASHI, Chuo University
Takahide KOSAKA, Nihon University

Secretary General
Masataka OTA, Waseda University
AuditorHaruhito TAKEDA, University of Tokyo
Hideki YOSHIOKA, Takasaki 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 associations of scholars andexperts on economics, commerce, and business administration. In order to obtain membershipan association is subject to an examination of its academic work. As of 2015, the Union had amembership of 63 associations, as listed on pp. 62-82.
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, andbetween Japanese and academic societies overseas. The main activities of the Union are: (1) the
publication and distribution of academic material concerning Japanese economics and papers
presented by member scholars, (2) the sending of members to overseas conferences, (3) the
holding and supporting of international conferences in Japan, (4) providing financial assistanceto member associations who invite foreign scholars to Japan, and (5) collecting information on
activities of member associations and the issuing of a news bulletin.
The Union published in 1974 Keizaigaku No Doko (The Trend in Japanese Economics),
based on a survey of economic studies undertaken in postwar Japan. A supplementary volume
covering Japanese economic studies after 1974 was published in 1982.
The Union and the International Economic Association (IEA) jointly held the Fifth World
Congress of the IEA in Tokyo from August 29 to September 3, 1978. The Union joined theInternational Institute of Public Finance in holding the Institute’s 37th Congress at Tokyo in
September 1981. The Union dispatched 20 member scholars to the Eighth World Congress of
IEA held in India in 1986. Most recently the Union 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 “The Institutional Foundation of Economic Development in East Asia.”
To celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, the Union held a special lecture meeting on May 25, 2000.
Three lecturers were invited to speak on the theme, “The reforms that the 21st Century willbring to the world economy, the Japanese economy, and Japanese management.”
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of this Association, a special lecture program washeld at the Waseda University Okuma Auditorium on October 12, 2010. Three lecturers wereinvited, each of whom spoke from his own perspective on how Japan’s economy and Japanesebusiness, 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 celebrated in 1980 the 30th anniversary of its founding by launching a varietyof activities, including the publication of The Information Bulletin. Prof. Paul Snowden of
Waseda University acts as editorial adviser.
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CONTENTS

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BUSINESS ANALYSIS ASSOCIATION …………………………………………………………1
BUSINESS ETHICS STUDY, JAPAN SOCIETY FOR ……………………………………………7
BUSINESS MATHEMATICS, JAPAN SOCIETY OF ……………………………………………12
ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY, THE SOCIETY OF …………………………………………………19
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, JAPANESE SOCIETY OF ……………………………25
INSURANCE SCIENCE, THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF ………………………………………32
INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STUDIES, JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR ……………39
POPULATION ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN, THE ………………………………………………45
PORT ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION, THE JAPAN ……………………………………………50
PUBLIC FINANCE, THE JAPAN INSTITUTE OF ………………………………………………55

LIST OF MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS…………………………………………………………62

THE BUSINESS ANALYSIS ASSOCIATION (BAA)
1. Outline of BAA
The economic society demands that business analysis is studied systematicallyfrom not only the national but also the international standpoint, and such analysis plays
a significant role in the improvement of corporate management and the development of
the national economy.
The purpose for the Business Analysis Association, established by Kazuo
TAKAMATSU (Soka University) in 1984, is to widely unite researchers engaged in businessanalysis in the business world as well as scholarly members, and to contribute to thedevelopment of scientific research in Japan and its application to business.
2. President and Members of the Association
Junjiro MIYAMOTO (Tezukayama University) succeeded Tsuneo SAKAMOTO (Meiji
University) as President of Society in April 2011; since April 2014 the current Presidentof the Society is Hisashi MORI (Meiji University).
The approximately 430 members of the BAA as of April 2015 are categorized
into two as follows;
1. Full Members－persons engaged in research and education of business analysis or
specialists.
2. Student Members－Graduate students with a major in management or accounting.
3. Recent Activities
The New Business Analysis Dictionary (Zeimukeiri-Kyokai Publishing Co.)
written by 62 members was published in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the
BAA in 2015 following the former publication of The Business Analysis Dictionary(Zeimukeiri-Kyokai Publishing Co.) to commemorate its 20th anniversary in 2005. The
new dictionary encompasses: 1. the past and present of business analysis and valuationof the firm, 2. methodology for project evaluation, accounting analysis, financial
analysis and for estimating the corporate value, 3. specific issues of financial
window-dressing, bankruptcy and M&A, 4. relationships among IT, finance theory,social business, CSR and business analysis, 5. comprehensive evaluation, 6. text-mining,
7. how to deal with reputation, 8. risk management, etc. The new one has become richer1

in content than the previous work in that it contains knowledge extending over every
topic connected with business analysis.
The BAA, also in commemoration of the 30th anniversary, has brought out An
Analysis of Japanese Management Styles, Business and Accounting for BusinessResearchers in two parts: Overview of Business Analysis and Details of Business
Analysis.
The BAA homepage opened in 2003 provides members with information aboutannual meetings, regional studies, official regulations for contribution to the Annual
Journal of Business Analysis, publications by the BAA, the Society Prize and amembership application form, etc.
The BAA awarded the Society Prize to a book by Shufuku H IRAOKA (Soka
University) in 2011 and the Moriwaki Prize to a book by Kazuo IBATA in 2011.
Annual Journal of Business Analysis is published once a year, so far reaching No.
30 in 2014. It carries high-level refereed articles. Each paper is now made accessible on
the website of the National Institute of Informatics (NII).
Annual Journal of Business Analysis, No.26
Foreword to the Journal of Business Analysis, No.26-----------------------MURAI Ichiro
Articles:Profitability Analysis and Cash Flow Analysis: Present Situation and Issues------------------ ICHINOMIYA Shiro
The Usefulness of Separating Earnings Components into Flows and Other Earnings
Components -------------------------------------------------------------ISHII Yasuhiko
Empirical Study of Stockholder’s Return in Japanese M&A--------HANAMURA Shinya
Distance and Relationship between Firms and their Main Bank: Empirical Analysis ofBankrupt Firms -----------------------MORI Tsuyoshi and SHIRATA Cindy Yoshiko
Municipal Bond Credit Ratings in Japan Market-----------------------TAMURA Kadzuko
The Correlation Analysis between Performance and Strategic Investment at
Corporations-----------------------------------------------------------SHIMADA Yasuhito
Business and its Risk Measured by the RIM-----------SHIBA Kenji and HONMA Motomitsu
Does the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Have an Impact on the Ability of Earnings to Perfect Cash
Flows?: Analysis of SEC Standard Japanese Firms------------NAKASHIMA Masumi
Usefulness of the Announcement of Goodwill Impairment-------------------SHIMADA Nami
The Buy-out Transactions Utilizing the Revised Industrial Revitalization Law: The Caseof Tungaloy Corporation-----------------------------------------------SUGIURA Keiichi
Goodwill Impairment and Valuation: The Case of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group------2

UENO Takefumi
The Effect of Geographic Segment Disclosure Quality on the Valuation of Foreign
Earnings-----------------------------------------------------------------ASANO Takashi
Annual Journal of Business Analysis, No.27
Foreword to the Journal of Business Analysis, No.27 --------------------SUDA Kazuyuki
Articles:New Developments in Public Accounting and Business Analysis-------------TSUBOI Akira
and TAKAHASHI Masako
Visualization of Local Governments' Policy by Financial Statements-------OHTSUKA Shigeo
Value Relevance of Return on Equity: Empirical Evidence from Japanese Listed
Companies----------------INORI Michimori, YAMAJI Noriaki and TAKECHI Norihide
Effects of Corporate Ownership on Relationship Banking------------------MORI Tsuyoshi
and SHIRATA Cindy Yoshiko
Accounting for Research and Development Costs and Value Relevance Study----TAN Peng
Corporate Governance and Earnings Management: The Role of Committees System
Adopted by Japanese Companies-------------------------------------------FANG Fang
Comparisons of Explanatory Powers in Value-Relevance about Diluted Earnings Per
Share Calculation: Focus on Emerging Market-----------------------TOYA Takahiro
The Impact of Implicit Claims of Stakeholders on Discretionary Behavior----HIRAYA Nobuhiro
The Going Private Transaction of World Co., Ltd. and the Refinancing------SUGIURA Keiichi
The Effect of Corporate Pension Funding Status on a Firm’s Profitability with Financial
Constraints-------------------------------------UENO Takafumi and YANASE Noriyoshi
My Experience of International Empirical Research with American Scholars--------INOUE Tatsuo
Research Division Central: Possibility of Research on International Business Analysis(Study Groups) ----------------------------------------------------------SATO Michimasa
Research Division East: Trend of Business Analysis and Stock Market (Study Groups)--------------------------SUDA Kazuyuki, OKUMURA Masashi and AOBUCHI Masayuki
Annual Journal of Business Analysis, No.28
Foreword to the Journal of Business Analysis No.28 ------------------MIYAMOTO Junjiro
Articles:Financial Statements and their Function of Not-for-Profit Organizations: Setting Types
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of Financial Statements of Not-for-Profit Organizations---------KONISHI Noriyuki
Earnings Management and Non-Discretionary Earnings of IPO Film -----KIYOMATSU Toshio
Do Material Weakness Firms Have Opportunistic Earnings Management?:
Evidence from Japan--------------------------------------------------NAKASHIMA Masumi
Relationship between Founder's Control and the Financial Position of Japanese Firms:
Empirical Study---------------------------IMAMURA Akiyo and SHIRATA Cindy Yoshiko
The Persistence and market Valuation of Consolidated Earnings--------NAKANO Takayuki
Financial Characteristic and Management Improvement in Buy-out Firms’ Portfolio
Companies: The Case of KITO CORPORATION --------------------SUGIURA Keiichi
Analysis of Relationship between Environmental Costs and Effects Considering Stagesof Environmental Management: Historical Data Analysis of Environmental
Accounting-----------------------------------------TSUBOI Akira and TAKAHASHI Masako
The Current Situation and Issues of the Outreach Activity for the IASB’s Financial
Statement Presentation Project------------------------------------------MATABE Takashi
Annual Journal of Business Analysis, No.29
Foreword to the Journal of Business Analysis No.29-------------------------------GUNJI Ken
Articles:What is the Nature of Business Analysis in Japan? -------------------------ICHINOMIYA Shiro
Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards and Financial Statements
Analysis------------------------------------------------------------------------MUKAI Ichiro
Analysis of Evaluation of Human Capital Using Marginal Productivity in the Japanese
Stock Market------------------------------------------HIRAI Hirohisa and GOTO Akinori
The Value Relevance of Accounting for Development Expenditures Focusing on
Earnings Management by German Companies--------------------NOGUCHI Tomohiro
The Impact of Internal Controls Regulation on Earnings Quality and Earnings
Management: Evidence from Japan--------------------------------NAKASHIMA Masumi
The Financial Analysis of Not-for-profit Organizations: The Case of Higher Education
Institutions-----------------------------------------------------------------KUROKI Makoto
The Mezzanine Finance of Listed Company in Japan-----------------------SUGIURA Keiichi
Nikkei’s Corporate Ranking: Focusing the Characteristics of NICES---- FURUYAMA Toru
Impact of Accounting Disclosure on Participants in Capital Markets-----------------------HANAMURA Shinya
Annual Journal of Business Analysis, No.30
Foreword to the Journal of Business Analysis No.30---------------------KAMEKAWA Masato
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Synopsis by the Chairperson (Plenary Session in 2013 Autumn Conference: Financial
Information and Non-Financial Information: Toward the Integrated Report)-------------------------------------------------------SAKAUE Manabu
Towards Financial Reporting Guided by Integrated Thinking (Plenary Session in 2013
Autumn Conference: Financial Information and Non-Financial Information: Toward theIntegrated Report) ----------------------------------------------------- KONISHI Noriyuki
Non-Financial Disclosure from a Responsible Investment Perspective (Plenary Session
in 2013 Autumn Conference: Financial Information and Non-Financial
Information: Toward the integrated Report) ----------------------MIZUGUCHI Takeshi
Contribution for Evolving Corporate Communications through Integrated Reporting(Plenary Session in 2013 Autumn Conference: Financial Information and
Non-Financial Information: Toward the Integrated Report) ---SHIBASAKA Yoshiko
Discussion and Comment (Plenary Session in 2013 Autumn Conference: Financial
Information and Non-Financial Information: Toward the Integrated Report) ----SHIBA Kenji
The Correlation Analysis between Latent Management Risk with Finance and Strategic
Investment at Corporations: The Case Study of Lehman Shock---------SHIMADA Yasuhito
The Effects of the Announcement of Internal Control Systems Development on Firms’
Risk-----------------------------------------------------KITORA Yuko and OKUDA ShinyaMarket Reactions to Revisions in Accounting Standards on Research and Development
Expenditures----------------------------------------------------------------------TAN Peng
An Empirical Study: Brand Effects on Companies’ Performance------FUKUDA Masahiko
The Mezzanine Finance of Listed Company: The Case of West Holdings Corporation---------------------SUGIURA Keiichi
Internal Control System in Japanese Companies---------------------------------SUN Meiling
4. Regional Meetings and Annual Meetings
Regional meetings are held in the East District (Kanto), Central District (Chubu)
and West District (Kansai) about 8 times a year in total. Each District has a uniquetheme. In addition to Regional meetings, a Hospitality Industry Forum since 1994 andDisclosure Study Meetings since 1996 have been held.
We have a two-day annual meeting once a year. It includes several speakers and apanel discussion. The topics chosen as a common theme are the most important issuesof Business Analysis in Japan. The annual meeting is ordinarily held in spring and thefall meeting is held in the second half of the year. The contents of recent annual
5meetings and fall meetings are as follows;
Annual Meeting No.27, July 3, 2010; Common theme: Internationalization in
Business Analysis, Kwansei Gakuin University, Chairperson, Akitomo KAJIURA
Fall Meeting No.26, November 27, 2010; Common theme: New Developments in
Public Accounting and Business Analysis, Waseda University, Chairperson, Kazuyuki
SUDA
Annual Meeting No.28, June 18-19, 2011; Common theme: Recent Trend of PostShareholder Value Management and Business Analysis, Meiji University, Chairperson,
Tsuneo SAKAMOTO
Fall Meeting No.27, October 29, 2011; Common theme: Locality, Hospitality andBusiness Analysis, Tezukayama University, Chairperson, Atsuhiro MUKAI
Annual Meeting No.29, May 12-13, 2012; Common theme: Contemporary Tasks ofBusiness Analysis, Osaka Gakuin University, Chairperson, Takeshi GUNJI
Fall Meeting No.28, October 28, 2012; Common theme: New Trend in Business
Analysis Methods, Hosei University, Chairperson, Hiroshi FUKUDA
Annual Meeting No.30, July 13-14, 2013; Common theme: What is the nature ofBusiness Analysis once again?, Rikkyo University, Chairperson, Masato KAMEGAWA
Fall Meeting No.29, October 26, 2013; Common theme: Financial Information and
Non-Financial Information: Toward the Integrated Report, Osaka City University,
Chairperson, Atsuo MUKOYAMAAnnual Meeting No.31, May 17-18, 2014; Common theme: Reconsidering‘Performance’, ‘Performance Measurement’ and ‘Performance Evaluation’, Universityof Marketing and Distribution Sciences, Chairperson, Toshio KIMURA
Fall Meeting No.30, November 8, 2014; Common theme: Three International
Accounting Frameworks, Valuation and Analysis, Gifu Keizai University, Chairperson,
Shinichiro ISHIZAKA
Annual Meeting No.32, May 16, 2015; Common theme: Sightseeing Business andBusiness Analysis, Sano University, Chairperson, Tsutomu YOSHIOKA
The annual and fall meetings are scheduled to be held at Chubu University and
Kokushikan University in 2016, subsequently in 2017 at Kansai University and Meiji
University.
(Hiroshi FUKUDA, Hosei University)

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JAPAN SOCIETY FOR BUSINESS ETHICS STUDY (JABES)
1. Introduction
It would be appropriate to refer to the Oxford English Dictionary for a compact
definition of certain English terms. The OED defines ethics as the moral principles thatgovern a person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity. The term in this sense isusually treated in a plural form. This term also signifies the branch of knowledge that
deals with moral principles and in this usage it is usually treated in a singular form.
In the tradition of Western philosophy there are three distinct streams ofnormative ethics: (1) The first, drawing on the work of Aristotle, holds that the virtues
such as justice, courage, charity and generosity are dispositions which enable a person
possessing them to act ethically; (2) The second, defended particularly by ImmanuelKant, put the concept of duty central to morality. Humans are bound, from knowledgeof their duty as rational beings, to obey the categorical imperatives to other rational
beings; (3) Third, utilitarianism, whose classic proponents were Jeremy BENTHAM and
J.S. MILL, asserts that the guiding principle of conduct should be the consequential
realization of the greatest happiness or benefit of the greatest number.
Business ethics, as one of the applied ethics, is the philosophical examination ofbusiness issues that are matters of moral judgment. In actuality, however, “businessethics” is used in a lot of different ways. Richard T. DE GEORGE (2005)* points out thatthe term business ethics is used in at least three different, although related, senses:(1) the primary sense of the term refers to business ethics as an applied ethic, which
emerged roughly in the early 1970’s, when the term “business ethics” came into
common use in the United States. The origin in this sense is found in the academy, inacademic writings and meetings, and in the development of a field of academic teaching,research and publication; (2) it is also used in an “ethics in business” sense and often
equated with either business scandals or more broadly with ethics in business conduct,
and this is the secondary sense. In this broader sense the history of “business ethics”
goes back to the origin of business itself; and (3) the tertiary sense of the term refers to amovement within business to explicitly build ethics into the structure of corporations in
the form of ethics codes, ethics officers, ethics committees, ethics training and corporatesocial responsibility (CSR) conducts.
Provided that De George’s observation is accepted, one would have to conclude
that “business ethics” in the primary sense is the least practiced in Japan, especially incomparison with the situation in the United States. Furthermore, the term “business7

ethics” has been translated into Japanese either as “keiei rinri” or “kigyo rinri”, where“keiei” means “management”, “kigyo” means “corporation” and “rinri” signifies“ethics”. Those who are satisfied neither with “keiei rinri” (management ethics) nor
with “kigyo rinri” (corporate ethics) prefer to use a borrowed English term “bizinesu
esikkusu”, for the reason that both “keiei” and “kigyo” are not proper translations of“business”. There is even a tendency to avoid the term “rinri”, which is the directtranslation of ethics, and preference prevails for such terms as “compliance” and“corporate social responsibility (CSR)”, both in borrowed words such as “konpuraiansu”
and “sii-esu-aaru”. Those who prefer “CSR” or “compliance” to business ethics argue
that the term “rinri” (ethics) is connotative of being musty, too philosophical, aloof,
non-business-like, and unpractical.
Behind the fact that business ethics in the primary sense defined by DE GEORGE
has not much presence, there is a situation that the JABES membership breakdown
consists of company officials, lawyers, and management consultants, while theproportion of university teachers is relatively low compared with a similar academic
association in the United States. Furthermore, those university teachers are mostly fromthe business administration field and proportion of the philosophy field is extremely
small.
The names and their academic positions of those who have served as president of
JABES in each period of time since the foundation of the society are as follows.
Masakazu MIZUTANI: 1993-2008, Professor, Kanagawa University
Shunji KOBAYASHI: 2009-2010, Professor, Waseda University
Hiroo TAKAHASHI: 2011-2014, Professor, Hakuoh University
Mitsuhiro UMEZU: 2015- , Associate Professor, Keio University
Business ethics is a normative science that examines ethical principles and moral
or ethical problems associated with a business environment. It involves all aspects ofbusiness conduct, relevant to the conduct of both individuals and entire businessorganizations and especially the conflicts between the norms entertained by individuals
and what is demanded by the organizational logics. Although business ethics is anormative science, it has descriptive dimensions. Academics who attempt to understandbusiness behavior employ descriptive methods. The range and quantity of businessethical issues reflect the interaction of what is organizationally demanded, often definedas profit-maximizing or loss-avoiding behavior, with moral concerns of individuals witha commitment to organizations. Descriptive dimensions are certainly important,8especially in such a field as business ethics, which deals with actual conduct andbehavior in business, both individual and organizational. Certainly, business ethics is aninterdisciplinary study and yet there would be no interdisciplinarity without a discipline.
The central discipline of JABES, which is yet somewhat vaguely defined, will
eventually converge into a more consistent and compact style of contents in due courseof its further development of the activities.
2. JABES activities as a whole 2011-2015
From 2011 to June, 2015 JABES as a whole had held five annual conferences,
five symposiums, two overseas meetings, one in ROK and the other in Thailand, andeleven meetings for research presentation and discussion.
The topics and themes discussed in those conferences and meetings are describedin what follows.
The 2011 annual conference was held at Reitaku University for two days from June 18
to 19 with a main theme Business Ethics Education and Its Prospects.
The 2012 annual conference was held at Meiji University for two days from June 23 to
24 with a main theme Quality of Management: Ethics and CSR.
The 2013 annual conference was held at Hakuoh University for two days from June 15
to 16 with a main theme Business Ethics and Diversity Management.
The 2014 annual conference was held at Aoyama Gakuin University for two days from
June 21 to 22 with a main theme Profession Education and Business Ethics.
The 2015 annual conference was held at Takushoku University for two days from June
20 to 21 with a main theme Asian Business Ethics: Cultural Diversity andUniversalizability of Business Ethics.
The presenters of those annual conferences were given opportunities to publish
their presentation in a form of academic papers, which were peer-reviewed andpublished in Journal of Japan Society for Business Ethics Study. The journal articles are
in Japanese with a brief abstract in English, which can be retrieved from CiNii (Citation
information by the National Institute of Information) web-site.
Symposiums, held once in 2011, twice in 2012, and once each in 2013 and 2015,
have covered such topics as “Corporate Missions and Business Ethics”, “Global CSR
and BOP Business”, “Corporate Scandals and Management Responsibility, “Corporate
Global Responsibility and Business Ethics”, and “The Age of Big Data and Business
Ethics”.
A joint study meeting was held with Kookmin University in Seoul, ROK on
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November 8, 2012 and with Thammasat Business School, Thammasat University in
Bangkok, Thailand, on April 30, 2015. At this joint study meeting, three sessions were
held; at the first session professors from Asia Pacific University, Takushoku University
and Thammasat Business School, at the second session professors from Tokoha
University, Ritsumeikan University, and Chulalongkorn Business School and at the third
session professors from Tohoku University and Tokyo Metropolitan University
presented their respective papers.
Eleven meetings for research presentation and discussion were held from July 2,
2011 to December 13, 2014 and they have covered a total of 20 topics such as (1) IFRS
and its possible effect on business ethics, (2) corporate governance in India: a case of
TATA corporate scandals, (3) the development of business ethics in a historicalperspective of philosophy in the Western world, (4) vicissitudes of personal
management styles in corporate organizations, (5) the reformation plan envisioned by
the Democratic Party of Japan with respect to corporate governance, (6) from ISO26000
to JISZ26000 and CSR management, (7) the meaning and significance of Kantianphilosophy in business ethics, (8) work-life balance of women workers in Japan, (9)ethics teaching in public schools and its possible influence on business ethics, (10)consumer education and business ethics, (11) business ethics and its practices, (12)corporate behavior of Levi Strauss, (13) voting power of organizational investors in
Korea, (14) enforcement effectiveness of soft laws on CSR, (15) business ethics andCSR in Islamic countries, (16) globalization, reverse innovation and business ethics,(17) big data and privacy protection, (18) business ethics and CSR in Thailand, (19)
corporate governance and corporate power holders, and (20) corporate governance andcorporate stewardship in Japan.
3. Study Group Activities
Besides the activities as a whole, JABES also organizes eight study groups,
namely (1) Philosophical Study, (2) Business Conduct Study, (3) Governance Study, (4)Fact-finding Research, (5) CSR Study, (6) Business Ethics Education Study, (7) Kansai(Osaka) Area Study Group, and (8) Chubu (Nagoya) Area Study Group. These study
groups hold meetings several times a year and discuss a wide range of topics. Among
those study groups the most active groups have been the following four: (1) BusinessConduct Study Group; (2) Governance Study Group; (3) CSR Study Group; and (4)Philosophy Study Group. These groups have regularly held study meetings once every
month and brief summaries of what was discussed in the meetings are published on the10web-site of JABES.
(Eiji FURUYAMA, Professor Emeritus, Kaichi International University)*Richard T. DE GEORGE, “A History of Business Ethics”, Markkula Center for Applied
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JAPAN SOCIETY OF BUSINESS MATHEMATHICS
1. History of the Society
The Japan Society of Business Mathematics was founded in 1959 with the aim ofpromoting research and applications of quantitative approaches in business. The Society
became a member of The Union of National Economic Associations in Japan in 1960.
The Society had annual conferences and thirty volumes of journals over its first twenty
years. Then at the twentieth conference in 1978 we changed our Society’s Japanesename from Nihon Shogyo Sugakukai to Nihon Keiei Sugakukai. Shogyo, keiei, andSugakukai mean respectively “commerce”, “management”, and “mathematics society”
in Japanese. Besides, the compound shogyo sugaku often means rather “accounting
calculation theories and techniques.” In order to widen our research field and attract
more business and research colleagues, the name was changed. Although the name waschanged, we have never changed the Society’s concept, promoting research andapplications of quantitative approaches in business, throughout our history.
The latest journal is Volume 35, No.1 & 2, which is the 77th journal since theSociety was founded. The most recent conference was held at Aichi Gakuin University
on June 6th and 7th, 2015.
2. Outline of the Society
No company manager or public officer can successfully achieve their missions
without mathematical or quantitative techniques. Their personal experiences are also
important. However, they can fail to decide appropriately without objective views
obtained by data processing and logical interpretations. Moreover, making implicit
knowledge explicit with scientific schemes is essential to expand organizations’ abilities
and to achieve succession to following generations. Besides, the circumstances arerecently changing speedily. Therefore, the real world has a thirst for more convenient,easier, and more precise methods, which people expect researchers and academies toprovide. Our Society encourages our members to accomplish those important research
activities. Our members’ research interests are wide, so that researchers can easily findtheir collaboration partners. The main research fields of our members are below.
● Investment theory and practice12

● Production management● Management science● Operations research● Fuzzy theory● Business games (serious games)● Computer simulation● Marketing science● Education for school children, university students, and adults

An annual conference is scheduled in early summer and a casual research meetingin autumn every year. The annual conference gathers papers from a broad range ofinterests. The research meeting usually has a particular theme and invites a limited
number of speakers. We enjoy discussion in a casual atmosphere.
The Society journal’s name is Journal of the Japan Society of Business
Mathematics; we publish it twice a year.
3. Annual Meetings
We held a special annual meeting in 2008; it was our 50th anniversary meeting. It
was held on 31 May and 1 June 2008 with two invited speakers’ lectures and elevenacademic paper presentations.
Invited speakers were Professor Mamoru OHBAYASHI (School of Commerce,
Senshu University) and Professor Tadashi FUJITA (Chairperson of Reischauer Graduate
School Exploratory Committee, former Professor at International Christian University
and Tokyo International University).
Professor OHBAYASHI presented many court cases in which mathematical analyses
and data were improperly used and stressed the importance of education in mathematics
for business people.
Professor FUJITA talked about the past and future of this Society. He pointed outthat Japanese people now need logical and mathematical thinking more than ever inorder to communicate or negotiate with each other and make decisions in highly
complex situations. He indicated the obligation of this Society to educate people in all
business areas.
After this anniversary conference, we have held academic conference once a year.
Academic paper presentations have been collected from a wide area: calculation
algorithms for manufacturing, operations research education using multimedia,
13econometrics, financial engineering, AHP, business datum analyses, and fuzzy theory. In
the latest conference held in 2015, each paper had 30 minutes for presentation and 10
minutes for discussion. In addition to the annual conference, we also hold academic
meetings every autumn.
4. Journal Articles
We publish an academic research journal, Journal of the Japan Society ofBusiness Mathematics, twice a year. Here is a list of recent papers. The words in thetitles are as in the original.
Issues in Volume 30 are special issues cerebrating the 50th anniversary of thesociety.
Volume 35, Number 1 & 2, published in May 2013.
ArticlesJinghui DONG and Yoshio IIHARA. “A Method for Solving a Differential Equation Related
to the Two-Dimensional Real Options Model.” Pp. 1-14.
Sho SUTO and Keisuke INAKAWA. “Validity of the Sacrifice Bunt as a Strategy of
Baseball.” Pp. 15-28.
Review Article
Isao USUI. “Recent Developments in the Theories of Time Discounting ─ Before
theWeitzman-Gollier Puzzle ─ .” Pp. 29-61.
Book Review
Akira UCHINO. “On the Research Outcome by Business Persons in Graduate School.” Pp.
63-72
Volume 34, Number 1 & 2, published in May 2012.
ArticlesYumi ASAHI, Yoshinori ISHIDA, Takashi NAMATAME, and Genki YOSHIDA. “Tenant Selecting
Model of Large Size Retail Shop Considering Trial and Repeat Customers’
Purchase Behavior.” Pp. 1-17.
Kyoko YAGI and Katsushige SAWAKI. “The Valuation of Callable Moving Strike
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Convertible Bonds.” Pp. 19-32.
Volume 33, Number 1 & 2, published in May 2011.
LectureGo SATO. “The Financial Crisis of 2008 Changed American Corporate Governance.” Pp.
1-10.
ArticlesJohsuke TOYODA. “A New Heuristic for Cutting Stock Problem Taking Advantage ofWeakness of Minimum Bin Slack Algorithm.” Pp. 11-26.
Hiromitsu TANAKA. “An Interpretative Specification of the Phenomena based on Near
Collinearity in Linear Regression Analysis.” Pp. 11-26.
Notes
Takako HASHIMOTO and Yukari SHIROTA. “Proposition of a Study Support System for
Making Solution Plans in Bond Mathematics.” Pp. 43-56.
Yukari SHIROTA and Takako HASHIMOTO. “Animation Teaching Materials for Explaining a
Recurrence Formula to Find the Bond Price with the Spot Rate.” Pp. 57-69.
Volume 32, Number 1 & 2, published in November 2010.
ArticlesYoshimasa OKU. “Goodness of Fit of Solutions by Means of the Algorithm PROXSCALin Multidimentional Scaling as Compared with those by ALSCAL.” Pp. 1-15.
Ayako SHIBUYA. “On the Comparison of Linear Programming and Quadratic
Programming for the Portfolio Selection Problem which Consists of 33 Stocks
and Cash.” Pp. 17-35.
Yutaka TAKAHASHI and Nobuhide TANAKA. “A Comparison between Process
Simplification and Quality Improvement in Service Processes Using Causality
Modelling.” Pp. 37-50.
Notes
Jinghui DONG and Yoshio IIHARA. “Real Options for Compound Poisson Processes.” Pp.
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51-59.
Yukari SHIROTA. “Graphics Teaching Materials for Portfolio Curves by Maple.” Pp.
61-70.
Volume 31, Number 2, published in November 2009.
ArticleYukari SHIROTA. “Visual Materials for Mathematical Knowledge Required to UnderstandComponent Analysis.” Pp. 59-70.
Survey Articles
Teruhisa TSUBAKIMOTO. “The Importance of the Behavioral Theory in the AHP.” Pp.
71-84.
Eiichiro TAKAHAGI. “Fuzzy Measures and Fuzzy Integral Models.” Pp. 85-112.
Volume 31, Number 1, published in May 2009.
ArticlesMayumi HORIE. “Efficiency in Finite Coalitional Bargaining Procedures.” Pp. 1-12.
Hiroyuki WAKINAGA, Yoshiya SODA, and Katsushige SAWAKI. “An Inventory Control
Model for Perishable Items with Sales Promotion Shelf.” Pp. 13-24.
Notes
Yuzo SAITOH, Takanori SUGIYAMA, Yumi ASAHI, and Takashi NAMATAME. “Analysis ofBrowsing Behavior of Web Site Visitor by Using Markov Models.” Pp. 25-44.
Jinghui DONG and Yoshio IIHARA. “Calculation of Complex Number for Real Option
Models under Double Erlang Jump-Diffusion Process.” Pp. 45-54.
Volume 30, Number 2, published in November 2008.
Commemorative Speeches
Yoshio IIHARA. “The Members Contributed to Establish the Japan Society of Commerce
Mathematics.” Pp. 79-88.
Michiya MORITA. “Increasing Managerial Competence: Amplifying the Role of
Mathematical Approach in Management.” Pp. 89-106.
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Hajime SATOH. “Wavelet Theory and its Applications.” Pp. 107-118.
Special Issues
Setsuo OHNARI. “On an Essential Integration between Different Research Fields.” Pp.
119-123.
Shigeo OHTSUKI. “My Research Memories.” Pp. 124-129.
Daisuke SHIRAISHI. “Find Ultimate +Propotions.” Pp. 130-133.
Isao USUI. “My Research and Education Activity for Business Mathematics.” Pp.
134-146.
Takahiro KOJIMA. “Recognition and Measurement of Financial Products on IFRS.” Pp.
147-148.
Yukari SHIROTA. “Commerce and Business Mathematics for Improving Mathematical
Capability of Japanese People.” Pp. 149-150.
Ayako SHIBUYA. “Present Situation and Future Prospects of ‘Business Mathematics’ as a
Subject in Yamaguchi University.” Pp. 151-155.
Nobuhide TANAKA. “Miscellaneous Impressions.” Pp. 156-157.
Akira UCHINO. “On the Japan Society of Business Mathematics.” Pp. 158-160.
Jinghui DONG. “My Encounter with the Society of Business Mathematics and My
Expectation of Business Mathematics.” Pp. 161-162.
Teruhisa TSUBAKIMOTO. “A Member of the Society of Business Mathematics.” Pp.
163-165.
Tsutomu MISHINA. “Can ‘Hope, Safety, Comforts…’ be Evaluated Objectively?” Pp.
166-170.
Volume 30, Number 1, published in May 2008.
President
Takahiro KOJIMA. “Commemorating the 50th Anniversary.” Pp. 1-5.
Special Issues
Masao HISATAKE. “Business Activities and Commerce Mathematics.” Pp. 7-10.
Masao HISATAKE. “Commerce Mathematics and High School Education.” Pp. 11-12.
Shinkichi SATOH. “Research History.” Pp.13-16.
Kesato FUJISAWA. “Commemorating the 30th Anniversary.” Pp. 17-19.
Tadashi FUJITA. “The Fifth President and Business Mathematics.” Pp. 21-38.

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Honorary Members
Tadashi FUJITA. “President Masao HISATAKE.” Pp. 39-42.
Isao USUI. “President Shinkichi SATOH.” Pp. 43-44.
Masatoshi KITAOKA. “President Kesato FUJISAWA.” Pp. 45-46.
Yoshio IIHARA. “President Kohnosuke NOZAWA.” P. 47
Masatoshi KITAOKA. “President Eiichi MORIYA.” Pp. 48-49.
Presidents, p. 50.
Index to 1959-1977, pp. 51-56.
Index to 1978-1998, pp. 57-63.
Index to 1999-2008, pp. 65-70.
History of the Annual Conference of Commerce Mathematics, p. 71.
History of the Annual Conference of Business Mathematics, p. 72.
Basic Rules and Format for Paper Submission, pp. 73-75
Isao USUI. “From the Chief Editor.” Pp. 76-77(Yutaka TAKAHASHI, Senshu University)

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THE SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY
1. Brief History and Features of Our Society
The Society of Economic Sociology (SOES) will celebrate its 50th anniversary in
2016. Those who established this Society in 1966 were the intellectual successors of
Yasuma TAKATA (1873-1972), one of the most distinguished Japanese sociologists andeconomists. With a strong background in economics and sociology, he was enthusiastic
for the establishment of a new discipline, and his works had great influence on Japanesesociologists and economists. Furthermore TAKATA trained many students to besociologists and economists at Hiroshima, Kyoto, Osaka and other universities. Scholars
who followed his academic tradition organized a society to establish a newinterdisciplinary research field called “economic sociology.” Therefore our Society has
its roots in him.
The mission of the SOES is to pursue research in economic sociology andelucidate the nature and mechanisms of economic activities in society. Economic
sociology is an interdisciplinary subject by nature. The scope of the objectives of theSociety might seem a kind of mixture of economic and sociological studies or a mixtureof qualitative and quantitative analyses. One might think it is too broad to call it anestablished discipline.
However, we do not regard this diversity as serious problem, but as a strength for
our Society. This characteristic of economic sociology can be the strength for theorganizational activities of the Society. Since its foundation, our members have enjoyedgreat intellectual diversity; besides, they have firmly cooperated in advocating theirprinciples through the unified activity between sociologists and economists of theSociety. Our Society has inherited academic assets born from sociology and economics,
yet we are now in the midst of the effort to establish a discipline which stands onsociology and economics, but not themselves per se.
2. Organization and members
As of October 2015, Masanori MORITA (Doshisha University) has been thepresident since September 2013. The tenure of office of the President and the board isthree years. The Society of Economic Sociology consists of an East Section and a West
Section. Each section has its board of trustees, and they hold regional activities such asboard meetings and research meetings separately in the East and the West. However, a19joint meeting is also held in June (to plan the annual conference) and in September(during the annual conference) every year.
The East and the West section each have their own head office. The Eastern head
office is located at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Waseda University; Prof. Masaaki
KAMINUMA is the secretariat officer. The Western head office is located at Kobe
University; Prof. Jun SUZUKI is the secretariat officer.
The Society consists of approx. 300 members as of June 2015. Most of themembers are researchers in academic fields and graduate students. Members of theSociety are relatively stable and exchange actively to maintain the community andtradition. There are three categories of membership: regular membership, student
membership and senior membership.
3. Research activities
Research activities of the SOES consist of following: (1) Annual conference, (2)Research meetings and Joint meetings, (3) Publications and (4) Prizes.
(1) Annual conference
Annual conferences are the most important activity of the Society. We usually
hold them in September. At each conference, we take up a special theme that seems toneed to be intensively discussed then and set up a session Symposium. Recent annual
conferences of our Society are as follows:
The 50th meeting was held at Ryutsu Keizai University on September 20 and 21,
2014 with a symposium on The Collaboration of Economics and Sociology. Masanori
MORITA (Doshisha University, the president of the SOES) and Morio ONDA (Ryutsu
Keizai University, the chairman of the conference) moderated the symposium. In the
symposium, three members discussed from different points of view: Yasuo BABA (Daito
Bunka University) discussed a system-theory approach and economic sociology, Teruya
ODA (Keio University) discussed the applicability of game theory to the field ofsociology, and Naoki WAKABAYASHI (Kyoto University) presented the impacts of social
capital theory in organization theories.
In this conference, a panel discussion to commemorate the 50th anniversary of theconference was conducted. Panelists were Kenichi TOMINAGA (former University ofTokyo), Takanobu TOJO (former Waseda University) and Shoichi HASHIMOTO (former
Kansai University); the moderator was Masakatsu TAMURA (Waseda University). All ofthem are former presidents of the Society.
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The 49th conference was held at Osaka University of Commerce on September 21
and 22, 2013 with a symposium on The Possibility of New Networks in Local
Communities. Yoji INABA (Nihon University) and Yuki YASUDA (Kansai University)
moderated the symposium. In this symposium, active discussion was made around thecontext of the real economy. Kenji MATSUOKA (Ryukoku University) pointed out how thetraditional industry was sustained by old establishments. Masahide OHNO (Reitaku
University) presented the basic point of view to discuss the role that the local
community should play as a social system. Gen MIYAGAKI (Keio University) discussed
the interaction between local community and NPO.
The 48th conference was held at Hokkaido University on September 1 and 2, 2012
with a symposium on Environment and Economic Society after 3/11. Shoichi HASHIMOTO(Kansai University) and Masakatsu TAMURA (Waseda University) moderated thesymposium. Morio ONDA (Ryutsu Keizai University) discussed reconstruction of thelocal community from the standpoint of transformation of mutual help networks byusing interview data from the victims. Koji KANAGAWA (University of Shizuoka)
analyzed the contribution of community empowerment by a hub organization that canbe the center of the community to the process of reconstruction from a disaster,comparing with the Great East Japan Earthquake. Takeshi HIROSHIGE (Waseda
University) discussed the meaning of the creation of a new tide prevention forest, where
he found a transformation in world view from the idea of “domination of nature” to theidea of “symbiosis with nature.”
The 47th conference was held at Onomichi University (currently Onomichi City
University) on September 17 and 18, 2011 with a symposium on Ethical Basis of
Economy and Society in the Modern Age. Takanobu TOJO (Waseda University), Masaki
ADACHI (Kyoto Kacho University) and Shoichi HASHIMOTO (Kansai University)
moderated the symposium. Masaki HACHINO (former Hokuriku University) cited the ideaof Ordoliberalism as an ethical basis of Economy and Society in the modern age. Koichi
KOBAYASHI (Nagoya Gakuin University) introduced the social thought of Eduard
Heimann and discussed its contemporary significance. Masanori MORITA (Doshisha
University) introduced the idea of ethics and morality from the standpoint of the
spontaneous order theory of Hayek and discussed its implications for the ethical issuesof the contemporary economy and society.
The 46th conference was held at Nihon University (College of Commerce) on
September 18 and 19, 2010 with a symposium on Between Formal and Informal.
Kazuyoshi KARASAWA (Kyorin University) and Wataru FUKUDA (Okayama University ofCommerce) moderated the symposium. Masato TANAKA (Asia University) discussed the21participation and civic collaboration as “regional sovereignty reform.” Taizo KOBAYASHI(Himeji Dokkyo University) introduced the transformation from the idea of a welfare
state to the idea of a welfare society and discussed the historical meaning of the revivalof mutual-help intermediate organizations. Tsutomu HASHIMOTO (Hokkaido University)
discussed the restructuring of “labor,” exemplifying that underground communications
in cyberspace increase the possibility of Karl Marx’s idea of “rebellious creativity.”
The 45th conference was held at Ryukoku University on September 26 and 27,
2009 with a symposium on Religion and Economic Sociology. Takanobu TOJO (Waseda
University) and Shoichi HASHIMOTO (Kansai University) moderated the symposium.
Kazumi KUBOTA (Ryukoku University) discussed Buddhist faith rooted in thegeographical and historical background of the Omi region as a key factor for the
emergence of Omi Merchants and their entrepreneurship. Shunji HOSAKA (Chuo
University) presented and elucidated the history and ethics of Islamic Economy, whichmost Japanese are not familiar with. Makoto HARA (Doshisha University) discussed thecultural transformation of Thai hill tribes through their acceptance of Christianity.
The 44th conference was held at J. F. Oberlin University on September 27 and 28,
2008 with a symposium on The Development of Economy and Society and Issues ofClass Disparity in East Asia. Wataru FUKUDA (Okayama University of Commerce) andTakao MAMADA (Rikkyo University) moderated the symposium. Hiroyuki HASEGAWA(The Institute of Asian Modernization) discussed the economic and social developmentin Asia from the perspective of a supply and demand theory of modernization. Yutaka
HARADA (Daiwa Institute of Research) elucidated the development and differences in theworld economy by focusing on international and intra-national differences. Hiroyuki
TANIGUCHI (Kobe Gakuin University) dealt with economic gaps and nationalism in East
Asia, and explored the possibility of an East Asian Community.
(2) Research meetings
Research meetings are held a few times a year separately in the East and the West.
Newly joined members and younger members like graduate students are encouraged tomake a presentation first in these meetings. A joint research meeting is held as well oncea year, which is a place for research exchange between the East and the West.
(3) Publications<Annual Journal>
The Annual of the Society of Economic Sociology is the annual journal of the
SOES. It was first published in 1976 with the mission to publish the original works and22to share the research outcomes of our Society. It is currently issued in September every
year in accordance with the annual conference. This annual journal is customarily
organized as follows:(a) Message (from chairman of the last conference)(b) Symposium(c) Semi-Symposium articles(d) Free Subject articles(e) Contributory Papers(f) Book Reviews
As can be seen, (a)-(d) of the contents of the annual journal correspond with theconference. (c) Semi-Symposium articles and (d) Free Subject articles are the posted
papers which are revised to reflect the discussion in the conference. It is determinedthrough peer review whether the posted paper will appear in the journal. (e)Contributory Papers are also refereed by peer review.
<Special Publication>
In 2015, the SOES has just issued Keywords of Economic Sociology, which is amonumental publication to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Society. It was
authored by the members of the Society, and compiled under the supervision of Kenichi
TOMINAGA (former University of Tokyo). The aim of this book is to be a keyword
glossary for beginners to understand economic phenomena sociologically. This bookcontains more than 100 keywords for the important concepts and the technical terms of
economic sociology, such as “social capital”, “cultural capital”, “social economy”, and“conspicuous consumption”.
(4) Prizes
The SOES has established the Yasuma Takata Prize in order to honor outstanding
performances by members. This prize has three categories: The Main Prize, theEncouragement Prize and the Special Prize. The Main Prize is to be awarded to those
who have produced significant achievements over the years and have contributed to thedevelopment of the Society. The Encouragement Prize is to be awarded to
up-and-coming researchers who have published an excellent paper on economic
sociology. The up-and-coming researcher here should meet one of the following
conditions: 40 years old or less, within six years after the completion of a master’scourse, or within three years after completing a doctorate. The Special Prize is to beawarded in other conditions. These three categories of prize are screened in the same
selection process.
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4. Communication
We use a mailing list for day-to-day communication, but concerning theinformation sharing of research activities by members, we publish a biannual newsletter.
We believe it is worth reading and its charm results in the unity of this academic
community. Of course it owes much to the editors (mainly the trustee in charge), but wecannot deny the effort of a number of members who have contributed to the newsletter.
5. Future Prospects
As the global economy and society has been changing dramatically, our Society
should also advance our pursuit of economic sociology in accordance with thosechanges. Although we should keep its academic tradition, we should look for more
broad academic diversity. The challenges for the Society are to expand registeredmembership and to be recognized widely. Therefore, it is necessary for the Society toinnovate sophisticated means of information provision. Several endeavors have been
guided by young members.
<Electronic journal>
Although we have issued a journal only on paper for decades, in accordance withthe global trend of digitization, we are now preparing electronic journals in addition to
the paper medium. Thereby, not only to save paper resources, we will be able to share
our research outcomes widely and to increase the presence of the SOES.
<Renewal of official web site>
The SOES renovated its official website in 2014. Masaaki KAMINUMA (Waseda
University) produced the previous website which had been maintained by his own
efforts. The new website is available to be updated by multi-authors using CMS(Contents Management System). As it is web-based, the information provision is easy,
convenient and timely. All information on our Society can be obtained on our website.
(Tsuyoshi HIROSE, Komazawa University)

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JAPAN SOCIETY OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1. Objectives and the Organization
The Japan Society of Human Resource Management (JSHRM) is an organizationof scholars, researchers and practitioners in the field of business administration, labor
law, industrial sociology, industrial relations, organizational psychology, occupationalsafety and other related sciences. It was originally founded in 1970 to promote researchin personnel and labor related fields.
The Society now consists of over 850 members representing the best in the nationin their respective fields. At a time where huge changes are undergoing in employment,labor, organizations, HR and management, we welcome new members from thebusiness community, world of labor, or other societies.
JSHRM consists of six regional divisions, namely, Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto,
Chubu, Kansai and Kyushu regional divisions, established to stimulate and coordinate
member activities at the regional level.
JSHRM also publishes its conference proceedings as well as the refereed journal,
Japan Journal of Human Resource Management. Through periodical divisional researchmeetings, annual conferences, proceedings and journals, JSHRM members actively
interact among themselves without respect to their differences in specialties and age
groups.
JSHRM is headed by a president (Mitsuhide SHIRAKI of Waseda University,
2013-present after Norio KAMBAYASHI of Kobe University, 2009-2012) and supported by
two vice-presidents and the board of directors. JSHRM also has several standing
committees such as the Committee to re-examine JSHRM philosophy and missions, thePublic Relations Committee, the International Exchange Committee, the Organization
Committee and the Journal Editorial Committee as explained below in section 3.
2. Missions and Goals
Being an interdisciplinary society on personnel and labor related fields is ourdefining characteristic. As a Society, we study issues of personnel and labor in the
broadest sense; relating to employment, labor, human resources (HR), management, andadministration; from the perspective of the various fields of management, economics,sociology, psychology, law, and labor studies. Our members are a diverse collection ofresearchers, including university lecturers, graduate students, labor administrators,
25company managers, HR professionals, and consultants.
Currently, our Society boasts over 850 members representing the best in thenation in their respective fields, who make up our interdisciplinary but cooperative
group. In these times where notions of employment, labor, organizations, HR, andmanagement are undergoing huge changes, we welcome any new members from thebusiness community, world of labor, or other societies.
The Society conducts the following activities in order to achieve its
aforementioned goals:i. Hold an annual national convention for research presentations and discussions;ii. Hold meetings divided by region or specialty multiple times a year;iii. Publish the Japan Journal of Human Resource Management;
iv. Participate in outside research and societies;
v. Perform other activities deemed as fitting with the goals of the Society.
According to the President of JSHRM, Mitsuhide SHIRAKI, JSHRM has five goals
that he hopes to achieve in his term:Firstly, he wants to increase the number of members even more. While anexpansion of the size of the Society is not specifically a goal of JSHRM, current
members are not always up-to-date with the latest from Japanese university research inhuman resource management. Moreover, there are many professionals, researchers, andgraduate students who are not yet JSHRM members. In order to fulfill the Society’s
main objectives, participation of these individuals is essential. Therefore, he aims tohave 950 members by the end of his two years.
Secondly, to fully perform its activities, JSHRM must stabilize and strengthen its
financial base. It will be difficult to achieve any future goals without sufficient financial
backing. It is necessary to bring the Society into the black within the year.
Thirdly, regional chapters should become more active. Through cooperation with
the national chapter, he hopes each region will be run more actively.
Fourthly, the president believes JSHRM needs more concretely designed training
resources for members. As a Society, we should focus more on this function of
supporting our members’ research activities.
Finally, in these times of globalization, continued promotion ofinternationalization within the Society should be essential. Hence, the addition of an
English homepage and English publication of the journals should allow for cooperation
with overseas organizations and hosting of international conferences. Details of the fivegoals are available on the homepage of the Society.
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3. Subsidiary Organizations
JSHRM has several standing committees:● The Committee to re-examine JSHRM philosophy and missions
The Committee re-examines the identity, raison-d’être and other relevant missionsof the JSHRM. This Committee covers a wide range of JSHRM activities. For example,
the Committee considered changing the Japanese name of JSHRM in the early 2000s,
but concluded not to do so after having conducted a survey of all JSHRM members.
● The International Exchange Committee

The International Exchange Committee promotes global activities with other
scholastic associations outside Japan. Examples of its activities include a Japan-Korea
joint project with the Korean Association of Personnel Management as a three-yearcomparative research project between 2003 and 2006. The first joint workshop took
place in Narita, Japan on 12-13 July, 2003. The second joint workshop was organized in
Gyeongju, Korea on 23-25 July, 2004. The third and final workshop was convened at
Waseda University, Tokyo on 18 March, 2006. A publication in English contributed byboth Japanese and Korean research members appeared in 2009.
● The Organization Committee

The Organization Committee is responsible for strengthening collaboration withother professional associations. A joint session was convened with the Japan Labor Law
Association at the JSHRM National Conference in 2005, and another joint session took
place with the Japan Society for Occupational Health in 2006. Communication andunderstanding with professionals in these interdisciplinary fields have been promoted
through these activities.
4. Annual Convention
In recent years JSHRM annual conventions were held as below:● 42nd National Convention at Wakayama University, 2012
Theme: The Rise in Competition for Human Resources in Asia
Sub-theme 1: Invitation to HRM in Asia
Sub-theme 2: HRM in the Service Industry● 43rd National Convention at Osaka International University, 201327

Theme: Common Sense and Misconceptions of Staff Training – A New Working
Style
Symposium 1: Questioning On the Job Training
Symposium 2: Building a Career for a New Generation – Reexamining the Conceptof Career● 44th Annual Convention at Hokkai Gakuen University, 2014.

Theme: Enhancement of Women in the Workplace: The Issues and How to Copewith Them
Symposium: Enhancement of Women in the Workplace
45th Annual Convention was held at Hosei University, 28-30 August, 2015. The
theme was Human Resource Management in the Next Generation.
5. Symposium at the IFSAM Conference
JSHRM joined in the IFSAM (The International Federation of Scholarly
Associations of Management) 2014 conference at Meiji University, Tokyo, as acosponsor society, and convened a symposium focusing on Issues on Expatriate
Management from Comparative Perspectives. According to the homepage of IFSAM, thefederation is an association of associations designed to foster the development ofinternational scholarly activities directed at understanding management practices. The
mission is to advance business and management research, teaching and practicethroughout the world.
Three presenters, Professor Chris BREWSTER from Reading University in the UK,
Professor Rosalie TUNG from Fraser University in Canada and Professor Mitsuhide
SHIRAKI from Waseda University in Japan, gave presentations. The titles of thepresentations were:
Chris BREWSTER, “Comparative Perspectives on Expatriate Management from
Europe”● Rosalie TUNG, “Comparative Perspectives on Expatriate Development andAppraisal”● Mitsuhide SHIRAKI, “Development and Appraisal of Japanese Expatriates in Asia”●

More than 50 audience members joined the symposium and many useful discussions were28

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6. Recent Trends in Human Resource Management in Japan
Human Resource Management in Japan has been studied through the concept of“Japanese-style management” since the 1980s. Over 10 years have passed since thebeginning of the 21st century, and “Japanese-style management,” which once attracted
close attention from all over the world as a system that achieved excellent results, haslost its prominence and seems to have fallen into oblivion. As Japanese companies are
suffering slumping revenues due to the prolonged economic depression, theJapanese-style system predominant in the 1980s is no longer discussed in a positive
context. It is widely known that Japanese companies, on the contrary, are being asked tolearn the management systems of newly industrialized Asian countries, including China
and India.
It is hardly possible to find academic research on the reality of Japanesecompanies from the perspective of international comparison in today’s academic society,possibly due to those companies’ prolonged depression. In the first place, stagnant
research activities in this field are understandable due to the assumption: “Nothing canbe learned from the management of Japanese companies; thus, Japan should introduce
the management systems of other Asian countries as soon as possible in order to aid in
those companies’ regeneration.” Yet, is this really the correct way to think about thisissue?
We understand that nothing can be created by merely recalling the Japanese-style
management that prevailed a quarter century ago, and we are not striving to restore
Japanese-style management in secret. However, it is clearly not enough for those whoare involved in academic research to desperately shout, “Japanese companies have tolearn from Asia,” without calmly reviewing Japan’s previous experiences and theresultant realities from those experiences. It is first necessary to precisely understand thepresent situation faced by Japanese companies from the perspective of academic
research. With this problem consciousness in mind, it is necessary for JSHRM members
to discuss the current management system of Japanese companies according to each
aspect of management.
The most noteworthy impact on the Japanese company management system thathas occurred from the 1980s to the present is the development of market
fundamentalism, which has grown widespread with the development of globalization.
Many Japanese companies were obliged to reform various aspects of their management29

system after the “economic bubble” burst of the 1990s. This led to a drastic change invarious management aspects related to the market, technology, and the social system.
These companies made strenuous efforts to adapt to these changes in the businessenvironment. Several keywords, such as corporate governance reform, rampant merger
and acquisition, new strategic alliance, corporate social responsibility (CSR),
results-based personnel management, and reward management, indicate these changes
that spread after the 1990s.
However, these new trends seem to have subsided over the past several years, andthese companies are gradually entering into a new phase where they need to build new
structures in order to cope with the environmental changes. Simultaneously, issues with
the newly established systems have been steadily emerging. Currently, Japanesecompanies are exploring a new long-term vision in order to prepare for the future andconsider these issues.
Reforms of corporate governance were widely discussed in the 1990s in studies
on “Japanese management.” It is the author’s basic understanding that the discussions
have made little progress since Americanization became apparent in governance and the
management system. There have also been few studies conducted on the internal aspectsof an organization that practices traditional Japanese management theory from anacademic viewpoint.
According to the author’s own study (KAMBAYASHI, N. ed., Japanese Managementin Change, Springer, 2014), Japanese companies clearly changed from the 1980s, when
“Japanese management” attracted attention. The change can be attributed to the progressof globalization in management activities, in particular, the influence of the American
style of business management system. However, the degree of change for the
management system in Japanese companies varies with each aspect of management.
Even Japanese companies aspired to the American management system(governance, in particular), but a reverse function has become clear in the companies
that introduced the American governance system. With respect to strategy, the market
principle has become widespread, and a system to increase profit in the global market isdesired. Above all, there is an intention to adjust the strategy to the global standard, inparticular, in finance and information technology. In the fields of human resource
management, Japanese companies introduced a mechanism close to the American style.
At the same time, however, they preserve the “Japanese style” and attempt to explore amechanism suitable to Japanese companies.
Bearing in mind the above-mentioned contexts in Japanese human resource
management, the JSHRM members should accumulate new research findings towards
30the development of the academic society.
Note: The description of sections 1 and 2 of this paper refers to the homepage of
JSHRM. The section 3 refers to: Kazuko YOKOYAMA, “Japan Society of Human Resource
Management,” Information Bulletin of The Union of National Economic Associations inJapan, No. 29, 2009, pp. 24-25. The section 6 refers to: Norio KAMBAYASHI (ed.),Japanese Management in Change: The Impacts of Globalization and Market Principles,
Springer, 2014, pp. v-vi; pp.1-2.
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JAPANESE SOCIETY OF INSURANCE SCIENCE
1. Brief History
Before the Japanese Society of Insurance Science (JSIS) began its activities, anorganized society for studying the insurance business named “Hoken Gakkai” (TheSociety of Insurance Science) was founded in 1895. Though this Society was active
during the early 1940’s，another society called the JSIS (“Nihon Hoken Gakkai”) wasestablished to study insurance in 1940, making it one of Japan’s oldest and mostvenerated academic societies in the humanities. Compared with the older society, JSIS
can be regarded as fittest for socio-economic research study in Japan.
The inaugural Conference of the Japanese Society of Insurance Science（JSIS）
was held at the University of Tokyo on November 24th 1940, when 218 scholars andinsurance people gathered from across the country. JSIS directed its activities only
toward expanding and deepening studies on insurance. The activities, however, wereinterrupted from 1944 to 1949 because of World War II. The first meeting after the war
was held at Hitotsubashi University in 1950.
The Society’s bulletin, Journal of Insurance Science, which was originallypublished as a monthly bulletin by the “Hoken Gakkai” in 1895, was taken over by the
JSIS in 1951 from its 378th issue. JSIS continued to issue the Journal quarterly and willcelebrate its 125th anniversary issue (Number 630) in October 2015.
The year 2015 is also the Society’s 75th anniversary, and the commemorative
Annual Meeting was held in Keio University in Tokyo in October 24-25.
The Annual Meeting for 2016 is scheduled to be held at Ritsumeikan University
in Kyoto.
2. Outline of the Society
Whenever economic entities like firms and households perform economic
activities, they inevitably confront a variety of risks. These risks can sometimes produce
unfavorable economic consequences such as (1) property losses, (2) income or revenue
losses, and (3) other extraordinary cost burdens. The function of insurance is to reduceor eliminate such exposures so that economic entities can operate with some degree ofcertainty. In addition, new social, economic, and environmental risks have emerged
from secular trends such as global warming, rapid aging, and globalization.
To take just one example, in a world where every pension beneficiary needs the32support of two workers, the matter of balancing roles between public and private
insurance takes on a whole new significance. As insurance grows in importance tosociety, so too do the expectations put upon JSIS researchers.
JSIS aims to promote research and cooperation in insurance science, and to
facilitate interactions and exchanges with related academic societies and organizationsin Japan and abroad (Article 2 of bylaws). We pursue these aims through the following
three areas of activity.
First, JSIS organizes an annual conference and local activities. The annual
conference is held in October on a university campus. Symposia and individual papers
serve to facilitate fascinating discussions, and an eminent guest speaker is invited from
JSIS or elsewhere to deliver a stimulating commemorative address. In addition, theKanto, Kansai and Kyushu chapters hold two to four regular divisional meetings per
year where members have the opportunity to present their latest research findings andengage in constructive exchanges of opinion.
Second, JSIS publishes the papers presented at these meetings in the Journal of
Insurance Science to reach a broader audience. The refereed papers system which wasintroduced lately gives aspiring graduate students and young researchers, in particular,
the chance to establish a significant body of work. It also features occasional topics on
insurance-related economic and social trends, thereby enhancing the journal’s appeal tomembers. Since 2011, the papers which have appeared in the Journal of Insurance
Science can also be read from the Society’s website after a six-month delay. This will
facilitate the availability of the activities of the JSIS to the non-members as well.
Third, JSIS promotes international exchanges. The Society already has an
ongoing exchange with its sister society in Korea to report at their respective annual
conference proceedings. In addition, JSIS seconds a board member to AIDA (TheInternational Association for Insurance Law, Head office: London) and APRIA (TheAsia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association, Head office: Singapore) meetings, andlooking ahead, sees a growing need to enhance ties with China and its dynamic
economy as well as with advanced insurance countries in the West.
AIDA holds a World Congress every four years. The 14th Quadrennial Congress,
hosted by the Italian Chapter, was held in Rome on Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 2014. Keiji HABARA(Kansai University) and Yasuo FUKUDA (Nihon University) attended the Congress as thedelegation of JSIS. APRIA holds annual meeting in various cities, and JSIS sends adelegate to the meeting every year.
The JSIS membership now numbers approximately 900, of whom 200 are
academic members and 700 are business members. In carrying out our activities, we
33hope to offer business members more compelling themes and motivate greater sharingof our energy and wisdom.
The President and the Chairman of the board of directors of the Society is Yasuo
FUKUDA (Nihon University), who succeeded Masayoshi DEGUCHI (Senshu University,
2008-2010) and Masahiko EZAWA (Waseda University, 2010-2014) in 2014.
3. Report on Annual Conferences from 2009 to 2013
As mentioned above, JSIS holds an annual conference for members for the
purpose of academic presentations and discussions in late October, hosted by auniversity in either the Tokyo Metropolitan area or some other area.
The main points of the Annual Meetings during the period of 2009 to 2013 are as
follows:
The 63rd Annual Conference (2009)
Date: October 23-25 2009
Venues: Ryukoku University (Kyoto)
Number of Participants: 210
Special Lecture: Yasuhiro SAKAI (Ryukoku University) on “Current Topics in Insurance
Science and Related Fields, with a Focus on Risk, Insurance, Economy and Ohmi
Merchants”
Symposium 1: Issues and Perspectives of the New Japanese Insurance Law
Moderator: Osamu TAKEHAMA (Ritsumeikan University)
Speakers: Toshikazu MURATA (Ritsumeikan University), Tetsuo YAMAMOTO(Hokkaido University), Noritaka YAMASHITA (Osaka University) and Takau
YONEYAMA (Hitotsubashi University)(see Journal of Insurance Science No. 608 (2010))
Symposium 2: Conceptual Reexamination of Insurance
Moderator: Yuhji OHGI (Okayama Shoka University)
Speakers: Nobuyasu YAMORI (Nagoya University), Toshiaki YASUI (Kagawa
University), Mahito OKURA (Nagasaki University) and Gen GOTO (Gakushuin
University)(see Journal of Insurance Science No. 609 (2010))
The 64th Annual Conference (2010)
Date: October 23-24 201034

Venues: Waseda University (Tokyo)
Number of Participants: 338
Special Lecture: Shuzo SUMI (President, Tokio Marine Holding, Inc.) on “Managing
General Insurance Business in a New Era”
Symposium 1: Future of Insurance Sales
Moderator: Taishi OKADA (Kwansei Gakuin University)
Speakers: Hideki OTSUKA (Waseda University), Hideo KASHIHARA (Nippon Life
Insurance Company), Michihiro KAMEKO (Tortoise Wins Corporation), Haruaki
DEGUCHI (Lifenet Insurance Company) and Toshiaki KITANO (Mitsui Direct
General Insurance Co. Ltd.)(see Journal of Insurance Science No. 612 (2011))
Symposium 2: Financial ADR
Moderator: Kimito AMARI (Sophia University)
Speakers: Mieko TANNO (Japan Association of Consumers Affairs Specialists),
Shigenori ISHIDA (Yamaguchi University), Yasuo FUKUDA (Nihon University)(see Journal of Insurance Science No. 613 (2011))
The 65th Annual Conference (2011)
Date: October 22-23 2011
Venus: Kobe Gakuin University (Kobe)
Number of Participants: 201
Symposium 1: The Globalization and the Overseas Activities of Japanese Insurance
Companies
Moderator: Hideya KUBO (Shiga University)
Speakers: Hideaki NOMURA (Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd.), Tetsuya
TANIGUCHI (The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. Ltd.), Ginka UEMURA (Tokio Marine
and Nichido Fire Insurance Company (China) Ltd.)(see Journal of Insurance Science No. 616 (2012))
Symposium 2: Insurance Business and Enterprise Risk Management
Moderator: Keiji HABARA (Kansai University)
Speakers: Yuhji OHGI (Okayama Shoka University), Fumitoshi SUGINO (Senshu
Japan University), Toshiaki HASEGAWA (T. Hasegawa & Co. Law Offices) andNobuyasu UEMURA (Financial Service Agency)(see Journal of Insurance Science No. 617 (2012))
The 66th Annual Conference (2012)35

Date: October 20-21 2012
Venues: Nihon University (Tokyo)
Number of Participants: 279
Special Lecture: Charles D. LAKE II (CEO, American Family Life Assurance Companyof Columbus) “Insurance Supervision in the New Global Economic
Architecture and its Implications”
Symposium: Catastrophic Disaster, Catastrophic Risks and Insurance
Moderator: Yasuo FUKUDA (Nihon University)
Speakers: Kazuyoshi HOTTA (Keiko University), Tetsuo YAMAMOTO (Hokkaido
University), Matsuo KUROKI (Soka University), Yasuo OKAZAKI (NKSJ Risk
Management Inc.), Shigeru MATSUO (Tokio Marine and Nichido Fire Insurance
Co. Ltd. ), Hiroshi AKETA (NLI Research Institute) and Kohji ERIGUCHI (The Toa
Reinsurance Co.Ltd.)This Symposium was based on the Society members’ study responding to theGreat East Japan Earthquake which occurred on March 11, 2011.
(see Journal of Insurance Science No. 620 (2013))
The 67th Annual Conference (2013)
Date: October 26-27 2013
Venues: Aichi Gakuin University (Nagoya)
Number of Participants: 279
Symposium 1: Civil Code Reform from the Viewpoint of Insurance Transaction
Moderator: Tetsuo YAMAMOTO (Hokkaido University),
Speakers: Ryota SHIRASUNA (Nippon Life Insurance Company), Makoto NISHIHA(Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.), Kyoko KANEOKA (Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology) and Yoshikazu YAMASHITA (Gakushuin University)(see Journal of Insurance Science No. 624 (2014))
Symposium 2: Division of Roles between Public and Private Sectors on Medical
Insurance
Moderator: Miho ONZO (Takachiho University)
Speakers: Masato KOSAKA (The Tokio Marine Research Institute), Motokazu
ISHIZAKA (Fukuoka University), Shigenori ISHIDA (Yamaguchi University) andTomoka MIYACHI (Takushoku University)(see Journal of Insurance Science No. 625 (2014))

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4. Annual Conferences of 2014 and 2015
The following is the information about last year’s and this year’s Annual
Meetings.
The 68th Annual Conference (2014)
The Annual Conference 2014, hosted by Kagawa University, was held in October
2014, along with 169 participants. In this conference, two symposia were called for
discussion.
The first theme was “Progress of Information Technology and theDevelopment of Insurance Business Model” chaired by Futoshi OKADA (Nihon
University).
Five speakers presented their papers in the following order: Hiroyuki OGOMORI(Business Process Laboratory Ltd.) on “Recent Trends in Insurance IT”, Naoki UNO(Tokio Marine Nichido Systems Co. Ltd.) on “Innovation of Customer Contact Points
Utilizing Mobile Technology”, Yutaka NAGASAKI (Nippon Life Insurance Company), on“Life Insurance’s IT Infrastructure Protecting Customers over the Long Term andresponding to Their Diversifying Needs”, Mariko NAKABAYASHI (Meiji University) on“Progress of IT-related Operation Process and Ethical Issues in Business”, Tadao
KOEZUKA (Kagawa University) on “Legal Issues on How Insurance Companies Use
Customer Information based on the Systematized Insurance Business and on How toProtect Personal Information”. After the presentation, questions and answers were
exchanged between the speakers and the audience. (see Journal of Insurance Science,
No.628 (2015))
The

secondtheme

was“Insurance

Regulation

andInternational

Harmonization” and chaired by Tomio IGUCHI (Ryukoku University). He read some
introductory remarks and four speakers made presentations on their themes as follows:
Akira MIZOGUCHI (Kagawa University) on “The Regulation and Supervision of Insurance
Companies after the Recent Financial Crisis”, Toshio ASAMI (General Insurance
Association of Japan) on “Discussion on G-SIIs Package in the IAIS and Its Impact on
the Japanese Insurance Industry”, Takefumi UENO (University of Shizuoka) on “TheImpact of International Harmonization of Financial Regulation and Corporate
Accounting on the Insurance Industry” and Yoshihiko SUZAWA (Kyoto Sangyo
University) on “A Study on International Harmonization of the Insurance Regulation”.
After the presentations, lively questions and answers were exchanged between the37

speakers and their audience (See Journal of Insurance Science，No,629 (2015))
The 75th Anniversary Annual Conference (2015)
The Annual Meeting of 2015 marks the Society’s 75th Anniversary. The Meeting
was held in Keio University on October 24-25, 2015. More than 300 participants
attended the Meeting.
There was only one Symposium this year, entitled “Globalization and theInsurance Industry”. A Keynote Speech was delivered by Kazuto IKEO (Keio
University), entitled “Thirty Years of Financial Globalization”. This was followed by
the Symposium chaired by Yasuo KOFUJI (Senshu University).
Five speakers made presentations on their themes as follows:
Takashi NAKAHAMA (Otaru University of Commerce) on “The Background and Trends of
Insurance Globalization”, Koji KINOSHITA (Doshisha University) on “The Current Status
and Issues of the International Insurance Regulation”, Taishi OKADA (Kwansei Gakuin
University) on “The Domesticity and Globalization of the Insurance Industry”, Naohide
NOGUCHI (Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd.) on “Globalization and General
Insurance Business” and finally, Shugo SUZUKI (The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. Ltd.) on“Globalization and Life Insurance Business”.
Along with the conference, the Keio University Library organized a special
exhibition, entitled “Fukuzawa Yukichi and the Japanese Insurance Industry.” FUKUZAWA(1835-1901), who was the founder of Keio University, is also known as the firstJapanese who introduced the Western insurance system to Japan in the late 19th Century.
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JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STUDIES
1. Research Trend in International Accounting and Significance of the Japanese
Association for International Accounting Studies (JAIAS)JAIAS, established in 1984, has been one of the leading research associations in
the field of accounting, and the only association in Japan specialized in international
accounting research.
International accounting research in its pioneer age was first related largely tocomparing different accounting systems or practices between different countries, andthis area of research now still has its importance. But since the convergence and/or
adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) have been hotly debated,
it might be said that most researches in any area of accounting must refer to IFRS, astraditional accounting approaches in Japan were basically quite different in various
aspects from IFRS, such as revenue-expense view vs. asset-liability view, historical costaccounting vs. fair value accounting, favoring net income vs. comprehensive income,preparers’ perspective vs. users’ perspective, and so on. These differences have aroused
research questions as to in which areas Japanese accounting standards should or should
not converge with IFRS, how to make a Japanese presence in international standard
setting, and whether accounting information based on IFRS is relevant or not.
We could say that nearly every researcher in accounting, whether financial
accounting, managerial accounting, tax accounting, or auditing, etc., could be involved
in international accounting research, although IFRS is not the only international
standard mentioned in our Association. Other standards, namely, those of accounting
education, auditing, internal control, integrated reporting, and public sector accounting,are also interesting topics of international accounting research.
JAIAS supports these research activities by publishing a bulletin (Bulletin ofJapanese Association for International Accounting Studies) twice a year, which contains
papers presented at the JAIAS annual conference and regional meetings.
JAIAS promotes international co-operation with counterparts of other countries
and international associations, especially with the Korea International Accounting
Association (KIAA). From 2011, JAIAS and KIAA both invited each others’ members
to their country and in 2012 made an agreement to send presenters to their annual
conference.
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Annual conferences of JAIAS are held once a year; regional meetings have also
been held twice a year for one day each since 2010. The main part of the conference isdivided into two sessions, one the main theme session, and the other the concurrent
session. Since 2011, commemorative speeches and workshops were added to the mainpart of the conference, and the conference program was expanded from two days tothree days. KIAA has been sending presenters to the concurrent session since 2013.
The 26th Annual Conference in 2009
The 26th Annual Conference was held at Hosei University in Tokyo on
September 5th and 6th. The main theme of this conference was World Wide Financial
Crisis and International Accounting Standards. There were six presenters in the main
theme session, eight presenters in the concurrent session and one study group report.
The six paper titles presented in the main session were:(1) Tatsuhiko TASHIRO (Meijo University)“The Impact of Financial Crisis on theConvergence of Accounting Standards”(2) Ichiro HOSHINO (Hiroshima University)“The International Movement of Accounting
Regulations for Financial Institutions: Relation of the Financial Crisis and the Reformof Accounting Systems”(3) Michiyoshi SAKAMOTO (Keio University)“Accounting for Off-Balance Sheet Entities”(4) Yoshihiro NOMURA (Nomura Securities Co.) “The Change of Accounting for
Financial Instruments and Management”(5) Takao INOHANA (Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)“Auditing during the Recent Fragile
Economic Environment and Expectations for CPAs in the Years to Come”(6) Koji IKEDA (Konan University)“Auditing and Control Issues Related to Fair Value
Measurement of Derivative Instruments”
The 27th Annual Conference in 2010
The 27th Annual Conference was held at Osaka Gakuin University in Osaka on
September 11th and 12th. The main theme of this conference was Fundamental Issues
on IFRS Adoption. There were five presenters in the main theme session, fifteenpresenters in the concurrent session and one study group report. The five paper titles
presented in the main session were:(1) Michiyo MORI (Prefectural University of Kumamoto)“The Adoption of IFRS by
Germany and the EU: Problems Stemming from ‘IFRS-Adoption’”(2) Akiko FUJITA (Meiji Gakuin University)“The European Union IFRS’s Adoption:
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France”(3) Hideo NARIMICHI (Seikei University)“The Adoption of IFRS and the Measures Taken
by the Corporation Tax Law”
(4) Nobuhito OCHI (Bank of Japan)“Correspondence to IFRS Introduction and Fair
Value Valuation”(5) Takashi HASHIMOTO (Aoyama Gakuin University)“Strategies and Actions towards
IFRS Implementation in Japan”
The 28th Annual Conference in 2011
The 28th Annual Conference was held at Tokyo University of Science in Saitama
on September 8th to 10th. The main theme of this conference was Japanese Accounting
in Internationalization: Transformation of Revenue. There were three presenters in themain theme session, ten presenters in the concurrent session and two study groupreports. The three paper titles presented in the main session were:(1) Noriko NOGUCHI (Tokyo University of Science)“Confusion of Shift in Net-Assets
Accounting Model”(2) Toshifumi MATSUMOTO (Doshisha University)“Customer Loyalty Programs and its
Revenue Recognition”(3) Yumiko ARAI (PwC Tax Japan)“Mixture of Accounting Standards and Taxation: A
Perspective on Applying IFRS to Parent-only Financial Statements”
A commemorative speech was also given by Seigo NAKAJIMA called“What I Think
about the Future of International Accounting Standards as a Student in Accounting.”
The 29th Annual Conference in 2012
The 29th Annual Conference was held at Kinki University in Osaka on September
21st to 23rd. The main theme of this conference was Market and Accounting as Social
Institution: Concerning the Most Suitable Development for the Corporate Disclosure
System. There were four presenters in the main theme session, nine presenters in the
concurrent session and two study group reports. The four paper titles presented in themain session were:(1) Tadanori YOSANO (Kobe University)“The Change of Risk Environment and a
Perspective of Financial Accounting/Reporting System”(2) Masao WATANABE (Meiji University)“Financial Crisis and Off-Balance Sheet
Accounting”(3) Tadaaki YAMAGUCHI (Kinki University)“Some Issues of the Use of Current Values in
Accounting”
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(4) Masataka HIRAGA (Aichi Gakuin University)“Institutional Isomorphism of
Accounting Standards into IFRS: The Case of Southeast Asian Emerging Economies”
A commemorative speech was also given by Yoshimasa TOMOSUGI (Waseda
University) called“Status Quo and Issues of International Financial Reporting
Research,”and a workshop was held for practitioners/researchers by the sponsorship ofaccounting firms. The workshop’s theme was New Movement of IFRS and Business
Reporting, in which the panelists were Atsushi KATO (Accounting Standards Board ofJapan), Koichiro KIMURA (PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata), Aiko SEKINE (JapaneseInstitute of Certified Public Accountants), Ryoji FUJII (KPMG AZSA LLC), Kazuaki
FURUUCHI (Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC), and S. LAGUT (Ernst & Young).
The 30th Annual Conference in 2013
The 30th Annual Conference was held at Chuo University in Tokyo on September
13th to 15th. The main theme of this conference was Research on the Accounting in
Globalizing Society. There were four presenters in the main theme session, thirteenpresenters in the concurrent session (within three were from KIAA) and two study
group reports. The four paper titles presented in the main session were:(1) Masaki YONEYAMA (The University of Tokyo)“Comparative Analysis on Accounting
for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets”(2) Tokuei SUGIMOTO (Kwansei Gakuin University)“The Basis of the Existence of ‘A
Single Set of High Quality, Globally Accepted Accounting Standards’:
Standard-Setting and Accounting Researches”(3) Tetsuyuki KAGAYA (Hitotsubashi University) “The Relation between Stable Dividend
Policy and Financial Performance Presentation in Japan”(4) Shinya SAITO (Yokohama National University) “The Roles of Accounting Research
for Accounting as a Social System”
A commemorative speech was also given by Tsuguoki FUJINUMA (Chuo
University) called“Issues in Adopting IFRS and its Anticipated Roadmap.”
The 31st Annual Conference in 2014
The 31st Annual Conference was held at Kobe Gakuin University in Hyogo on
August 24th to 26th. The main theme of this conference was Global Economy and theDiversity of Accounting Standards. There were three presenters in the main theme
session, fourteen presenters in the concurrent session (within three were from KIAA)
and two study group reports. The three paper titles presented in the main session were:(1) Noriyuki TSUNOGAYA (Nagoya University) “Diverse Opinions and Arguments by42

Stakeholders on Mandatory Adoption of International Accounting Standards (IFRS)
in Japan”(2) Isamu IWASAKI (Kyushu University) “The Status Quo and the Problems of Many Setsof Accounting Standards in the Globalized Economy”(3) Masaki YONEYAMA (The University of Tokyo) “Diversity in the Interpretation of
Basic Concepts underlying the System of Accounting Standards”
A commemorative speech was also given by Toshio OHNO (Kobe Gakuin
University) called “Scientific Thinking and Strategic Thinking in Accounting,” and aworkshop was held for practitioners/researchers by the sponsorship of accounting firms.
The workshop’s theme was Expecting Co-operation of Practitioners and Researchers in
Applying IFRS, in which the keynote speaker was former IASB Member Tatsumi
YAMADA (KPMG AZSA LLC) and the panelists were Hiroshi OHTANI (Deloitte Touche
Tohmatsu LLC), Nichola SAWAKI (Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC), Motoko SHOJI(KPMG AZSA LLC), Tatsumi YAMADA, Kengo YAMAMOTO (PricewaterhouseCoopers
Aarata), and Masamichi YOSHIOKA (Tokyo University of Science).
The 32nd Annual Conference in 2015
The 32nd Annual Conference was held at Senshu University in Tokyo on October
2nd to 4th. The main theme of this conference was Sustainability of Organizations in a
Global Economy and its Effects to Financial Reporting. There were four presenters in
the main theme session, twenty presenters in the concurrent session (within two werefrom KIAA) and two study group reports. The four paper titles presented in the main
session were:(1) Tetsuyuki KAGAYA (Hitotsubashi University) “Integrated Reporting Supporting
Corporate Value Creation”(2) Hiroaki JINDO (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) “Status Quo andIssues of Companies Disclosing Integrated Reporting”(3) Noriyuki KONISHI (Aoyama Gakuin University) “Integrated Reporting about
Sustainability Risk”(4) Hidehiko YAMAZAKI (Senshu University) “Perspectives of Assuring Integrated
Reporting”
A symposium was also held under the theme of The Meaning of Corporate
Reporting in a Sustainable Development Era: Integrated Reporting, Capital Markets and
Big Data Auditing, in which the panelists were Hajime YASUI (JBA Group), Akinori
KIMURA (PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata), and Yuichi TORIKAI (Toyo University).

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The 33rd Annual Conference in 2016
The 33rd Annual Conference will be held at Kwansei Gakuin University in
Hyogo.
(Eiji HISAMOCHI, Aoyama Gakuin University)

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THE POPULATION ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN
1. Overview of the Population Association of JapanThe Population Association of Japan (PAOJ) was established in November 1948
and the first meeting was held in March 1949. There was a strong influence for thecreation of the Association from American demographers, such as Dr. Warren THOMPSONor Dr. Irene TAEUBER, who visited Japan on the request of GHQ, then the governing
body of war defeated Japan. Since then, the demographic trend, conceived population
problems and social environment have changed and the themes of researches evolved
accordingly.
As of July 2015, there are 344 members composed of researchers at universities,
national and prefectural research institutes, businesspersons and government officials.
The common language is demography and population studies, but members follow
various disciplines such as economics, sociology, geography, mathematics, medical /health sciences, anthropology and so forth. The basic activity of the Association is toorganize its annual conference and regional meetings, and to publish the journal
Jinkogaku Kenkyu (The Journal of Population Studies). In 2014, all the Journal articles
were put on the internet CiNii website.
As the Association’s activities were documented up to the year 2008 in theVolume 34 of this Bulletin, the following chapters will describe research activities fromthe year 2009 up to now, grouped by major themes.
2. Research activity by topic(1) Fertility and marriage
The issue of low fertility has been a great concern and it has been the theme ofmany sessions of annual meetings. As the total fertility rate started to increase from2005, the possible causes are discussed. One of the topics is the fertility change in
relation to other demographic events such as marriage or migration. For example,
Toshihiko HARA (Sapporo City University) examined the effect of internal migration on
sex ratio imbalance and resulting low nuptiality and fertility in case of Sapporo city.
Measurement of fertility is another topic where the variables such as intention offertility or employment status are linked and used for the estimation of fertility. Several
analyses showed that the fertility of foreigners in Japan or out of international marriage
is lower than that of Japanese.
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In a society where there are very few births out of wedlock, marriage is one of themost important proximate determinants of fertility. The high celibacy rate of Japan aswell as the determinants and mechanism of marriage are closely analyzed. Miho
IWASAWA (National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, hereinafterreferred to as “IPSS”) invented the first marriage life table of Japan since the 1970’s tobreak down the process of marriage and reproduction.
Infertility is the topic where sessions have been organized by Shoko KONISHI (The
University of Tokyo) every year since 2013. Underlying factors such as chemical
substances, lifestyle or even educational background are analyzed and measurement
methods and facts are shared.
(2) Family, gender and work life balance
The main focus to combat low fertility is not a direct population policy toincrease fertility, but measures to improve the environment which enable women andmen to realize their ideal family and work. This theme has been one of the main topicsof the Association, and sessions have been organized every year during the annual
meeting. Noriko TSUYA (Keio University) argues that the increasing level of educationof women and irregularization of employment in general are linked with later and fewer
marriages and consequent lower fertility. Also international comparison of familysystems, finds that Japanese and probably East Asian societies’ extreme low fertility is
not going to follow the path which Northern and Western European societies went
through, according to Toru SUZUKI (IPSS). Nonetheless, Nobuko NAGASE (Ochanomizu
University) underlines the effectiveness and importance of measures to promote
work-life balance such as the steady implementation of flexible worktime, maternity
and childcare leave, and provision of nursery centers.
(3) Health and mortality and population aging
Mortality and morbidity modeling and analyses are the classical field ofdemography. Recent researches by the Association on this topic are various. For
example, Futoshi ISHII (IPSS) has been developing the Japanese Mortality Database withthe extension of cause of death. The healthy life expectancy calculated by various healthindicators and in different countries is continuously studied by Yasuhiko SAITO (Nihon
University) and colleagues. Also, modeling mortality and morbidity in response toinfectious diseases is an important topic. Active participation by actuaries is bridging
the gap between scientific research and insurance and pension scheme building.
The Japanese rate of population aging is the highest in the world and aging is46

already a familiar matter. Thus, many researches are shifting to aging in the Asian
countries and also in the global perspective. However, basic analyses on aging in Japan
with new angles are being conducted, underlining the importance of generational
interaction. It has been argued by Shiro KOIKE (IPSS) that the prefectural variation of
population aging ratio is determined not by the mortality or mobility of the elderly but
the mobility of the young generation, and the effects of population aging on theirregularization of employment of young people are discussed.
(4) Regional population and migration
For both internal and international migration, the interest is keen. Following theGreat East Japan Earthquake in March 2011, a report was made by the personnel of theStatistics Bureau of Japan to explain the massive movement of people from East Japan
to West Japan. Also, the sharp decline of foreigners after the Lehman shock and theEarthquake was analyzed according to the nationality and visa status.
Population aging lowers the rate of internal migration as a whole, but specifictopics are analyzed. In relation to the elderly migration, it was reported that social
capital is positively affecting the health of the elderly, but not necessarily fornewcomers. On the other hand, the issues of metropolitan excess net migration by
young people and consequent concentration of the population or unbalanced sex ratio
were discussed. A case study of the post-retirement Japanese migrants in Chiang Mai,
Thailand, showed that they are mostly satisfied except at the very end of their life.
Since 2011, tutorial seminars by GIS (Geographic Information Seminar) formunicipality personnel have been organized during the annual meetings by Takashi
INOUE (Aoyama Gakuin University). The Association members specializing in GIS
explained the new methods and analysis examples to the participants.
(5) Population statistics and formal demography
Association members from the Statistics Bureau of Japan make in-depth reports
on a regular basis about censuses, migration reports or other relevant population
statistics. Following the release of the national census results of 2010, new methods ofstatistical publication including anonymous data and the problem of increasing
unknown values were discussed.
There have been constant researches on formal demography such as developmentof mortality and fertility modeling. Also, a new definition of old age is proposed using
the life expectancy equivalent age or alpha-age, where the result showed that 65 years
old in 1961 is equivalent to 75 years old in 2008-2011.
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(6) Historical demography
The annual meeting of the Association is a good occasion to activate the research
network created by the EAP project (EurAsian Project on Population and Family
History) headed by Akira HAYAMI (Reitaku University) conducted for the period from1995 to 1999. Every year, sessions on the historical demography are held, covering
topics on the birth, death and migration of Japan in mainly Edo period but also covering
later period as well. Furthermore, the research expands to the international sphere. The
on-going collaboration with Academia Sinica, Taiwan, by Hiroshi KAWAGUCHI(Tezukayama University) presented its creation of a GIS database of land cadastres andhousehold registers at the beginning of the 20th century in Taiwan. The “similarity indifference” of marriage and remarriage in Asia and Europe of the 18th through the 19th
century was presented as one of the outcomes of an EAP project organized by Noriko
TSUYA (Keio University) and Satomi KUROSU (Reitaku University).
(7) Asian population
Low fertility and population aging are proceeding not only in Japan but also inmany other Asian countries. In almost every annual meeting, sessions on Asian
population have been organized and reports are made to introduce various aspects on
low fertility, aging, migration and social change. A comparative study on the poverty ofthe elderly in South Korea and Japan identified the woman household head and single
household as common risk factors for the poverty trap, while income redistribution by
public pension is an effective poverty protection in Japan whereas family transfer plays
a role in South Korea. Researches on Thailand and Lao PDR migration showed a closeinteraction across the country border. A Japan-Cambodia cooperation project revealed
basic demographic aspects of the population of Cambodia. Important topics include thebirth sex ratio imbalance in China, South Korea and India, concluding that the culturalpreference and policy impact are not negligible but also demographic factors such as
population growth rate can be important. Aging in South Korea and China are describedin relation to happiness and community transformation. Various analyses using the
National Transfer Account which Naohiro OGAWA (Nihon University) endeavored todevelop have been presented.
(8) Population and development and global perspectives
As the year 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of the Cairo International
Conference on Population and Development, the Association organized sessions
concerning population and development. Reproductive and sexual health and rights48

have been advocated through international cooperation scheme but there remain wide
regional disparity and challenges, while emerging issues such as global aging or
governance through population registration have been raised along with continuous
attention to international migration, health and urbanization.
(9) Education of demography
In Japan, there is no university which accommodates a department ofdemography. How to maintain the discipline of population studies in Japan is a keeninterest of the Association. Periodically, sessions on population education are organizedat the annual meeting. The increasing amount of microdata can be one entrance point
for population education, and new methodologies such as online courses or free
software are proposed. Association members who are teaching at universities havedeveloped facilitation mechanisms such as publishing tools for learning and practicing
on the internet by Minato NAKAZAWA (Kobe University) and a partnership between
several graduate schools to offer common courses on demography was presented by
Kohei WADA (Chuo University).
3. International activity
The Association’s Committee for International Exchange was established in
1998-99, and in May 2000, agreements on exchange were made with the Population
Associations of South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand so that the members of four
Associations can participate in meetings without becoming a member of eachassociation. Every year during the annual meeting, international participants are invited
to a lunch meeting to exchange information.
(Reiko HAYASHI, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research)

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JAPAN PORT ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION
1. Brief History
The Japan Port Economics Association (JPEA) was established for the purpose of
performing the scientific and interdisciplinary study of ports, airports and so on in 1962.
The number of members of the JPEA as of September 2015 is 204 persons. The JPEA
has coped with changes in social economy, and it has taken a role and a function as an
opinion leader in studies concerning the policy of ports and airports to improve thequality of life through the reinforcement of competition in the international market, thereconstruction of industry, the building of a sustainable society and so on. In 2011, the50th anniversary of the JPEA was held at Yokohama Port and Kanto Gakuin University,and active discussions were held there. For the development of Japanese ports andairports, the role that the JPEA should achieve has an important meaning in future.
2. Trends in Membership
The JPEA consists of the following members: researchers who belong touniversities, research institutes, government offices and private enterprises, researchers
from foreign countries, and also graduate students. A national conference of the JPEA is
held every year, and various port problems are discussed from the domestic orinternational point of view. Also, the JPEA publishes The Annual Report of the JapanPort Economic Association as a rich harvest from the results of studies that have been
discussed at the national conference and so on.
The JPEA is composed of seven divisions: Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Hokuriku,
Chubu, Kansai-Chugoku, Shikoku and Kyushu-Okinawa. At each division, studies ofthe ports which make the most of the quality of the local area are conducted, andobservation visits of the port facilities and so on are performed.
Tsuyoshi YANO, Ginjiro SHIBATA, Hisashi AZUMA, Toshiro KITAMI, Toru YAMAJO,
Masato MIMURA have previously served as chairman of the JPEA: the present chairman,
Hideki YOSHIOKA was inaugurated in 2013.
All members of the JPEA respect their assignments about ports, and give carefulconsideration to a lot of port problems: moreover they have continued their strenuousstudies for the development of the JPEA as a scientific organization.

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3. Trends in StudyThe JPEA has taken a role and a function as an opinion leader for the study of alot of important assignments concerning ports, which function as a core of the Japanese
economy in its dependence on foreign trade.
The original assignment of the JPEA was to get rid of the prewar idea that a port
was a national public work. After having reviewed it, the theory of a port authority
theory was verified. Another assignment was to correct and solve the distortion between
private capital and social overhead capital which was caused by the “port congestion
problem” attendant on rapid economic growth. In other words, it was to improve theworking conditions of the port laborers and to condition a new work environment. The
progress of rationalization of marine transportation advanced to sophisticate portfunctions and cargo work. As a result, it was necessary to train the port laborers and to
improve the working conditions attendant on the rationalization. Such a port problem
was equivalent to the problem concerning the essence of miscellaneous Japanesesocioeconomic problems.
Indeed, it became an assignment to review the Japanese capitalistic economic
society itself, which necessarily exposed structural paradoxes.
After that, when the Japanese economy had become more sophisticated, problems
concerning the improvement of coastal zones around locations of ports and portfunctions became the main assignment. The priority distribution of public investment toachieve social overhead capital service in the local community progressed withindustrial development as a policy. As the various local governments possessed port
cities, as a result the port cities went ahead with the correction of differences among the
local areas. However, the domestic competition among the ports became intense and theports were at the mercy of the trend of international competition.
Afterwards, the Japanese industrial structure was converted from large scale
smokestack industry to smaller scale industry, and problems concerning thereconstruction of port functions are now being discussed at present. The policy of“super gateway ports” in global society has led to an assignment concerning
re-improvement of the hub ports and review of the location of ports. Tourist potential
for reuse of coastal zones attendant on the switch in industrial structure, basic policies
for disaster prevention and so on must be cases for review of port functions in specificareas. There are a lot of problems concerning ports.
4. National Conferences and Common Subjects
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The JPEA holds a national conference once a year. Before discussion, an
observation visit is made to a port facility in the locality of the conference site, which isalways helpful to later discussions. The past seven sites and common subjects are as
follows:
2009: 48th, Ports and Environment
2010: 49th, Port competition and segregation
2011: 50th, International strategic ports and port management
2012: 51st, Ports and earthquakes
2013: 52nd, Japan Sea side base ports and Northeast Asia
2014: 53rd, Current Status and Issues of distinctive regional ports
2015: 54th, Issues and Perspectives on Hanshin ports
Here is an outline of the national conferences of the most recent three years.
1) 2013, 52nd National Conference
The 52nd national conference was held at the National Institute of Technology,
Toyama College and Fushikitoyama Port as a meeting place for three days from August
28th to August 30th 2013. On the 8th, Fushikitoyama Port was observed through the Port
Activity Division of Toyama City. On the 29th, the keynote speech was held and thecommon subjects were discussed. On the 30th, free subjects were presented, and active
discussion was held. The common subject was Japan Sea side base ports and Northeast
Asia.
These were the basic points; the common subjects that were reported are as
follows:“Expectations of Northeast Asia’s growth and to the Japanese side port”, Yutaka
MATSUBARA (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Hokuriku Regional
Development Bureau)“Japan Sea side base ports and Northeast Asia”, Youji AMEMIA (National Institute ofTechnology, Toyama College), Yoshihide HIROSE (Nittsu Research Institute), Hisao
WATANABE (Tokyo City University).
2) 2014, 53rd National Conference
The 53rd national conference was held at Aichi University and Mikawa Port as ameeting place for three days from September 3rd to September 5th 2014. On the 3rd,
Mikawa Port was observed through the Port Activity Division of Toyohashi City. On the52

4th, the keynote speech was held and the common subjects were discussed. On the 5th,
free subjects were presented, and active discussion was held. The common subject was
Current Status and Issues of distinctive regional ports.
These were the basic points; the common subjects that were reported are as
follows:“Ports to support the local economy”, Zenji OYANO (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure andTransport Chubu Regional Development Bureau)“Future strategy of Onahama Port from the perspective of industrial tourism”, Mitsuko
NISHIGUCHI (Fukushima National College of Technology)“The current situation of local ports and some distinctive challenges”, Hideaki YANO
(Miyagi University)“International Container Port policy”, Takayuki TSUMORI (Okayama University)“The history of Mikawa Port development”, Katsutoshi KATOU (Higashi Mikawa
Regional Research Center)3) 2015, 54th National Conference
The 54th national conference was held at Osaka Sangyo University and Tatsumi
Shokai Co., Ltd. as a meeting place for three days from August 26th to August 28th 2015.
On the 26th, Osaka Dream Island Container Terminal was observed through Tatsumi
Shokai Co., Ltd. On the 27th, the keynote speech was held and the common subjects
were discussed. On the 28th, free subjects were presented, and active discussion was
held. The common subject was Issues and Perspectives on Hanshin ports.
These were the basic points; the common subjects that were reported are as
follows:“Overseas container port trends and Hanshin Port trends”, Seiji SHINOHARA (Kobe-Osaka
International Port Corporation)“Considering the change in direction of port management and management”, Etsuko
SHIBATA (Osaka City University)“Possibilities and challenges for Hanshin international port”, Takayuki TSUMORI(Okayama University)“Asian types of container port”, Hisao WATANABE (Study Group to create the Port ofTokyo)
5. Awards
The JPEA confers the Kitami Toshiro Award for distinguished scientific study in53

the field of social science about ports and airports. Also, the JPEA similarly confers the
Kitamura Shojiro Award for the purpose of support and encouragement to young
researchers. In addition to the report at the national conference of the JPEA and thestudy results of The Annual of the Japan Port Economic Association, the results of thescientific studies mentioned above become not only the precious property of the JPEA
put also great precepts for port policy and the field of business.
6. Future Assignments
As above, the trends of the JPEA have been overviewed, and now the futureassignment must be a reexamination of the ideal method of port management attendanton the switch in industrial structure. The ideal role of “International Strategic ports”, thepromotion of the logistic function and the activation of the regional economy are futureassignments. These demand correspondence concerning the aspect of hardware fromnational government. That may mean it is impossible to abandon the idea that a port is anational public work.
The effective use of ports under a mature society is a necessary assignment fromnow on, and it is related to trying to get rid of the idea that a port is a national public
work. It concerns the relationship among aspects of software such as the creation of an
ecoport for disposal or retreatment of industrial waste.
Therefore, study from the aspect of both hardware and software in ports has
become an important assignment for reviewing future ports.
(Yuka OKADA, Tokai University)

54THE JAPAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE (JIPF)
1. Overview
The Japan Institute of Public Finance (JIPF) was established in 1940 by 63
scholars with the aim of enhancing academic research in public finance, providing
opportunities for members to present their research papers, and promoting mutual
understanding among its members. After the annual conference was suspended due tothe Second World War from 1944 to 1948, the first post-war Annual Conference washeld in 1949 and has been held annually since then in either October or November. The
milestone 50th Annual Conference was held in 1993, with the 71st Annual Conference
held in 2014.
The JIPF twice hosted the International Institute of Public Finance’s Annual
Congress during this period. The first was in Tokyo in September 1981, which was thefirst time the Annual Congress was hosted in Asia and 120 researchers attended fromabroad. The second was in Kyoto in 1997 attended by 265 participants from 45
countries, which was an unprecedentedly large and diverse International Institute of
Public Finance Annual Congress. Another International Institute of Public Finance’s
Annual Congress is scheduled to be convened at the University of Tokyo in 2017.
A feature of the JIPF is the inclusion of researchers using a broad range of
research methods from systems and policies to theory and empirical results. There isalso no shortage of members experienced in formulating policies such as having been
members of government committees. Membership is not limited to researchers and also
includes practitioners working for the government. As noted later, in addition toreporting on the results of academic research, the Annual Conference also convenes
panel discussions on policy issues at the time. The JIPF aims to connect research results
based on theory with empirical results and to solve specific policy issues.
The JIPF is actively engaged in research activities with a current membership ofabout 1,000 and about 70 papers presented at the Annual Conference. In addition, Zaisei
Kenkyu has been published yearly since 2005. This is the proceedings of the Annual
Conference and contains records of the symposiums and special sessions, survey papers
by outstanding scholars and refereed papers.

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2. Structure of the Institute
The JIPF is managed by an annual general meeting attended by ordinary members,
meetings of the Board of Directors and the Standing Executive Committee. The annual
general meeting and the meeting of the Board of Directors are held in conjunction with
the Annual Conference. The Board of Directors consists of 37 persons elected from theordinary members. The directors serve terms of three years that can be extended up to
three terms. The Standing Executive Committee are elected from the Board of Directors,
and one of them becomes the representative director. Standing Executives have been
elected from the Board of Directors since 2014. Standing Executives are responsible forvarious functions such as managing the conference, general affairs, and public relations,etc. Apart from the Directors, there are two auditors responsible for auditing the budget
and accounts. The Board of Directors sets matters such as the JIPF’s budget, the venueof the Annual Conference, and how to promote the JIPF’s activities. There is a
publications committee separate from the Board of Directors responsible for editing the
JIPF’s publication Zaisei Kenkyu.
Ordinary members are required to pay an annual membership fee (10,000 yen).
Apart from the cost of managing the JIPF, the membership fee includes a subscription
fee for Zaisei Kenkyu. Since the 2012 Annual Conference (Osaka University) a separate
fee has been charged to attend the Annual Conference. Application for membership of
the JIPF also requires endorsement from two members. Acceptance as a member isdetermined by the Board of Directors. Apart from ordinary members, membershipcategories are student members, honorary members, and advisors. A requirement for
honorary membership is to be aged at least 75, and to have been a member of JIPF for atleast 20 years. Advisors must be aged at least 65 and have directorship experience.
3. Institute Activities
JIPF supports its members’ research activities in a broad range of public financerelated areas such as the tax system, social welfare, fiscal policy, and welfare policy. In
addition to research activities, JIPF also aims to solve policy issues. Such missions of
the JIPF are pursued (1) at the Annual Conference, (2) in the publication of theInstitute’s Zaisei Kenkyu, and (3) through international activities.

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1) Annual Conference
The Annual Conference is held once every year in September or October. The
host university is decided two years prior to the conference. The conferences havegenerally alternated between the East and West regions of Japan. For example, the 2013
Annual Conference was held at Keio University (Tokyo), the 2014 Annual Conference
was held at Chukyo University (Nagoya), and the 2015 Annual Conference is to be held
at Chuo University (Tokyo). The conference venue is on the campus of the hosting
University, but the 2012 Annual Conference in Osaka was convened at the Awaji Island
Conference Center. The Annual Conference takes place over two days, and apart fromsession reports, there are panel discussions and a keynote speech. The details andprogram of the Annual Conference are posted on the website. An outline of the Annual
Conferences for the past 5 years is provided in Table 1.
Modern policy issues such as fiscal consolidation and social welfare are raised in
the panel discussions. For example, there was debate about social security in 2011, andfiscal consolidation in 2013. Forty minutes is allocated for each paper in each session.
The presentation is followed by comments from debaters, then opened to questions. The
trend in the number of papers is shown in Table 2. The preparation of the venue isundertaken by the hosting university, but there is also a separate program committee toselect the papers, formulate the sessions, and allocate the debaters. Japan-Korean special
sessions have been held on the first day of each conference since 2004. Details areprovided later. In principle, papers for presentation are only accepted from members.
There are usually about 700 attendees at the Annual Conference. The Annual
Conference is an opportunity for members to report the results of their research, and thisgives many participants an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the latest researchand it fosters debate between members with the same interests and awareness of issues.
There is engaged debate regardless of age. There is usually a get-together held on thefirst day of the Annual Conference that fosters interaction between members. A
conference participation fee has been charged as a management fee since the 2012
Annual Conference. JIPF is striving to cultivate young researchers. Part of this has been
through the establishment of the JIPF’s Encouragement Award for papers by young
researchers (under 40 years of age) since 2013. Support is provided to the award-winner
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Table 1. Annual Conferences during the past five years
Dates

Host University

Theme
of
discussions

panel Keynotes speech2010 Oct. 23-24

Shiga University

New green deal andfiscal policy

2011 Oct. 21-22

Seijo University

Socialsecurity andpublic finance2012 Oct. 27-28

Osaka University

Why
isconsolidation
delayed?

fiscal Masaaki HONMA“50 years of Japan
public finance”

2013 Oct. 3-4

Keio University

Japan public financeafter integrated reformof social security andtax

2014 Oct. 25-26

Chukyo University

Public finance in an Michael P. DEVEREUX
era of collaboration “Are we heading
society
towards a corporate
tax system fit for the
21st century?”

Tatsuo HATTA“Direct tax reform asalternativeof
consumption
tax
increase”

Table 2. Number of reports presented
Numberofreportspresented
2010

83

2011

72

2012

68

2013

83

2014

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2) Publication of Zaisei Kenkyu
The JIPF has published the Zaisei Kenkyu (Yuuhikaku) as an academic journal
once a year since 2004. The academic journal is presented in Japanese. The publication58

is released in the summer following the previous year’s Annual Conference. Apart frombeing distributed to members, the publication is sold in book stores. This academic
journal consists of the following three sections. First is the minutes of the panel
discussions recorded at the Annual Conference. When there is a keynote speech, theminute or the manuscript is included. The second is contributions from advisor
members. Advisor members report on long-standing research or raise issues concerningmodern policy issues and public finance. The third are papers contributed from refereed
JIPF papers. The editing of Zaisei Kenkyu is the responsibility of the editing committee,
which is independent of the Board of Directors and comprises eight members including
the Chair. The editing committee requests contributions from advisor members, receives
papers, selects and requests referees, and determines whether or not a refereed report
can be accepted or reviewed. Table 3 lists the trend of contributed papers and accepted
reports. One referee is appointed to each submission, while the person on the editing
committee responsible for that paper also reviews the paper. There is an expectation thatthe review will be fair and objective, and that publication will provide an opportunity togain a track-record in research, particularly for young researchers. Quality papers
relating to systems, theory and empirical results are published. The number of papers
submitted during the past few years and the number of papers accepted are shown in thefollowing table.
Table 3. The number of papers submitted and accepted
Paper submitted

Paper accepted

Acceptance ratio
(%)

2010

19

7

37

2011

22

9

41

2012

19

7

37

2013

19

7

37

2014

25

9

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3) International activities
JIPF has been holding a Japan-Korean Special Session since 2004. This session isa joint program with the Korean Association of Public Finance and Economics, which
invites five people including the chairman each year. The session involves papers fromtwo people on the Japan side and two people on the South Korean side. The session isusually held in the afternoon of the first day of the Annual Conference. As with the59

ordinary session, debaters are allocated to each paper. Participants from South Korea
comment on the papers presented from the Japanese side, while participants from Japan
comment on the papers presented from the South Korean side. When the Japan-Korean
Special Session was inaugurated the themes were policy issues common to both Japanand South Korea such as social welfare. No theme has been specified in recent years,
with opportunities for young Japanese and South Korean researchers to present theresults of recent research on a wide range of theoretical and empirical themes. The
Korean Association of Public Finance and Economics holds an Annual Conference inSouth Korea every October. A similar Japan-Korean Special Session is also held in thesame manner on the first day of that Conference. Every year, five representatives fromJapan including the chairman attend. This is leading to deeper links and interaction
between public finance researchers in Japan and South Korea.
Apart from this, the JIPF extends invitations to overseas researchers as part of its
internationalization. In 2013, a joint Canada-Japan session was held with young publicfinance researchers invited from Canada. There have been reports on theoretical andempirical papers that include fiscal competition. A leading overseas figure in the studyof public finance has been invited as a keynote speaker since 2014. The keynote speech
is presented during the morning of the second day of the Annual Conference. Presidentof the International Institute of Public Finance Mike DEVEREUX (Oxford University) gavea speech on reform of corporations’ tax in a global economy. The text of the speech is tobe published in Zaisei Kenkyu. Mick KEEN of the International Monetary Fund will give
the keynote speech at the 2015 Annual Conference. We hope this will lead to expansionof the international network for public finance research.
Furthermore, JIPF is working with the Japan Association of Local Public Financeto hold the International Institute of Public Affairs Annual Congress in Tokyo in 2017.
Members of both associations are working on the invitations, management, andcollection of donations for the meeting. To date, the International Institute of Public
Affairs Annual Congresses have been mainly held in European countries. About 400
public finance researchers from around the world attend each year. As noted above,meetings were held in Japan in 1981 and 1997. About 300 overseas participants are
expected to attend the meeting in Tokyo in 2017. While presenting the latest research
results and exchanging opinions, it is hoped the meeting will provide an opportunity for
researchers from around the world to debate Japan’s fiscal problems.
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List of Member Associations
2015
THE JAPAN ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATION
日本会計研究学会
・Established: 1937
・Number of Members: 1,839
・President: Hisakatsu SAKURAI (Kobe 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 Moriyama Shoten Co.
Hayashi Building, 1-10, Nishiki-cho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0054, Japane-mail: aar95220@par.odn.ne.jp
http://www.jaa-net.jp
The next annual meeting will be held at Shizuoka Convention & Arts Center on September 12-14, 2016.
THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE
経営行動科学学会
・Established: 1997
・Number of Members: Individual 800, Collective 19
・President: Midori EGAWA (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
・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 Institute for Organizational Behavior Research
Recruit Management Solutions Co., Ltd.
1-9-2, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japane-mail: jaas@recruit-ms.co.jp
http://www.jaas.jpn.org/
THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SOCIETY OF JAPAN
日本農業経済学会
・Established: 1924
・Number of Members: 1,500
・President: Shinichi SHOGENJI (Nagoya University)
・Publication: Bulletin of the Society, Nogyokeizai Kenkyu (Journal of Rural Economics) - quarterly
The Japanese Journal of Rural 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 Akita Prefectural University on March 29-30, 2016.

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JAPAN SOCIETY FOR APPLIED MANAGEMENT (JSAM)
実践経営学会・Established: 1967
・Number of Members: 390
・President: Koji IGETA (Osaka University of Economics)
・Publication: Applied Management (No.1-51)
Newsletter ― 2 times a year
・Japan Society for Applied Management (JSAM)
c/o Professor Tadao YOSHINO,
Osaka University of Economics,
2-2-8, Osumi, Higashiyodogawa-ku,
Osaka-shi, Osaka533-8533, Japane-mail: jsam.headoffice@gmail.com
http://www.jsam.org
The next annual meeting will be held at Kinki University, 2016.
JAPAN SCHOLARLY ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN MANAGEMENT (JSAAM)
アジア経営学会
・Established: 1993
・Number of Members: 385
・President: Takahide KOSAKA (Nihon University)
・Publication: The Journal of Asian Management Studies
・Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management (JSAAM)
・Professor Takahide KOSAKA,
c/o College of Commerce, Nihon University
5-2-1 Kinuta, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157-8570, Japane-mail: kosaka.takahide@nihon-u.ac.jp
http://www.ifeama.org/jsaam
The next annual meeting will be held at Kyushu Sangyo University on September 9-11, 2016.
JAPAN ACADEMY FOR ASIAN MARKET ECONOMIES
アジア市場経済学会
・Established: 1997
・Number of Members: 238
・President: Junichi MURAMATSU (Hiroshima University)
・Publication: Japan Academy for Asian Market Economies ― annual
JAFAME Newsletter (Occasional publications)・Japan Academy for Asian Market Economies
c/o Koji HAYAMA
Faculty of Economics and Business, Wako University,
2160, Kanamachi, Machida-shi, Tokyo, 195-8585, Japane-mail: koyan@wako.ac.jp
http://www.jafame.jp
The next annual meeting will be held at Toua University in June, 2016.
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JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES
アジア政経学会
・Established: 1953
・Number of Members: 1,195
・President: Tomoo MARUKAWA (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
The next annual meeting will be held at Institute of Developing Economies-JETRO on June18-19, 2016.
JAPAN AUDITING ASSOCIATION
日本監査研究学会
・Established: 1978
・Number of Members: 452
・President: Takatoshi IYODA (Konan University)
・Publication: Monograph, Research Series ― once a year
Modern Auditing ― annual journal
・Japan Auditing Association
c/o Dobunkan Shuppan Co., Ltd.
1-41, Kanda-jinbo-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0051, Japane-mail: audit@dobunkan.co.jp
http://www.dobunkan.co.jp/audit/
The next annual meeting will be held at Seinan Gakuin University on September 8-10, 2016.
JAPAN ACADEMY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
日本経営学会・Established: 1926
・Number of Members: 1,940
・President: Nobuchika KAIDO (Kwansei Gakuin 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 Senshu University on August 31-September 3, 2016 with thesymposium “Reflections and Prospects after 90 Years of Business Administration Studies in Japan”.
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BUSINESS ANALYSIS ASSOCIATION
日本経営分析学会
・Established: 1984
・Number of Members: 440
・President: Hisashi MORI (Meiji University)
・Publication: Japan Journal of Business Analysis (annual)・Business Analysis Association
c/o Rikkyo University
M701 Office, 3-34-1, Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, 171-8501, Japane-mail: info@keiei-bunseki.org
http://keiei-bunseki.org
The next annual meetings will be held at Chubu University on May 21, 2016.

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: 192
・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

JAPAN SOCIETY FOR BUSINESS ETHICS STUDY
日本経営倫理学会
・Established: 1993
・Number of Members: 450
・President: Mitsuhiro UMEZU (Keio University)
・Publication: Journal of Japan Society for Business Ethics Study
Newsletter of Japan Society for Business Ethics ― 3 times per year
・Japan Society for Busuness Ethics Study
Sakurai Bldg. 3F,
4-5-4, Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, Japane-mail: info@jabes1993.org
http://www.jabes1993.org/
The next annual meeting will be held at Tohoku University on June 18-19, 2016.
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BUSINESS HISTORY SOCIETY OF JAPAN
経営史学会
・Established: 1964
・Number of Members: personal 839, institutional 16
・President: Takeo KIKKAWA (Tokyo Univercity of Science)・Publication: Japan Business History Review ― quarterly
Japanese Reserach on Business History ― annually
・Business History Society of Japan
c/o Prof. 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 Chuo University on October 8-9, 2016.
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 at Bunkyo University on May 28-29, 2016.
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 269, 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 Osaka City University on December 3-4, 2016.
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JAPAN SOCIETY FOR COMMODITY SCIENCE
日本商品学会・Established: 1935
・Number of Members: 153
・President: Yasuhiro YAMAMOTO (Chiba University of Commerce)・Publication: Quarterly bulletin, Shohin Kenkyu (Studies on Commodities)
・Japan Society for Commodity Science
c/o Univ. Coop Support Center for Academic Societies,
3-30-22, Wada, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 166-8532, Japane-mail: jscs@univcoop.or.jp
http://jscs.jpn.org
The next annual meeting will be held at Toyo University in May, 2016.

THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC STUDIES (JACES)
比較経済体制学会
・Established: 1963
・Number of Members: 272
・Chief Representative: Yasushi NAKAMURA (Yokohama National University)
・Publication: Japanese Journal of Comparative Economics ― annually 2 volumes
・The Japan Association for Comparative Economic Studies (JACES)
c/o Associate Professor Mayu MICHIGAMI
Faculty of Economics, Niigata University,
8050, Ikarashi, 2-no-cho, Nishi-ku, Niigata, 950-2181, Japane-mail: michigami@econ.niigata-u.ac.jp
http://www.jaces.info
The next annual meeting will be held at Hirosaki University on June 4-5, 2016.

JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR CHINESE ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES
中国経済経営学会
・Established: 2014
・Number of Members: 480
・President: YAN Shanping (Doshisha University)
・Publication: Journal of Chinese Economic Studies (Publish twice a year)
Journal of Chinese Management Studies (Publish once 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
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JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF MANAGEMENT(JACSM)
日本比較経営学会
・Established: 1976
・Number of Members: 189
・President: Yoshiharu HYAKUTA (Komazawa University)
・Publication: Journal of the Association for the Comparative Studies of・Japan Association for the Comparative Studies of Management
c/o Professor Takeshi MATSUDAManagement

Faculty of Economics, Komazawa University,
1-23-1, Komazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154-8525, Japane-mail: pine@komazawa-u.ac.jp
http://www.jacsm.net
The next annual meeting will be held at Shokei Gakuin University on May 6-8, 2016 with the main theme“For the Symbiotic Relationship between Market Economy and Civil Society: Nuclear Power and the
Ethics of Civil Society”.
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@kisc.meiji.ac.jp
http://jace.jpn.org
The next annual meeting will be held at Okayama University of Science on July 2-3, 2016.
JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURAL ECONOMICS
文化経済学会＜日本＞・Established: 1992
・Number of Members: 583, Patrons 7, Corporate membership 4
・President: Nobuko KAWASHIMA (Doshisha 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 next JACE annual conference will be held in Osaka, 2016.
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THE SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY
経済社会学会・Established: 1966
・Number of Members: 302
・President: Masanori MORITA (Doshisha 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 Reitaku University on September 17-18, 2016 with thesymposium “New Horizons in the Concept of What is ‘Public’ ”.
THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
経済学史学会・Established: 1950
・Number of Members: 630
・President: Hideo TANAKA (Aichi Gakuin 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 Hideo TANAKA
School of Economics, Aichi Gakuin University,
3-1-1, Meijo, Kita-ku, Nagoya-shi,
462-8739, Japane-mail: jgata@dpc.agu.ac.jp
http://jshet.net/
The next annual meeting will be held at Tohoku University on May 22-23, 2016 with the symposium“War and Economics ”.
THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHERS
経済地理学会・Established: 1954
・Number of Members: 715, 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 Kumamoto University on May 27-30, 2016 with the symposium“Regional Creativity and Economic Geography”.
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JAPAN ECONOMIC POLICY ASSOCIATION
日本経済政策学会
・Established: 1940
・Number of Members: individuals 1,019 institutional 2・President: Mazuru NAKAMURA (College of Economics, Aoyama Gakuin 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 College of Aoyama Gakuin University,
4-4-25, Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8366, Japane-mail: jepa-hq@econ.aoyama.ac.jp
http://www.jepa.jp
The 73rd annual meeting will be held at Kyushu Sangyo University on May 28-29, 2016 with thesymposium “Problems for Policy Coordination in a Global Economy ― toward a Strategy for Regional
Creativity and Economic Expansion”.
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 University of Tokyo on March 26-27, 2016.
JAPAN FINANCE ASSOCIATION
日本経営財務研究学会
・Established: 1977
・Number of Members: 556
・President: Hiroshi KOJIMA (Nagoya Gakuin 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 Musashi University on October 8-9, 2016.
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THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS
生活経済学会・Established: 1985
・Number of Members: 650, Cooperative member 6
・President: Takau YONEYAMA (Hitotsubashi 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 Prefectural University of Hiroshima on June 25-26, 2016 withthe symposium “Appropriate Choices in Future Consumer Society: from the Point of View of Consumer
Education”.
JAPAN SOCIETY OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
日本労務学会・Established: 1970
・Number of Members: 868
・President: Atsushi SEIKE (Keio University)
・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 Doshisha University on June 24-26, 2016.
THE SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL STUDIES, JAPAN
産業学会
・Established: 1975
・Number of Members: 302
・Representative: Kunio HISANO (Kyushu University)
・Publication: Annals of The Society for Industrial Studies, Japan・The Society for Industrial Studies
c/o Professor Yuan Zhija
Rissho University,
4-2-16, Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-8602, Japane-mail: japan593271@yahoo.co.jp
http://www.sisj.org/
The next annual meeting will be held at Ritsumeikan University on June 11-12, 2016 with thesymposium “Tasks for Creative Industrial Development”.
71THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF INSURANCE SCIENCE
日本保険学会・Established: 1940
・Number of Members: honorary 22, ordinary 899 including
17 foreigners, supporting organizations 85
・President: Yasuo FUKUDA (Nihon University)
・Publication: Journal of Insurance Science (Hoken-gaku Zasshi) ― quarterly
・The Japanese Society of Insurance Science
c/o The General Insurance Institute of Japan,
2-9, Kanda-Awajicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8335, Japane-mail: gakkai@sonposoken.or.jp
http://www.js-is.org/
The next annual meeting will be held at Ritsumeikan University on October 29-30, 2016 with thesymposium “The Role of an Insurance System in Supporting the Use of Civil Law”, “International
Comparison of Insurance Law Reform”.
JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STUDIES
国際会計研究学会
・Established: 1984
・Number of Members: 576
・President: Takashi HASHIMOTO (Aoyama Gakuin University)
・Publication: Kokusai Kaikei Kenkyu Gakkai Nempo (Bulletin of Japanese
Association for International Accounting Studies)Japanese Association for International Accounting Studies
c/o Eiji HISAMOCHI
Graduate School of Business Administration, Aoyama Gakuin University,
4-4-25, Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8366, Japane-mail: office@jaias.org
http://jaias.org
The next annual meeting will be held at Kwansei Gakuin University on August 26-28, 2016.
JAPAN ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
国際ビジネス研究学会
・Established: 1994
・Number of Members: individual 742, 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 at Osaka University of Commerce on October 22-23, 2016.
c/o

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THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
日本国際経済学会
・Established: 1950
・Number of Members: individual 1,035, corporate 2・President: Jota ISHIKAWA (Hitotsubashi University)
・Publication: Kokusai-Keizai and The International Economy ― both are issued once yearly
・The Japan Society of International Economics
c/o Professor Ichiroh DAITOH
Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University,
2-15-45, Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8345, Japane-mail: head-office@jsie.jp
http://www.jsie.jp/
The next annual meeting will be held at Chukyo University on October 29-30, 2016.
JAPAN ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND BUSINESS
日本貿易学会・Established: 1960
・Number of Members: 440, corporate: 5・President: Takeshi FUJISAWA (Kwansei Gakuin 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 Takeshi FUJISAWA
School of Business Administration, Kwansei Gakuin University,
1-1-155, Uegahara, Ichiban-cho, Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo, 662-8501, Japane-mail: z88005@kwansei.ac.jp
http://www.jaftab.org
The 56th annual congress will be held at Meikai University, Urayasu Campas on May 28-29, 2016 with
the Common theme “Hospitality Tourism Industry under Inbound Excess Era”.
JAPAN ACADEMY OF LABOR AND MANAGEMENT (JALM)
労務理論学会・Established: 1991
・Number of Members: individual 322
・President: Masatsugu TAKEDA (Chukyo University)
・Publication: Labor and Management Review (Romu-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://www.jalmonline.org
The next annual meeting will be held at Ehime University (Matsuyama) on May 28-29, 2016.
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JAPAN LOGISTICS SOCIETY
日本物流学会・Established: 1983
・Number of Members: individual 476, corporate 17
・President: Toshinori NEMOTO (Hitotsubashi 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 Hokkai School of Commerce University on September 1-2,
2016.
JAPAN SOCIETY OF LOGISTICS AND SHIPPING ECONOMICS
日本海運経済学会
・Established: 1966
・Number of Members: individual 246, corporate 15
・Representative: Toshinori NEMOTO (Hitotsubashi University)
・Publication: Journal of Logistics and Shipping Economics
・Japan Society of Logistics and Shipping Economics
c/o Toshinori NEMOTO Laboratory,
Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University,
2-1, Naka, Kunitachi-shi, Tokyo, 186-8601, Japane-mail: sec@jslse.jp
http://www.jslse.jp
The next annual meeting will be held at Kobe University in October, 2016.
JAPAN ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT
経営行動研究学会
・Established: 1991
・Number of Members: individual 430, 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 Meiji University on August 20-21, 2016.
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THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
日本管理会計学会
・Established: 1991
・Number of Members: individual 750
・President: Noboru HARADA (Mejiro University)
・Publication: The Journal of Management Accounting, Japan・The Japanese Association of Management Accounting
c/o Professor Takashi SHIMIZU
Graduate School of Accountancy, Waseda University,
1-6-1, Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, 169-8050, Japane-mail: jama-info@sitejama.org
http://www.sitejama.org/index.html
The next annual meeting will be held in fall, 2016.
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 664, 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 next annual meeting will be held at Komazawa University in June, 2016.
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
The next annual meeting will be held at Hokkai-Gakuen University on September 5-7, 2016.
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JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
日本経営システム学会
・Established: 1981
・Number of Members: regular 642, advisory 11
・President: Hiroaki ISHII (Kwansei 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@hh.iij4u.or. jp
http://www.jams-web.jp/
The 56th national conference is supposed to be held at Yokohama City University, Kanazawahakkei
Campus on June 4-5, 2016.
THE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT THEORIES
経営学史学会・Established: 1993
・Number of Members: 304, Cooperative 2・President: Masahiko YOSHIHARA (Aomori Chuo Gakuin University)
・Publication: An annual report (published by Bunshindo, Tokyo)
・The Society For The History of Management Theories
c/o School of Business Administration, Meiji University,
1-1, Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Shimizu-lab 612, Tokyo 101-8301, Japane-mail: gakusi@meiji.ac.jp
http://keieigakusi.info
The next annual meeting will be held at Kyushu Sangyo University on May 20-22, 2016. The main theme
will be “Rise and Fall of the History of Management Theories”.
JAPAN SOCIETY OF MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION
日本商業学会・Established: 1951
・Number of Members: honorary 17, ordinary 1,114, supporting company 10・President: Katsuyoshi TAKASHIMA (Kobe University)
・Publication: Journal of Marketing and Distribution ― four times a year
・Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution
c/o Proactive Inc.
Bay Wing Bldg.
85-1, Edo-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0033, Japane-mail: jsmd@pac.ne.jp
http://jsmd.jp/
The 2016 Annual Conference will be held at Chiba University of Commerce on May 3-5, under thetheme “Creating Common Values for Distribution and Marketing ― with reference to the 2011
Earthquake and Tsunami”.
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JAPAN SOCIETY OF MONETARY ECONOMICS
日本金融学会・Established: 1943
・Number of Members: 1,432
・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 Musashi University on May 14-15, 2016 and Autumn meeting
will be held at Kansai University on October 15-16, 2016.
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 2,128, corporate 13
・President: Shigeru ASABA (Waseda University)
・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 annual meeting will be held at University of Hyogo on June 11-12, 2016.

JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR PLANNING AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
一般社団法人 日本計画行政学会
・Established: 1977
・Number of Members: 1,053
・President: Sukehiro HOSONO (Chuo University)
・Publication: Planning Administration ― quarterly・Japan Association for Planning and Public Management
c/o The Institute of Statistical Research,
1-18-16, Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0004, Japane-mail: japa@isr.or.jp
http://www.japanpa.jp/
The next annual meeting will be held at Kwansei Gakuin University on September 9-10, 2016 with thesymposium “Diversity in Planning and Public Management”.
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JAPAN SOCIETY OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
経済理論学会・Established: 1959
・Number of Members: 850
・Chief Representative: Kiichiro YAGI (Setsunan University)
・Publication: Political Economy Quarterly ― quarterly・Japan Society of Political Economy
c/o Professor Hiroyuki UNIGraduate School of Economics, Kyoto University,
Yoshidahonmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
e-mail: secretariat@jspe.gr.jp
http://www.jspe.gr.jp
The next annual meeting will be held at Fukushima University in October, 2016.

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: Shiro YAMAZAKI (Tokyo Metropolitan 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 Rikkyo University on October 22-23, 2016.

THE POPULATION ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN
日本人口学会・Established: 1948
・Number of Members: 341
・President: Toshihiko Hara (Sapporo City University)
・Publication: Jinkogaku Kenkyu (The Journal of Population Studies)
・Population Association of Japan
c/o Association for Supporting Academic Societies (ASAS)
Koishikawa Urban 4F, 5-3-13, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0012, Japane-mail: paoj@asas-mail.jp
http://www.paoj.org/
The next annual meeting will be held at Reitaku University on June 11-12, 2016.
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THE JAPAN PORT ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION
日本港湾経済学会
・Established: 1962
・Number of Members: 204
・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: kouwankeizai@gmail.com
http://port-economics.jp/
The next annual meeting will be held at Hokkai-Gakuen University on August 7-9, 2016.
THE JAPAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE
日本財政学会・Established: 1940
・Number of Members: 903
・Chairman: Akira YOKOYAMA (Chuo University)
・Publication: Public Finance Studies (Zaiseikenkyu)
・The Japan Institute of Public Finance
c/o 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/index.html (Japanese)
http://www.gakkai.ne.jp/jipf/index-e.html (English)
The next annual meeting will be held at Kyoto Sangyo University on October 22-23, 2016.

THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF PUBLIC UTILITY ECONOMICS
公益事業学会・Established: 1949
・Number of Members: regular members 378, corporation members 53
・President: Hideki IDE (Keio 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.icr.co.jp/jspu
The next annual meeting will be held at Rissho University on June 11-12, 2016 under the theme“Possibilities for Sustainability of Public Utility Economics”.
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日本地域学会・Established: 1962
・Number of Members: 1,039
・President: Yoshiro HIGANO (University of Tsukuba)
・Publication: Studies in Regional Science (Chiikigaku Kenkyu) - the Journal of theJapan Section of RSAI Vol.44 No. 1, No.2, No.3, No.4 ― annually
・The Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International
c/o Professor Yoshiro HIGANO
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba,
1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba Science City 305-8572, Japane-mail: higano@jsrsai.envr.tsukuba.ac.jp
http://www.jsrsai.jp
The next 53rd annual meeting will be held at Niigata University on October 8-10, 2016.

JAPAN RISK MANAGEMENT SOCIETY
日本リスクマネジメント学会
・Established: 1978
・Number of Members: individual 314
・Representative Management: Katsuyuki KAMEI (Kansai 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: GFG04104@nifty.com
http://www.jarms.jp/
The next annual meeting will be held at Kansai University in September, 2016.

THE SOCIETY FOR THE ECONOMIC STUDIES OF SECURITIES
証券経済学会・Established: 1966
・Number of Members: 580
・Representative: Kiyoshi NIKAMI (Shiga 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
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JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR SOCIAL POLICY STUDIES
社会政策学会・Established: 1950
・Number of Members: 1,220
・Representative: Koichi HIRAOKA (Ochanomizu University)
・Publication: SHAKAI-SEISAKU(Social Policy and Labor Studies)・Japan Association for Social Policy Studies
c/o Associate Professor Chikako MORI
Faculty of Regional Policy, Takasaki City University of Economics,
1300, Kaminamie-machi Takasaki- City, Gunma 370-0801, Japane-mail: chikakomori@tcue.ac.jp
http://jasps.org/
The next annual meetings will be held at Meiji University in June, 2016. The Fall 2016 meeting will beheld at Doshisha University in October.
THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE OF ACCOUNTING
会計理論学会・Established: 1986
・Number of Members: individual 162
・Representative: Yoshiaki JINNAI (Tokyo Keizai University)
・Publication: Annals of The Japan Society for Social Science of Accounting
・The Japan Society for Social Science of Accounting
c/o Faculty of Business Administration, Tokyo Keizai University,
1-7-34, Minami-cho, Kokubunji-shi,
Tokyo 185-8502, Japan
http://www.tku.ac.jp/~takeo_it/riron/riron.html
The next annual meeting will be held in fall, 2016.
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 Hokkaido University on June 11-12, 2016.
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THE JAPAN STATISTICAL SOCIETY
一般社団法人 日本統計学会
・Established: 1931
・Number of Members: 1,538
・President: Manabu IWASAKI (Seikei University )・Publication: Journal of the Japan Statistical Society ― biannually・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 Tohoku University on March 5, 2016.
The next annual meeting will be held at Kanazawa University on September 4-7, 2016.
THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS
日本交通学会・Established: 1941
・Number of Members: 457, student 5, company etc. 30
・President: Kenichi SHOJI (Kobe University)
・Publication: Koutsugaku Kenkyu (Annual Report on Transportation Economics)
・The Japan Society of Transportation Economics (Nihon Koutsu Gakkai)
c/o Unyu-Chosa-Kyoku, 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 Hitotsubashi University on October 8-9, 2016.
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 Wako University, 2016.
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