New s Bul l e tin of the Union of Nati onal
Ec onomi c Assoc i ati ons i n Japan
No.53

2017

Contents○

Greetings from the President Kenichi ENATSU ············································· 1○

Report on Business Activities in FY 2016 ···················································· 3○

List of Primary Proceedings of Meetings in FY 2016 ······································· 5○

On Publishing the 36th Issue of the Information Bulletin Yoshihiro ITO ················ 8○International Conference Participation Report
The Japanese Society of Insurance Science ········································ 9Japan Logistics Society ····························································· 12Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution ······································ 15International Society of Collective Economy, CIRIEC Japan ··················· 18○

Reports on the Use of Assistance for the Invitation and Stay inJapan of Foreign Scholars
Japan Academy of International Business Studies ································ 22
The Japan Society for Social Science of Accounting····························· 24○

Reports on the Use of Assistance for Academic Conference Expenses
Political Economy & Economic History Society ································· 26
Japan Association for Management Systems ······································ 28○

List of Member Association Trustees ························································ 30○

List of Union Directors ········································································· 32○

List of English Information Bulletin No.34 Editorial Committee Members· ··········· 32

Toward Our 70th Anniversary in 2020
Kenichi ENATSU, President
The Union of National Economic Associations in Japan (hereafterreferred to in short as “The Union”) was established in 1950 as an organizationconsisting of various academic societies conducting research on economics andother sciences related to economics. We actually have a history of 67 years.
Today, The Union has grown into a large academic organization including 63
member societies and 43,000 individual members.
We owe our growth to the respective council committee representatives
elected from each member society and each successive council committee
members who have actively participated in The Union’s highest decision-making
group, not to mention the members of the board elected by the council committee,
and their selfless efforts in managing The Union over the years.
I should like to take this opportunity to once again express myadmiration and appreciation for their achievements.
The Union has implemented diverse projects to meet the contemporarysocial demands in appropriate ways.
Currently, we have worked on the following three activities that could becalled our annual routine: I Promoting the so-called 3 assisting projects, namely
1) Assistance for international academic society members to attend overseas
conferences, 2) Assistance for academic societies to invite foreign scholars andadminister their stay in Japan, 3) Assistance in funding academic activities andconventions related to academic research; II Publishing the annual Information
Bulletin in English; III Issuing the News Bulletin of The Union.
However, we have made several revisions and improvements in recent
years based on the awareness that the current times present an urgent issue, for
The Union as well, to accommodate the rapid social progress in high-level
information technology and what may be called the need for globalization.
Through this process, we have acutely sensed that we should address the issuesof not only providing more substantial services to the individual members of ourmember societies but also meeting the increasing demand to transmit ourmessage to the society.
First, we achieved to provide better services to our member societies and1individual

members

and actually increased our social contribution bysubcontracting our business to the liaison office.
To be specific, we upgraded The Union home page, improved the speed ofcommunication by sending out The Union Mail Letter, uploaded the digital
versions of the back-number issues of our Information Bulletin and the News
Bulletin issues in Japanese and English on The Union web site, and released theEnglish versions of our Information Bulletin on J-STAGE.

Through thesesuccessive information processing and disclosure, we made The Union activity
information accessible to both our members and non-members in Japan andabroad.
Starting 2015, The Union conducted its original social project by holdingan ”academic forum”, as planned and implemented by several of our society
members, which attracted a lot of external attention and interest.
I am convinced that The Union will continue to evolve in its progress
toward 2020, the forthcoming 70th anniversary of its founding.
We seek the continued cooperation of our friends and supporters.

Report on Business Activities in FY 2016
I. Assistance for Academic Conference Expenses
We received four applications this year. After the screening by the Board of
Directors, financial support was provided to the following four academic
societies. Please refer to the “Report on Assistance for Academic Conference
Expenses” in this bulletin.
1. The Japanese Society of Insurance Science: 150,000 yen for dispatching
Noriyoshi YANASE, professor, Tokyo Keizai University, to Asia-Pacific Risk
and Insurance Association 20th Annual Conference held at Chengdu, China,
on July 31-August 3, 2016.
2. Japan Logistics Society: 68,244 yen for dispatching Osamu UEHARA,
representative director, NPO Institute for Supply Management Japan, Inc.,to the 24th Supply Link International Supply Management Conference,
Pasay City, Republic of the Philippines, held on June 16-17, 2016.
3. Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution: 100,000 yen for dispatching2

Saeran DOH, associate professor, Miyagi University, to the 2016 Global
Marketing Conference at Hong Kong, held on June 21-24, 2016.

4. International Society of Collective Economy, CIRIEC Japan: 200,000 yen for
dispatching Shinichi SAITO, practical professor, the University of Shimane
to the 31st International CIRIEC congress, Reims, France, held on June
21-23, 2016.
II. Assistance for the Invitation and Stay in Japan of Foreign Scholars
We received three applications in this year. After the screening by the Boardof Directors, financial support was provided to the following two academic
societies. Please refer to the “Report on Assistance for the Invitation and Stayin Japan of Foreign Scholars” for the respective reports submitted by thesociety.
1.

The Japan Academy of International Business Studies: 100,000 yen for
inviting Masaaki KOTABE, Professor, Temple University, who gave a special
lecture at the 23rd National Conference held on October 22-23, 2016.

2. The Japan Society for Social Science of Accounting: 100,000 yen for inviting
Sham Sunder, Professor, Yale University, who gave a memorial lecture at the
31st National Conference held on October 21-23, 2016.

III. Assistance for Academic Societies
The purpose of this grant is to promote “academic research”, and it provides
partial support for the conference expenses to conduct various activities related
to academic research, such as co-hosting within the society of membership,co-sponsorship of a conference, and requesting external professionals to givelectures. We received two applications this year. After screening by the Board of
Directors, financial support of each 50,000 yen was given to the following two
academic societies. Please refer to the “Report on the Assistance for Academic
Societies”.
1. Political Economy & Economic History Society: This academic society held
2016 Spring Meeting and symposium under the theme of “Study of Economic
History and Framework -From the process of cooperation and omission”, at3

the University of Tokyo on June 25th, 2016.
2. Japan Association for Management Systems: This academic society held the57th National Conference under the common theme of “Digital Innovationand Management System”, at Sapporo University on October 15-16, 2016.
IV.

Publication of the English Information Bulletin, No. 36
At the 2nd English Information Bulletin Editorial Committee for 2015 held on

February 2nd, 2016, Professor Yoshihiro ITO of Waseda University (Japan
Accounting Association) was selected by the members to be appointed as theCommittee Chairman. For the details on the editing progress, please refer to“On the Publication of the English Information Bulletin, No. 36”.
The English Information Bulletin, No. 36 was published on-line in December
2016.
V.

Released the back number of English Information Bulletin for free on-line
We converted the back number of the English annual bulletin at the firstissue (published in 1981) to No.25 (published in 2004) to the PDF files, andpublished it on our WEB site.

VI.

Publication of Annual bulletin of The Union of The Union of National
Economic Associations in Japan on J-Stage
Due to the abolition of business of National Institute of Informatics Electronic

Library, we applied for transition to J-Stage and published No. 35, No. 36 on
J-Stage..
VII.

The 2nd Academic ForumAt the 2nd English Information Bulletin Editorial Committee for 2015 held on

The 2nd Academic Forum was held at Waseda University on October 1st, 2016.
The first part was for research report and the second part was for panel
discussion.

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List of Primary Proceedings of Meetings in FY 20162016.4～2017.3
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5. 23

First Board of・Report on closing the books for FY 2015

Directors

・Budget for FY 2016

Meeting・New Project Planning for FY 2016
・Parliamentary Procedure for the Board ofTrusteesFirst Board ofTrustees Meeting

・FY 2016 First Review Report for Assistance for
Dispatching to International Conferences,
Assistance for the Invitation and Stay in Japanof Foreign Scholars
・Report on the Publication of English
Information Bulletin No. 35, Report on the
Progress of Editing No. 36
・Report on the Publication of the Union News
Bulletin No. 52 on the Web
・Report/Approval of Audit of FY 2015 Settlementof Accounts
・Approval of FY 2016 Budget
・Approval of holding the 2nd Academic Forum・Approval of work proceedings for accession to 2societies who applied

7. 11

Second Board of
Directors
Meeting・Examination of FY 2016 Second Assistance for
Dispatching to International Conferences,
Assistance for Academic Conference Expenses
・Interview with 2 societies who applied foraccession・Progress Report of Symposium (The 2nd
Academic Forum)

10.14

First English

・Final Inspection of Draft for No. 36

Information

・Confirmation of Editing Activity Schedule until

Bulletin
Editorial
Committee

Publication of Bulletin
・Organization Heading the Writing of English
Information Bulletin No. 37

Meeting5

10.24

Third Board of
Directors
Meeting

・Report on holding The 2nd Academic Forum・FY 2016 Interim Accounting Report
・Recruitment of FY 2017 New Project Planning
・Report on the Progress of Editing English
Information Bulletin No. 36
・Report of receiving a withdrawal application
・Report of 2 new accession
・About the management of trustees meeting

Second Board ofTrustees Meeting

・Report on holding The 2nd Academic Forum・FY 2016 Interim Accounting Report
・Report on the Examination of FY 2016 Review
Report for Assistance for Dispatching toInternational Conferences, Assistance for theInvitation and Stay in Japan of Foreign Scholars
and Assistance for Academic Conference
Expenses
・Report on the Progress of Editing English
Information Bulletin No. 36
・Recruitment of FY 2017 New Project Planning
・Report of receiving a withdrawal application
・Report of 2 new accession

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2.2

Second English

・Election of Editorial Committee Chairman for

Information

English Information Bulletin No. 37

Bulletin
Editorial

・Editing Activity Schedule until Publication of
BulletinCommittee
Meeting
3.13

Fourth Board of・Report on the Publication of English

Directors

Information Bulletin No. 36 on our Web

Meeting

・Budget for FY 2017
・Examination of FY 2017 First Review for
Assistance for the Invitation and Stay in Japanof Foreign Scholars and Assistance for Academic
Conference Expenses
・Report on a Withdrawal Application

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On the Publication of the 36th Issue, Information Bulletin of
The Union of National Economic Associations in Japan
Yoshihiro ITO (Waseda University)
Chairman, Editorial Committee
The 36th issue of the Information Bulletin of The Union of National
Economic Associations in Japan was published in December 2016.

Elevenacademic societies were indicated in this issue, namely the Society of Public
Utility Economics, Political Economy & Economic History Society, Japan
Accounting Association, Business History Society of Japan, Japan Academy for
Consumption Economy, Nippon Urban Management and Local Government
Research Association, Japan Society for Applied Management, Japan Risk
Management Society, Japan Academy of Management, Japan Association for
Evolutionary Economics, The Japan Society of Household Economics.

The

Information Bulletin also included their respective future perspectives, academic
society news and events, as well as reports on their major activities in recent
years. The editorial committee members, Yoko NISHIOKA, Kazuhiko YAGO,
Yoshihiro ITO, Shin GOTOH, Kazuo KIKUCHI, Nobuo WATANABE, Toshiyasu
KITO, Katsuyuki KAMEI, Saburo OHTA, Akiyoshi ARAKAWA, and Takau
YONEYAMA joined us from the above-mentioned societies to advance thepublication process.
First, we elected the Chairman of the Editorial Committee and confirmed
the forthcoming schedule for the editing process at the 1st Editorial Committee
Meeting held on Tuesday, February 2, 2016.

We also considered the article

contents of the 36th issue and decided on proceeding by the same policy as wefollowed for the previous year (35th issue). The following persons were electedfrom each society to be the article writers for this issue, Munenori NOMURA(Society of Public Utility Economics), Toshihiko IWAMA (Political Economy &Economic History Society), Yoshihiro ITO (Japan Accounting Association),
Nobuhisa FUJITA (Business History Society of Japan), Kazuo KIKUCHI (Japan
Academy for Consumption Economy), Nobuo WATANABE (Nippon Urban
Management and Local Government Research Association), Koji IGATA (Japan
Society for Applied Management), Katsuyuki KAMEI (Japan Risk Management
Society), Masato MAKINO (Japan Academy of Management), Hiroyasu
UEMURA (Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics), Takau YONEYAMA
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(The Japan Society of Household Economics), to serve as our Authoring
Committee members abiding by this policy.
The 2nd Editorial Committee Meeting was held on Friday, October 14, to
perform the final checking and proofreading of the article manuscripts. Thistime, the Japan Academy for International Trade and Business reported that it
will withdraw from the authoring due to society affairs and postpone its article to
be included in the next issue (37th issue), and we accepted their proposition.
This decision fixed the societies to author the articles to be included in the 37th
issue, namely the following 11 societies: Socio-Economic History Society, Japan
Association for Social Policy Studies, Japan Association for Asian Studies, Japan
Academy for International Trade and Business, The Academic Association for
Organizational Science, Japan Finance Association, Japan Association for
Planning and Public Management, Japan Logistics Society, Japan Scholarly
Association for Asian Management, The Society for the History of Management
Theories, Japan Academy of Labor and Management.

However, the Japan

Association for Planning and Public Management subsequently applied formembership withdrawal, so the total number of societies became 10.
By the way, we have stopped publishing the International Bulletin in
hard copy since the previous issue (35th issue), and it is currently available
online through the CiNii Service (Dissertation information navigator) of the
National Institute of Informatics (NII) and on The Union homepage. Since thedigital library service of NII (NII-ELS) will close in March 2017, we have decided
to continue publishing the International Bulletin in digital form via J-STAGE,
the new service proposed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
Our application has already been accepted, and we have communicated thisinformation to our distributing destinations in Japan and abroad (Research
institutes and university affiliated libraries).

The release date is March 27,

2017.
To add, we have completed in this academic year our web-based
disclosure and record keeping by putting into PDF our back number issues since
the first publication in 1980 to the present, upholding the objective of theInternational Bulletin to be communicated far and worldwide.
Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to the respective Editorial
Committee and Authoring Committee members, Professor Paul SNOWDEN(Vice-President, Kyorin University) who was responsible for proofreading theEnglish manuscript, Secretary-General Masataka OHTA and Yoshiko ISHII who
helped us with the editorial work, for their dedicated support in publishing thisissue of the International Bulletin.
8International Conference Participation Report
Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association
20th Annual Conference Participation ReportNoriyoshi YANASE (Tokyo Keizai University)
The Japanese Society of Insurance Science
With the recommendation of The Japanese Society of Insurance Scienceand financial assistance from The Union of National Economic Associations inJapan, I attended and made a research presentation at the 20th Annual
Conference of the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA) held
between July 31 and August 4, 2016, at the host institution, Southwestern
University of Finance and Economics, in Chengdu City, Szechuan Province, thePeople’s Republic of China. In this report, I will not review the details of theindividual research presentations, keynote lecture, and other lectures but will
mainly write about the APRIA annual conference itself and its atmosphere, due
to the limited space provided.
Established in 1997, APRIA is an international academic society
targeting the “risk and insurance” area of study, consisting of members from awide range of research and practical work in the industrial, administrative, andacademic sectors such as universities / research institutions, governments(regulatory offices), insurance companies, and other organizations in the
Asia-Pacific region. APRIA members specialize and conduct academic researchin diverse fields, namely economics, commerce / business administration,mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, and financial engineering.
The Annual Conference held every year between the latter half of Julyand early August is hosted by the respective universities in the Asia-Pacificregion, as a rule, and the host institution manages the entire preparation andoperation of the conference.

Since the 1st (1997) Conference was hosted by

Nanyang Technological University and Singapore College of Insurance (bothlocated in Singapore), the APRIA annual conferences have been held throughout
Asia, in Hong Kong, Australia, India, Thailand, Korea, Japan, China, andTaiwan. The 2016 Annual Conference was the third to be held in China, after
the Shanghai and Beijing conferences. Also, the APRIA participants come fromnot only Asia and the Pacific but also Germany, Poland, Switzerland, and the9

U.K., and more than a few participants hail from European countries.

The

multinational turnout reflects the individual interest of the researchers based in
the U.S. and Europe for the rapidly increasing importance of the Asia-Pacificeconomy and the manifestation of various risks that accompany their prosperity,
as well as the risks and administrative situations in Asia and the Pacific, such as
the influences that a major natural disaster occurring in the same region would
have on the world economy.
200 participants from the universities / research institutes, corporations,and government institutions in 16 countries, mainly in Asia, convened at theannual conference this year, and 75 individual research presentations weredelivered.

In addition, 4 symposia were held, respectively, to address thefollowing topics:
1.

Recent Development in Longevity Risk

2.

Regulatory Issues in Emerging Markets: A case of China

3.

Economic Lessons from Insurance History: Markets, Development andInternationalization
4.

Methodologies in Risk Management and Insurance Research
Among these, the longevity risk and emerging market subjects areespecially important, challenging issues that should be approached globally
through partnerships between industries, governments, and the academia. Bothof these symposia attracted large audiences and involved active discussions.
One of the principles of APRIA is the partnership between the industry,
government, and academia. In my opinion, these symposia symbolized this key
concept. The individual research presentations consisted of individual reportson the research activities by the respective researchers. The interdisciplinary
program was very academic, including features of not only the target areas(pension, natural disaster, insurance business control) but also the researchdisciplines (economics, statistics, finance, etc.).
Among them, I delivered a research presentation in Session 1-C(Finance), starting from 1:30 p.m. on August 1, titled “Bank Equity Ownershipand Corporate Hedging: Evidence from Japan” and joined in the panel discussion
for the group research presentation delivered by Professor Larry Y. TZENG and
his fellow researchers from National Taiwan University on “Capital Asset Pricing
Model Based on a Generalized Economic Index of Riskiness”. I also served as
the chairperson for Session 4-D, in the afternoon of August 2, on the topic of10

Merger & Acquisition. With this year’s APRIA annual conference, I completed
my board member appointment since 2013, and the position was succeeded byProfessor Shigenori ISHIDA of Kansai University.
Let me also make some comments on APRIA from the global perspective.
The 21st APRIA Conference has been fixed to take place in East Europe in thesummer of 2017, at the host institution, Poznań University of Economics, in
Poland. Thereafter, the 22nd annual conference is scheduled to be held in thesummer of 2018 at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. As you cansee, APRIA promotes intimate exchanges with the research groups in America
and Europe while maintaining its base in the Asia-Pacific region, and in thissense, it is a truly international academic society.
Finally, I should like to express my appreciation to The Union of
National Economic Associations in Japan for granting me this very valuable
experience by providing the financial assistance.

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International Conference Participation Report
Participation Report for the 24th World Conference ofSupply Management in the Philippines
Osamu UEHARA (NPO Supply Management Institute Nippon)
Japan Logistics Society1) Conference name24th World Conference of Supply Management in the Philippines
2) Conference location
Pasay City, Metro Manila, the Republic of the Philippines
3) Venue
The Ball Room, Marriot Hotel Manila
4) Conference host institution (Organization headquarters)
PISM – Philippine Institute for Supply Management
5) Convention period
From June 15 to June 18, 2016
6) Participating countries
10 countries
7) Approximate total number of participants
7008) Number of presenting organizations
60 (including Isuzu Motors Limited, Mitsubishi Motors Japan, Suzuki Motor
Corporation, companies in America and Europe, and many companies in thePhilippines)
Cf. Conference URL
http://pism.org/events-and-conferences/supplylink/
The Eastern Japan Great Earthquake Disaster would send a rippling
wave through the world of commerce and international trade.

Conversely

speaking, the Japan’s power of the manufacturing proved all across the world,
and it displayed the global business came to a deadlock without any Japaneseindustry.
Most companies that work with Japanese suppliers have taken stock andare aware of specific risks and challenges facing their supply chains. It may
conclude that they will evade the Japanese components and material.
12CAPS Research Japan has been studying the companies’ actual
circumstances based on the 6 aspects.
How to face to the unprecedented crisis on the supply chain:
1. Japanese companies’ supply management function should invest their energy
and resources in what area?
2. Management team can support its effort in what way?
3. Supporting system is shared among all employees?
4. It is peculiar to Japan?
5. Or, it is tracing back to the company mission and vision?
Management team keenly realized how much supply chain disruption
would injure company total management.
Protecting the upstream of the supply chain and ensuring the smoothrunning of the supply management depend not only on the purchasing function,
but also on all company functions.
Supply disruption due to the natural disaster cannot be permitted byusing the term “Act of God” or Force majeure” because of their customers’
expectation and satisfaction
From the year 1960s-70s, management team tends to shift to therisk-taking direction in considering the risk management rather than crisis
control.
Even if it is caused by the natural disaster, or Act of God, management istransitioning to risk mitigation and elimination to recover the normal operation.
This tendency will lead to the company policy to protect its supply chain
and not to disturb the customers until today.
The BCP is one of the greatest topics such as customers’ diverse andcomplex tastes, globalization, global warming, product life cycle, speed-to market.
The import and export of goods and services to and from Japan has beeninterrupted, creating backlogs of products and impacting companies around theworld.
This questionnaire of the focus study has been made from the viewpointof the stable supply of the material or components in the supply chain.
The objective of the study is based on the SCP: Supply Continuity
Planning in order to inspire the concrete suggestion.
My Impressions, Having Participated in the Conference
The Philippines seems to be the first country I have visited in Asia thatis remarkably advanced in supply management. Though there are many supply
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purchasing and logistics societies throughout Asia, not including Japan, thenumber of participants in the world conference held this time in Manila exceeded
700, and the event in itself was unique with a large attendance of women buyers.
When I gave the lecture, the hall was packed with the audience, some of who
were standing, which revealed to me how much they were interested in theJapanese-style system of purchasing.

At the same time, I renewed myawareness as to how little interest there is on supply-chain purchasing andlogistics management in Japan.

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International Conference Participation Report
GMC Conference Participation Report
Saeran DOH (Miyagi University)
Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution
2016 Global Marketing Conference at Hong Kong
Conference theme: “Bridging Asia and the World: Global Platform for Interface

between Marketing and Management”
Conference period: 21st-24th July, 2016
Venue: Conrad Hong Kong, Hong Kong
I attended and presented at the 2016 Global Marketing Conference heldin Hong Kong. The conference location was on the 7th floor of the Conrad Hong
Kong, a splendid hotel, and the conference sponsors were the Global Alliance ofMarketing & Management Associations. 300 participants, from more than 50
countries, convened to discuss the main theme, “Bridging Asia and the World:
Global Platform for Interface between Marketing and Management”.
The conference was held from Thursday, July 21 through Sunday, July24, 2016, based on the following agenda.
Thursday, July 21: Registration, conference reception
Friday, July 22: Academic presentation session
Saturday, July 23: Academic presentation session
Sunday, July 24: Business meetings
With my co-researcher SUN Yul-wan, I reported on “Anxiety about FoodContamination: Psychological and fMRI Evaluation” in the July 22 session on“Country

Predispositions:

COO

Images,Ethnocentrism,

Disidentification,

Affinity and Animosity”. Our presentation consisted of analyzing the differencesin brain response by fMRI experiment and the survey method with regard to theinformation on the food contaminated by nuclear radiation and information about
health-conscious foods since the great earthquake in Fukushima that happened
in March 2011.
Researchers of marketing and related sciences gathered at this biannual
15conference from around the world to make active exchanges on their views on themarketing theory from diverse perspectives.
50 or more presentations were made in the 2-day sessions on July 22 and23. My impression of the academic society was that it is very well organized andthat it offers global networking opportunities.
In the following table, I will share the main topics of the academicpresentation sessions held on Friday, July 22 and Saturday, July 23.
Session (July 22- July 23, 2016)
1

Global Perspectives in Public Policy & Marketing

2

Country Predispositions: COO Images, Ethnocentrism, Disidentification,
Affinity and Animosity

3

Success Factors in Global B2B Markets I B2B Customer Value Creation

4

Strategic Retail Management

5

Cross-Cultural Consumer Behavior

6

Marketing and New Product Development Capabilities

7

Product Innovation and Diffusion in Emerging Markets

8Consumer Behavior in Health and Leisure Industries

9

Fashion Digital Strategy and Practice

10 How to Publish Useful Research
11 Electronic Word of Mouth (eWOM)
12 Success Factors in Global B2B Markets B2B Customer Interaction and Firm
Performance
13 Luxury Brand Management in Advertising
14 Corporate Branding, Luxury Marketing & Identity-based ValueManagement
15 2016 ITAA-GAMMA Joint Symposium
16 Advancing Tourism and Hospitality Marketing
17 2016 JSMD-GAMMA Joint Symposium
18 Luxury Brand-Building
19 Success Factors in Global B2B Markets III B2B Supply Chain Issues
20 Consumers, Brands and Brand Management
21 Corporate Branding, Luxury Marketing & Identity-based ValueManagement
22 Consumer Decision Making and Quality Signal
23 Consumption and Marketing in Multicultural Marketplaces
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24 New Normal in China: The Opportunities and Challenges Confronting
Marketing
25 Advertising and Branding
26 Marketing Anthropology Research (MAR): Artifacts/Closet Digs, Field
Experiments, and Direct Observation of Marketing and/or Customer
Interactions and Other Behaviors
27 International Marketing and Export Management
28 Stakeholders-brand Relationships/ The Future of Customer Equity:
Expanding Its Validity and Implication
29 Art, Design, Culture and Brand Management
30 Food, Hospitality and Tourism Marketing
31 Marketing 2.0: Digital Consumers and Interactive Marketing

I appreciate the recommendation offered by the Japan Society ofMarketing and Distribution, as well as the financial support provided by The
Union of National Economic Associations in Japan, to make possible myparticipation in this outstanding conference. Thank you very much.

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International Conference Participation Report
Report on Member Participation in the
31st International CIRIEC Congress
Shinichi SAITO (The University of Shimane)International Society of Collective Economy, CIRIEC Japan・ About CIRIEC International
CIRIEC (Centre International de Recherches et d’Information sur
l’Economie Publique, Sociale et Coopérative) was established for the purpose of
exchanging ideas and research between scholars and businesspersons who sharethe interest in the public and cooperative aspects of market economy.
The center was originally set up in Geneva, Switzerland by the Frencheconomist Edgard MILHAUD in 1947, but it moved to Liege, Belgium in 1957
and has remained there to this day. CIRIEC currently has research institutes
in 12 different countries, among which CIRIEC Japan is accumulating research
results in the same field as its naming, International Society of Collective
Economy.
5 people from CIRIEC Japan attended this year’s Congress, including
myself and the Chairman, Professor Munenori NOMURA of the Faculty of
Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University. We convened in Reims, France, thistime, where approximately 300 participants from more than 20 countries
worldwide attended various sessions over a period of 3 days, from September 21
to 23.

I had the opportunity to make a presentation in the International

Scientific Council (ISC), held on the first day.
・ About the projects sponsored by CIRIEC
ISC is one of the main activities of CIRIEC International, consisting of
two fields, namely Social and Cooperative Economy and Public Economy, which
are organized by the respective research projects.
First, the social and cooperative economy project includes approximately
60 members who are not only economists but also sociologists, local government
officials, and others.

On the other hand, the public economy project members

are fewer in number compared to the social and cooperative economy group,
about 30 on the team. This group also consists of not only economists but also
scholars in law as well as businesspersons, who exchange academic discussions.
18Since a diverse group of researchers are involved in one project, theinvestigation proceeds with the each project conducting its investigation andresearch until the respective theories are attained.

The project on public

economy, titled “New Transversal Working Group (TWG) on Commons andGlobal Public Goods”, mainly discusses the commons problem and the status ofproviding public services amidst the globalizing society.
The indication “New” in the project title signifies that this is a follow-up
of the former ongoing research project, namely “The Future of Public Enterprise”
project which began in 2014.

Photo: The convention site for this conference (Centre des Congrès de Reims)
・ Critical issues for the ISC Project
The ISC project in the public economy section focuses on the major role
played by the public sector over the years, concurrent to the advancement ofprivatization and regulatory reform. The purpose of this project is to organize
the information on the conditions and issues addressed by each country from aninternational perspective. Roughly, the following topics are included:
・ The history and current capacity of public enterprises in each country
・ The main body playing an especially important role in the provision of public
services・ Thegovernment ’ smethodsforadministrative

andregulatory

implementation
・ The involvement and current policy-making by the government for the main19

body providing public services
・ The actual condition of multinational-oriented public enterprises
・ Our research presentation
The Japanese research investigation team, first of all, organized theissues concerning the deteriorating infrastructure and the extreme difficulty tomaintain public services in remote areas.

Based on this, we addressed therespective issues by sorting out the facts such as the high demand for utilizing
the private sector and the increasing expectation for the non-profit sector.
Since the 1980s, privatization and practical competition has beenpromoted in Japan. On the other hand, maintaining the original system of the
public sector offering the services are becoming difficult due to the demographic
decline and financial restrictions. The great expectation for active participationof the private sector is a realistic alternative to this situation.
However, the infrastructure is a non-divisible asset that requires
gigantic amounts of lump-sum investment funding. Simple privatization would
be difficult in view of the uncertainty for future demands. We determine thatbuilding a system where the government could make a stable commitment ininvestment and collecting the funds, such as concession, would seem practical.
Yet in this case, we need to discuss the degree of policy involvement.
Further, with the diversification of the people’s needs in receiving andprofiting from public services, it is not realistic to continue providing a common
level of services in all areas. There is a growing expectation for the non-profit
sector, such as NPOs, to respond more sustainably to the citizen’s needs.
However, these organizations are not fully independent enough, and the actual
condition is that they lack both organizational profitability and human resources.
Based on these reports, active exchanges were made on our presentation
day at the conference. Fortunately, we received comments that our research
report was generally well organized in terms of discussion. Of course, we also
received advice as well as requests for deeper investigation of the status quo of
the non-profit sector in our publishing of volumes and research papers on this
topic. We intend to continue our research and investigation according to thisfeedback.
・ My impressions on the discussions at the conference
The two main research areas of CIRIEC are Social & Cooperative
Economy and Public Economy. Therefore, regular discussions are made on theroles that should be played by the public sector and the modes of governance in20

such cases. In this year’s conference, the issues and conditions specific to eachcountry were aligned and introduced.
At the same time, the “public enterprise” is frequently used as a keyword,reflecting the status of CIRIEC as the academic society that has a large numberof participants from countries other than the U.K., where privatization andliberalization has been implemented drastically. However, the public enterprisefor them is totally different from what the term represented in the 1970s. Thesepublic enterprises are organizations that do not completely depend on the
profit-conscious

government,

havingbecomemultinational

throughtheliberalization of capital.
In my impression, there were a lot of participants who passionately
discussed the relationship between public enterprises and the government, which
may also be expressed as the state of governance, because their countries hadcomplex organizational structures where many public enterprises remained as
entities that could not be understood in the competitive market vs. government
framework, even if they acknowledged the obvious utilization of market
principles.
Though the public enterprise reform in Japan seems outdated as a policy,
the issues discussed in this conference have great implications with regard to theforthcoming reforms in the infrastructure system and public services that haveprofound meaning in our relationship with the government.

Also, the more

realistic aspect is that the possibilities of funding affected the progress andsustainability of these issues. In the conference, there were reports on the issueof how to acquire the funds for providing these services.
We would like to express our appreciation to The Union of National
Economic Associations in Japan for the assistance they provided to support thisopportunity that greatly enriched our investigation and research.

Photo: The panel discussion at the conference21

Reports on the Use of Assistance for the Invitation and Stayin Japan of Foreign Scholars
The Special Lecture byProfessor Masaaki KOTABE (Temple University)
Masakazu IMAI (Senshu University)
Japan Academy of International Business Studies
The Japan Academy of International Business Studies (Mitsuhide
SHIRAKI, Chairman) held its 23rd National Conference over a 2-day period on
Saturday, October 22 and Sunday, October 23, 2016, at the Osaka University ofCommerce.

A research presentation by Professor Masaaki KOTABE, The

Washburn Chair of International Business and Marketing, Fox School ofBusiness, Temple University, USA, and lectures by the top management of
DAIKIN Industries and Haier Asia Group, in addition to the speeches by thecurrent and former chairpersons of JAIBS, were made on this year’s common
discussion topic, “China and the New Corporate Management”, followed by apanel discussion with the 5 speakers. We were able to organize the key issues,at the same time making a proposal to Japanese corporations, and conduct athorough discussion on the subject.
Prof. Kotabe is an internationally famous researcher of global marketingand currently serves as the chairperson of the largest international businesssociety, the Academy of International Business. Also, he is active as the chief
editor of the Journal of International Management, the most well-known journalin the field. His social involvement is as diverse as his academic activities; forexample, he is the executive forum advisor for the United Nations and tradeorganizations worldwide. Prof. Kotabe is one of the few globally active Japanese
researchers today.
The title of his lecture was “The process of constructing competitive
advantage for multinational corporations in the new developing nations: From atimeline perspective”, in which he clarified the progress and competitive growthof the Chinese and Indian multinational corporations in the markets of advanced
nations. These multinational corporations in new developing countries have two
strategies, namely market study based on the niche marketing strategy for one,and the both vertical and horizontal value chain dissemination throughpartnership and acquisition taking advantage of the plentiful funding for another.
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The lecture clarified how these strategies were implemented in the process ofdeveloping a different style of marketing from that of advanced countries by first
becoming the long-term supplier of the progressive multinational corporations
and then learning the manufacturing and product development technologies.
Prof. Kotabe was talking about the background to the competitive
advantage of multinational corporations in new developing countries, but at thesame time, his interest was focused on Japanese corporations. In other words,
Japanese corporations are maintaining a high level of technology, as indicated by
the number of their patents. However, the Japanese companies and economy
seem inferior to not only those of the new developing but also advanced nationsin the 20 years that passed since the “bursting of the bubble economy”. The
discussion implied that the situation was caused by the inability to promptly
utilize the high level of technology Japan possessed, and such technologies
eventually became cheap and useless as they were copied or stolen by othercompanies. The conclusion according to the professor’s analysis was that theJapanese excessive study of the product life cycle theory, which declared that thedevelopment expenses could be reclaimed in the maturing stage after spending
much on the technology and market development. The lecture presented these
implications to the Japanese corporations as the hints provided by constructing
the competitive advantage of multinational corporations in new developing
countries.
Though the presentation continued for many hours, Prof. Kotabe
delivered his lecture with a lot of humor and insight, and in the panel discussionthat followed, he managed to keep a cool and objective position as he made hot
and passionate exchanges with the audience. Taking the opportunity to coincidewith the professor’s invitation lecture, the Japan Academy of International
Business Studies decided to confer Professor Kotabe the title of Fellow, to honor
his great contribution to our society over the years.
We express our thanks to Professor Kotabe for visiting Japan for thispurpose, in spite of his busy schedule.

We also appreciate the financial

assistance from The Union of National Economic Associations in Japan that we
could use to partially cover the expenses for inviting Professor Kotabe. Thankyou very much.

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Reports on the Use of Assistance for the Invitation and Stayin Japan of Foreign Scholars
Report on the Use of Financial Assistance for a Foreign Scholar’s Stayon the Occasion of the 31st Convention in Japan
Hiroshi YOSHIMI (Hokkaido University Graduate School)
The Japan Society for Social Science of Accounting
The 31st Accounting Theory Convention was held at the host institution,
Nagasaki University, from October 21 to 23, 2016. Professor Shyam SUNDER,
Yale School of Management, USA, gave a special lecture on the second day of theconference, October 22, 2016. We were fortunate to apply the Assistance for theInvitation and Stay in Japan of Foreign Scholars, provided by The Union of
National Economic Associations in Japan, to partially cover the expenses for thisspecial lecture.
Professor Sunder, who teaches at Yale University, has a wide knowledge
about not only accounting but also finance, economics, and other fields. His
publications include 6 books and more than 200 papers, some of which have beentranslated into Japanese.

He has also served as the chairperson of theAmerican Accounting Association and is recognized both in America and theworld as one of the famous modern scholars of accounting.
The lecture delivered by Prof. Sunder was titled “What is Better
Accounting?”, in which he discussed the significance of clarifying what “betteraccounting” is, indicated that to actualize the concept would necessitate 3
perspectives and 6 approaches, and to make efforts to improve modern
accounting on these requirements. Especially for the study of accounting, thefield not only involves the theory but also is deeply connected to institutional
policies, and this necessitates both efficiency and political factors in relation to
the policy structuring. Diverse perspectives are required for generating good
institutional policies and to attract interest in accounting.
The subject of the lecture by Prof. Sunder, as indicated above, presented
an extensive exploration of the possibilities for improvement in accounting andquestioned the future progress of the discipline. These were also the issues thatneeded to be solved for the development of accounting theories. We understoodthat directly addressing such issues was indeed an achievement that could bemade by Prof. Sunder and nobody else, and this opportunity of holding the24lecture at the Japan Society for Social Science of Accounting was extremely
meaningful for our academic society. Since the contents of this lecture attracted
a lot of attention from non-members as well, and we were able to acquire external
participants, we are planning to hereafter publish the lecture contents not only in
our academic journal but also in the generally available magazines.
Professor Sunder also answered the questions from the audience after
the lecture and joined in the party afterward hosted by the society as our guest,
all the while exchanging ideas with a friendly and open attitude. We believethat we were able to gain valuable advice on the accounting research in Japanthrough these activities.

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Reports on the Use of Assistance for Academic Conference Expenses
Report on the Spring Academic Conference in 2016
Kazuhiko YAGO (Waseda University)
Political Economy & Economic History Society
The Political Economy & Economic History Society held its Spring
Academic Conference on June 25, 2016, at the Faculty of Agriculture, The
University of Tokyo. For the occasion, we received financial assistance from The
Union of National Economic Associations in Japan. I will give a summary ofthis academic conference, as indicated below, to serve as a report on the use of
the funding provided.
The conference was divided into 2 parts, namely the morning session andthe afternoon session.

In the morning session, the “doctoral dissertation

presentation study meeting” took place, where 3 young researchers who
submitted their doctoral dissertations in recent years presented and discussed
their research. The first presentation consisted of findings in the local historic
documents on the management and labor conditions of hand-woven textile
factories during the industrial revolution in England. The second presentation
examined closely, by looking at the Kuraray case study, the specific features oftechnology transfer between Japan and China in the post-war Japanese chemical
fabric industry. The third presentation attempted to explore New Liberalism
from a contemporary perspective through text analysis of speeches on the British
financial crisis between 2007 and 2008.

All of these involved active andsubstantial discussions. 21 persons participated in the morning session.
In the afternoon session, we held a symposium titled “Economic History
and Frameworks: The Process of Collaboration and Rivalry”.
Kentaro
TSUNEKI (Senshu University) presented the discussion topic and presented on“Economic History in Post-war Japan: Examining Process of Collaboration andConflict with the History of Economics according to Otsuka”, where he discussed
the relationship between the history of economics according to Hisao OTSUKA
and the actual issues in post-war Japan, the main theme of the symposium.
Then, Naofumi SAKAMOTO (Fukushima University) made a presentation titled“The Target Perspective of Economic History in Japan: A Case Study ofConstitution Studies”, where he clarified the correlation between the frameworks
and economic history by examining the constitution studies that played an26

important role in post-war Japanese social sciences. Shutaro MUTO (Niigata
University) reported on “China according to the Yamada Theory” focusing on therecognition of China and theoretical generation by Moritaro YAMADA, the mostdistinguished figure in academic Marxist economic researchers of Japanese
capitalism and one of the founders of our society. Koji KANAYAMA (Tokai
University) reported on his research under the title, “The Thoughts on
Technology by a Former Academic Marxist Economist: Did Haruki AIKAWA(1909-1953) Undergo Conversion?” as he closely examined the framework of
post-war Japanese social sciences from the original progress of H. Aikawa, who
was an active member of those who discussed the idea of technology in pre-war
and post-war Japan. The presentation by Takahiko HASEGAWA (Hokkaido
University), “The Study of History after Conversion of Ideas: Neo-positivism andthe Resurgence of Positive Science”, attempted to explain the miscellaneous
problems surrounding positivism that appeared after the so-called linguistic
conversion as he carefully based his discussion on the research history of English
and American studies of history. Commenting on this, Toshie AWAYA (Tokyo
University of Foreign Studies) aligned the conclusions and issues of eachpresentation from the perspectives of gender, subaltern, and minority studies,according to the research development in Indian subaltern studies. Yukimura
SAKON (Niigata University) and Kaori TAKADA (Otsuma Women’s University)
served as the symposium coordinators.
In the panel discussion, the panelists discussed actively on the fluidity offramework that the present-day research in history and social sciences must
address, and the issues concerning the receivers of the academic doctrines andinformation released by researchers, according to the detailed confirmation of thetheoretical points made in the individual presentations. 79 persons participatedin the afternoon session.
Ever since it was established under the former naming, The Political
Economy and Economic History Society, the Political Economy & Economic
History Society has made unique contributions to the research of social sciencesin post-war to present Japan, combining the 4 subject areas of theory / condition,
agriculture, and history of the Japanese and Western economy, according to theacademic, modern, and critical characteristics. This year’s Spring Academic
Conference offered us the opportunity to look back on the footsteps of post-WorldWar II social sciences, at the same time consider the raison d’etre of our society,through both the presentations by young researchers and the symposium.
Finally, we express our sincere appreciation to The Union of National
Economic Associations in Japan for providing the funds as we report on theirworthy use.
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Reports on the Use of Assistance for Academic Conference Expenses
Report on the 57th National Research Presentation Conferenceof Japan Association for Management Systems
Ikuya HORIE (Sapporo University)
Chairman, Executive Committee
Japan Association for Management Systems
We held the 57th National Research Presentation Conference of theJapan Association for Management Systems on Saturday, October 15, andSunday, October 16, 2016 at Sapporo University (Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan).
The common topic for the conference was “Digital Innovation and Management
Systems”. To hold the conference in Hokkaido has been our pending issue since
the members convened at Hakodate University just after JAMS was established,so we were finally able to realize it.

Holding the national conference in

Hokkaido seemed geographically disadvantageous in terms of access, and wewere worried that not many presenters and participants will attend due to theinconvenient location. However, the actual number of participants was large,
and there were active discussions at the conference equivalent to the previous
national conference held in Kanagawa.
Mr. Kazuhiro MIYAZAWA, the CEO of Wellnet Corporation, gave us the
keynote lecture titled “The Realities of ICT Scheme Entrepreneurship: thePresent and Future”.
The research presentations made at the conference consisted of 2 on thecommon topic, 9 in the study groups (including one by a student), and 77 on free
topics (including 38 by students).

The total number of participants, notincluding the keynote speaker and 19 student volunteers, was 148 for the
conference and 68 for the reception.
In the preparatory stage of this conference, we had to revise our budget
corresponding to the revision of the facility usage fees at Sapporo University, but
thanks to the financial assistance for academic conferencing provided by The
Union of National Economic Associations in Japan and the large number ofparticipants that exceeded our expectations, the 57th National ResearchPresentation Conference closed in great success and the financial statement wasapproved by the executive committee. This was a special year for Hokkaido,commemorating the launching of the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet trains. As
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the chairperson of the conference implementing committee, I sincerely hope that
this conference held in Hokkaido will contribute to the further development of
the respective research activities of our presenters and participants as well as theJapan Association for Management Systems society itself.
We sincerely appreciate the financial assistance provided by The Unionof National Economic Associations in Japan. Thank you very much.

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Member Association Trustees
2017.3.31
Japan Society of Monetary Economics

Yoshio WATANABE

Fumihiko HIRUMA

Yuji SATO

Daisuke ARIEThe Japan Society of Public Utility Economics

Kenzo TAKEUCHI

Takeshi KATOHNO

Socio-Economic History Society

Shigehiko IOKU

Masato SHIZUMEThe Political Economy and Economic History Society

Tetsuji OKAZAKI

Yasuo KAWAIThe Japan Accounting Association

Koji ISHIUCHI

Yoshihiro ITOJapan Academy of Business Administration

Koji OHIRA

Fumitaka IWANAMI

Japan Economic Policy Association

Yujiro OIWA

Hiroyuki KAWANOBEThe Japan Society of Transportation Economics

Katsumi KOJIMA

Yoshionori TAKAHASHIThe Japan Institute of Public Finance

Motohiro SATO

Takero DOI

The Japan Statistical Society

Hiroshi SAIGO

Shinya SAKANOThe Agricultural Economics Society of Japan

Kiyohide MORITA

Masaru SHINAGAWA

The Japan Society of International Economics

Keiichi UMADA

Shujiro URATA

Japan Society for Commodity Science

Shuji OHIRA

Shin OSERAThe Society for the Study of Social Policy

Norio HISAMOTO

Kingo TAMAIThe Japanese Society of Insurance Science

Kazuyoshi HOTTA

Hiroshi SUZAKI

Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution

Junji NISHIMURA

Hiroshi HORIKOSHI

The Japan Association of Economic Geographers

Nagatada TAKAYANAGI

Shuichi NAKAGAWA

Japan Association for Asian Studies

Tetsuya KOMAGATA

Rumi AOYAMAJapan Society of Political Economy

Mitsuhiko TSURUTA

Yousin SUGAHARA

Japan Business Communication Association

Takehisa KOBAYASHIJapan Society of Business Mathematics

Katsushige SAWAKI

Isao USUIBusiness History Society of Japan

Shin HASEGAWA

Nobuhisa FUJITAJapan Academy for International Trade and Business

Takeshi FUJISAWA

Takehiro MITSUKI

The Japanese Society for the History of Economic Thought

The Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International
Hidehiko

KANEGAE

Hiroyuki SHIBUSAWA

The Society for the Economic Studies of Securities

Hiroshi

FUKUMITSU

Hajime TAKAHASHIThe Population Association of Japan

Ko-hei WADA

Natsumi ARATAME

Shozaburo SAKAIManabu SUHARAThe Academic Association for Organizational Science

Kenshi YAMAKURA

Junjiro SHINTAKUJapan Society of Human Resource Management

Atsushi SATO

Atsushi YASHIROThe Society of Economic Sociology

Shin WATANABE

Takao MAMADA

Japan Finance Association

Kotaro INOUE

Hitoshi TAKEHARA

Japan Association for Planning Administration

Yasuo MATSUYUKI

Yasushi ASAMI

The Japan Association for Comparative Economic Studies

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Japan Academy for Consumption Economy

Takehiko YASUDA

Yasuyuki SASAKI

Takashi HASHIMOTO

Hidehiko YAMAZAKI

Toshiyasu KITO

Toshimasa YOKOZAWA

Japanese Association for International Accounting Studies

Japan Society for Applied Management

Nippon Urban Management and Local Government Research Association
Makoto ONOJIMA

Itsuhiko TAMAKIJapan Port Economics Association

Hideki YOSHIOKA

Hisashi FURUI

Nippon Academy of Management

Yasuhiro OGURA

Shigeo KATO

Japan Academy of Management Philosophy

Kenshu KIKUZAWA

Makoto FUJITAJapan Risk Management Society

Kazuo UEDA

Katsuyuki KAMEIJapan Logistics Society

Mitsumasa NAKA

Eiichiro IWAO

Fumitaka IWANAMI

Yongge LIU

Japan Academy of Management

Saburo OTA

Keiichi HASEGAWAThe Society for Industrial Studies, Japan

Katsuaki ONISHI

Hiroshi ITAGAKIJapan Association for Management Systems

Tetsuhisa ODA

Hiroaki ISHIIJapan Association for the Comparative Studies of Management

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

Kazuyoshi UENO

The Japan Society for Social Science of Accounting

Takashi OGURI

Yoshiaki JINNAIJapan Society of Logistics and Shipping Economics

Nobuaki ENDO

Katsuhiko HAYASHIThe Japanese Association of Management Accounting

Masami MOTOHASHI

Akimichi AOKIThe Society for the History of Management Theories

Yoshiaki TAKAHASHI

Kimio TAKAHASHIJapan Scholarly Association for Asian Management

Takahide KOSAKA

Shizuko KATO

Japan Academy of International Business Studies

Kenichi ENATSU

Yoshiharu KUWANA

Japan Society for Business Ethics Study

Junichi MIZUO

Hironori KAWAGUCHIJapan Association for Evolutionary Economics

Takeshi IKEDA

Hiroyasu UEMURA

Japan Academy of Labor and Management

Hiroyuki KUNISHIMA

Kota SHIMAUCHIThe Japanese Association of Administrative Science

Yasuaki KIDO

Yasuo HOSHINO

Business Analysis Association

Noriyuki KONISHI

Yasuyoshi KUROKAWA

Japan Academy for Asian Market Economics

Nobuyoshi NISHIZAWA

Junichi MURAMATSU

The Japan Society of Household Economics

Joji ASAHI

Kyoko UEMURA

Japan Association for Cultural Economics

Kazuko GOTO

Taisuke KATAYAMA

Japanese Association for Chinese Economy and Management Studies
The Political Economy and Economic History Society

Goro TAKAHASHI

Kazuki TAKETOSHI

Academy of Multinational Enterprises

Yoshihiro OISHI

Hiroo TAKAHASHITranscultural Management Society

Hideshi SAWAKI

Yoshinobu NAKAMURA

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Directors of the Union
President

Kenichi ENATSU (Japan Academy of International Business Studies)
Fumihiko HIRUMA (Japan Society of Monetary Economics)
Tetsuji OKAZAKI (The Political Economy and Economic History Society)
Koji ISHIUCHI (Japan Accounting Association)
Kappei HIDAKA (Japan Academy of Business Administration)
Mitsuhiko TSURUTA (Japan Society of Political Economy)
Yoshiaki TAKAHASHI (The Society for the History of Management Theories)
Yasuhiro OGURA (Nippon Academy of Management)
Katsuaki ONISHI (The Society for Industrial Studies, Japan)
Takahide KOSAKA (Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management)

Secretary General
Masataka OTA
AuditorHaruhito TAKEDA (Socio-Economic History Society)
Hideki YOSHIOKA (The Japan Port Economics Association)

Emeritus

Osamu NISHIZAWA
Toshio KIKUCHI

Information Bulletin No.36 Editorial Committee Members
Chairman

Yoshihiro ITO (The Japan Accounting Association)
Yoko NISHIOKA (The Japan Society of Public Utility Economics)
Toshiyasu KITO (Japan Society of Monetary Economics)
Shin GOTO (Business History Society of Japan)
Katsuyuki KAMEI (Japan Risk Management Society)
Kazuo KIKUCHI (Japan Academy for Consumption Economy)
Saburo OTA (Japan Academy of Management)
Akiyoshi ARAKAWA (Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics)
Takau YONEYAMA (The Japan Society of Household Economics)
Kazuhiko YAGO (The Political Economy and Economic History Society)Nobuo WATANABE（Nippon Urban Management and Local Government
Research Association）

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Correspondence to be addressed:
Secretariat of the Union of National Economic Associations in Japan,
c/o School of Commerce,
Waseda University,
Nishiwaseda 1-6-1, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo 169-8050, Japane-mail: rengo@ibi-japan.co.jp
http://www.gakkairengo.jp

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