Japan Society of Clinical Chemistry
It is 53 years from organization.
Over the 50th anniversary, toward the further progress
Japan Society of Clinical Chemistry (JSCC) is an academic organization with about 1,300
members widely from industry-government-academia, and 45 corporate members. We have 8Standing Committees and 12 Scientific Committees. The Standing Committees consist ofPublications Committee, International Relations Committee, Education Committee, Liaison board
for Scientific Committees, Academic Meetings and Public Relations Committee, AwardsCommittee, Judicial and Ethical Affairs Committee, and Future Directions Committee. The
Scientific Committees consist of Committees on Quality Management, Enzymes and Analytical
Reagents, Laboratory Systems and Instruments, Point-of-Care Testing, Diabetes Mellitus Indices,
Plasma Protein Testing, Nutrition Testing, Animal Clinical Pathology, Genetic Testing, Thrombosisand Hemostasis Testing, Lipoprotein Testing, and Common Reference Intervals. Basically, JSCC
plays as a society creating new laboratory testings. Furthermore, towards standardization andharmonization, we work hard to promote development of clinical laboratory testing reagents andinstruments from Japan.
JSCC started from “the Medicinal Chemistry Symposium” held in December, 1961. The
representative organizers were Prof. Yuichi Yamamura (Kyushu University), Prof. Haruhisa
Yoshikawa (Tokyo University), and Prof. Masami Suda (Osaka University Institute for Protein
Research). JSCC declared “the medical scientists affiliated medicinal chemistry work together
hand-in-hand with clinician scientists and scientists of basic medicine except biochemistry, givethem research scheme and technical advices, and more, clinician scientists are willing to offer
clinical specimens and research materials, in addition, we should discuss and cooperate each otherand then build a bridge between the basics and the clinical” by the statement of The Medicinal
Chemistry Symposium presented four years later. Thereafter, JSCC contributed to the developmentof interdisciplinary field from the basic medicine to the clinical medicine, including elucidation ofetiology or pathophysiology of diseases, and therapy and prevention, based on the chemical
knowledge and technology. In 1971, the Medicinal Chemistry Symposium and “Clinical Chemistry
Analysis Seminar” under the supervision of Prof. Zenzou Tamura (Tokyo University, Faculty ofPharmacy) into “Clinical Chemistry Symposium”. Again it joined with “Clinical Chemistry
Colloquium” promoting summer seminar and winter seminar to finally organize “Japan Society ofClinical Chemistry” in 1981. Prof. Yuichi Yamamura was assumed the first president. The 2nd isProf. Toshitsugu Oda; the 3rd, Prof. Kiyoshi Miyai; the 4th, Prof. Takashi Kanno; the 5th, Prof.
Naotaka Hamasaki; the 6th, Prof. Tsutomu Nobori; and now the 7th President Prof. Yukio Andochairs JSCC successfully. JSCC shifted to a middle-natured corporation with the limited liability
from the arbitrary group in March, 2008. Moreover, it shifted to a general incorporated associationin April, 2009 and reformed the structure and regime of society up to today.
JSCC has been active globally as a member of IFCC and Asia-Pacific Federation forClinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine (APFCB). The 5th APCCB was held in Kobe in
1991, and The 18th ICCC Kyoto was held in 2002. The international relation that began with apersonal relationship of mutual trust came to be activated by an organized and strategic effort. In
recent years, we participate and collaborate in the committee of IFCC and APFCB as a chairpersonor a member.
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary, we published the 50th anniversarycommemorative issue "Toward the top of next 50 years" (the lower two photos; one scene from the50th anniversary event) and held the 50th anniversary symposium.
To honor the 50th anniversary of the foundation, we received an award from IFCC and APFCB (theupper Photos). Then it passed for three years, JSCC makes untiring efforts to undergo continuous
improvement and to remain one of key members in IFCC and APFCB.
Prepared by: Prof. Masato Maekawa (Chief of International Relations Committee; Department ofLaboratory Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan)