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YearActivity
Creation of the rules of the Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition on the 17 th June for1927

issuing the Journal. This is the foundation of the society. The 1st Japanese Journal of Soil
Science and Plant Nutrition (Volume 1 No. 1, 158 p) was issued in October. Delegateswere send to the 1st International Congress of Soil Science (ICSS, USA, Washington).
The Association of Japanese Agricultural Scientific Society was established and the 1st1930

Conference was held. The JSSSN organized the 1st symposium as the 10th division.
Participation at the 2nd ICSS（USSR, Moscow, Leningrad）.
Issue the 4th Journal. The English name of the Journal from the 8th issue was set as

1934

Journal of the Science of Soil and Manure, Japan, the name of the society was set as The
Society of the Science of Soil and Manure, Japan.

1935

Participation at the 3rd ICSS（England, Oxford）.
Establishment of the Kanto Branch, then Kansai, West-Japan, Korea and 満州 branches

1937

were established, which lasted till the end of the war. The journal was issued 6 times peryear from Volume 11.

1939
1944

The journal was issued 12 times per year from Volume 13.
After the last society before the end of the war on the 11th December, the society wassuspended.
Due to the lost of documents during the war, the society started new again. Four branches

1948

were established; North-Japan, Kanto, Kansai and Wes-Japan. The Journal Volume 19
was published again, with 5 issues per year.

1949
1953
1954

The North-Japan branch was divided into Hokkaido and Tohoku branches, and thenumber of branches became 5. The Journal was issued 4 times per year
Supporting membership was settled. Bimonthly publication of the Journal from the Volume24.
Introduced the Symposium method to the annual meeting. Participation at the 5th ICSS
(Belgian Congo, Leopoldville).
Change of the board election method. Setting of accounting audit. Created the award Soil

1955

Science and Plant Nutrition Society and awarded the 1st price. Issue the Journal monthly
from Volume 26. 1st Publication of the English Journal “Soil and Plant Food”.

1956
1957
1959
1960

The presentation at the annual meeting was separated into divisions. The English Journal
was issued 4 times a year from Volume 2. Participation at the 6th ICSS（France, Paris）.
Reconstruction of the branches, which became from 5 to 6 till present. Publish theabstracts of the Japanese Journal in the English Journal from Volume 3.
The number of the Society was 1,981, supporting member 61 companies. Publish reviewsin the English Journal from Volume 5.
Participation at the 7th ICSS （USA, Madison）.

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1961

Activity
Publish the English Journal bimonthly. The name of the Journal became “Soil Science andPlant Nutrition”.
The spring meeting was held in Kyoto, and it was decided that the conference is held

1963

outside Tokyo each 2nd year. The Future Plan Committee addressed the “Problem
concerning the education in soil science and plant nutrition”.

1964

Participation at the 8th ICSS (Rumania, Bucharest).

1966

Establishment of 10 division and division head system.

1968

Celebration of the 40th year anniversary (4th April). Participation at the 9th ICSS
（Australia, Adelaide, 6th-16th August）.

1969
1971

Special issue on the 40th anniversary “Development of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition inJapan” was published. Short Communication was included in English Journal SSPN.
The 11th division (Environmental protection) was established. The turn of annual meeting
was decided.
Establishment of council system. Student member was included to the membership types.

1972

The publication of the English Journal was entrusted toCenter for Academic Publications
Japan.

1973

The English Journal was issued 4 times from Volume 19.
Participation at the 10th ICSS (USSR, Moscow, 12th – 20th August. The 11th ICSS was

1974

suggested to be in Japan, but it was turned down, and a international seminar wassuggested.

1977“International Seminar on Soil Environment and Fertility Management in Intensive
Agriculture”（SEFMIA） by the ISSS was held. (Oversee participant 80, Japaneseparticipant 230, Tokyo 10th -17th October).
The society became an incorporated association Japanese Society of Soil Science andPlant Nutrition from 1st April. Issue the articles of incorporation. Celebration of the 50th

1978year anniversary was conducted. The society became organized by board members. The
office moved to Bunkyo-ku, Hongo 6-26-10-202 in May. Bimonthly publication of theJournal from Volueme 49 (1). Participation at the 11th ICSS （Canada, Edmonton, 19th-27th June）. ISHIZUKA Yosiro was selected as the 1st honorary member of ISSS.

1981

The English name of the society was decided as “Japanese Society of Soil Science andPlant Nutrition (abbreviation JSSSPN).
Committee to promote soil education was founded. The 1st Encouraging Prize of the1982

Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition was awarded. Participation at the 12th ICSS
(India, New Delhi, 8th 16th February).
Committee to promote soil education was founded. The 1st Encouraging Prize of the1982

Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition was awarded. Participation at the 12th ICSS
(India, New Delhi, 8th 16th February).

1983

Publication of Society of “Terms of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition”.

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1985
1986

Activity
Declaring to hold the ICSS in 1990 in Japan, and started the 14 th ICSS preparationcommittee.
Change the detail rules and added the right to receive the Society Award to overseas
subscription member (individual) as.
Publish the “Standard methods for soil analysis and measurement” edited by the society.
Participation at the 13th ICSS (West Germany, Hamburg, 13th -2oth August).
Exhibit the English Journal SSPN to the Frankfurt Book Fair (7th-12th October). Co

1987

organize with the USDA the 9th International soil classification workshop “Characterization,classification and use of volcanic and paddy rice soil” in Japan (20 th July to 1st August).
Participation at the 5th International Soil Conservation Conference (Thailand, Bangkok,18th1988

29th January). Participation at the 1st international Symposium coorganised by ISSS
andPaddy Soil Fertility Working Group (Thailand, Chiang Mai), 6th-13th December).

1989

Organize “Present and future of fertilizer” as a satellite symposium of the 14 th ICSS
(25th-26thSeptember).
Publish the “Analysis methods of plant nutrition” edited by the society. Organize the 14 thICSS together wit the Science Council ｏｆ Japan in Kyoto (12th-18th August, participants1990

1,616, among them 761 foreigner from 75 countries). Establishment of preparationcommittee f East and Southeast Asia Federation of Soil Science Societies (15 th August).
Organize an international Symposium “Rhizosphere and stress” (20th August).
Adapt the SI unit to the Japanese and English Journal, and declared the recommended
examples including some non-SI units. Publish the “Organic savage use at green an

1991

farmlands” and “Current situation and measures of Japanese farmland soils” edited by thesociety. 1st East and Southeast Asia Federation of Soil Science Societies （ESAFS）
workshop “Comparison of farmland soil classifications in East and Southeast Asiancountries” in Osaka (10th-16th October).

1992
1993

Adapt SI unit in the Japanese Journal from the Volume 63 No. 1. ESAFS office moved toChinese Soil Science Society from August.
Participation at the 2nd ESAFS workshop “Classification and management of desert soils”(China, Urumqi, 20th- 23th August).
Committee of the Future Panning of the Society, and Committee of Financial problems

1994

were formed. Participation at the 15th ICSS (Mexico, Acapulco, 10th-16th July). Participation
at the 3rd ESAFS workshop (Malaysia).
Reorganize the society from 11 to 8 divisions and set the research unit to 24 groups. Start

1995

the Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Technology Award. Publish a supplemental book forelementary and junior highs school teacher “Tales about soil for teachers”.

1996

Award the 1st Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Technology Award. Committee to deal with
the English Journal was formed.

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Activity
Open the website of the society. Coorganize the 13th International Plan Nutrition with theScience Council ｏｆ Japan in Tokyo (13th-19th September, Participants 545, among them

1997

171 foreigner). Participation at the 4th ESAFS international conference (Korea, Cheju
Island, 11th 14th November).
Publish “Soil and Food – for a healthy future” as the anniversary of 70th anniversary (25thSeptember). Publish “How to teach soil – a new environmental education material”.
Participation at the 16th WCSS (France, Montpellier, 20th-26th August), where the1998

honorary member of our society WADA Koji was elected as honorary member of the ISSS.
Due to the change from ISSS (International Society of Soil Science） to IUSS（InternationalUnion of Soil Sciences） that is a member of ICSU （International Council for Science）, theconference name was changed from ICSS to WCSS（World Congress of Soil Science）.
Organize a 70th year anniversary symposium “Outlook of soil science and plant nutrition

1999

research in sustainable agriculture based on region” (3rd April). Open symposium “Soilpollution in Japan and its remediation” (4th June).
Employ delegates system to the first general assembly. First delegate election in

2000

November. Donation from he member INAMATSU Katsuko and found the “Woman andyoung member support found (Inamatsu Found)”. Reedited the “Terms of Soil Science andPlant Nutrition (1983)” and publish “Terms of Soil Science, Fertilizer and Plant Nutrition”.

2001

General assembly by the first delegates (3rd April). Participation at the 5th ESAFS
international conference (Thailand, Krabi, 27th-31st May).
Publish the “Picture book of Soil; 5 volumes”. Organize the 2nd International Conference
on “Silicate and Agriculture” in Tsuruoka (22nd-26th August). Participation at the 17th2002

WCSS （Thailand, Bangkok, 14th-20th August, Participants 2,000, among them 120Japanese）. Honorary member of our society TANAKA Akira was elected as honorary
member of the ISSS.
Decide to start the Outstanding Paper Award of Journal of Japanese Soil Science andEnglish Journal Plant Nutrition and SSPN Award. Receive the donation due to thedispersion of the incorporated foundation Fertilizer Research Institute and use the found2003

the Young Researcher Travel Award to Oversee Conference. The “Picture book of Soil; 5volumes” was awarded Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award (29th May).
Participation at the 6th ESAFS International Conference “Soil Management Technology on
Low-productivity and Degraded Soils” (Taiwan, Taipei, 24th-29th).
Coorganize the 12th Symposium “XIV Internnational Symposium on Iron Nutrition and2004

Interactions in Plants” in Tokyo (11th-15th April).Organize the 6th International Conference
on “PSILPH (Plant・Soil Interaction at Low pH)” in Sendai （1st-5th August）.
Coorganize the 6th International Workshop on “Ion metabolism” in Kisarazu (17th-21st2005

May. Participation at the 7th ESAFS International Conference (Philippine, Quezon, 1st-5thJune).

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Activity
Establish the 9th division “Soil Culture and Society”. Committee of soil education is2006

awarded by the Minister of Education (Promotion of understanding). Change theentrustment of the English Journal from Volume 52 to Blackwell and made it online
available. Participation at the 18th WCSS (USA, Philadelphia, 9th-15th July).
Set the ethical code of the Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. Entrust

2007

the publication of the Japanese Journal and the member account to special limited liability
company Ares. Conduct the 8th ESAFS International Conference at Tsukuba (22nd-23rdOctober). Honorary member KYUMA Kazutake was awarded the 1st ESAFS Award.
Publish “Let’s use wisely the fertilizer – for a rich and safe food production” edited by the2008

Public Relations Committee. Honorary member of our society KUMAZAWA Kikuo andKYUMA Kazutake was elected as honorary member of the IUSS.
The impact factor of the English Journal SSPN rise to 1.15 and became internationallyrecognized. Start poster presentation by high school students from Kyoto Conference.

2009

Publish “How to teach soil (new) – Environmental teaching material in practice (fist andsecond volume) “edited by the Committee for Soil Education (10th October). Participation
at the 9th ESAFS International Conference (Korea, Seoul, 27th-30th October).
Change the entrustment of English Journal SSPN from Vol. 57 to Taylor & Francis co.
Decide to create the award “Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Contribution Award and“Technical Encouragement Prize”. Coorganize the “Nitrogen 2010” in Inuyama.

2010

Participation at the19th WCSS （Australia, Brisbane, presentation from Japan 97）. The
English Journal SSPN became a 協力誌 of IUSS. Coorganize the 1st International
Conference on “Asian Conference on Plant-Microbe Symbiosis and Nitrogen Fixation” inMiyazaki.
Approve to became the general incorporated association, its start of application and2011

changes in articles of incorporation. Participation at the 10th ESAFS International
Conference (Sri Lanka, Colombo, 10th- 13th October).
Incorporated as the general incorporated association. Started to award “Soil Science and2012

Plant Nutrition Contribution Award” and “Technical Encouragement Prize”. Participated atthe IUSS International Conference (Jeju, Koria, June 3-8).
Co-organized the International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology XVI（Kurashiki,March , 6-9） and the18th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation2013（Miyazaki, October, 14-18）. Participated at the 2013 European Geosciences Union
Meeting（Vienna, April, 7-12）, the IUSS Global Soil Carbon Conference（Wisconsin, June,3-6）, and the 11th ESAFS International Conference （Bogor, Indonesia, October 21-24）.

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YearActivity
Moved the office into Tamura building at Hongo 5-23-13, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. Registered asa partner of Global Soil Partnership (GSP). Co-organized the 20th World Congress of Soil2014

Science (WCSS) pre-congress Japan Volcanic Soil Tour. Participated at the WCSS (Jeju,Korea, June 8-13). Invited Dr. Rainer Horn (President of IUSS) to the annual meeting inTokyo. Co-organized the JIRCAS International Symposium “Soil Environment and Crop
Production: Toward Stable Crop Production in Developing Regions”.
International Year of Soils 2015. Organized a photo contest, an soil exhibition tour inmuseums and the Celebration Symposium of International Year of Soils 2015 (Tokyo,December 5). Sold specially cultivated rice and sake. Published supplemental issue ofSSPN Vol.61 “Soils of anthropized environments”. Participated at the Asian Soil2015

Partnership Consultation Workshop（Bangkok, Thailand, May 13-15）, the 12th ESAFS
international conference (Nanjing, China, September 18-21), the Symposium (Kiel,Germany, September 19-21), and the Celebration of International Year of Soils 2015
(Vienna, Austria, December 7-8). Co-organized the 13th ICOBTE (Fukuoka, July 12-16).
Invited Dr. Rattan Lal（IUSS Next President） to the annual meeting in Kyoto.
Co-organized the 18th International Conference of International Humic Sucstances Society

2016(Kanazawa, September 11-16). Dr. KOSAKI Takashi was elected to be next IUSS
president. Participtaed at the IUSS International Conference (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,November 19-25).
Participated at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly (Vienna,Austria, April 23-28), the Global Soil Partnership (GSP) Plenary Assembly (Rome, Italy,

2017

June 20-22), the 14th ICOBTE (Zurich, Switzerland, July 16-22), the International Council
for Science (ICSU, Taipei, Taiwan, October 19-27), and the 13th ESAFS (Pattaya, Thailand,December 12-15). Invited Dr. Flavil A. O. Camargo (IUSS vise-president) to the annual
meeting in Sendai.
Participated at the EGU (European Geoscience Union Congress 4/8-13, Vienna, Austria),
ICSU (International Council for Science General Assembly 7/2-7 in Paris, France) and2018

WCSS (Aug. 12-17 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Dr. KOSAKI Takashi was inaugurated IUSSPresident.
Dr. Ratan Lal, past president of IUSS, received the 2019 Japan International Award (4/8).

2019ESAFS support office is established to enhance information dissemination. Participated at
IUGG (International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 7/26-31 in Paris, France) andESAFS (11/3-7 in Taipei). Sent Commission Chair/Vice Chair and Working Group Chair toIUSS Commission/WG meeting (2019/2～2020/3).

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Activity
Due to the impact of COVID-19, many international conferences were canceled, postponed,2020

or held online, and sending delegates from JSSSPN was canceled. IUSS President Dr.
KOSAKI received the International Soil Science Award. Dr. INUBUSHI Kazuyuki, former
president of JSSSPN, was elected as an honorary member of IUSS.

2021

Following FY2020, due to the impact of COVID-19, many international conferences werecanceled, postponed, or held online, and sending delegates from JSSSPN was canceled.