News Buletinof the Union of Economic Associations in Japan No.54 2018

News Bulletin of the Union of National Economic Associations in Japan No.56 2020

Contents ○ Introductory Comments Ken’ichi ENATSU・・・・・・1 ○ On Publishing the 39th Issue of the English Information Bulletin Shinya SAKANO・・・・・・3 ○ International Conference Participation Report Hisanao TAKASE・・・・・・6 Mayuko NISHII・・・・・・9 Kazuhiro KUMO・・・・・・12 ○ Reports on the Use of Assistance for the Invitation and Stay in Japan of Foreign Scholars The Academic Association for Organizational Science・・・・・・17 Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management・・・・・・19 ○ Reports on the Use of Assistance for Academic Conference Expenses The Japan Society of Household Economics・・・・・・21 ○ List of Member Association Trustees・・・・・・23 ○ List of Union Directors・・・・・・25 ○ List of English Information Bulletin No.38 Editorial Committee Members・・・・・・25

Introductory Comments

Anticipating the Occasion of our 70th Anniversary Commemorative Project, “The Economics Forum: New Roles for Economic Studies in the 21st Century”

Ken’ichi ENATSU President

It is 2020, and two decades have accumulated substantial results in already passed in the 21st century. We response to the changing times. It seems remember how the millennium arrived that we should consider the implications just recently and realize the truth of the fact that academic economics is expressed in the Japanese proverb also facing a turning point. derived from Chinese poetry, “Time Established in 1950, The Union of flies as swiftly as an arrow.” National Economic Associations in The transition of world affairs Japan (hereafter to be abbreviated as during the past 20 years far surpasses ‘The Union’) celebrates its 70th the human experience in the last century, anniversary this year. It is symbolic that not only in quality and quantity but also we are also standing at the crossroads in speed and expansion. Such where we need to consider the structure, phenomena “transcending limitations” management, and other aspects of the currently proceed universally in politics, organization. economy, society, culture, and many ‘The Union’ up till now has strictly other areas, and we are facing new maintained its academic nature and the chaotic situations and problematic history and tradition accumulated by the issues that cannot be solved by the profound knowledge and efforts of its perspectives and methods we have numerous predecessors, and we should known. be proud of the remarkable On the other hand, we wonder if achievements by this approach. the study of economics, our field of However, is it proper that ‘The Union’ specialization and focus of constant remain this way in the next 10 or 20 research and education, has fully years, keeping its old ways and

1 rigorously maintaining its academic the member societies of ‘The Union’ nature? will maximize their joint knowledge I think that it is time for ‘The and synergy to create a convention Union’ to respond to meeting the where we can examine the “new roles demands of the social environment and for economic studies in the 21st century” world conditions, wake up to the new (the critical issues of economics, mission the study of economics must business administration, and commerce, accomplish, and restore itself as an including the role development and academic organization that can present cultivation of new researchers from a diverse policies that offer solutions to global perspective) as they plan and current issues such as SDGs prepare the “Economics Forum” on the (Sustainable Development Goals) and occasion celebrating the 70th ESG (Environment Social Governance). anniversary of founding ‘The Union’. I expect the 70th anniversary I sincerely appreciate the commemorative project to be an event understanding and cooperation of each that serves as a kickoff for this of our members in advance. transformation. I wish very much that

On the Publication of the 39th Issue, Information Bulletin of The Union of National Economic Associations in Japan

Shinya SAKANO (Waseda University) Chairman, Editorial Committee

We published the 39th issue of the Shoichiro Hosomi, Rika Kashiwagi, Information Bulletin of The Union of and Toshiyuki Masubuchi were elected National Economic Associations in as the Editorial Committee members. Japan in December 2019. The bulletin Likewise, Fumitaka Iwanami, Takashi included articles from 11 academic Yanagawa, Yoshinori Takahashi, societies, namely the Japan Academy Hisako Sekine, Hiroshi Saigo, Saeran of Business Administration, Japan Doh, Hiroaki Itakura, Hitoshi Oguma, Economic Policy Association, The Shoichiro Hosomi, Rika Kashiwagi, Japan Society of Transportation and Kazuko Goto were elected as the Economics, The Agricultural Authoring Committee members. (The Economics Society of Japan, Japan order of each Editorial and Authoring Statistical Society, Japan Society of Committee member follows the order Marketing and Distribution, Japan of their academic societies listed Association for Management Systems, above.) International Society of Collective We held two Editorial Committee Economy, The Japanese Association of meetings. Management Accounting, Japan In the first Editorial Committee Academy for Asian Market Economies, meeting held on February 4, 2019, we and Japan Association for Cultural first elected the committee members; Economics (Japan). then, we explained the editing From the respective academic schedule to be followed and the societies mentioned above, Fumitaka methods for distributing / transmission. Iwanami, Yasuhiro Tsukahara, It was agreed that the schedule for Katsumi Kojima, Kazuhiko Hotta, editing the 39th Issue will proceed in Shinya Sakano, Hiroaki Ishii, Kenya the same way as for the 38th issue. Murayama, Kazuyoshi Ueno, The Information Bulletin of The

Union of National Economic the bulletin and the method of Associations in Japan has been distribution (transmission). Further, published electronically since we we considered the academic societies stopped providing the distribution of for authoring the articles in the its printed version since the 35th Issue subsequent issue (40th Issue) and (published in December 2015), and it determined that we will ask the is currently available on The Union following 10 societies: Japan Society homepage and J-STAGE. For this of Monetary Economics, The Japanese reason, we added the following Society of Insurance Science, The indication to the “Authoring Japan Society of Political Economy, Guidelines” upon requesting the The Japan Section of the Regional Authoring Committee members for Science Association International, The their articles: “The International Japan Society for Social Science of Bulletin electronic version has made it Accounting, Japan Academy of possible to include not only text data International Business Studies, Japan but also photographs, journal covers, Society for Business Ethics Study, The and logo images of the academic Japanese Association of societies and conferences. Please Administrative Science, Japanese utilize these functions.” Association for Chinese Economy and The internet accesses to the Management Studies, and Accounting International Bulletin on the homepage History Association (Japan). of The Union of National Economic Then, the Secretariat proposed to Associations in Japan and J-STAGE renew the cover design of the 40th have been reported to the Editorial Issue to be published in December Committee and Board of Councilors. 2020 and to include articles about our The second Editorial Committee activities in recent years (the meeting was held on October 11, 2019. Academic Forum held 5 times already) At this meeting, we first reviewed on the occasion of the project for the the procedure for the final 70th anniversary of the founding of The proofreading of the manuscripts. Next, Union of National Economic we reported and confirmed the editing Associations in Japan. It was agreed schedule leading to the publication of that this issue will proceed according

4 to the consideration and examination Finally, I would like to express by the Board of Directors, Board of my appreciation to the respective Councilors, and Editorial Committee Editorial Committee and Authoring of the International Bulletin. Committee members, Paul Snowden The publication of the (Professor and Director of the Center manuscripts submitted to the for International Exchange, Kyorin International Bulletin by the authoring University) who helped us in the academic societies in their respective proofreading of the English academic journals will open the manuscript, the Secretary-General International Bulletin to a wide range Yoshiharu Kuwana who helped us with of audiences and presupposes its the editing, President Ken’ichi Enatsu, extensive recognition. We encourage and the administrative staff Yoshiko the authoring societies to actively Ishii in charge of the English version utilize these manuscripts by publishing for their dedicated support in them in their newsletters and annual publishing this issue of the reports, etc. International Bulletin.

International Conference Participation Report I

Labor and Employment Relations Association 71st Annual Meeting Participation Report

Hisanao TAKASE (Yasuda Women’s University) Japan Association for Social Policy Studies

The 71st Annual Meeting of the affairs, human resources administration, Labor and Employment Relations labor economics, labor laws, and public Association (LERA) was held at The policy sectors, corporate business Westin Cleveland Downtown, a administrators, and those affiliated to skyscraper hotel in Cleveland, Ohio, U. the labor unions in America. S. A., on June 13 through 16, 2019. I 475 participants gathered from 11 participated in the conference program countries for the 71st LERA meeting, for June 13 and 14, presenting in the according to the conference secretariat. joint session of LERA and Japan The occasion also turned out to be a Association for Social Policy Studies on place of communication and exchange June 14. between the participants from diverse According to the LERA homepage, backgrounds, including not only the it was established in 1947 as the academic researchers and professionals Industrial Relations Research who made research presentations but Association (IRRA). The organization also the representatives of labor unions, changed its official name to the Labor practitioners such as the corporate labor and Employment Relations Association administrators, and those involved in in 2005. The list of chairpersons since social movements. In fact, this diversity the IRRA days includes the famous is reflected in the list of the LERA researcher in labor affairs, John T. conference sponsors that include Ford Dunlop, who also served as the United Motor Company and UAW in addition States Secretary of Labor. Currently, to the academic research and higher LERA has more than 3000 members, education research organizations in and it is supported by mainly the labor and employment at Cornell, MIT, researchers in the employment, labor Rutgers, and UC Berkeley. The

6 following three sessions I participated about employment affairs in China, and in clearly represented the specific this presupposed the keen interest of the feature of the LERA conference. At the conference participants in the problems session called Featured Luncheon and issues of China. Plenary: Integrating People, Technology, Japan Association for Social and Operating Systems at Ford’s Policy Studies and LERA have been Cleveland Engine Plant held during making exchanges since 2014, and the lunchtime on June 13, the people from session held on June 14 at the Ford Motors and UAW introduced the conference this year was one of our labor affairs of the Ford engine factories initiatives. In this joint session under the in Cleveland. Another session held in topic, Problems of Long Working Hours the afternoon on the same day, called in Japan, I delivered one of the three Intersectionality and Carework: Effects presentations from the Japan side. of Multiple Marginalization on Labor Professor Ishii of Oita University Market Outcomes and Workplace reported on his research about this topic, Dynamics, involved discussions about focusing on the history, general process, care labor and the relationship with and status quo in a presentation titled, gender or ethnic / racial issues in Industrial Relations and Long Working America. The participants were Hours in Japan. Also, Professor Akira researchers and social activists for Suzuki of Ohara Institute for Social improving the status of care workers. In Research, Hosei University, presented the afternoon session held on June 14, his research on the Factors Behind called The ILO at the Century Mark: Occurrence of Karojisatsu (Suicide due Confronting 21st Century Challenges, to overwork), giving an overview of the the researchers and ILO related persons karoshi (Death from overwork) problem were discussing the past, present, and as a result of working long hours and future of the ILO policy making. making a comparative examination of One of my impressions at the two case studies at Dentsu, Inc. My own LERA conference was the large number research presentation reported on the of Chinese participants who were Abe Administration and “Work Style current residents at US universities. Reform” Laws. In my report, based on Apparently, the number of participants the discourses and policies of the were relatively high for the sessions ministers of Prime Minister Abe’s

7 administration, representatives of period about the critical issue of long management groups such as the Japan working hours in Japan at the session Business Federation (Keidanren) and this time. the Japan Association of Corporate My participation in the LERA Executives, representatives of the conference was a precious opportunity Japanese Trade Union Confederation to experience what it is like to make a (Rengo), the national center for trade research presentation in an international unions, and political parties such as the convention. In addition, I had multiple LDP, I focused on the process of chances for intellectual stimulation formulating the laws related to Work through joining various study sessions Style Reform (the process from the and making exchanges with the discussion to legislation at the Work researchers in America. I wish to Style Reform Realization Conference) express my sincere appreciation to those that led to the introduction of two at The Union of National Economic important systems in the Japanese labor Associations in Japan for providing my law history, namely, the upper limit transportation and accommodation fees system with penalties for overtime work in the form of support for researchers and the highly professional system. attending international conferences, and Janice Bellace of the University of to the members of Japan Association for Pennsylvania, former chairperson of Social Policy Studies in recommending LERA and labor law specialist, served me to receive the financial support to as the MC for this session. The attend the annual meeting of LERA. commentator for the research presentations was Elaine McCrate of The University of Vermont, the labor economics professional who had participated and presented in the Japan convention of Japan Association for Social Policy Studies. 15 participants exchanged ideas and held a question and answer

Photo: The session on the Japanese critical issue of working long hours

International Conference Participation Report II

2019 Global Fashion Management Conference Participation Report

Mayuko NISHII (Waseda University) Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution

With recommendation from the academic societies, and international Japan Society of Marketing and textile and apparel associations, mainly Distribution and financial support of from countries in Asia, Europe, and The Union of National Economic Oceania. This conference takes place Associations in Japan, I attended and every two years in the second half of reported on my research at the 2019 June and the month of July, and the Global Fashion Management venues for the 2017 conference was the Conference (GFMC) held in France University of Vienna in Austria, and the from July 11 to July 14, 2019. The 2015 conference was held at the convention site was the Republic University of Florence in Italy. Campus of ESCP Europe Business Participants from around the world, School located in Paris. The conference mainly Asia and Europe, attended this was hosted this year by ESCP Europe year’s conference and made individual and Korean Scholars of Marketing research presentations in the 51 session Science. tracks on the convention topic, “Fashion, GFMC is an international Culture and Design Management in conference held as part of the activities Sustainable Environment”. Of the 51 of GAMMA (Global Alliance of session tracks, approximately 20 were Marketing & Management about digital marketing. In addition to Associations), whose goal is to build a the individual presentations, there were social basis for global research and 4 symposia, namely, 1) B2B Innovative practical study of marketing and Digital Marketing Symposium, 2) 2019 management. The participants consist SIMktg - GAMMA Joint Symposium: of a wide range of researchers and Fashion Branding and Retailing in a practitioners from the research institutes, Sustainable Environment, 3) 2019

Global Culture Market Equity presentation titled, “Can Regulatory Symposium, 4) 2019 KAPPS - Focus Influence the Judgement of GAMMA Joint Symposium. The ‘These Suit Me!’? A Comparison Keynote Speech was given by Professor between Western and Eastern John Cadogan of Loughborough Consumers”. This consisted of some University and Chief Editor of output from the research conducted to International Marketing Review. (Cf. prove how the nature of fashion product Attached image) In the lecture, there evaluation can change according to was discussion between the speaker and control focus motivation. I did a the audience about the effective comparative study of consumers in approaches of research for building an Japan and Italy based on the even more substantial theory, based on presupposition that cultural differences the characteristics of the papers selected exist between the oriental and for publication in recent years. Further, occidental understanding of the the conference provided the opportunity relationship between fashion and to listen to the stories by the editors of 9 individual consumer identities. Since journals, such as the Journal of Business the floor audience included many Research, International Journal of participants from Asia, such as Koreans, Advertising, and Journal of Global and Europe, such as Italians, I was able Fashion Marketing, in the “Meet the to gain a lot of valuable comments that Editors” session. could lead to further development of my Another highlight was the fashion research from their respective views and show by 3 designers called “GAMMA ideas. Invited Fashion Show: Innovation and It was also rewarding to acquire Art in Modern Fashion” that added knowledge about the research based on passion and glamour to the convention. European social issues at the convention I was much stimulated by the 4-day held in Europe by listening to other conference with its extensive programs presentations of the same session, such beside my own research presentation. as those dealing with marketing In Session 7.5 that started at 10:20 strategies of fashion products upholding a.m. on July 13, Cross-cultural and the cultures of the ever-increasing International Marketing Track, I immigrants in Europe. reported on my research in a I am happy to mention that the

10 opportunity provided me with not only conference period. the chance to make a research Let me express my most sincere presentation but also other great appreciation to the support I received in benefits in promoting my research from the form of financial assistance from now on by enhanced exchange with The Union of National Economic many other researchers I met at Associations in Japan that gave me a lunchtime, during coffee breaks and in very precious experience this time. other occasions throughout the

Photo: Keynote speech by Professor John Cadogan

International Conference Participation Report III

Kazuhiro KUMO (Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University) Japan Association for Comparative Economic Studies

Receiving the much-appreciated Sciences. In Japan, the administrative support from The Union of National organization mainly consists of Economic Associations in Japan, I members from the Graduate School of attended the 35th “Japan-Russia Far East Language and Culture, Osaka Academic Symposium” held in University; Russian Department, Khabarovsk. Faculty of International Studies, Tenri The symposium was originally University; Graduate School and organized in 1984 for mainly the Faculty of Economics, Kyoto researchers and professional specialists University; and Center for Russian in Far Eastern Russia and the Japanese Research, Institute of Economic researchers, journalists, and industrial Research, Hitotsubashi University. This members interested in the relations symposium has taken place almost between Japan and the Far East region every year, alternating locations in of Russia (the Soviet Union). The Japan and Far Eastern Russia such as common issues of the symposium are to Osaka, Kyoto, Nakhodka, Vladivostok, discuss various problems involving the and Khabarovsk. status quo and international relations For those attending the symposium between Japan and Russia (the Soviet from overseas, both the Japanese and Union) and to promote further Russian administrators have arranged consideration about them. The Russian tours of the local governments (City of administrators include mainly the Osaka, City of Kyoto, Coastal Territory Institute for the History, Archaeology of Russia, Local Government of and Ethnology of the Peoples of the Far Khabarovsk, etc.) and visits to factories. East (Vladivostok), Institute of Pacific In recent years, we can say that this Geography (Vladivostok), and Institute theme has spread to the entire Asian Far of Economics (Khabarovsk) of the Far East as we acquired participants from East Branch of the Russian Academy of the institutions and researchers of 12

Northeast Asian related studies such as graduate student in the doctoral about China. Broadly speaking, the program, so I have been involved for approximate number of participants in more than 20 years. At first, I produced the symposium are between 80 and 100 the Japanese translations of the papers when the symposium is held in Japan. presented by the Russian side For the same symposium held in Russia, participants, but in 2000 and thereafter, 30 to 50 participants attend each I became the research presenter, panel location. Since the symposium is held at discussion member and panel two locations in Russia, namely coordinator. In 2018, we held the Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, the symposium in Osaka; therefore, in 2019 attending number of persons is about the symposium was to be held at a equal in both countries. location in Russia. The convention I have administered the program was as follows: symposium since 1997, when I was a

************** 35th Japan-Russia Far East Academic Symposium “Japan-Russia Cooperation in the face of Geopolitical and Economic Challenges in Northeast Asia and the Impact of Russian Far East Economic Development” Conference period: September 8 to September 11, 2019 Location: Cities of Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk-na-Amure, Vladivostok Host institutions: Institute of Economics, Institute of History, and Institute of Pacific Geography, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Joint host institutions: Osaka University of Economics and Law (Japan); National Academy of the Russian Presidential District, Soviet Union; City Office of Komsomolsk-na-Amure; Amur State University of Humanities and Pedagogy ------Khabarovsk, September 9, 2019 Greetings P.A. Minakir Member, Russian Academy of Sciences; Senior Researcher, Institute of Economics, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Wakio Fujimoto Former President, Osaka University of Economics and Law

1. Kazuhiro Kumo Professor, Hitotsubashi University "The possibility of grasping gender situations in Russia using micro data” Panel M. A. Glicko Academic Secretary, Institute of Economics, Far Discussion East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences ２. Taro Tokuoka President, Solid Corporation “Problematic issues in promoting trade between Japan and Russia” Panel M. G. Mazhitova Researcher, Institute of Economics, Far East Discussion Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences ３. Shigeki Hakamada Professor, University of Niigata Prefecture "The deadlock of peace negotiations and their background as seen from the Japanese side" Panel O. M. Rangen Deputy Director, Institute of Economics, Far East Discussion Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences ４. Katsumi Fujiwara Professor, Osaka University “Russian consumer society in the fashion industry” Panel S. N. Nikhon Senior Researcher, Institute of Economics, Far Discussion East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

I regret that my university migration analysis that treats the responsibilities urged me to leave the regional data, non-disclosed conference midway through the information source by the Russian program and return to Japan, so I was Federation Statistics Office, as a panel. not able to attend the latter part of the However, participation in this symposium, held in Komsomolsk-na- symposium was not limited to Amure and Vladivostok from economists, but it often included September 10 through 11, 2019. historians and sociologists. Therefore, it I am engaged in research on was not quite appropriate to report the analysis of demographic determinants results of quantitative studies. based on micro data of household In my presentation under the title, surveys conducted in Russia, and on “The possibility of grasping the gender interregional production factor situation in Russia using micro data”, I 14

not proceed to analyze causal relationships. Yet the narrative data in my presentation seemed to have provided some impact on the audience of the symposium by this time, and although my own research attempted to present the topic in a report was kept within the allotted 15 narrative style, describing the minutes as requested in advance, the acceptance and tolerance of social discussion and Q & A extended for over norms between genders by creating an hour. I would like to make a special aggregate values from sociological note of this and to apologize that as a survey data that are rarely used in result of the prolongation, all other Russia. It was shown that in countries research presentations in the panel were with former socialist governments, allowed less than 30 minutes’ time, including Russia, there is a strong respectively. willingness to accept the regulations and models regarding inter-gender domestic division of labor. Since these were repeated cross-section data that differed from household surveys, and the information related to individual characteristics was very limited, I did

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I have always thought that the extremely important. I would like to study of overseas economics becomes express my deep appreciation for The truly relevant when the output is Union of National Economic referred to by the researchers not only in Associations in Japan in providing the America and Europe but also the target financial support to attend the countries and regions of specific international conference and the Japan research. At the same time, I recognize Association for Comparative Economic that this kind of opportunity to present Studies in giving me their on the research in the target country is recommendation.

(Upper and lower images on the previous page: Photos of the symposium)

Report on the Use of Assistance for the Invitation and Stay in Japan of Foreign Scholars Ⅰ

Report on the Use of Support Funding for Overseas Scholar Invitation and Stay

Toru KIYOMIYA (Seinan Gakuin University) Acting Chairman, Conference Project Committee 60th Anniversary Convention 2020 The Academic Association for Organizational Science

Thank you very much for your generous financial support for the invitation and stay of an overseas scholar on the occasion of our annual convention to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Academic Association for Organizational Science. We held the 2-day annual convention from October 19 through October 20, 2019, at Seinan Gakuin University (Fukuoka City) under the general discussion topic, “The Social Nature of Organization”. We were able to invite on this special occasion Professor Kenneth J. Gergen, Professor Emeritus Keynote Lecture was presented in and Senior Researcher at Swarthmore English with myself as the MC in a truly College, also the President of The Taos rewarding 80-minute session including Institute, who delivered the Keynote the Question-and-Answer period. Lecture at the Chapel of Seinan Gakuin Professor Gergen is a renowned University. researcher in not only social psychology Titled “Social Construction and but also contributing greatly to the Organization: Theory and Practice”, the research of organizational studies in 17

Europe and America by his correlation and actuality, starting from development and dissemination of the the skeptical standpoint and “social construction” paradigm. Many introspection toward the “objective of the members of our society highly reality” based on existentialism. evaluated the lecture as a profound Further, he emphasized the importance opportunity worthy of celebrating our of “co-creation” in organizational 60th anniversary, and we received practices, commenting on the comments such as “It is almost a development of organizations by miracle to listen to Prof. Gergen’s live focusing on dialogue. Rather than talk in Japan.” simply having a lot of conversations, the In the lecture, the professor gave a concept of social construction suggests general introduction to the social making practical changes in construction paradigm outlining the organizational culture and initiating the fundamental principles. Since social reproduction and transformation of construction is an extensively human relations in the workplace that recognized perspective overseas but not can be realized through dialogues. yet widely promoted in Japan, this It was a very valuable keynote provided a good opportunity for the lecture for The Academic Association participants to understand his proposal for Organizational Science, and the about a new perspective of the world contents further enhanced the through social construction, that the qualitative research in terms of research “interesting but objective truths are not methodology. Please allow me once directly observable by humans, so they again to express my appreciation for the must be observed in another framework.” support we received from your His lecture presented to us the actual organization to realize the keynote “social reality” conceived by social lecture that made a great impact for us construction, especially the very at The Academic Association for important relationship between Organizational Science.

Report on the Use of Assistance for the Invitation and Stay in Japan of Foreign Scholars Ⅱ

Report on the Use of Support Funding for Overseas Scholar Invitation and Stay

Takahide KOSAKA (Nihon University) Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management

The 15th Conference of the case studies on Japanese corporate International Federation of East Asian business. The current member countries Management Association (IFEAMA) of IFEAMA are Japan, China, Korea, was held at Kyoto University from June Russia, Mongolia, Vietnam, and Nepal, 18 through June 19, 2019. For the and we are expecting more countries to occasion, we were able to invite join us in the near future. The Professor Dev Raj Adhikari (President, Conference is held biannually, rotating IFEAMA) of Tribhuvan University, the host country locations, and these Nepal, with the generous financial activities are remarkably attractive in support received from The Union of terms of gaining knowledge about the National Economic Associations in present conditions of Asian economics Japan. The IFEAMA Conference this and management for the Japan year was held with the cooperation of Scholarly Association for Asian related academic societies and Management and its members. universities (research institutes) in the Under the main topic, Innovation respective member countries, and the Management for the Sustainable and Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Inclusive Development in a Management bore the main Transforming Asia, the 15th Conference responsibility as the host country consisted of Keynote Speech I by administrators. We have established a Takahiro Fujimoto (Professor, The separate industrial study group at The University of Tokyo) presented on June Union chiefly conducting research with 18, and Keynote Speech II by Osamu individuals of the corporate sector in Nagayama (Chairman, Chugai multiple countries, mainly introducing Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.) delivered on 19

June 19. During the 2-day conference elected as the new President. Professor period, 86 presentations were made in Shioji is the former President of the the 29 Parallel Sessions. A total of 150 Japan Scholarly Association for Asian participants, including 90 from overseas, Management, and he served as the attended from the seven member Acting Committee Director of the 15th countries. Conference of IFEAMA. The duration Professor Dev Raj Adhikari of of his appointment will be two years. Tribhuvan University, whom we invited The 16th Conference of IFEAMA with the funding support from your (2021) will take place in Russia. We are union, served as the President of sincerely grateful for the cooperation IFEAMA but became the Post President provided by your union that made in the board meeting held this year at possible the success of this year’s Kyoto University, and Hiromi Shioji conference. (Professor, Kyoto University) was

Photo notes: Prof. Adhikari, second person from the left; Prof. Hiromi Shioji, third from the left

Report on Financial Support for Academic Society Meeting

Report on the 35th Research Conference of The Japan Society of Household Economics

Yasuko TAKEZAWA (Toyo University) Acting Chairperson 35th Research Conference of The Japan Society of Household Economics

The 35th Conference of The Japan critical issue to be discussed, the Society of Household Economics was panelists presented on their respective held on June 22 through June 23, 2019 research. Mr. Kitamura spoke about at the Hakusan Campus, Toyo “Looking at our daily lives from the University (Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo). The household account book”, Ms. total number of participants over the 2- Shigekawa told us about “What we can day conference was 159 (115 attended see from individual household account on Day 1, and 124 on Day 2). book analysis”, Mr. Takashima reported In the afternoon of Day 1, on about “An overview of household Saturday, June 22, we convened to account book references and discuss the common topic, “Looking at considering future research”, and Ms. Our Daily Lives from the Household Nagase discussed “The framework of Account Book”. With Mr. Hideto changes in the industrial structure, Azegami (Toyo Gakuen University) as women’s work and household the general MC and Ms. Kyoko Uemura accounting”. In response to the reports (Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University) as the by the 4 panelists, Mr. Osamu Saito chairperson, 4 panelists joined the (Member, The Academic Society of discussion, namely Mr. Yukinobu Japan; Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi Kitamura (Hitotsubashi University), Ms. University) made his comments, and Junko Shigekawa (Saitama University), there were many questions from the Mr. Masanori Takashima (Kwansei floor audience. Each panelist carefully Gakuin University), and Ms. Nobuko replied to the comments and questions, Nagase (Ochanomizu University). and the active discussion lasted Following the presentation of the approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes. 21

The participants showed a very high Oshitani (Rakuno Gakuen University), interest in the historical research of Katsura Maruyama (Seikei University), household account books that revealed Mr. Shigenori Kamata (Meijo the transition of our country’s living University), and Tamami Azuma standards. (Sugiyama Jogakuen University). Free topic research presentations Interesting reports and active and theme-based study sessions were discussions were made in both the free held in the morning of Day 2, on Sunday, topic presentations and theme-based June 23. The free topic presentations study sessions. consisted of 23 research reports in the 7 Finally, we sincerely express our sessions about “Regional economics”, appreciation for everyone involved that “Consumer behavior”, “Teaching made possible the successful finance”, “Financial economics”, implementation of this conference. “Labor”, “Social security 1” and With the increasing situation of tight “Social security 2”. The theme-based funding for The Japan Society of study sessions were held under the Household Economics, the financial common theme, “Considering our daily assistance we received from The Union lives in view of the new ‘asset-share of National Economic Associations in society’”, with statements by Mr. Takau Japan was a great help in administering Yoneyama (Tokyo Keizai University), this research meeting. Please allow us Ms. Kyoko Uemura (Tokyo Kasei once again to mention our appreciation Gakuin University), Mr. Hajime herein.

Member Association Trustees 2020.3.31

Japan Society of Monetary Economics Yoshio WATANABE Kazuhiko YAGO

The Japanese Society for the History of Economic Thought Masahiro KAWAMATA Daisuke ARIE The Japan Society of Public Utility Economics Akihiro NAKAMURA Satoru HASHIMOTO Socio-Economic History Society Shigehiko IOKU Masato SHIZUME

The Political Economy and Economic History Society Tetsuji OKAZAKI Yasuo KAWAI The Japan Accounting Association Koji ISHIUCHI Hidetsugu UMEHARA Japan Academy of Business Administration Takashi SAKIKAWA Zenkai INOUE

Japan Economic Policy Association Kohei KOMAMURA Yasuhiro TSUKAHARA The Japan Society of Transportation Economics Katsumi KOJIMA Yoshinori TAKAHASHI The Japan Institute of Public Finance Motohiro SATO Satoshi SEKIGUCHI

The Japan Statistical Society Hiroshi SAIGO Shinya SAKANO The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan Hitoshi KUSAKARI Hisako SEKINE The Japan Society of International Economics Tomohiko INUI Yasuyuki TODO

Japan Society for Commodity Science Shuji OHIRA Shin OSERA The Society for the Study of Social Policy Toru KUMAZAWA Atsushi HYODO The Japanese Society of Insurance Science Kazuyoshi HOTTA Hiroshi SUZAKI

Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution Hiroshi KUMAKURA Sangchul CHOI The Japan Association of Economic Geographers Koji KATOH Shuichi NAKAGAWA Japan Association for Asian Studies Tomoo MARUKAWA Kazushi SHIMIZU

Japan Society of Political Economy Mitsugu YONEDA Hideto AKASHI Japan Business Communication Association Yoichi SATO Takashi MASUYAMA Japan Society of Business Mathematics Katsushige SAWAKI Isao USUI

Business History Society of Japan Shin HASEGAWA Sachio IMAKUBO

Japan Academy for International Trade and Business Toshihiko SINOHARA

The Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International

Hidehiko KANEGAE Hiroyuki SHIBUSAWA The Population Association of Japan Kouhei WADA Natsumi ARATAME The Japan Association for Comparative Economic Studies Fumikazu SUGIURA Yasushi NAKAMURA

The Academic Association for Organizational Science Kenshi YAMAKURA Junjiro SHINTAKU Japan Society of Human Resource Management Mitsuhide SHIRAKI Atsushi YASHIRO The Society of Economic Sociology Teruya ODA Chikako MORI

Japan Finance Association Kotaro INOUE Hitoshi TAKEHARA Japan Academy for Consumption Economy Takehiko YASUDA Yasuyuki SASAKI Japanese Association for International Accounting Studies

Noriyuki KONISHI Yasunori MATSUI

Nippon Urban Management and Local Government Research Association

Keiichiro SUENAGA Kazuyoshi OKU

Japan Port Economics Association Hideki YOSHIOKA Toshio ONDA Nippon Academy of Management Yasuhiro OGURA Shigeo KATO The Academy of Management Philosophy Hiroshi OTSUKI Hiroko NAGANO

Japan Risk Management Society Kazuo UEDA Katsuyuki KAMEI Japan Logistics Society Mitsumasa NAKA Eiichiro IWAO

Japan Association for the Comparative Studies of Management

Yuri KIMURA Ichiro IWASAKI Japan Academy of Management Saburo OTA Keiichi HASEGAWA The Society for Industrial Studies, Japan Akira YAMASAKI YUAN Zhijia

Japan Association for Management Systems Shogo SHIODE Hiroshi YAMASHITA 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 Kazuki UCHINO Yoshiaki JINNAI Japan Society of Logistics and Shipping Economics Koichiro TEZUKA Katsuhiko HAYASHI The Japanese Association of Management Accounting Masami MOTOHASHI Akimichi AOKI

The Society for the History of Management Theories Yasuharu TANZAWA Takeshi MATSUDA Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management Takahide KOSAKA Shizuko KATO Japan Academy of International Business Studies Kenichi ENATSU Yoshiharu KUWANA

Japan Society for Business Ethics Sairan HAYAMA Hironori KAWAGUCHI Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics Takeshi IKEDA Hiroyasu UEMURA Japan Academy of Labor and Management Hiroyuki KUNISHIMA Kota SHIMAUCHI

The Japanese Association of Administrative Science Yasuaki KIDO Yasuo HOSHINO

The Accounting and Economic Association of Japan Hisashi MORI Japan Academy for Asian Market Economics Mamoru KOBAYASHI Yoshihito TAKAHASHI

The Japan Society of Household Economics Nobuyoshi YAMORI Yoshihiro ASAI

Japan Association for Cultural Economics Kazuko GOTO

Japanese Association for Chinese Economy and Management Studies

Fumio MAKINO Renping HAO Academy of Multinational Enterprises Shigeto MOROKAMI Hiroo TAKAHASHI Transcultural Management Society Hideshi SAWAKI Yoshinobu NAKAMURA

Accounting History Association, Japan Hiroaki TAKEBE Masayoshi NOGUCHI The Japan Association for regional Economic Studies Mitsuo YAMAKAWA Hironobu ODA

Directors of the Union Chairperson of the Board of Directors Kenichi ENATSU (Japan Academy of International Business Studies) Members of the Board of Directors Tetsuji OKAZAKI (The Political Economy and Economic History Society) Koji ISHIUCHI (Japan Accounting Association) Fumitaka IWANAMI (Japan Academy of business Administration) Motohiro SATO（Japan Institute of Public Finance） Mitsuhiko TSURUTA (Japan Society of Political Economy) Junjiro SHINTAKU (Academic Association for Organizational Science) Yasuhiro OGURA (Nippon Academy of Management) Shizuko KATO (Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management) Takahide KOSAKA (Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management) Secretary General Yoshiharu KUWANA (Japan Academy of International Business Studies) Auditor Saburo OTA (Japan Academy of Management) Hideki YOSHIOKA (The Japan Port Economics Association) Emeritus Osamu NISHIZAWA Toshio KIKUCHI

English Information Bulletin No.39 Editorial Committee Members

Chairman Shinya SAKANO (The Japan Statistical Society) Members Kazuhiko HOTTA (The Agricultural Economics Society of Japan) Rika KASHIWAGI (Japan Academy for Asian Market Economics) Fumitaka IWANAMI (Japan Academy of business Administration) Kazuyoshi UENO (CIRIEC Japan) Toshiyuki MASUBUCHI (Japan Association for Cultural Economics) Yasuhiro TSUKAHARA (Japan Economic Policy Association) Shoichiro HOSOMI (The Japanese Association of Management Accounting) Kenya MURAYAMA (Japan Association for Management Systems) Hiroaki ISHII (Japan Society of Marketing and Distribution) Katsumi KOJIMA (The Japan Society of Transportation Economics)

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