About us：JSAAM

1 Our mission

We aim to contribute to the welfare of humanity and healthy development of society by collaborating and deepening friendships with scholars in and out of Japan and promoting the research and spread of Asian business and management through academic exchange in science, technology and industry focusing on the field of business administration with the people of Asia.

2 Our History and Vision

The Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management (JSAAM) was established on 1 October 1993. A year earlier, in September 1992, the first International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM) conference was held at the Keio Plaza Hotel in Tokyo, where participants from Japan, China, Russia and South Korea got together and discussed the possibility of establishing a federation of East Asian academic societies in the field of Business Administration. The following year, the International Federation of East Asian Management Associations (IFEAMA) was founded consisting of the above 4 countries and Mongolia. At the same time, a Japanese organization as an alliance of these Associations was established, which was our association, JSAAM.
IFEAMA was established with aims to promote the research and application of business administration in East Asia as well as to contribute to the industrial development and advancement of management practices in East Asia (Statute Article 2), while our goals were as specified above (Bylaws Article 2).
This spirit is still cherished and being passed on to our present members. In the preface of the proceedings of our first conference, Prof. NOGUCHI Tasuku, chairman of the preparatory committee (and the first president of JSAAM) said, “This joint project, the achievements of which are to be fed back to their respective countries and embodied in the advancement of business management and economic development of each country, is a groundbreaking event.” Our activities focus not only on Asian research in Japan but also on executing our operations by collaborating with scholars from various countries.

3 Our Activities

Our four main activities are as follows:
(1) Holding a conference once a year
(2) Holding chapter (eastern Japan and western Japan) meetings once a year separately
(3) Issuing the Journal of Asian Management Studies once a year
(4) Participating in the IFEAMA conference once every 2 years

Our annual conference consists of a unified topic session, open topic sessions, a commemorative lecture, etc.
Past unified topics are as follows:
1st Conference: Role of Japanese companies in Asia
2nd Conference: Corporate management and international division of labor in Asia
3rd Conference: Strategies of Japanese, American and European companies in Asia
4th Conference: Intercorporate networks in Asia
5th Conference: Asian societies and corporate management at crossroads
6th Conference: The Asian economic crisis and corporate management
7th Conference: Structural reform of Asian economies in the 21st century and corporate management issues
8th Conference: Dawn of the 21st century and corporate management issues in Asia
9th Conference: Globalization and international division of labor in Asia
10th Conference: Asian corporate management and diversity and integration of Asian economies
11th Conference: Global competitiveness and corporate governance of Asian companies
12th Conference: Development of the East Asian economic zone and corporate management issues
13th Conference: Structural changes of Asian economies and corporate strategy issues
14th Conference: Asian Competitiveness―Cluster, Network and Innovation―
15th Conference: Globalization in Asia and new stage of corporate management
16th Conference: The Asian market in a global recession and corporate management
17th Conference: Asian corporate management in a new age of crisis and growth
18th Conference: Companies in Kyoto and their expansion in Asia
19th Conference: Competition and symbiosis in Asia
20th Conference: ICT industries in Asia in a mobile age
21st Conference: Expansion of medium and small-sized companies into Asia
22nd Conference: Growth strategies of service industries in Asia
23rd Conference: Relocation of Japanese manufacturers within Asia
24th Conference: Creation of industries in Asia and new stage of innovation
25th Conference: Power shift in Asia?―New stage of intercorporate relations in emerging countries―
26th Conference: The fourth industrial revolution in Asia and corporate management issues and outlook
27th Conference: (An online conference with no unified topic was carried out due to the COVID-19
                          pandemic.)
28th Conference: The Enlargement of Asian Consumption Markets and the Way for Japanese Companies to
                          Win their Business Opportunities

Sectional meetings are held in eastern and western Japan for the convenience of participants, but members can attend either meeting.
The Journal of Asian Management Studies is issued once a year. It mainly consists of papers presented as unified and open topics at our conference, but other papers are also accepted.
IFEAMA is held every other year at member countries, in which many JSAAM members participate.

4 Our Membership

As of September 2021, membership is at about 310. Members are not only from universities and research institutions but also from the business community.
At the general assembly of September 2014, it was decided to admit special members from overseas, which is an undertaking in line with our objectives, 20 years into our inception. Many of them return to their own countries or another country after studying at Japanese graduate schools and other research institutions. This conforms with our founding vision that these members continue to have relations with our Association and thrive in their respective positions.

5 Our Organization

Our organization consists of the following board members:
（1）Directors: maximum 20 (including 1 president and 6 executive directors)
（2）Councilors: maximum 40
（3）Auditors: 2
（4）Secretaries: maximum 5
The president shall represent our Association and preside over all of our affairs. The executive directors shall assist the president and take over the affairs which they are in charge of. The board of directors shall decide on essential matters of the Association. The board of councilors shall promote our activities and deliberate on our affairs. The auditors shall audit our financial statements. The secretaries shall constitute the secretariat.
We shall also hold a general assembly once a year and vote on the approval of activity plans and budget, approval of activity reports and settlement of accounts as well as changes in the Association bylaws and other matters.
Various committees and sectional meetings shall be organized, whenever necessary.
According to our bylaws, the following honorary chairpersons have been appointed.

NAKATA Masaki (Honorary Professor, Ritsumeikan University)
OHNISHI Katsuaki (Honorary Professor, Senshu University)
HASHIMOTO Teruhiko (Honorary Professor, Ritsumeikan University)
UETAKE Akihisa (Honorary Professor, Keio University)
SHIOJI Hiromi (Honorary Professor,Kyoto University)
KOSAKA Takahide (Honorary Professor,Nihon University)

6 Our Past Presidents

October 1993-October 2000 NOGUCHI Tasuku (Keio University)
October 2000-October 2003 NAKATA Masaki (Ritsumeikan University)
October 2003-September 2006 OHNISHI Katsuaki (Senshu University)
September 2006-September 2009 HASHIMOTO Teruhiko (Ritsumeikan University)
September 2009-September 2012 UETAKE Akihisa (Keio University)
September 2012-September 2015 SHIOJI Hiromi (Kyoto University)
September 2015-September 2018 KOSAKA Takahide (Nihon University)
September 2018-September 2021 UEDA Yoshiaki (University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences)
September 2021-　　　　　　　　  YANAGIMACHI Isao (Keio University)

7 Our Affiliations

In addition to IFEAMA, JSAAM belongs to the Japan Federation of Management related Academies (JFMRA) and the Union of National Economic Association in Japan (UNEAJ). We are also certified as a cooperative science and research body of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ).