History
- 1954
- Japanese Society for the Study of Social Welfare inaugural meeting was held on May 9 at the Osaka City Educational Center.
First president: Kyoji Shinomiya Members: 196
The 1st Annual Conference of Japanese Society for the Study of Social Welfare was held.
- 1960
- Published "Journal of Social Welfare"
- 1973
- Officially certified as an academic institution of the Science Council of Japan
- 1978
- Mr. Masaru Osawa, Board of Directors became a member of the Science Council of Japan.
Released "Society News" No. 1
- 1980
- Published "Journal of Social Welfare" Volume 21 (biannually from this volume)
- 1993
- Number of members exceeds 2,000
- 1997
- "Public Symposium" was held four times in 1997-1998.
Published "Report of the International Cooperation in Social Welfare"
Published "Japanese Journal of Social Services"
- 1999
- Published "Seminar: Summary of post-war social welfare and the outlook for the 21st Century,ⅠSummary and the Outlook"
Society website launched
- 2002
- Signed the "Memorandum on the promotion of cooperative research on social welfare" between Japan and Korea
- 2003
- Published "Journal of Social Welfare", Volume 44 (three times a year from this volume)
Established the "Japanese Society for the Study of Social Welfare Award"
Published "50 Years of Social Welfare Studies"
- 2004
- Developed "Ethical guidelines for research of Japanese Society for the Study of Social Welfare"
- 2006
- "Policy and Theory Forum" was held seven times in 2006-2008.
"Journal of Social Welfare" Volume 47 (quarterly from this volume)
Number of members exceeds 5,000
- 2007
- Participated in the Japan Consortium for sociological societies
Participated in the Union of Japanese social welfare studies
- 2008
- "Japanese Society for the Study of Social Welfare Forum" was held six times in 2008-2011
Participated in Social Policy Related Societies
- 2009
- "Journal of Social Welfare" consigned CiNii to be the electronic archives
- 2010
- Japanese Society for the Study of Social Welfare became legal personality.
National Convention was held twice a year, Fall and Spring
Published electric mail newsletter