History
- 1954
- Inaugural meeting on May 9 at the Osaka City Educational Center
First president: Kyoji Shinomiya Members: 196
1st Annual Conference
- 1960
- Launching the Journal of Social Welfare
- 1973
- Official certification as an academic institution in the Science Council of Japan
- 1978
- Board Member Masaru Osawa became a member of the Science Council of Japan
Launching the newsletter Society News
- 1980
- Journal of Social Welfare published twice a year since Volume 21
- 1993
- Number of members exceeds 2,000
- 1997
- Public Symposium held four times in 1997-1998
Publishing of the Report on International Cooperation in Social Welfare
Launching of the English language Japanese Journal of Social Services
- 1999
- Publishing of the report Seminar: Summary on post-war social welfare and outlooks for the 21st century - Volume I: Summary and Outlooks
Launching of the society website
- 2002
- Signing of a Memorandum on the Promotion of Cooperative Research on Social Welfare between Korea and Japan
- 2003
- Journal of Social Welfare published three times a year since Volume 44
Establishing the Japanese Society for the Study of Social Welfare Award
Publishing of 50 Years of Social Welfare Studies
- 2004
- Adapting the Japanese Society for the Study of Social Welfare Ethical Guidelines for Research
- 2006
- Policy and Theory Forum held seven times in 2006-2008.
Journal of Social Welfare published quarterly since Volume 47
Number of members exceeds 5,000
- 2007
- Participation in the Japan Consortium for Sociological Societies
Participation in the Japanese Association of Social Welfare Academic Societies
- 2008
- Japanese Society for the Study of Social Welfare Forum held six times in 2008-2011
Participation in the Council of Academies for Social Policies
- 2009
- CiNii contracted for electric archival of the Journal of Social Welfare
- 2010
- Acquisition of legal personality (General Incorporated Association)
National Convention to be held twice a year (Autumn and Spring)
Launching of the e-newsletter