Japanese Economic Association
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The Japanese Economic Association is the professional body of Japan
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s. The Japanese Economic Association is the largest, with more than 3,000 members, among academic economic associations in Japan. The Association is also one of the oldest, founded in 1934. The Association was reorganized as the Theoretical Economic Association and the Japanese Econometric Association. These two Associations were reunited as the Japan Association of Economics and Econometrics in 1968. The original name of the Association was restored in 1997. Its current president is Takenori Inoki. It publishes the Japanese Economic Review
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The Association created an official prize, the Nakahara Prize
, for the first time in 1995, named after its sponsor Nobuyuki Nakahara. The aim of the prize is honoring and encouraging young (under 45 years) economists to publish internationally well-recognized papers and books.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Economist
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
s. The Japanese Economic Association is the largest, with more than 3,000 members, among academic economic associations in Japan. The Association is also one of the oldest, founded in 1934. The Association was reorganized as the Theoretical Economic Association and the Japanese Econometric Association. These two Associations were reunited as the Japan Association of Economics and Econometrics in 1968. The original name of the Association was restored in 1997. Its current president is Takenori Inoki. It publishes the Japanese Economic Review
Japanese Economic Review
The Japanese Economic Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal of economics published since 1959 by the Japanese Economic Association. It was formerly called The Economic Studies Quarterly....
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The Association created an official prize, the Nakahara Prize
Nakahara Prize
The Nakahara Prize is an annual award given by the Japanese Economic Association to Japanese economists under the age of 45 whose work has gained international recognition. The prize was created in 1995, and named after its sponsor Nobuyuki Nakahara...
, for the first time in 1995, named after its sponsor Nobuyuki Nakahara. The aim of the prize is honoring and encouraging young (under 45 years) economists to publish internationally well-recognized papers and books.
Presidents of the Japanese Economic Association
- Ichiro NakayamaIchiro Nakayamawas a Japanese economist. He graduated from The Tokyo University of Commerce in 1926, and then studied under Joseph Schumpeter in Germany. He was a pioneer of mathematical economics in Japan. After serving as assistant at The Tokyo University of Commerce, he became an assistant professor in 1933,...
, 1968-1970 - Takuma Yasui, 1970-1971
- Fukukane Nikaido, 1978-1979
- Nobuo OkishioNobuo Okishiowas a Japanese Marxian economist and emeritus professor of Kobe University. In 1979, He was elected President of Japan Association of Economics and Econometrics, which is now Japanese Economic Association....
, 1979-1980 - Kenichi Miyazawa, 1981-1982
- Takashi Negishi, 1985-1986
- Syoujiro Fujino, 1986-1987
- Masahiro Tatemoto, 1987-1988
- Yoichi Shinkai, 1988-1989
- Hirofumi Uzawa, 1989-1990
- Shinji Moriguchi,1990-1991
- Akihiro Amano, 1992-1993
- Koichi Hamada, 1994-1995
- Masahiko Aoki, 1995-1996
- Keimei Kaizuka, 1996-1997
- Michio Hatanaka, 1997-1998
- Michihiro Oyama, 1998-1999
- Kotaro SuzumuraKotaro Suzumurais a Japanese economist and professor emeritus of Hitotsubashi University. He graduated from Hitotsubashi University in 1966. His research interests have included social choice theory and welfare economics.- Selected publications :...
, 1999-2000 - Kazuo Nishimura, 2000-2001
- Masahiro Okuno-Fujiwara, 2001-2002
- Hiroshi YoshikawaHiroshi Yoshikawais a Japanese economist and professor of University of Tokyo.Yoshikawa was born in Tokyo.He won the Nikkei Economic Book Award and the Suntory Award , the Economist Award and the Yomiuri-Yoshino Sakuzo Award .-References:...
, 2002-2003 - Tatsuo Hatta, 2003-2004
- Takatoshi ItoTakatoshi Itois a Japanese economist and professor of The University of Tokyo. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University in 1973 and from the Graduate School of Economics in the same institute in 1975. He earned a Ph.D from Harvard University in 1979...
, 2004-2005 - Toshiaki Tachibanaki, 2005-2006
- Kimio Morimune, 2006-2007
- Takenori Inoki, 2007-2008
- Makoto Yano, 2008-2009
- Masahisa FujitaMasahisa Fujitais a Japanese economist and professor at Kyoto university, who has studied regional science and Urban Economics and International Trade, Spatial Economy .Fujita majored in urban planning as an undergraduate at Kyoto University...
, 2009-2010 - Toshihiro Ihori, 2010-2011