Messages to the World from
Japanese Sociological and Social Welfare Studies Societies
Japan Consortium for Sociological Societies
CONTENTS
Preface
YOSHIHARA Naoki, President, Japan Consortium for
Sociological Societies
Acknowledgment
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Introduction: Activities of Japanese
Sociologists and Social Welfare Researchers and Their Messages
to the World
SHOJI Kokichi, Editor in Chief,
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Part I: Japanese Sociology:
Birth, Spread and Bilateral Communications
From a Sociology of Japanese
Uniqueness to a Sociology of a Transnational World: Towards
the Second Century of Sociology in Japan
Japan Sociological Society
Contemporary Social Changes from the
Perspective of the Sociological Society of West Japan: The
Society’s Message to the World
Sociological Society of West
Japan
Striving to Disseminate Research
from the Stricken Regions: The Tohoku Sociological
Association’s Message to the World
Tohoku
Sociological Association
Sociology from 1.17 to 3.11: Tension
between Theory and Reality
Kansai Sociological Association
Hokkaido Sociological Association’s
Message to the World
Hokkaido Sociological Association
The Kantoh Sociological Society: Its
History and Perspectives
Kantoh Sociological Society
Message to the World from the
Stricken Area: Tohoku Sociological Society
Tohoku Sociological Society
International Academic Exchange in
the Era of Globalization: Beyond Academic Exchanges between
Japan and France
La Societe Japono-Francaise de
Sociologie
The Challenge and Distress from East Asia: Message from the
Japan-China Sociological Society
Japan-China Sociological Society
Part II: Mass Communication
Studies and Socio-Informatics in Postwar Social Changes
Activities and Future Outlook of the
Japan Society for Studies in Journalism and Mass Communication
Japan Society
for Studies in Journalism and Mass Communication
Seeking a New Paradigm for Sciences,
Social Sciences and Humanities: A Message to the World from
the Society of Socio-Informatics
Society of Socio-Informatics
Part III: Social Welfare, Health
and Medical Care Studies in Postwar Social Changes
Social Welfare Policy and Social
Work in Responding to the Needs of an Aging Society with a
Falling Birth Rate: A Message to the World from the Japanese
Society for the Study of Social Welfare
Japanese
Society for the Study of Social Welfare
The Great Expansion of Health & Medical Sociology in
Japan: Past, Present, and Future
Japanese Society of Health and
Medical Sociology
The Development of Social Welfare
and the Role of the Japanese Society for Historical Studies of
Social Welfare
Japanese Society for
Historical Studies of Social Welfare
Research into the Health and Welfare
that Underpin Social Life: From the Quarter-Century History
and Future Prospects of the Japanese Society for the Study of
Nursing and Social Work
Japanese Society for the Study
of Nursing and Social Work
A Challenge of Japan’s Welfare Society: Message to the World
from the Japan Welfare Sociology Association
Japan Welfare Sociology
Association
Part IV: Villages, Regions,
Cities and Major Social Phases in and after the Rapid
Economic Growth
Message to the World from Rural
Studies in Japan: Evolving Agenda and Lessons for the Future
Japanese Association for Rural
Studies
Searching for the Theories and
Realities of Urban and Rural Sciences in Japan: a Message to
World Sociologists from Japan Association of Regional and
Community Studies
Japan Association of Regional and
Community Studies
Lessons to Global Urbanization from Modern Japan’s Problematic
Experiences: Message to the World from the Japan Association
for Urban Sociology
Japan Association for Urban
Sociology
Historical Overview of the Study of Discriminated Minorities
in Japan
Japanese Association of Sociology
for Human Liberation
Past, Present and Future of Research on Social Problems in
Japan: A Message to the World from the Japanese Association of
Social Problems
Japanese Association of Social
Problems
Thinking about the Aftermath of
3.11: The Challenge for Japanese Labor Sociology
Japanese Association of Labor
Sociology
Message to Sociologists Around the World from the Japan
Society of Sport Sociology
Japan Society of Sport Sociology
Following Changes and Consistency of Japanese Families:
Message to World Sociologists from the Japan Society of Family
Sociology
Japan Society of Family Sociology
Environmental Sociology in Japan: An Overview of the Japanese
Experience in the Aftermath of “3.11”
Japanese
Association for Environmental Sociology
Part V: Historical Reflections on
and Theoretical Investigations of Japanese and World
Sociology
Confronting Three Kinds of
Reflexivity in Sociology in Japan: Message to the World
Japan Association for the Study
on the History of Sociology
Accumulating Analyses of the Present State of Society: Message
to the World from Japan Sociological Association for Social
Analysis
Japan Sociological Association
for Social Analysis
The Japanese Association for Mathematical Sociology: History,
Current Situation, and Challenges
Japanese Association for
Mathematical Sociology
Past, Present, and Future of Studies in Japanese Sociological
Theory: Challenges of the Society for Sociological Theory in
Japan
Society for Sociological Theory
in Japan
Postscript
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“Messages to the World”