Congresses
The 62nd Congress of the Business History Society of Japan
August 29-30, 2026, Hosei University, Tokyo
TBA
Past international congresses/sessions
2024 The 60th Congress of the Business History Society of Japan (Call for Papers; website)
2022 The 58th Congress of the Business History Society of Japan (Call for Papers)
2021 2nd World Congress of Business History, “Business History in a Changing World”, Sep. 9-11, Online. (website)
2018 Merging methods and approaches: history, social science and business historians, Sep. 29-30, Kyoto University. (website)
Past plenary sessions (selected)
2025 Industrial business history in Saitama
2024 New methodologies and approaches in business history
2023 Industrial heritage and business history
2022 Dialogue between business history and business leaders
2021 Financial history of “Gosho”(magnificent merchants)
2020 How business history describes society
2019 The modern entrepreneur group from Keio University: The relationship between educational background and career path
2018 Situating business history: Going beyond national, disciplinary, and methodological boundaries
2017 Local companies in global market: The case of the Fukui prefecture
2016 Comparative studies on general electrical manufacturers in Japan, Germany, and the United States
2015 The evolution on railway technology in East Asia
2014 New horizons in business history
2013 Marketing and manufacturers in business history
2012 The impact of the financial system change on corporate management after the World War II
2011 From local to global
2010 Entrepreneurship in the frontier region