History of the Japan Society of Quality Assurance

1992 Feb Foundation of the JSQA by advocates of GLP-related works under the presidency of Dr. Yoshihito Ohmori
1995 Jun Establishment of the GCP Special Division
1996 Apr Start of a two-division structure consisting of the GLP and GCP Divisions
1996 Jun JSQA hosted the 12th International Congress of the International Society of Quality Assurance
1997 Jun Inauguration of Dr. Tomoji Yanagita as the president
2000 May Establishment of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the British Association of Research Quality Assurance (BARQA)
2000 Oct Establishment of MoU with the Society of Quality Assurance (SQA)
2001 Jan Introduction of the GLP-QAP (Quality Assurance Professional) registration program
2002 May Inauguration of Dr. Yoko Nakamura as the president
2002 Oct Establishment of three-party MoU with BARQA and SQA
2003 Oct 10th Anniversary General Meeting of JSQA
2005 Feb The 1st Global Quality Assurance Conference (Florida, US) was hosted by SQA with the collaboration of BARQA and JSQA
2005 Jul 10th Anniversary General Meeting of the GCP Division
2006 Apr Establishment of the GQP/GVP/GPSP Special Division
2007 May Inauguration of Dr. Akira Takanaka as the president
Start of a three-division structure consisting of the GLP, GCP and GQP/GVP/GPSP Divisions
2008 Oct The 2nd Global Quality Assurance Conference (Edinburgh, UK) was hosted by BARQA with the collaboration of SQA and JSQA
2010 Oct Establishment of MoU with the Chinese Society of Quality Assurance (CSQA)
2011 Nov The 3rd Global Quality Assurance Conference (Kyoto, Japan) was hosted by JSQA with the collaboration of SQA and BARQA
Establishment of MoU with the French Quality Assurance Society (SoFAQ)
Establishment of MoU with the Korean Society of Quality Assurance (KSQA)
Establishment of MoU with the Taiwan Society of Quality Assurance (TSQA)
2012 Mar 20th Anniversary General Meeting of JSQA
2012 Jun Inauguration of Dr. Tatsuo Kurokawa as the president
2012 Sep Establishment of MoU with the German Society for Good Research Practices (DGGF)
2013 Jul The 1st Asia QA Forum (Tokyo, Japan) was hosted by JSQA
2013 Sep Establishment of MoU with the Swedish Association of Research Quality Assurance (SARQA)
2014 Apr JSQA changed to General Incorporated association
2014 Apr The 4th Global Quality Assurance Conference (Las vegas, US) was hosted by SQA with the collaboration of BARQA and JSQA
2014 Jul Inauguration of Mr. Shuichi Kishida as the president
2015 Oct 20th Anniversary General Meeting of the GCP Division
2017 Mar Memorial Issue of 25th Anniversary of JSQA published
2017 Nov The 5th Global Quality Assurance Conference (Edinburgh, UK) was hosted by BARQA with the collaboration of SQA and JSQA
2018 Jun Inauguration of Dr. Yoshinobu Hirayama as the president