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HISTORY OF THE JAPAN BOOK PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION
History of the Japan Book Publishers Association
| 1957 Mar | JBPA is established (membership 307 publishers) |
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| 1957 Sep | Branches in Osaka and Kyoto opened |
| 1958 Mar | Launched Nihon Sogo Tosho Mokuroku (General Directory of Publishers in Japan) |
| 1958 Apr | Joined IPA (International Publishers Association) |
| 1958 May | Launched Shukan Dokushojin (The Readers Weekly) |
| 1959 Nov | The Executive Committee for the Book Reading Week Campaign is reorganised as the Japan Council for the Promotion of Book Reading |
| 1964 Mar | Shukan Dokushojin is spun off from JBPA and becomes Shukan Dokushojin Co., Ltd. |
| 1964 Nov | Commenced publishing rights consulting service |
| 1965 Apr | Authorised as an incorporated body by the Ministry of Education |
| 1966 Sep | Commenced accounting management consulting service for publishers |
| 1967 Nov | Published the 10 Year History of JBPA |
| 1968 Oct | Completed construction of the Japan Publishers Hall |
| 1968 Oct | Issued the Centennial Chronological Chart of Publications in Japan |
| 1976 May | Launched Korekara Deru Hon (List of Forthcoming Books) |
| 1976 May | Hosted the 20th Congress of the IPA (Kyoto,Tokyo) |
| 1977 Oct | Launched Nihon Shoseki Soumokuroku (Japanese Books in Print) |
| 1983 Aug | Launched Shuppan Koho (Publishing PR) |
| 1984 May | Staged the 1st Book Fair of Japan |
| 1986 Nov | Staged the 2nd Book Fair of Japan |
| 1987 Oct | Published the 30 Year History of JBPA |
| 1988 Nov | Staged the 3rd Tokyo Book Fair (renamed from "Book Fair of Japan") |
| 1990 Jul | Staged the '90 Tokyo Book Fair |
| 1990 Aug-Nov | Staged Japan Year at the Frankfurt Book fair |
| 1991 Sep | Established the Japan Reprographic Rights Center |
| 1992 Nov | Staged the '92 Tokyo International Book Fair |
| 1994 Jan | Staged the Tokyo International Book Fair '94 *Since then, stage annually |
| 1994 Jan | Established and joined the Asia Pacific Publishers Association (APPA) |
| 1996 Feb | Staged “A history of publishing industry for culture” Exhibition in Kyoto |
| 1997 Sep | Released our website “Books” |
| 1998 Jan | Hosted the 4th Copyright Symposium of the IPA |
| 1998 Oct | Issued the report concerning the flexible operation of the retail price maintenance system written by 4 associations linked to publishing industry. *Since then, issue annually |
| 1999 Apr | Hold the 4th copyright symposium with China |
| 2000 | The Year of Book Reading for Children |
| 2001 Mar | The government Fair Trade Commission declared the retail price maintenance system should be maintained for the time being |
| 2002 Feb | Implemented the program “Japan year ” in Taipei International Book Exhibition |
| 2003 Oct | Staged the thank-you sales on discount books over the internet *Since then, stage them twice a year in Spring and Autumn |
| 2003 Nov | Staged Salon du Livre et du la presse jeunesse 2004 "Japan Year" at France |
| 2004 Jun | The copyright law amendment to give the rental right of books and magazines |
| 2005 Jul | The Literary Culture Promotion Act was adopted and implemented, which determined Oct 27th is the Day of Literary Culture |
| 2009 May | Staged “Japan Year” at the Seoul International Book Fair 2009 |
| 2010 March | Staged “Japan Year” at the Bangkok International Book Fair 2010
JBPA membership stands at 461 publishers. |
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