Welcome to Japanese Association for the Social Studies Homepage

Japanese Association for the Social Studies (JASS), founded in 1951, is a nation-wide association of measure promotion and dissemination of social studies education with the aim of research and development.
In this website, for those who have an interest in the activities of the Association, we introduce our research activities with a focus on national conference, the publication of the Association of artifacts and research journal. In addition, we hope your understanding widely in the activities of the Association, and your support for the development of social studies education.
And we wish the website to assist you with an interest in social studies education.

About JASS

2012 JASS Annual Conference
62nd JASS Annual Conference
September 29-30, 2012
Tokyo Gakugei UniversityMORE
“The Journal of Social Studies” Update
Latest Issue  : No.127, March 2016.
Next Issue    : No.128, September 2016.MORE
Current JASS Publications
Japanese Association for the Social Studies (ed.)
“Shinban Shakaika Kyouiku Jiten” (Encyclopedia of Social Studies Education. 2nd Ed.) (written in Japanese)
Gyosei Corp., 2012.MORE
  • Posted the table of contents of the latest "The Journal of the Social Studies" issue, no. 128. (16 Nov 2016)
  • Posted the table of contents of the latest "The Journal of the Social Studies" issue, no. 127. (2 Jun 2016)
  • Posted the table of contents of the latest "The Journal of the Social Studies" issue, no. 126. (8 Feb 2016)
  • Posted the table of contents of the latest "The Journal of the Social Studies" issue, no. 125. (26 Oct 2015)
  • Posted the table of contents of the latest "The Journal of the Social Studies" issue, no. 124. (26 May 2015)
  • Posted the table of contents of the latest "The Journal of the Social Studies" issue, no. 123. (7 Jan 2015)
  • Posted the table of contents of the latest "The Journal of the Social Studies" issue, no. 122. (23 Oct 2014)
  • Posted the table of contents of the latest "The Journal of the Social Studies" issue, no. 121. (8 May 2014)
  • Posted the table of contents of the latest "The Journal of the Social Studies" issue, no. 120. (15 Jan 2014)
  • Posted the table of contents of the latest "The Journal of the Social Studies" issue, no. 119. (22 Oct 2013)
  • Latest Encyclopedia of social studies is published now. (7 Jul 2012)
  • First notice for the 62nd JASS annual conference is annouced now. (27 Apr 2012)
  • JASS board of directors and committee (term 2012-2013) have been renewed. (27 Apr 2012)
  • The site has been renewed. (30 Mar 2012)
<JASS Headquarters>
Address:
Faculty of Human Sciences (Division of Education), University of Tsukuba,
1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, IBARAKI 305-8572 JAPAN
Phone & Fax: +81-29-853-6729, 6730, 6731
E-mail: jass.office@gmail.com