The Japanese Economic Association (JEA) is the professional body of Japanese economists. The Japanese Economic Association is the largest, with more than 3,000 members, among academic economic associations in Japan. The Association is also one of the oldest, founded in 1934. The Association was reorganized as the Theoretical Economic Association and the Japanese Econometric Association. These two Associations were reunited as the Japan Association of Economics and Econometrics in 1968. The original name of the Association was restored in 1997. Its current president is Hideshi Itoh. It publishes the Japanese Economic Review. The Association created an official prize, the Nakahara Prize, for the first time in 1995, named after its sponsor Nobuyuki Nakahara. The aim of the prize is honoring and encouraging young (under 45 years) economists to publish internationally-recognised researches. Founding members Founding members of JEA included Yasuma Takada, Ichiro Nakayama, Shinzo Koizumi, and Seiichiro Takahashi. Past and current presidents Ichiro Nakayama, 1968-1970 Takuma Yasui, 1970-1971 Fukukane Nikaido, 1978-1979 Nobuo Okishio, 1979-1980 Kenichi Miyazawa, 1981-1982 Takashi Negishi, 1985-1986 Syoujiro Fujino, 1986-1987 Masahiro Tatemoto, 1987-1988 Yoichi Shinkai, 1988-1989 Hirofumi Uzawa, 1989-1990 Shinji Moriguchi, 1990-1991 Akihiro Amano, 1992-1993 Koichi Hamada, 1994-1995 Masahiko Aoki, 1995-1996 Keimei Kaizuka, 1996-1997 Michio Hatanaka, 1997-1998 Michihiro Oyama, 1998-1999 Kotaro Suzumura, 1999-2000 Kazuo Nishimura, 2000-2001 Masahiro Okuno-Fujiwara, 2001-2002 Hiroshi Yoshikawa, 2002-2003 Tatsuo Hatta, 2003-2004 Takatoshi Ito, 2004-2005 Toshiaki Tachibanaki, 2005-2006 Kimio Morimune, 2006-2007 Takenori Inoki, 2007-2008 Makoto Yano, 2008-2009 Masahisa Fujita, 2009-2010 Toshihiro Ihori, 2010-2011 Kazuo Ueda, 2011-2012 Yoshio Higuchi, 2012-2013 Yuzo Honda, 2013-2014 Akira Okada, 2014-2015 Kazuo Mino, 2015-2016 Akihiko Matsui, 2016-2017 Michihiro Kandori, 2017-2018 Fumio Hayashi, 2018- 2019 Hidehiko Ichimura, 2019- 2020 Fumio Ohtake, 2020-2021 Masao Ogaki, 2021-May 28,2022 Hideshi Itoh, May 28,2022–present References External links Homepage 1934 establishments in Japan Business and finance professional associations Economics societies Professional associations based in Japan Organizations established in 1934