The Japanese Society for the History of Chemistry (Kagakushi Gakkai) was founded in December 1973. It aims to foster interest in the history of chemistry and chemical technologies and to promote scholarly research in the field. The society has over 300 members, including historians, chemists, chemical engineers, and high-school teachers. It holds an annual meeting, a summer school of the history of chemistry, and occasional special symposiums.
The society publishes a quarterly journal, Kagakushi Kenkyu (The Journal of the Japanese Society for the History of Chemistry), or the abridged title Kagakushi. The journal carries articles, notes, book reviews, and news on all aspects of the history of chemistry and related fields. As of March 2010, 130 issues have been published (See the cumulative table of contents). Annual membership, which includes a subscription to Kagakushi, costs ¥7,000 (¥3,000 for students).
President: Tetsuya Kameyama
Vice president: Yasu Furukawa
Treasurer: Masanori Kaji
Editor in Chief: Hideyuki Yoshimoto
Editorial Board:
Yasu Furukawa, Masanori Kaji, Noriyuki Kinjo, Toshiya Kohno, Sayaka Oki, Hiroaki Tanaka, Masao Uchida, Akira Yoshida.
Office: Masanori Kaji
Tokyo Institute of Technology,
Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Unit for
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
W9-79, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
Phone: +81-3-5734-2270; Fax : +81-3-5734-2844
Editorial Office of Kagakushi: Hideyuki Yoshimoto
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
3-11-1 Asahi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8534, Japan
Overseas Distributor of Kagakushi: Maruzen Co. Ltd.
P.O.Box 5050, Tokyo International, Tokyo 100-3199, Japan