| Jun.,1949 | Held the inaugural meeting at the Theatre Museum of Waseda University, with 128 members |
| Jul.,1949 | Elected KAWATAKE Shigetoshi as the first chairperson at the first board meeting |
| 1950 |
Published the first issue of the Society's scholarly journal (Three issues were published between 1950 and 1952.) |
| Oct.,1953 |
Held the inaugural meeting at the Kansai Branch of Kyoto University Elected YAMAMOTO Shûji as the first branch chief |
| 1957 | First published the Annals of the Japanese Society for Theatre Research |
| May.,1961 | Published the requests regarding the crisis of Kabuki |
| Jan.,1962 | Published the requests regarding the preservation of Bunraku |
| Nov.,1963 | Published the report regarding "farming village stages" of Hyogo Prefecture and the report of "Kabuki stages" of Kobe City |
| Dec.,1967 | Elected SHUZUI Kenji as the second chairperson at the board meeting following the death of chairperson KAWATAKE Shigetoshi |
| Mar.,1968 | Decided to establish the Kawatake Award of the Japanese Society for Theatre Research (The award was called the "Kawatake Incentive Award" until 1973.) |
| 1975 | Established the Modern Japanese Theatre History Working Group, the sectional meeting of the Society |
| Nov.,1977 | Elected Yasuo Suga as the second branch chief of the Kansai Branch |
| May.,1984 | Elected ENDÔ Shingo as the third chairperson at the general meeting |
| 1985 | Established two sectional meetings: the Working Group of Theatre and the Education and Working Group of Kabuki (TheWorking Group of Kabuki was dissolved in 1987.) |
| May,1987 | Published the requests regarding the promotion of the "Education by Theatre" |
| May,1988 |
Elected KURAHASHI Ken as the fourth chairperson at the general meeting Established the Comparative Theatre Working Group, a sectional meeting Became the registered working group of the Science Council of Japan The group first belonged to the First Section Language and Literature Liaison Committee and then to the Art Studies Liaison Committee Currently belongs to the Association of the Art-Related Societies |
| Jun,1990 |
Elected KAWATAKE Toshio as the fifth chairperson at the general meeting Established the Japanese Modern and Contemporary Drama Wroking Group, a sectional meeting of the Kansai Branch (The name was changed to Modern and Contemporary Theatre Working Group in 1998.) |
| Apr,1996 | Elected MÔRI Mitsuya as the sixth chairperson at the general meeting |
| 1997 | Launched the official website of the Society (located on the official website of Tamagawa University) |
| Apr.,1998 | Elected KONDÔ Kôichi as the third branch chief of the Kansai Branch at the Branch's executive meeting |
| May.,1999 |
Revised the "Bylaws of Japanese Society for Theatre Research" and he "Bylaws of Electing the Members of the Board of Directors and Chairmen" (effective January 1st 2000) Published Record of the Society for Theatre Research 1949-1999, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Society Changed the name of the Society's scholarly journal The Journal of the Japanese Society for Theatre Research to Theatre Studies:Journal of Japanese Society for Theatre Research The change took effect on and after the 37th issue. The Kansai Branch issued YAMAMOTO Shùji's Study. |
| May.,2000 | Elected GONDÔ Yoshikazu as the fourth branch chief of the Kansai Branch at the branch's executive meeting |
| 2001 | Initiated the Theatre Education Project, Working Group (dissolved in 2004) |
| Sep.,2002 |
Transferred the official website of the Society to the Information Transmission Services of the National Institute of Informatics |
| Dec.,2002 |
The Kansai Branch decided to dissolve its branch at the general meeting (It was officially dissolved at the end of March 2003.) The Society's Annual Conference decided to hold annual meetings |
| 2003 | Entrusted its operations to the Business Center for Academic Societies of Japan |
| Oct.,2004 | Transferred its operations back to the Society's secretarial division due to the bankruptcy of the Business Center for Academic Societies of Japan |
| Jun.,2005 | Made additions to the bylaws regarding fellow members and organizational members of the Japanese Society for Theatre Research |
| Jun.,2006 |
Elected AMANO Fumio as the seventh chairperson at the general meeting Entrusted the Society's operations to the Academic Society Assistance Center Joined the Association of Art-Related Societies due to the dissolution of the Art Studies Liaison Committee of the Science Council of Japan |
| Jul.,2006 | Renewed the design of Japanese Society for Theatre Research Bulletin, with No.68 |
| 2007 |
Made Theatre Studies: Journal of Japanese Society for Theatre Research biannual, starting with No.46 As of December, 2010, 630 members, including fellow members |
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