Brief History Licensing Executives Society Japan

Introduction I Officers and Committees I Brief History

Past Presidents

	1972-74	Mitsuya Okano
	1975	Morey Matsumoto
	1976-78	Mrs. Michiko Ariga*
	1979-80	Shozo Saotome*
	1981	Toshio Kobayashi
	1982-83	Toshio Fujimoto
	1984-85	Koichi Ono*
	1986	Keishi Namikawa
	1987-89	Akira Mifune
	1990-91	Yoshiro Takahashi
	1992-93	Masashige Ohba
	1994-95	Hisanori Tanaka
	1996-97	Gen Iseki
	1998-99	Kazunori Yamagami
	2000-01	Masataka Hashimoto
	2002-03	Chikao Fukuda
	2004-05	Kenichi Nakano
		*: deceased

Brief History of LES JAPAN

	1971	Patent Licensing Study Group as a nucleus of LES Japan was established with 8 members in July.
	1972	LES Japan is founded as an authorized body with 14 members on July 1. International LES Conference Tokyo '72, September 26 & 27.
	1973	LES Japan joins LES International at its establishment.
	1975	LES International Symposium Tokyo '75, May 12-14. Membership passed the 100 mark.
	1977	Mr. M. Okano was elected as the President of LES International. LES International Symposium Tokyo '77, November 14-16.
	1978	LES Japan Summer Symposium was started near Mt. Fuji.
	1982	10th Anniversary of LES Japan & 5th Summer Symposium in Karuizawa.
	1983	International Delegates Meeting and LES International Seminar, November 6-8.
	1985	Mrs. M. Ariga was elected as the President of LES International. LES International Conference & Delegates Meeting '85, May 29 & 30. Membership passed the 200 mark.
	1987	1987 15th Anniversary Summer Symposium inKiso-Fukushima.
	1989	Mrs. M. Ariga received the Gold Medal from LESI.
	1991	1991 Membership passed the 300 mark.
	1992	Dr. A. Mifune was the President of LES International. LESI Expanded Executive Committee Meeting, Tokyo, January 24-26. 20th Anniversary Summer Symposium inNagasaki.
	1994	Membership passed the 400 mark.
	1996	"Winds from Japan," an English LESJ newsletter, started.
	1997	Joint Symposium in Xian, China (June). 25th Anniversary Summer Symposium at Hakodate-Ohnuma, Hokkaido.
	1998	Organization Committee for 2002 Osaka Conference started.
	1999	Membership passed the 500 mark. Joint Symposium in Malaysia (June).
	2000	Membership was 544 at the end of June.
	2002	LESI International Conference was held April in Osaka. About 700 participants representing 47 countries and including 257 from Japan.
	2003	Dr. Akira Mifune received the Gold Medal from LESI in Oslo. The Train the Trainer Session was held December in Tokyo. Membership marked 600 by the year end.