History and Chronology



YearActivities
2020 45th Annual Meeting: Canceled due to COVID-19 infection
Date: May 16 – 17, 2020
Venue: Hamamatsucho Convention Hall
Chairperson: Yutaka Hattori

  • Change of President
    Masahiro Abe appointed as new president and Chiaki Nakaseko appointed as vice president
    Kazuhiro Murakami became Honorary Member, Takaaki Cho became Merit Member
2019 44th Annual Meeting
Date: May 11 – 12, 2019
Venue: WINK Aichi
Chairperson: Shinsuke Iida

  • Selection of the 6th JSM Research Award winners
  • Election of Executive Directors
    New Directors: Toshiki Ito, Shuji Ozawa, Junya Kuroda
2018 43rd Annual Meeting
Date: May 12 – 13, 2018
Venue: Tokyo Bay Makuhari feast & Conference
Chairperson: Chiaki Nakaseko

  • Selection of the 5th JSM Research Award winners
2017 42st Annual Meeting
Date: May 27 - 28, 2017
Venue: Japanese Red Cross College Nursing
Chairperson: Tadao Ishida
Theme: Development of Multiple Myeloma Research for the Cure and the Progress in the Treatment.

  • Selection of the 4th JSM Research Award winners
  • Election of Executive Directors
    New Directors: Hiroshi Handa, Shinsuke Iida
  • Hirokazu Murakami appointed as new president and Masahiro Abe as vice president
  • Revision of Articles of Incorporation, Revision of Committees
  • JSM English Website opened.
  • The logo mark of JSM selected. Designed by Atsuko Yamazaki.
  • Asian Myeloma Network 2019 was decided to be held
201641st Annual Meeting
Date: May 28―29, 2016
Venue: Tokushima Awagin Hall
Chairperson: Masahiro Abe
Theme: Progress in Understanding Myeloma Biology and Future Perspectives of Myeloma Treatment

  • Revision of Articles of Incorporation, Revision of Committees
  • Constitution of Regulations on Conflicts of Interest in Medical Research
  • Publication of 4th Edition of "Guideline for Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Myeloma" in August
201540th Annual Meeting
Date: May 16–17, 2015
Venue: Kumamoto Shintoshin Plaza
Chairperson: Hiroyuki Hata
Theme : Multiple myeloma: An aspect from Internal Medicine

  • Start of revision work for the 4th edition of "Guideline for Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Myeloma" (Editing Committee Chairperson: Eiichi Nagura, Editing Committee Vice Chairperson: Chihiro Shimazaki)
  • Selection of the 2nd JSM Research Award winners
  • Election of Executive Directors
    Takaaki Chou, Hirokazu Murakami, Chihiro Shimazaki, Hideki Asaoku, Hiroshi Kosugi, Tetsuyoshi Miwa, and Yutaka Hattori admitted (titles omitted)
201439th Annual Meeting
Date: May 17–18, 2014
Venue: Kakegawa Grand Hotel
Chairperson: Eiichi Nagura
Theme : The State of the Art in Multiple Myeloma

  • Election of Executive Directors: Masahiro Abe, Sadao Ishida, and Tomoaki Nakaseko elected as new directors
  • Hirokazu Murakami appointed as new president and Chihiro Shimazaki as vice president
  • Establishment of the JSM Research Award
  • Decision of further investigation for the study of asymptomatic myeloma
  • EuroFlow Workshop: Next generation Flow for MRD diagnostics in myeloma. (Held by IMF) at Japanese Red Cross Medical Center
    Representative: Dr. Kenshi Suzuki
201314th International Myeloma Workshop (IMW) 2013 in Kyoto
Date: April 3–7, 2013
Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center
Chairperson: Kazuyuki Shimizu

38th Annual Meeting
Venue: Nagoya Lucent Tower (Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture)
Chairperson: Kazuyuki Shimizu

  • Addition of new committee members
  • Discussion about cooperative research
  • Presentation by Dr. Shimizu "Key Messages from the IMW2013 Kyoto"
201237th Annual Meeting
Date: July 7–8, 2012
Venue: Kyoto Terrsa (Within Kyoto Citizen's Amenity Plaza)
Chairperson: Chihiro Shimazaki
Theme: Let's look at the basics and open the way to the future in myeloma practice

  • Revision of Articles of Incorporation,
  • Revision of Committee Structure
  • Publication of 3rd Edition of "Guideline for Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Myeloma
201136th Annual Meeting
Date: November 12–13, 2011
Venue: Tokyo Conference Center
Chairperson: Tetsuyoshi Miwa

  • Entity conversion from Japan Myeloma Study Group to the Japanese Society of Myeloma
201035th Annual Meeting
Date: November 20–21, 2010
Venue: Toyama International Conference Center
Chairperson: Takashi Yoshida
Theme: Promotion of Multi-Institutional Joint Research

  • Decision to hold IMW2013 (Kyoto)
  • Publication of "International Journal of Myeloma"
200934th Annual Meeting
Date: November 21–22, 2009
Venue: Niigata Convention Center
Chairperson: Takaaki Chou
Theme: Let us ride out the difficult situation by good team medical care!

  • Held with " Japan Myeloma Patients Society "
200833rd Annual Meeting
Date: November 15, 2008
Venue: Hiroshima University Department of Medicine Koujin Hall
Chairperson: Hideki Asaoku

  • The representative director was changed in Kazuyuki Shimizu from Kiyoshi Takatsuki.
  • Establishment of "Review committee of Cooperative study"
  • Publication of 2nd Edition of "Guideline for Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Myeloma"
200732nd Annual Meeting
Date: November 10, 2007
Venue: Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing, Hiroo Hall
Chairperson: Kenji Suzuki
Theme: Back to the basics. "Cure" is our final goal. -Review for the new protocol design-

  • Held 10th anniversary meeting of the "Japan Myeloma Patients Society" concurrently in the same venue
  • Establishment of the Steering Committee, the Committee of Cooperative study, and Committee of Revision of "Guideline for Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Myeloma"
200631st Annual Meeting
Date: November 11, 2006
Venue: Ikaho Onsen Hotel Tenbo
Chairperson: Hirokazu Murakami
Theme: For the Cure of Multiple Myeloma

  • Establishment of the "Kanou Fund" for research grants to support myeloma research.
200530th Annual Meeting
Date :November 12, 2005
Venue: Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Library
Chairperson: Masashi Taniwaki

  • Started publication of "the Myeloma Annual Report" detailing the progress in myeloma research.
  • Establishment of the selection committee for Horinouchi Prize, commissioned by the Japan Myeloma Patients Society.
200429th Annual Meeting
Date: November 13, 2004
Venue: Nagoya Trade & Industry Center
Chairperson: Kazuyuki Shimizu

  • Relocation of the secretariat office from National Center of Global Health and Medicine (Atsushi Togawa) to National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (Eiichi Nagura)
  • Publication of 1st Edition of "Guideline for Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Myeloma"
200328th Annual Meeting
Date: October 4, 2003
Venue: Royton Sapporo
Chairperson: Kouzou Imai

  • Held "public lecture"
200227th Annual Meeting
Date: November 16, 2002
Venue: Cross Wave Funabashi
Chairperson: Toshiyuki Takagi

  • Start the cooperative research "Treatment with thalidomide in myeloma patients".
200126th Annual Meeting
Date: October 27, 2001
Venue: Yamaguchi University Faculty of Medicine Soujin Hall
Chairperson: Michio Kouno

  • Publication of "Myeloma 2001"
200025th Annual Meeting
Date: November 18, 2000
Venue: National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Chairperson: Atsushi Togawa

  • The representative of the "Japan Myeloma Patients Society" attended the meeting.
199924th Annual Meeting
Date: November 20, 1999
Venue: Kyoto Park Hotel
Chairperson: Tadashi Kanou
199722nd Annual Meeting
Date: November 29, 1997
Venue: Toranomon Pastoral
Chairperson: Masafumi Kawato
199419th Annual Meeting
Venue: Okayama Plaza Hotel
Chairperson: Tatsuo Sezaki

  • Chairperson took turn holding the Annual Meeting from this year, and the meeting held at the location of chairperson's institutes.
199318th Annual Meeting
Venue: Tokyo Garden Palace Hotel
Chairperson: Kiyoshi Takatsuki

  • The representative director was changed in Kiyoshi Takatsuki from Yukio Imamura.
199217th Annual Meeting
Venue: Tokyo Garden Palace Hotel
Chairperson: Yukio Imamura
19858th Meeting of Japan Myeloma Study Group
Venue: The Capitol Hotel Tokyu
Chairperson: Yukio Imamura

  • Publication of Proceeding of Annual Meeting from this year.
19801st Meeting of Japan Myeloma Study Group
 Venue: Palace Hotel
 Chairperson: Yukio Imamura
1976J Japan Myeloma Study Group launched 
Representative director: Yukio Imamura
Directors: Kiyoshi Takatsuki, Takashi Isobe, Tatsuo Sezaki, Jun Tsuchiya, Tadashi Kanou, Chikara Mikuni, Akira Taniuchi, Atsushi Togawa, Masaaki Kosaka, etc.