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Brief History

May 16, 1941
An application for the establishment of our predecessor, the Toa Society of Transportation, was submitted.
June 16, 1941
Permission to establish the Society was granted.
December 8, 1941
Inaugural meeting of the Toa Society of Transportation
February 5, 1946
An application for the modification of the Articles of Endowment was submitted.
March 25, 1946
Modification of the Articles of Endowment was granted.
(The organization was renamed “The Japan Society of Transportation Economics” and re-inaugurated as a private organization without juridical personality.)
May 14, 1946
The Institute of Transportation Economics was inaugurated (following the completion of registration formalities on May 13, 1946)
July 1, 1947
Inauguration of the journal “Monthly Report on Transportation Research” (renamed “Transportation and Economics” in July 1948.)
August 1, 2011
With the reform of the system for public interest corporation, the reorganization into a general incorporated foundation was requested.
March 21, 2012
The reorganization into a general incorporated foundation was permitted.
April 1, 2012
The Institute of Transportation Economics was reorganized into a general incorporated foundation (following the completion of registration formalities.)
May 14, 2016
The 70th anniversary of the foundation