Abstract
This article consists of four parts: (1) a brief history of ICP, (2) a brief history of IUPsyS, (3) the international visibility of psychological research in Japan, and (4) closing remarks with reference to the Yokohama ICP2016. The congress sites, countries, continents and the record of attendance of thirty ICPs for the period 1889-2012 are summarized and reviewed. The history of the organizing committees of ICP which have developed into IUPsyS is also summarized and reviewed. The Japanese Psychological Association (JPA), one of the 11 charter members of IUPsyS, has played an important role for IUPsyS, but the academic visibility of psychological research in Japan was found to be disproportionally low internationally relative to its contribution to IUPsyS and the high rate of attendance of Japanese psychologists at recent ICPs. Some suggestions for and expectations on the Yokohama ICP2016 were proposed.
