2017 Volume 25 Issue 2 Pages 49-58
The Japan Association of Simulation and Gaming was founded on January 21, 1989 to accept a letter to hold the 1991 general assembly of the International Association of Simulation and Gaming. Before then, research fields of simulation and gaming had been divided into each of specific domains and they had acted their own way without exchanging useful outcomes among them. Inviting ISAGA1991 to Kyoto was a great opportunity for Japanese researchers and practitioners to gather there to exchange professional and methodological issues, communication and cultural issues, environmental and developmental issues, and economical and business issues with the world. 12 years later, JASAG invited ISAGA 2003 to Chiba and it showed that JASAG was one of the leading associations in simulation and gaming. Another12 years later, JASAG hosted ISAGA2015 in Kyoto to contribute to simulation and gaming.
