Outline

Development since foundation

After the Eugenic Protection Law passed the second Diet of 1948, Associations for Maternal Welfare were formed in each prefecture one after another. In the following April of 1949, Japan Association for Maternal Welfare (JAMW) was established with doctors licensed under the Eugenic Protection Law from all over Japan, in order to protect the maternal welfare and the eugenic well-being of the Japanese people. Dr. Yasaburo Taniguchi, member of the House of Councillors at that time, assumed the post of president.

Since then, JAMW has continued to strive to promote eugenic protection activities, and was authorized as a corporate body in August 1952.
When Dr. Taniguchi met with an untimely death in 1963, Dr. Yutaka Moriyama, who was professor at Tokyo University then, became the president. Dr. Moriyama passed away in November 1988. The third president(01Apr1989-28Dec2006) was Dr. Shouichi Sakamoto. Dr. Toshihiko Terao has served as the 4th president(01Apr2007-) up to the present.

In May 1994, the organization's name was changed from Japan Association for Maternal Welfare to Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (JAOG).
On September 26, 1996, the Eugenic Protection Law was amended as the Motherhood Protection Law.
In 1998, the articles of the association were partially revised with the purport of changing the associationﾕs aim and the details of its activities. This revision contributed to clarify the course of the activities.

Nationwide organization and members

Branches were established in all prefectures, and each branch was further divided into regional branches according to administrative division. As mentioned above, the members were originally doctors licensed under the Eugenic Protection Law from throughout the country. However, the board of representatives revised the articles of the association in 1965 so as to make it an organization for all medical specialists of obstetrics and gynecology, embracing doctors licensed under the Eugenic Protection Law (changed to doctors licensed under the Motherhood Protection Law from 1996).

Today, not only people related to health care but also people in many different fields, such as administration, science and the news media, attach great importance to JAOG. They regard it, along with Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, as ﾒassociations of medical specialistsﾓ that promote the enhancement of national welfare through safeguarding maternal and infantile health, and women's health.

Current activities

At the present, the associationﾕs business matters are carried out under the presidency of Dr. Sakamoto with three vice-presidents, thirteen executive directors, twenty-three directors, and sixteen managers. Sixty-nine representatives elected from each prefecture branch make up the board of representatives, which is the resolution-making organ administered by a chairperson and a vice-chairperson. Three inspectors inspect the associationﾕs business matters.

JAOG actively pushes forward the various activities it is pursuing in close contact and cooperation with other related organizations, particularly maintaining close collaboration with Japan Medical Association, and Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The main purpose of JAOGﾕs activities is to contribute to the national welfare by protecting the life and health of both the mother and child, as well as maintaining and improving womenﾕs health. The direct and indirect reinforcement of JAOGﾕs organization, medical business management, and improving the welfare of the entire membership all contribute to this aim. For that purpose, JAOG is divided into nine departments and two divisions, such as the General Affairs Department, to conduct its current business matters.

The following is a summary of the latest activities:

  1. Motherhood protection measures
  2. Maternal and infantile health measures
  3. Womenﾕs health measures
  4. Middle-age and elderly womenﾕs measures
  5. Gynecological cancer measures
  6. Promoting sex education
  7. Congenital defect measures
  8. Promoting Ogyaa Donation
  9. Reinforcing the organization
  10. Academic research by the members
  11. Promoting lifetime training
  12. Duty doctor measures
  13. Rationalizing and expanding measures for obstetrics and gynecology medical services
  14. Tax matters measures
  15. Contacting other related organizations
  16. Promoting international cooperation and others

There are various committees to improve working efficiency.

Furthermore, JAOG has led the Ogyaa Donation campaign for seriously mentally and physically disabled children since 1964. Grants and research funds have been distributed to numerous facilities and research institutions throughout Japan.

As stated above, JAOG constantly endeavors to improve the welfare and health of the mother and child all over the country.

List of departments and related committees (1999)

  1. 1) General Affairs Department
    A) general affairs ------ Central Obstetrics and Gynecology Health Care Reinforcement Committee
    B) legislation / ethics ------ Legislation Examination Committee / Ethics Committee
  2. Accounting Department ------ Budget Account Settlement Committee
  3. Academic Training Department ------ Training Committee
  4. Medical Dispute Measures Department ------ Medical Accident Measures Committee
  5. Health Care Measures Department
    A) health care measures ------ Health Care Measures Committee
    B) obstetrics nursing ------ Obstetrics Nursing Committee
  6. Duty Doctor Department ------ Duty Doctor Committee
  7. Social Insurance Department ------ Social Insurance Committee
  8. Public Relations Department ------ Public Relations Committee
  9. Women's Health Department
    A) maternal and infantile health ------ Maternal and Infantile Health Committee
    B) congenital defect ------ Congenital Defect Committee
    C) cancer measures ------ Cancer Measures Committee
    D) preventive medicine / nursing ------ Committee for Preventive Medicine / Nursing
  10. Central Information Division ------ Information Processing Examination Committee
  11. Donation-related Liaison Division ------ Donation Committee

Present Status

Headquarters: 14 Hachiman-cho,Ichigaya,Shinjuku-ku,Tokyo Japan 162-0844
Tel: +81-(3) 3269-4739
Fax: +81-(3) 3269-4730
Web site: http://www.japg.or.jp/
E-mail: jimu@jaog.or.jp

Officers

President:
Toshihiko Terao
Vice-President:
Katsuyuki Kinoshita
Shigetaka Kobayashi
Hideo Takemura
Executive Directors:
Tomoko Adachi
Isamu Ishiwata
Takashi Katase
Takeo Kanou
Naoki Kamiya
Kiyoshi Kamei
Masakiyo Kawabata
Kazuhiro Shirasu
Mitsuaki Suzuki
Masanobu Tanaka
Kazuya Chitose
Akihito Nakai
Fumiki Hirahara
Ryoichirou Miyazaki
Yoshiyuki Rikitake
Board of Directors:40
Members:
About 13,000 Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Prefecture Branches: 47
Collaboration:
Japan Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Japan Medical Association
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