From 1998 until 2003, semiannual meetings were held: the two-day Fall meeting and the one-day Spring meeting. Since 2004, however, the Spring meeting has been upgraded to a two-day meeting because of substantial increase in participants. Thus, we now have semiannual two-day meetings both in fall and spring. Here we report the semiannual meetings for 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 in addition to the Spring meeting of 2004.

2000 Semiannual Meetings

The 2000 Spring meeting was held at Yokohama City University on May 13. The chairpersons of the organizing committee and the program committee were Masuyuki NISHIJIMA (Yokohama City University) and Ryuhei WAKASUGI (Yokohama National University), respectively. In the regular sessions, 120 papers were presented altogether.

The 2000 Fall meeting was held at Osaka Prefecture University on September 16 and 17. The chairpersons of the organizing committee and the program committee were Terukazu SURUGA (Osaka Prefecture University) and Toshihiro IHORI (University of Tokyo), respectively. In the regular sessions, 192 papers were presented altogether. The titles of the panel discussions were "Assessing Economic Research and Economic Education" and "The Japanese Economy in the 21st Century – How to Cope with Declining Fertility.” Kazuo NISHIMURA (Kyoto University) delivered the presidential address under the title: ”Equilibrium Growth and Nonlinear Dynamics in the Continuous Time Models.” There were three invited papers whose titles were “K-Asymptotics Associated with Deterministic Trends in the Integrated and Near –Integrated Processes,” “Non-paternalistic Altruism and Utility Interdependence” and “Intergovernmental Transfers, Governance Structure and Fiscal Decentralization.”

2001 Semiannual Meetings

The 2001 Spring meeting was held at Hiroshima Shudo University on May 13. The chairpersons of the organizing committee and the program committee were Tsutomu TOKIMASA (Hiroshima Shudo University) and Kazuo MINO (Kobe University), respectively. In the regular sessions, 114 papers were presented altogether.

The 2001 Fall meeting was held at Hitotsubashi University on October 7 and 8. The chairpersons of the organizing committee and the program committee were Akira YAMAZAKI (Hitotsubashi University) and Keijiro OTSUKA (Tokyo Metropolitan University), respectively. In the regular sessions, 212 papers were presented altogether. The titles of the panel discussions were "Inequality in Japan" and "Price Theoretic Approaches in Economics: Rivalry an Symbiotism,” and “Regional Currency Areas.” Masahiro OKUNO-FUJIWARA (University of Tokyo) delivered the presidential address under the title: ”Social Relations and Endogenous Culture.” There were three invited papers, whose titles were “Corporate Restructuring in Japan: Part I. Can M-Form Organization Manage Diverse Businesses?”, “The Nature of the Corporate Firm: Its Legal Structure and Economic Functions,” and “Sunspot Fluctuations in Asset Prices and Business Cycles in Japan over 1986-1999.”

2002 Semiannual Meetings

The 2002 Spring meeting was held at Otaru University of Commerce on June 15. The chairpersons of the organizing committee and the program committee were Kenji YAMAMOTO (Otaru University of Commerce) and Shiro YABUSHITA (Waseda University), respectively. In the regular sessions, 151 papers were presented altogether.

The 2002 Fall meeting was held at Hiroshima University on October 13 and 14. The chairpersons of the organizing committee and the program committee were Koichi MAEKAWA (Hiroshima University) and Yoshiyasu ONO (Osaka University), respectively. In the regular sessions, 218 papers were presented altogether. The titles of the panel discussions were "Practical Problems in Economics Education" and "Structural Reform – Where Is the Japanese Economy Heading?” Hiroshi YOSHIKAWA (University of Tokyo) delivered the presidential address under the title: ”On the Role of Demand in Macroeconomics.” There were three invited papers, whose titles were “Habit Formation and the Transfer Paradox,” “Currency Crises and the Role of IMF,” and “Ways to Prevent Strategic Misrepresentation in Social Decision Making.”

2003 Semiannual Meetings

The 2003 Spring meeting was held at Oita University on June 14. The chairpersons of the organizing committee and the program committee were Fukuo IGARASHI (Oita University) and Fumio OTAKE (Osaka University), respectively. In the regular sessions, 162 papers were presented altogether.

The 2003 Fall meeting was held at Meiji University on October 12 and 13. The chairpersons of the organizing committee and the program committee were Jokichi SATOMI (Meiji University) and Kikuo IWATA (Gakushuin University), respectively. In the regular sessions, 247 papers were presented altogether. The titles of the panel discussions were " Global Simultaneous Deflation and Macroeconomic Policy,” and “Economics Education and University Reform.” Tatsuo HATTA (University of Tokyo) delivered the presidential address under the title: ”Practical Applicability of the Theory of Optimum Taxation.” There were three invited papers, whose titles were “Monetary Policy under Deflation and Zero Interest Rates,” “Regionalism and the World Free Trade: An Application of the Theory of Coalition/Network Formation,” and “Who Supports Redistribution?”

2004 Semiannual Meetings

The 2004 Spring meeting was held at Meiji Gakuin University on June 12 and 13. The chairpersons of the organizing committee and the program committee were Koichi Mashiyama (Meiji Gakuin University) and Makoto SAITO (Hitotsubashi University), respectively. In the regular sessions, 203 papers ware presented altogether.

The 2004 Fall meeting was held at Okayama University on September 25 and 26.