Left to right: John Krummel (chair, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, IAJP president), Richard Stone (Hokkaido University), Dennis Stromback (Temple University), Jonathan McKinney (University of Cincinnati), Steve Bein (University of Dayton), Maki Sato (University of Tokyo), James McRae (Westminster College), Zhang Ligeng (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), and Ralf Müller (Hildesheim University).
Victor Forte (Albright College), Steve Bein (University of Dayton), John Krummel (chair, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, IAJP president), and Ralf Müller (Hildesheim University):
The International Association of Japanese Philosophy is very happy with the turnout and success of our sessions at the World Congress of Philosophy held in Beijing, China, this past week. We had eight sessions, all very well attended. We are also proud to announce that the IAJP has been accepted as a member of Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie (International Federation of Philosophical Societies) (FISP), which sponsors the World Congress. This means that we will most certainly be participating in the next World Congress in Melbourne, Australia in 2023.
Our 2nd international IAJP conference held at Taipei, Taiwan, July 27-28, 2017, was a huge success with participants from all over the world: