Introduction

The Japan Society of Clinical Chemistry has a history of over 50 years, which began with the holding of the first "Medicinal Chemistry Symposium" in 1961. However, our history actually goes back a little further to the holding of the first "Clinical Chemistry Analysis Discourse Meeting" a voluntary meeting of a study group in Tokyo in 1957. This was expanded to become a nationwide activity through the holding of summer and winter seminars. The name of the academic meeting was changed from “Medical Chemistry Symposium” to “Clinical Chemistry Symposium” in 1971. This organization later joined forces with the “Japan Clinical Chemistry Study Group, which was established for the publication of our journal, titled "Clinical Chemistry". The Japan Society of Clinical Chemistry was formed though the merging of the “Clinical Chemistry Analysis Discourse Meeting”, “Clinical Chemistry Symposium” and “Japan Clinical Chemistry Study Group”, in 1981.

The Japan Society of Clinical Chemistry was established for the purpose of promoting advances in clinical chemistry and related areas. Giving full consideration to research in the various specialized areas that constitute clinical chemistry, we aim to achieve information sharing that will bring about further organic integration so that, together, we can make an even greater contribution to medical care and medical science. In this regard, we established the company membership system in fiscal 2006 to strengthen cooperation with industry.