Past Presidents
- 1972-74
- Mitsuya Okano
- 1975
- Morey Matsumoto
- 1976-78
- Mrs. Michiko Ariga
- 1979-80
- Shozo Saotome
- 1981
- Toshio Kobayashi
- 1982-83
- Toshio Fujimoto
- 1984-85
- Koichi Ono
- 1986
- Keishi Namikawa
- 1987-89
- Akira Mifune
- 1990-91
- Yoshiro Takahashi
- 1992-93
- Masashige Ohba
- 1994-95
- Hisanori Tanaka
- 1996-97
- Gen Iseki
- 1998-99
- Kazunori Yamagami
- 2000-01
- Masataka Hashimoto
- 2002-03
- Chikao Fukuda
- 2004-05
- Kenichi Nakano
- 2006-07
- Kiyohide Okamoto
- 2008-09
- Masau Takayanagi
- 2010-11
- Jyunichi Yamazaki
- 2012-13
- Katsumi Harashima
- 2014-15
- Ichiro Nakatomi
- 2016-17
- Junko Sugimura
- 2018-19
- Makoto Ogino
- 2020-21
- Hiroki Saito
Brief History of LES JAPAN
- 1971
- Patent Licensing Study Group as a nucleus of LES Japan was established with 8 members in July.
- 1972
- LES Japan is founded as an authorized body with 14 members on July 1. International LES Conference Tokyo '72, September 26 & 27.
- 1973
- LES Japan joins LES International at its establishment.
- 1975
- LES International Symposium Tokyo '75, May 12-14.
Membership passed the 100 mark.
- 1977
- Mr. M. Okano was elected as the President of LES International.
LES International Symposium Tokyo '77, November 14-16.
- 1978
- LES Japan Summer Symposium was started near Mt. Fuji.
- 1982
- 10th Anniversary of LES Japan & 5th Summer Symposium in Karuizawa.
- 1983
- International Delegates Meeting and LES International Seminar, November 6-8.
- 1985
- Mrs. M. Ariga was elected as the President of LES International.
LES International Conference & Delegates Meeting '85, May 29 & 30.
Membership passed the 200 mark.
- 1987
- 1987 15th Anniversary Summer Symposium inKiso-Fukushima.
- 1989
- Mrs. M. Ariga received the Gold Medal from LESI.
- 1991
- 1991 Membership passed the 300 mark.
- 1992
- Dr. A. Mifune was the President of LES International.
LESI Expanded Executive Committee Meeting, Tokyo, January 24-26.
20th Anniversary Summer Symposium inNagasaki.
- 1994
- Membership passed the 400 mark.
- 1996
- "Winds from Japan," an English LESJ newsletter, started.
- 1997
- Joint Symposium in Xian, China (June).
25th Anniversary Summer Symposium at Hakodate-Ohnuma, Hokkaido.
- 1998
- Organization Committee for 2002 Osaka Conference started.
- 1999
- Membership passed the 500 mark.
Joint Symposium in Malaysia (June).
- 2000
- Membership was 544 at the end of June.
- 2002
- LES International Conference was held April in Osaka. About 700 participants representing 47 countries and including 257 from Japan.
- 2003
- Dr. Akira Mifune received the Gold Medal from LESI in Oslo. The Train the Trainer Session was held December in Tokyo. Membership marked 600 by the year end.
- 2007
- Mr. C. Fukuda was elected as the President of LES International.
- 2012
- LES Asia Pacific Regional Conference was held in Tokyo on September 3rd and 4th,2012.
LES Japan Student Business Plan Competition was held in Tokyo on September 3rd, 2012 (at the same venue as the Asia Pacific Regional Conference).
- 2016
- Mr. I. Nakatomi was elected as the Vice President of LES International.
- 2019
- LES International Conference was held in Yokohama from May 26th to 28th, 2019.
- 2022
- Mr. I. Nakatomi was elected as the President of LES International.
