Activities

Credentialing

Since 2008 the JMS has developed a certification system to authorize clinicians and medical professionals in this field with advanced skills and specialized knowledge.

Scientific meetings

Scientific meeting is held annually.
Upcoming events
Utsunomiya, Nov 9-10, 2024:
The 39th annual meeting of the Japan Society for Menopause and Women’s Health
Tokyo, Nov1-2, 2025:
The 40th annual meeting of the Japan Society for Menopause and Women’s Health

Workshops

Workshop is held annually.
Upcoming events
Tokyo,Mar 3, 2024
The 29th workshop of the Japan Society for Menopause and Women’s Health
Aomori, Mar 1, 2025
The 30th workshop of the Japan Society for Menopause and Women’s Health

Awards

The JMWH awards prize to one researcher per year for the achievement in research that contributes to the development of the women’s health care.

Encouragement awards

The JMWH gives encouragement awards to two researchers per year that are presented at the annual meeting of the JMWH and are evaluated as excellent research.

JMWH Bayer Grant

Financial assistance is provided for the purpose of funding excellent research project on women’s health care.

Special project : “ Japan Nurses’ Health Study(JNHS)

The JMWH has been participating in the epidemiological study which focuses on the lifestyle and health of women, "the JNHS (Japan Nurses' Health Study)", since 2002.
With the support of the Japanese Nursing Association and nursing association in each prefecture, the participants were recruited from those women who are at nursing professions, aged 25 years or more. This study investigates the effects of lifestyle and healthcare on women's health. Since the study was initiated in 2001, approximately 17,000 women have been participating.

The Journal of the Japan Society for Menopause and Women’s Health

The journal is published twice per year.

The Newsletter of the Japan Society for Menopause and Women’s Health

The newsletter is published three times per year.

The guidebook on Women’s Health care

"The guidebook on Women’s health care (edited by the JMWH)" was published in April 2014, as a practical guide for those individual who study and practice women’s health care. This guidebook provides a broad range of each disease related to menopause and the treatment, and the history of menopausal health care and its background.

  • B5 size
  • 463 pages
  • 8,640yen (8,000yen + tax 8%)
  • ISBN 978-4-307-30119-0

HRT guideline 2012 version

In cooperation with the board of reproductive endocrinology of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the hormone replacement therapy (HRT) guideline 2012 was published in September, 2012. This guideline was created to organize the knowledge and understanding on HRT, and to use HRT in a safer manner.

  • A4 size
  • 86 pages
  • 3,000yen(include tax8%)
  • ISBN　978-4-9901963-1-0

Membership to other societies (domestic and international)

Domestic:
Social Insurance Union of Societies Related to Internal Medicine
International:
  1. Regular member of the International Menopause Society (IMS),located in the UK / since 1999
  2. Regular member of the Asia Pacific Menopause Federation (APMF), located in Hong Kong / since 1999
Regular member of the Council of Affiliated Menopause Society (CAMS), located in the UK / since 1999

Hosting International conference

Hosted the 9th International Menopause Society World Congress on the Menopause (Yokohama, Oct 1999)
The 5th Scientific Meeting of the Asian Pacific Menopause Federation (Tokyo, Oct 2013)

Participate in the international conference

The 8th International Congress on the Menopause (Australia, November 1996)
The 12th World Congress on the Menopause (Madrid, May 2008): conducted symposium hosted by the JMS ; "lessons from Japan nurses' health study"