Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society was established as Japan Gastrocamera Society in 1959 and the title of the society was changed to Japan Endoscopy Society in the 3rd General Assembly held in 1961 with a view to include a broader range of endoscopy. In 1962, the society got an official authorization as an incorporated association. In 1973, the title of the society was changed to Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society to focus on the gastroenterological endoscopy, and in 1979, the society was approved to affiliate with the Japanese Association of Medical Sciences.
The society had a membership of only 280 at the time of establishment, but it has grown over 34,500 at this moment. It is one of the largest medical societies in Japan.
JGES is dedicated to advancing patient care and welfare, by promoting digestive disease research through endoscopy, developing and advancing minimally invasive endoscopic practice.
Milestones
Milestones 50s-60s
- Gastrocamera era; development and improvement of gastrocamera
- Study on diagnostic method and classification on early gastric cancer
1955 1st Gastrocamera Meeting
1958 Japan Gastrocamera Society established
1959 1st Congress of Japan Gastrocamera Society Journal in Japanese
published “Gastroenterological Endoscopy”
1961 Renamed to Japan Endoscopy Society, Number of members reached to 1,000
1962 Establishing classification of early gastric cancer
Milestones 70s-80s
- Fiberscope era; advancing clinical studies
- Endoscopic diagnosis application expansion to esophagus, duodenum and colon
- Further development through new endoscopic methods
– Biopsy, hemostasis, chromoendoscopy, ERCP, EST, EUS diagnosis etc.
1973 Renamed to Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
1985 Number of members reached to 10,000
1989 Journal in English published; “Digestive Endoscopy”
Milestones 90s – now
- Entering to videoscope era; promotion on education and further clinical studies
- Further advancement in endoscopic diagnosis and development of therapeutic procedures
– Magnifying endoscopy, image enhanced endoscopy (NBI, AFI, IRI, etc.), capsule endoscopy, balloon enteroscopy, EMR, ESD, POEM, LECS, interventional EUS, AI endoscopy, etc.
1993 DDW Japan established (Current J-DDW)
2015 JED (Japan Endoscopy Database) Project started
2019 Number of members reached to 34,000
Activities
- Promoting endoscopic researches
- Educational seminars and lectures
- Two congresses every year
– Individual annual meeting in spring
– J-DDW in autumn - Regional meetings
– Meetings held by 10 regional chapters - Mass survey in endoscopy complications
- Publication of Guidelines
- Education board system
– Board certified fellows – 19,516 members
– Board certified trainers – 6,360 members - Endoscopic co-medical system
- Relationship among international societies
– WEO, APSDE, joint symposiums with CSDE (China), KSGE (South Korea),ESGE (Europe), ASGE (USA) and RENDO (Russia)
Journals
- “Gastroenterological Endoscopy”
– Official journal in Japanese
– Published monthly since 1959 - “Digestive Endoscopy”
– Official journal in English (Impact Factor 3.64 in 2018)
– Published bimonthly since 1989
– Official journal of APSDE and WEO
– Published by Wiley