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The quadrennial International Congress of Psychology (ICP) is the world's largest psychology conference that includes all fields of psychology. In Japan, the Japanese Psychological Association (JPA) is the only association that covers all fields of psychology. Founded in 1927, the JPA has a current membership of 7,500 researchers, academics, and practitioners. The JPA publishes Japanese Journal of Psychology (in Japanese) bimonthly and Japanese Psychological Research (in English) quarterly. In addition, in Japan there are more than 40 scientific societies related to specific fields of psychology. The JPA has submitted a bid proposal to host ICP2016 at Pacifico Yokohama in July 2016. The details of our plan for ICP2016 can be viewed on this website. If our bid for ICP2016 is accepted, we will make every effort to provide participants from across the globe with an impressive and enjoyable conference in Japan's second largest city. We will rely on the strong support from worldwide psychological communities in our efforts to host ICP2016 in Yokohama. The followings are the core members of Japan invitation committee. Chairperson: Kazuo Shigemasu   Teikyo University Committee Members: Shozo Kojima       Sonoko Kuwano Kyoko Noguchi Kazuo Fujita Makiko Naka Keio University Osaka University Bunka Women's University Kyoto University Hokkaido University Advisory Members: Hiroshi Imada Former President of Kwansei Gakuin University Former Member of Executive Committee of IUPsyS   Hiroshi Azuma Professor Emeritus at The University of Tokyo Former Vice President of IUPsyS   Machiko Fukuhara Tokiwa University   Nobuko Uchida Ochanomizu University   Shigeru Watanabe Keio University   Tetsuro Matsuzawa Kyoto University   Tatsuya Kameda Hokkaido University   Masuo Koyasu Kyoto University   Masamichi Sakagami   Tamagawa University A photo of the advisory board and the staff members of the invitation committee after their most recent meeting. We are making every effort to make ICP2016 both an academic success as well as enjoyable time for all.