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History of Chiropractic
- 1895
- D.D.Palmer starts chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, US
- 1897
- the first school, Palmer School of Chiropractic opens
- 1915
- North Dakota is the first state to regulate chiropractic in USA (Louisiana the last in 1974)
- 1907
- Shegetaro Morikubo, the first Japanese chiropractor
- 1916
- Saburo Kawaguchi introduces chiropractic at first in Japan
- 1918
- Kanagawa prefecture of Japan regulates chiropractic
- 1939
- Zurich, Switzerland, the first jurisdiction outside N. America
- 1944
- Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research (FCER) was established
- 1947
- Zenkoku-Ryojyutsushi-Kyokai (Japanese National Therapist Association) was formed
- 1960
- Supreme Court of Japan allows quasi-medical practice including chiropractic
- 1961
- Nihon-Chiropractic-Sorenmei (Japanese Chiropractic Association) was formed
- 1963
- National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) established for state examining boards
- 1969
- First DC after WW II, Kazuyoshi Takeyachi came back from US to Japan
- 1974
- Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) recognized by the government as the accrediting body
- 1983
- Rinsho-Chiropractic-Gakkai (Clinica Chiropractic Research Society) was established in Japan
- 1987
- Chiropractors win at the Wilk vs American Medical Association (AMA) case
- 1988
- World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) formed at World Chiropractic Congress in Sydney
- 1995
- Chiropractic community in the world celebrates a centennial history of the profession
- 1995
- the first chiropractic school in Japan, RMIT University Chiropractic Unit-Japan opens
- 1997
- WFC has affiliation with WHO as NGO
- 1998
- Japanese Association of Chiropractors (JAC) was formed
- 1999
- JAC joins as a Japanese national member of the WFC
- 2005
- WHO chiropractic guidelines document was released
- 2005
- RMIT University Chiropractic Unit-Japan receives accrediation from ACCE
- 2006
- WHO chiropractic guidelines translated in Japanese
- 2008
- WHO Congress on Traditional Medicine in Beijing. Japan Chiropractic Register starts.
- 2009
- Tokyo College of Chiropractic opens by transition from RMIT Japan
- 2011
- JCR administers the first chiropractic standardization exam with IBCE
- 2012
- Tokyo College of Chiropractic receives accreditation from CCEA
- 2013
- JAC released chiropractic guidelines about safety and advertising
- 2014
- JCR submitted the list of registants to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- 2016
- A centennial history of Japanese chiropractic profession was celebrated
- 2018
- Japanese Society of Chiropractic Scienece (JSCS) established