Kiso Keizai Kagaku Kenkyusyo

Kiso Keizai Kagaku Kenkyusyo was founded in 1968 as a cooperative association of university teachers, graduate students, and workers committed to the study of political economy in Japanls progressive tradition. Since then we have made efforts to train worker-scholars based on Marxi "Capital" and creative development of political economy through democratic joint research.
The motto of our movement is establishment of the right to study while working. The task of our movement is to clarify the origin of the contradictions occurring in our labor, life, region, and reality of Japan and the world and to show conditions and perspectives of every one's total development.
So far a lot of workers who are engaged in indushial,public, educational, welfare, medical, monetary, coops native, and various other occupational fields have participated in the activities of our institute and evening graduate course and grown as excellent worker-scholars. Despite severe labor conditions such as surprisingly long working hours and rigid control, already more than sixty workers have written papers for completion.
Keizai Kagaku Tsushin began as a mimeographed copy only for members and is now a quarterly journal with more than 1500 subscribers. It occupies an important position in the progressive study of Japan's political economy.
Our institute is an independent, cooperative organization. We make it a rule to work without a pay and we support our movement through the publication of Keizai Kagaku Tsushin, and the management of our evening graduate courses. Revenue for our institute is derived solely from member's fees, subscriptions, and royalities.