Japanese Association of Chiropractors

Japanese Association of Chiropractors (JAC) among numerous "chiropractic organizations" in Japan represents national chiropractic profession and the only member of the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) since 1999. JAC is registered as a Japanese government recognized corporate organization, yugensekinin-chukanhojin since 2006 and transferre to ippan-shadanhoujin since 2007. The members are internationally recognized qualified (WHO-standards) chiropractors in Japan who are majority of WHO-standards chiropractors in Japan. After the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan (NCAC) released the report, JAC has been regularly communicating with NCAC, the Japan Advertising Review Organization (JARO) and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for public safety. JAC represents chiropractic division of the Society for Integrative Medicine Japan (IMJ) which has an official relationship with the MHLW and the government. The JAC policies are as follows: POLICIES: With international cooperation such as the WFC, the JAC will introduce and promote international standard of chiropractic in Japan in education as well as in legislative efforts. Promote chiropractic awareness among Japanese people through various newsmedia as well as scientific research. Promote professional ethics among membership paticularly prohibiting members to teach chiropractic techniques to anyone other than those who have had recognized educational programs or their students.