Associate Professor Yoshihisa Maruyama (Faculty of Economics) won the 2014 Prize of The Japan Boki Association on August 30, 2014.

The prize recognized how, Associate Professor Maruyama, co-author of The Role of Bookkeeping in Growth of the Agricultural Industry—Analysis and Recommendations by Agricultural Model (Chuokeizai-sha, inc.), has contributed to the spread of bookkeeping and growth of related research. Eleven other authors also helped write the prize-winning book, including editing by Professor Ryusuke Toda of Kanagawa University.