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1873 - Pioneering Japanese empirical study in psychology
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1888 - Y Motora earns the first PhD degree in Japan
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1888 - Y Motora gave the first psychology lecture in Japan at Tokyo University
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1889 - First Chinese translation of a western psychology book
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1890 - Y Motora became Professor of Psychology at The Imperial University of Tokyo
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1903 - First psychological laboratory in Japan
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1905 - Psychology introduced as an independent subject in India
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1912 - First Japanese psychology journal
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1915 - First department of psychology in India
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1915 - India’s first psychology laboratory established
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1917 - First psychological laboratory in China
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1918 - First Chinese university psychology textbook
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1920 - First Chinese independent psychology department, at Nanjing University
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1921 - Chinese Psychological Society established
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1922 - Chinese Psychological Society published country’s first psychology journal
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1924 - The Indian Psychological Association established
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1925 - Indian Psychological Association founded
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1926 - Indian Journal of Psychology founded
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1927 - First Japanese psychology convention
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1927 - First psychology laboratory in China
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1927 - Japanese Psychological Association founded
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1928 - Research institute for psychology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences
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1931 - Japanese Applied Psychological Association founded
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1933 - Japanese Society for Animal Psychology established
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1937 - Activity in the Chinese Psychological Society resumed, but discontinued later in 1937
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1939 - Psychology course taught at the University of Hong Kong
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1946 - Korean Psychological Association established
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1947 - First Philipino neuropsychological services unit
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1948 - First bachelor's degree in psychology in the Philippines
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1949 - Department of Psychology of National Taiwan University established
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1949 - Japanese Group Dynamics Association established
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1950 - Chinese Psychological society reorganized
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1951 - Institute of Psychology Chinese Academy of Science founded
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1952 - Japanese Educational Psychology Association established
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1952 - Psychology introduced at the University of Indonesia
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1956 - Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences renamed
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1959 - Indonesian Psychologist Association established
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1960 - The Japanese Social Psychology Association is established
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1962 - Psychological Association of the Philippines established
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1965 - Pakistan Journal of Psychology established
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1966 - Psychology banned in China
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1968 - Department of Psychology at the Hong Kong Psychological Society established
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1968 - First issue of the Philippine Journal of Psychology
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1968 - Hong Kong Psychological Society founded
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1968 - India Association of Clinical Psychologists founded
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1968 - Korean Journal of Psychology established
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1968 - Pakistan Psychological Association holds its first meeting in Dhaka
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1972 - Bangladesh Psychological Society founded
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1975 - National Association for Filipino Psychology [Pambansang Samahan sa Sikolohiyang Pilipino; PSSP] founded
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1976 - Muhammad Ajmal National Institute of Psychology (Pakistan) established
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1978 - The Chinese Society of Psychology is refounded
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1979 - First master's degree program in clinical psychology in Thailand offered by Mahidol University
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1979 - Singapore Psychological Society (SPS) founded
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1980 - American Psychological Association delegation visited the People's Republic of China
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1981 - "Sinicization of Research in Social and Behavioral Sciences," held in Taiwan
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1983 - Japanese Journal of Clinical Psychology established
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1983 - Post-master's training institute in clinical psychology begun in Pakistan
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1985 - Japanese Industrial and Organizational Association established
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1986 - China's "Humanistic Psychology Craze" increases
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1986 - Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research founded
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1986 - Psychological consultation becomes popular in China
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1987 - Pakistan Psychological Association published a report on the standard for the practice of psychotherapy in Pakistan
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1990 - An estimated 5,000 clinical psychologists in Japan
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1990 - Dalal estimates between 4,000 and 4,500 psychologists in India
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1991 - Research laboratory for Asian indigenous psychology established in Taiwan
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1992 - Approximately 5,000 people are working as psychologists in India
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1992 - Approximately 600 people are working as psychologists in Pakistan
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1993 - Radio program, "Healthy Personalities and Life" launched in China
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1995 - Asian-Pacific Regional Conference of Psychology, Guangzhou, China
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1995 - First meeting of the Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP)
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1995 - The Asian Association of Social Psychology was founded
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1997 - Azerbaijan Psychological Association founded
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1997 - First Asian Conference in Psychology
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1998 - Mongolian Psychologists’ Association founded
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2000 - Post-master's training in clinical psychology in Pakistan
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2000 - The Eurasian Journal of Educational Research founded
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2001 - Formal regulations for psychology established in China
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2001 - Japanese Society of Certified Psychologists established
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2001 - Pakistan Mental Health Ordinance
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2001 - PhD program in clinical psychology in Pakistan
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2001 - Southeast Asia Regional Conference of Science and Applied Psychology
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2001 - Thailand's first doctoral programs
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2003 - First Japanese psychotherapists awarded Japanese Certificate for Psychotherapy
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2003 - Standards for professional licensure adopted by Thailand
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2005 - Asian Applied Psychology International–Regional Conference (AAPI-RC)
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2005 - Asian Psychological Association (APsyA) founded
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2005 - Cambodian Psychology Society (CPS) established
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2005 - International workshop, "Building Psychosocial Interventions in the Tsunami Aftermath"
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2005 - The Asian Psychological Association (APsyA) was founded
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2006 - APsyA first conference
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2006 - First ARUPS Congress
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2006 - The ASEAN Regional Union of Psychological Societies (ARUPS) was formed.
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2006 - The first Asian Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) Conference
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2008 - Professor Qicheng Jing died in Beijing, China
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2008 - Sri Lankan Conference on Psychology
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2012 - PsyCh Journal, China’s first English-language journal of psychology, was launched by the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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2012 - The Sri Lanka Psychological Association was founded.
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