Table 2.
History of CAM (Japan and USA)
| Year | Group/Association formed | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | A small research group for CAM at Kanazawa University | Japan |
| 1992 | Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM) in NIH | USA |
| 1997 | Japanese Society for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (JCAM) | Japan |
| 1998 | National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) | USA |
| Japanese Association for Alternative, Complementary and Traditional Medicine (JACT) | Japan | |
| 1999 | International Research Center for Traditional Medicine | Japan |
| 2001 | Japanese Society for Integrative Medicine (JIM) | Japan |
| 2002 | Department for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science | Japan |