| 1940 |
According to the policy of "one association per prefecture", securities dealers associations were established in many local districts. |
| 1949-05 |
The Japan Securities Dealers Joint Association was established as a federation of securities dealers associations. |
| 1968-05 |
Thirty-three local securities dealers associations were consolidated into ten associations. |
| 1973-07 |
The Japan Securities Dealers Joint Association and ten local securities dealers associations were dissolved and the Japan Securities Dealers Association was newly established, consisting of all national securities companies as direct constituent members, with its headquarters in Tokyo and with ten district offices. |
| 1992-07 |
The association was reorganized from a corporate juridical person under the Civil Code to an authorized corporation under the Securities and Exchange Law with the revision of the Securities and Exchange Law. |
| 1994-04 |
Financial institutions authorized to undertake securities business joined the association as special members. |
| 1995-04 |
South Kyushu District Office was consolidated into the Kyushu District Office. |
| 1998-07 |
The JSDA integrated the Bond Underwriters Association of Japan into its organization. |
| 2001-02 |
The JSDA entrusted the operation of the over-the-counter stock market to Jasdaq. |
| 2004-07 |
The JSDA established a governance structure to manage independently the different functions of self-regulation and trade association in the same legal entity, and shifted to a new structured organization consisting of three sectors: Self-regulation, Securities Strategic Policy and General Affairs and Administration. The JSDA also merged with the Association of Tokyo Stock Exchange Regular Members. |
| 2004-12 |
Along with the establishment of Jasdaq Securities Exchange Inc., the JSDA closed its Over-the-Counter Trading Securities Market. |
| 2005-04 |
The JSDA integrated the Japan Institute for Securities Information and Public Relations into its organization. |
| 2007-09 |
With the implementation of Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, the JSDA became an Authorized Financial Instruments Firms Association. |
| 2010-02 |
The JSDA entrusted the task of handling of customers' complaints, consultation regarding the JSDA members and providing mediation service to resolve dispute over securities transaction between customers and the JSDA members to Financial Instruments Mediation Assistance Center (FINMAC), which is an NPO. |
| 2011-07 |
The JSDA established Financial Literacy & Education Support Committee to build its gouvernance to promote support for financial literacy and education from a more neutral and impartial standpoint. |
| 2015-09 |
Financial instruments business operator which only conducts electronic trading platform management service joined the association as specified business members. |
| 2016-11 |
Financial instruments business operator which only conducts equity-based crowdfunding business joined the association as specified business members. |
| 2018-10 |
Head office moved to a new building. |
| 2020-05 |
Financial instruments business operator which only conducts business related to the brokerage, etc. for commodity-related market transactions of derivatives joined the association as specified business members. |
| 2024-08 |
The JSDA transfered activities to support for financial literacy and education to Japan Financial Literacy and Education Corporation (J-FLEC). |
| 2025-11 |
Financial instruments business operator which only conducts Specially Permitted Intermediary Service for Unlisted Securities joined the association as specified business members. |
