After World War II, JAZA promoted efforts to help restore damaged zoos and aquariums.
[4] In 2012, JAZA banned member museums from acquiring dolphins through pursuit fishing.
JAZA started publishing the "Journal of Japanese Association of Zoological Gardens and Aquariums" in 1959, and began giving qualifying exams for zookeepers and aquarists in 1971.
This committee aims to help manage breeding groups of animals in need of conservation and propagation efforts while maintaining the species' genetic diversity.
Studbooks for the Japanese serow, red-crowned crane, hooded crane, white-naped crane, and Oriental white stork are now kept in Japan, and the SSCJ cooperates with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Survival Service Commission (SSC), and the International Studbook Keepers under the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA).