Year |
Edition |
Date |
Venue |
Host City |
Host Country |
No of Contestants |
1960 |
1st |
August 12 |
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium |
Long Beach |
USA |
52 |
1961 |
2nd |
July 28 |
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium |
Long Beach |
USA |
52 |
1962 |
3rd |
August 18 |
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium |
Long Beach |
USA |
50 |
1963 |
4th |
August 16 |
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium |
Long Beach |
USA |
46 |
1964 |
5th |
August 14 |
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium |
Long Beach |
USA |
42 |
1965 |
6th |
August 13 |
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium |
Long Beach |
USA |
44 |
1967 |
7th |
April 29 |
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium |
Long Beach |
USA |
46 |
1968 |
8th |
October 9 |
Nippon Budokan |
Tokyo |
Japan |
49 |
1969 |
9th |
September 13 |
Nippon Budokan |
Tokyo |
Japan |
48 |
1970 |
10th |
May 16 |
Exposition Hall Fairgrounds |
Osaka |
Japan |
47 |
1971 |
11th |
May 26 |
|
Long Beach |
USA |
50 |
1972 |
12th |
October 6 |
Nippon Budokan |
Tokyo |
Japan |
44 |
1973 |
13th |
October 6 |
Mielparque |
Osaka |
Japan |
45 |
1974 |
14th |
October 9 |
Nippon Budokan |
Tokyo |
Japan |
45 |
1975 |
15th |
November 3 |
Okinawa's Expo Portside Theater |
Motobu |
Japan |
47 |
1976 |
16th |
July 2 |
Imperial Garden Theater |
Tokyo |
Japan |
45 |
1977 |
17th |
July 1 |
Imperial Garden Theater |
Tokyo |
Japan |
48 |
1978 |
18th |
November 10 |
Mielparque |
Tokyo |
Japan |
43 |
1979 |
19th |
November 12 |
Mielparque |
Tokyo |
Japan |
43 |
1980 |
20th |
November 4 |
Mielparque |
Tokyo |
Japan |
42 |
1981 |
21st |
September 6 |
Port Island |
Kobe |
Japan |
42 |
1982 |
22nd |
October 13 |
Fukuoka Sun Palace |
Fukuoka |
Japan |
43 |
1983 |
23rd |
October 10 |
Festival Hall |
Osaka |
Japan |
47 |
1984 |
24th |
October 30 |
Kanagawa Prefectural Civic Hall |
Yokohama |
Japan |
46 |
1985 |
25th |
September 15 |
Tsukuba Science Exposition Plaza |
Tsukuba |
Japan |
43 |
1986 |
26th |
August 31 |
Holland Village |
Nagasaki |
Japan |
46 |
1987 |
27th |
September 30 |
Nihon Seinen-Kan |
Tokyo |
Japan |
47 |
1988 |
28th |
June 17 |
Events Plaza Future Watch |
Gifu |
Japan |
46 |
1989 |
29th |
September 17 |
Kanazawa City Tourism Hall |
Kanazawa |
Japan |
47 |
1990 |
30th |
September 16 |
Osaka Flower Expo Site |
Osaka |
Japan |
50 |
1991 |
31st |
October 13 |
|
Tokyo |
Japan |
51 |
1992 |
32nd |
October 19 |
Holland Village |
Nagasaki |
Japan |
50 |
1993 |
33rd |
October 9 |
|
Tokyo |
Japan |
47 |
1994 |
34th |
September 4 |
Sun Arena |
Ise, Mie |
Japan |
50 |
1995 |
35th |
September 10 |
Sinjuyo Pension Hall |
Tokyo |
Japan |
47 |
1996 |
36th |
October 26 |
Kanazawa City Kanko Kaikan Hall |
Kanazawa |
Japan |
48 |
1997 |
37th |
September 20 |
Kyoto Kaikan First Hall |
Kyoto |
Japan |
42 |
1998 |
38th |
September 26 |
Koseinenkin Hall |
Tokyo |
Japan |
43 |
1999 |
39th |
December 14 |
Yupout Kani Hoken Hall |
Tokyo |
Japan |
51 |
2000 |
40th |
October 4 |
Kosei Nenkin Kaikan Hall |
Tokyo |
Japan |
56 |
2001 |
41st |
October 4 |
Nakano Sun Plaza |
Nakano |
Japan |
52 |
2002 |
42nd |
September 30 |
Century Hyatt |
Tokyo |
Japan |
47 |
2003 |
43rd |
October 8 |
Radisson Miyako Hotel |
Tokyo |
Japan |
45 |
2004 |
44th |
October 16 |
Workers Indoor Arena |
Beijing |
China |
58 |
2005 |
45th |
September 26 |
Wel Hotels and Resorts |
Aichi |
Japan |
52 |
2006 |
46th |
November 11 |
World First City |
Xianghe |
China |
53 |
2007 |
47th |
October 15 |
The Hotel Prince Park Tower |
Tokyo |
Japan |
61 |
2008 |
48th |
November 8 |
Venetian Arena, The Venetian Macao |
Macau |
Macau |
63 |
2009 |
49th |
November 28 |
Sichuan International Tennis Center |
Chengdu |
China |
65 |
2010 |
50th |
November 7 |
Sichuan Province Gymnasium |
Chengdu |
China |
70 |
2011 |
51st |
November 6 |
Sichuan International Tennis Center |
Chengdu |
China |
67 |
2012 |
52nd |
October 21 |
Okinawa Prefectural Budokan Arena Building |
Okinawa |
Japan |
69 |
2013 |
53rd |
December 17 |
Shinagawa Prince Hotel Hall |
Tokyo |
Japan |
67 |
2014 |
54th |
November 11 |
Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa |
Tokyo |
Japan |
76 |
2015 |
55th |
November 5 |
Mielparque Tokyo |
Tokyo |
Japan |
TBA |
2016 |
56th |
TBA |
Susquehanna Bank Center |
Camden |
USA |
TBA |