What is “JSAP”?
The activities of JSAP (The Japan Society ofApplied Physics) center on the field of applied
physics. The Society plays a key dual role byacting as an academic interface between scienceand engineering and stimulating social interaction
between academia and industry.
JSAP has focused most of its energies to dateon organising technical meetings and conferences
as a means of encouraging mutually beneficial
collaboration between researchers working inapplied physics.

Update(1) The 2008 Spring Meeting was held at Collegeof Science and Technology, Nihon University with
8,837 registered participants and 4,531 presentations.
(2) The JSAP 2008 Autumn Meeting will be held at
Chubu University, Kasugai City, September 2-5.
(3) JJAP accepts online submission of manuscripts
via the JJAP web page: http: / / www.ipap.jp / jjap /authors / index.htm(4) ‘The JJAP Editorial Contribution Award’ wasestablished to recognize distinguished contributions as an editor and / or a reviewer of articles for
the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics.
(5) JSAP sponsored 23 international conferencesin 2007 including the SSDM, VLSI, 3D-SIC, MNC,ISOM, AM-FPD, ISSM, DPS and PVSEC.

Membership
The total membership of JSAP was 25,007
as of October 2007, with members specialisingin physics, applied physics, electronics, chemistry,communications, materials science, metallurgy,and mechanical engineering.
About three-fourth of the members of JSAP
are from industry and university, one fourth ofmembers are based mainly in academic institutions and government laboratories.

Publications
JSAP publishes the monthly journal Oyo Buturi, a Japanese-language membership journal
containing review articles. The JSAP also publishes two periodicals in English, the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (JJAP) and Applied Physics Express (APEX). JJAP is dedicated to regularpapers, communications and review papers andAPEX to letters. Furthermore, submissions judged
to have a high impact and as requiring urgent
publication, are processed more rapidly and published weekly in APEX. Approximately, 1,250 copies each of JJAP and APEX were printed and distributed in 2007, and more than 600 copies were        JSAP International   No.18 (July 2008)

despatched to subscribers in 50 countries.
In addition to the above periodicals, JSAP
publishes books and the proceedings of various
international conferences sponsored or co-sponsored by JSAP in fields related to applied physics.
Members receive a discount on these publications.

Academic Meetings
JSAP holds two national conventions annually, in which a third of the JSAP membershipgenerally participates. The Spring meeting (heldin the Tokyo area) usually involves about 9,000
participants and the Autumn meeting (held inother parts of Japan) attracts approximately 6,000
participants. The two conventions are held over a
period of four days during which about 4,000 papers are presented in regular sessions and symposia.  

International Conferences
JSAP sponsored 23 international conferencesin the fields of applied physics and related subjects in 2007. In that year, the list of major international conferences held under the sponsorshipof, or in cooperation with, JSAP included Nitride
Semiconductors, VLSI Technology, Microprocesses
and Nanotechnology, Solid State Devices and Materials, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Flatpanel
Displays and Devices, Molecular Beam and Optical Memory.

Divisional Activities
JSAP has various divisions that take responsibility for particular subject areas. Each division
sponsors activities in its own field of specialisationthat include seminars, tutorial meetings, and thepublication of newsletters. The divisions that exist
currently are• The Optical Society of Japan• Radiation Science• Solid State Physics and Applications• Thin Film and Surface Physics• Crystal Science and Technology• Applied Physics Education• Superconductivity• Molecular Electronics and Bioelectronics• Plasma Electronics• Silicon Technology

JSAP Awards
Outstanding achievement in the field of applied physics is recognized by the presentation ofa ‘JSAP Outstanding Achievement Award’ to individuals who have greatly contributed to the progress of applied physics.

“JSAP Fellow” is presented to individuals
who have remarkably contributed to the progressof applied physics through the continuous activities in JSAP.
Awards are also presented to the authors ofpapers of excellence published in the two main
JSAP periodicals, the membership journal (OyoButuri) and the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (JJAP). There are three awards:• JJAP Paper Award• JJAP Young Scientist Award• Review Paper Award

Benefits of JSAP Membership• Free copy of the monthly publication OyoButuri• Discount on subscriptions to JJAP and APEX
• Eligibility to present papers at JSAP meetings• Discount on JSAP-sponsored conference fees
• Discount on books and conference proceedings published by JSAP
• Participation in meetings organised by societies with formal reciprocal agreements with
JSAP (APS, EPS. IEEE / EDS, IEEE / LEOS, IOP,KPS, OSA) at mutual membership rates

How do you join JSAP?
Eligibility for Membership
An individual applying for regular membership should have an interest in applied physics.
An applicant for student membership must be a  full-time undergraduate or graduate student actively involved in research related to applied physics.

Membership fees
The registration fee at the two national conventions is 5,000 Yen for a regular member or
3,000 Yen for a student member; and the basic
annual subscription fee is 10,000 Yen for regularmembers and 6,000 Yen for students member.
Members wishing to subscribe to the JJAP online version only are requested to pay 12,000
Yen in advance in addition to the basic annualsubscription fee.