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.

Commemorative eventsof 75th Anniversary of the “OYO BUTSURI” Journal
A series of events, including an exhibition,science classes, lectures, and a commemorative
ceremony, will be held over two days, on August
3 (Fri.) and 4 (Sat.), at the Science Museum inTokyo.

URL: http://www.jsap.or.jp/jsap75/event_plan.html

Update(1) The 2007 Spring Meeting was held at
Aoyama Gakuin University with 9,143 registeredparticipants and 4,587 presentations.
(2) The JSAP 2007 Autumn Meeting will be heldat Hokkaido Institute of Technology, Sapporo City,
September 4 - 8.
(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) The JSAP sponsored 16 international conferences in 2005 including the SSDM, VLSI, AMLCD,MNC, ISOM, SISPAD, ISSM, MBE, DPS and MOC.

Membership
The total membership of JSAP was 23,825
as of April 2007, with members specialising inphysics, 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 of2

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members are based mainly in academic institutions and government laboratories.

Publications• Thin Film and Surface Physics• Crystal Science and Technology• Applied Physics Education• Superconductivity• Organic Molecular Electronics and Bioelectronics• Plasma Electronics• Silicon Technology

JSAP publishes the monthly journal Oyo Buturi, a Japanese-language membership journal
containing review articles. The JSAP also publishes a separate two-part periodical in English, theJapanese Journal of Applied Physics (JJAP), wherePart 1 is dedicated to regular papers, brief communications and review papers and Part 2 to letters and express letters. Furthermore, submissions
judged to have a high impact and as requiring urgent publication, are processed more rapidly andpublished in the Express Letters section of Part
2. Approximately, 1,800 copies each of JJAP Part
1 and JJAP Part 2 were printed and distributed
in 2006, and more than 600 copies were 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.

Outstanding achievement in the field of applied physics is recognized by the presentationof a ’JSAP Outstanding Achievement Award’toindividuals who have greatly contributed to theprogress of applied physics.
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:• Award for the best original paper• Award for the most promising young scientist• Award for the best review paper

Academic Meetings

Benefits of JSAP Membership

The JSAP holds two national conventions
annually, in which a third of the JSAP membership generally participates. The Spring meeting(held in the Tokyo area) usually involves about
9,000 participants and the Autumn meeting (heldin other 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 16 international conferencesin the fields of applied physics and related subjects in 2005. In that year, the list of major international conferences held under the sponsorshipof, or in cooperation with, JSAP included Nitride
Semiconductors, VLSI Technology, Modulated
Semiconductor Structures, Microprocesses andNanotechnology, Solid State Devices and Materials, and Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Interfaces
and Nanostructures.

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• Optics• Radiation Science• Solid State Physics and Applications

JSAP Awards• Free copy of the monthly publication OyoButuri• Discount on subscriptions to JJAP Part 1 andJJAP Part 2• 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 afull-time undergraduate or graduate student actively involved in research related to applied physics.

Membership fees
The registration fee at the two national conventions is 2,000 Yen for a regular member or
1,000 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 annual
subscription fee.