JSAP’s Activities for Promotion of “Women in Physics”
Nahoko Kasai1, 3 and Atsushi Masuda2, 3
1NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Atsugi, Japan
2National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
3Gender Equality Committee, The Japan Society of Applied Physics, Tokyo, Japan

Overview of the Gender Equality Committeeof the Japan Society of Applied Physics
History

Objectives

2001.03 Established Preparatory Committee for Gender Equality Network
2001.07 Established Gender Equality Committee
2006.03 Renamed as Human Resources Development/Gender Equality Committee
2011.04 Unified to Human Resources Development/Educational Project Committee
2012.02 Renamed as Human Resources Development Committee
2015.04 Reorganized as Gender Equality Committee
Chairperson: A. Masuda （AIST), Vice-chairperson: N. Kasai （NTT)
15 members (8 women), 7 advisors

Our major objective is the advancement of science and technology by promoting
greater equality of gender participation based on the specialty of each person
regardless of age or sex. One of the unique aspects of this committee is that weare not only encouraging the provision of more and better opportunities for women
but we are also keen to shed light on the importance of the active participation ofboth men and women to realize their full potential on equal terms. We hope to help
energize Japan Society of Applied Physics through our work and so achieve socialactivation.

Main Activities to Promote Gender Equality
Established “NEWMAP”, NEtwork of
Women and Men in Applied Physics

Opinion Exchanges in Committee
During the committee meeting, members
devote time to exchange opinions indifferent gender issues to improve genderequality especially for the environment of
JSAP members. Topics are extended in thewide ranges such as how to improve worklife-balance both for female and maleresearchers and how to evaluate
researchers.

“NEWMAP” was established in 2016, renamed from “GirlsMeeting”. The NEWMAP aims to provide opportunity formeeting and networking within JSAP members for both
female and male, and for both young and seniorresearchers. The NEWMAP social party was held both in
the spring and the autumn JSAP meetings in 2016.
NEWMAP becomes one of the organizations recognizedin JSAP.

Symposia

A day care nursery for thespring and fall annual meetings
became available from 2005. It
has had well over 100 users.

Nursery

Launched Website “Women in PhysicalScience” and Published Booklet “Career
Design in Applied Physics ~ Role Models”
Based on the thought that it would be effective to introduce positive
images about the future of the woman young researchers andencourage them, the web page “Women in Physical Science" wasestablished on the JSAP web site to introduce a role model for women
researchers. In addition, we assembled a collection of role models
consisting of male and female researchers in the applied physics field,
and introduced their career plans in the booklet.

AwardsTo inform our activities to JSAP members,
column articles will be published in themonthly membership journal, “OYOBUTURI”, 4 times a year.
The first article will be published in January
2017 which will be about the history of thecommittee.

Promoting Science to Female Junior/High
School Students

ProvidingNurseries

A symposium on human resources
development and gender equality wasestablished in 2002 at the annual spring andfall meetings of the JSAP.
We held symposium with speakers of women
researchers in the spring meeting every year
since 2013. The theme was photovoltaics(2013), photonics (2014), bioelectronics(2015), and plasma technology (2016). All thesymposia were successful and total
participants were more than 500.

Publish Articles inMonthly Membership
Journals

To support the physical science course choice of female students
in secondary schools, since 2008 we have cosponsored aninterchange gathering with girl students and scientists,engineers, university students and graduate students in physicalscience, named “A summer school for girl junior and senior highschool students up to incipient scientists/engineers" as a place
for conveying the charm of the physical sciences. This meeting isa place for interchanges between more than 100 girls as well as
parents and teachers through career lectures, scientificexperiments called “science adventures”, and poster sessions.

http://www.jsap.or.jp/activities/award/researchfield/female/notice.html

The Kodate Prize (“a prize for female researcher achievements andhuman resources development”) was established in 2009 to support
female researchers and engineers. Prize (A) is awarded to a female
researcher who contributes to research in applied physics. Prize (B)is awarded to a researcher (man or woman) for recognized work in
gender equality.
(September 2016)
Prize A: Prof. Noriko Chikumoto, Chubu University
Prize A (Early-career): Dr. Yukiko Kamikawa, National Institute ofAdvanced Industrial Science and Technology
Dr. Rie Togashi, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Prize B: n/aCareer Lecture

Scientific Experiments

Participation in Global Networking
EventsWe gave oral and poster presentations at IUPAP-WIP in 2008
(Korea) and 2014 (Canada), and at ASEPS in 2010 (Japan).
In 2013, JPS and JSAP
organized WIP of APPC12(The 12th Asia Pacific Physics
Conference of AAPPS) in
Japan. We also took part in
Gender Summit 8 in 2015(Korea).

Gender Equality in Recent JSAP
Woman members arepromoted in JSAP

25,000Members

50
45

20,000JSAP40

All academic
societies in Japan

30
25

10,0005,000

20Member total
Women member

15Women (％)

10500Ratio (%)

15,000

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
20072008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

Number35

President/
vice-president
F
0% F
5%

F
5%

M
100%

100%

Student members
F
8%
F
19%

F
9%

60%
40%

M
95%

M
92%

Executive
Secretary

Number of committees
with women members

M
89%
M
88%

80%

M
81%

M
91%

F
12%
F
11%
M
95%

Still low in woman ratio in higher positions

F
40%
F
58%

M
42%
M
60%Women20%

Men0%
General Staff
Group Leader
Section Head
Dept. HeadGeneral Manager
Dept. Director +Others
Undergrad Student
Grad Student
Res. Student
PostDocRes. TechnitianAssistant Prof.
Lecturer
Associate Prof.
Professor
OthersPostDoc
Researcher
Senior ResearcherGroup Lab Chief
Division Head
Director
Others

Women are gradually
increasing in JSAPCorporationUniversity

Research InstituteYear

For more details, please contact: The Japan Society of Applied Physics Email: general-matters@jsap.or.jp