What is “JSAP”?
The activities of JSAP (The Japan Society ofApplied Physics) center on the field of appliedphysics. In applied physics, the Society plays akey dual role by acting as an academic interface
between science and engineering and stimulatingsocial 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 2006 Spring Meeting was held at The
Musashi Institute of Technology with 8,966 registered participants and 4,601 presentations.
(2) The JSAP 2006 Fall Meeting will be held at
Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu City, August 29 September 1.
(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, STM, ISSM, MBE, DPS, MOC etc.

Membership
The total membership of JSAP was 23,704 asof April 2006, with members specialising in physics, applied physics, electronics, chemistry, communications, materials science, metallurgy, andmechanical engineering.
About two-thirds of the members of JSAP
are recruited from industry and university, one
third of members are based mainly in academic
institutions and government laboratories (Fig. 1).

OthersAcademic
Societies

Government
ResearchInstitutes

Membership(April 2006)

Industry

23,704UniversityFig. 12

JSAP International No.14 (July 2006)

Publications• Education in Applied Physics• Superconductors• 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 large impact factor and as requiring urgent publication, are processed more
rapidly and published in the Express Letters section of Part 2. Approximately, 2,450 copies eachof JJAP Part 1 and JJAP Part 2 were printed anddistributed in 2005, 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, such as Nagoya) attracts
approximately 6,000 participants. The two conventions are held over a period of four days during which about 4,000 papers are presented inregular sessions and symposia.

International Conferences
JSAP sponsored about 20 international conferences in the fields of applied physics and related subjects in 2005. In that year, the list of majorinternational conferences held under the sponsorship of, 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.

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.

Divisional Activities

Membership fees

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• Thin Film and Surface Physics• Materials Science and Crystal Technology

The admission fee at registration is 2,000
Yen for a regular member or 1,000 Yen for astudent member; and the basic annual subscription fee is 10,000 Yen for regular members or
6,000 Yen for a student member. Members
wishing to subscribe to the JJAP on line version
only are requested to pay 12,000 Yen in advance in addition to the basic annual subscription fee.