JSAP’s continued engagement in promotion
on “Women in Physics”
K. Nemoto, N. Kasaia, and A. MasudabNational Institute of Informatics, a NTT Corporation, b National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Gender Equality Committee in JSAP
Objectives

History

Our major objective is the advancement of science and technology by promoting greater equality ofgender participation based on the specialty of each person regardless of age or sex. One of theunique aspects of this committee is that we are 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 of both men and women to realize their full potential on equal terms. We hope to help
energize JSAP through our work and so achieve social activation.

2001.02 Established Preparatory Committee for Gender Equality Network
2001.07 Established Gender Equality Committee
2006.03 Renamed as Human Resources Development/Gender Equality Committee
2012.02 Renamed as Human Resources Development Committee
2015.04: Reorganized as Gender Equality Committee
Chairperson: Kae NEMOTO (NII), Vice-chairperson: A. Masuda （AIST) , 20 members (9 women)

Activities for GenderEquality

Symposia
A symposium on gender equality wasestablished in 2001 in the annual spring andfall meetings of the JSAP.
In the spring of 2013, we held our firstsymposium with only woman researchers,
focusing on the photovoltaic power
generation, with 170 participants.
The second symposium in 2014 was ofoptics, and the third of bioelectronics washeld in the spring 2015. Every symposia were
followed by gender equality lunch meeting.

Promoting Science to Female Junior/High SchoolStudents
To support the physical science course choice of girl students insecondary schools, since 2008 we have cosponsored aninterchange gathering with girl students and scientists,engineers, university students and graduate students in physicalCareer Lecturescience, 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 meetingis a place for interchanges between more than 100 girls as wellas parents and teachers through career lectures, scientificexperiments called “science adventures”, and poster sessions. Scientific Experiments

Providing Nurseries
A day care nursery for thespring and fall annual
meetings became available
from 2005. It has had wellover 100 users.
NurseryAwards

Launched Website “Women in PhysicalScience” “Career Design in Applied Physics ~Role models”

Participation in global networking
eventsThe Kodate Prize was established in 2009 to support female
researchers and engineers, and was renamed “a prize forfemale researcher achievements and human resources
development“ in 2011. 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) torecognize work in supporting equal participation.

To introduce positive images about the future of the woman young
researchers and encourage them, the web page “Women in PhysicalScience" was established on the JSAP web site to introduce a role modelfor women researchers. In addition, we assembled a collection of rolemodels consisting of male and female researchers in the applied physics
field, and introduced their career plans.

We gave oral and poster presentations at IUPAP-WIP in 2008
(Korea) and 2014 (Canada), and at ASEPS in 2010.
In 2013, JPS and JSPA
organized WIP of APPC12(The 12th Asia Pacific PhysicsConference of AAPPS) inJapan.

http://www.jsap.or.jp/activities/award/researchfield/female/notice.html(September 2014, 5th Prize)
Prize A: Dr. H. Yuasa （Toshiba)
Prize A(Early-career): Dr. K. Kitamura (Kyoto Univ.), Dr. M. Deura (Tohoku Univ.)
Prize B: Prof. Yoshikazu Toyama (University of Tokyo)

Gender Equality in JSAP, 2003-2012
Change in the gender equality was observed in JSAP, 2003-2012: ratio of women members increased, and the research environment (budget and working hours)
became more equal due to the above activities and change in the consciousness in Japanese society. However difference were still observed in the top position andresearch budget especially both in corporations (both in yellow arrows).

Ratio of Women Members

JSAPAll academicsocieties in JapanF
5%

Student members
F
8%

F
9%

F
19%

F
0% F
5%

Executive SecretaryM
100%

Councilor
F
7%
F
8%

M
89%
M
88%

WomenResearch InstituteMenUniversity

M
92%
M
93%

M Res Instit

2012
2007

500
0
3500 ‐24yr 25yr‐ 30yr‐ 35yr‐ 40yr‐ 45yr‐ 50yr‐ 55yr‐ 60yr‐

2003
2012

Corporation

1000‐24yr25yr‐ 30yr‐35yr‐ 40yr‐45yr‐ 50yr‐55yr‐ 60yr‐$400,000‐80%‐$400,000

60%‐$160,000

40%‐$40,00020%‐$8,0000%
M

Budget in 2015
1.6 billion yen (15 million dollars)

WMWCorporation University

2003~24 25~ 30~ 35~ 40~ 45~ 50~ 55~ 60~
Age group

Activities• Publication of the membership journal “OYOBUTSURI” (monthly, Japanese) and JSAP
International (twice a year, English).

Government Others
Membership
JSAP has about 25,000 members, 37%of them belonging to private companies.
PrivateCompanies
JSAP offers the following grades ofmemberships : Student member, Member, Universities/
Colleges
Fellow, Emeritus member, and Honorary
member.

Res. Instit.

100%

0~24 25~ 30~ 35~ 40~ 45~ 50~ 55~ 60~
Age group• Publication of Japanese
Journal of Applied Physics(JJAP) and Applied Physics
Express (APEX).
• JSAP holds nationwide spring
and fall technical meetings
every year.
2015 Spring Meeting : 6,767
participants, 3,827 papers• JSAP sponsored 24
international conferences in2015.

Research areas

Amorphous andMicrocrystalline
Materials
3%

Material

Electronics

Physics
OpticsBioM

W‐$4,0000Res. Instit.

 All the data were based on the large-scale survey for gender equality
by EPMEWSE (Japan Inter-Society Liaison Association Committee for
Promoting Equal Participation of Men and Women in Science andEngineering) in 2003 and 2012:
http://www.djrenrakukai.org/doc_pdf/3rd_enq_report_en.pdf
 Data in JSAP and the support for its analysis were provided by Prof.
Noriko Chikumoto, Chukyo Univ.

Hours at workplace, Men
Hours at workplace, Women
Hours spent on R&D, Men
Hours spent on R&D, Women2012

JSAP: the Japan Society of Applied Physics
History
The activities as the society started in July 1932, when themonthly journal “OYO BUTSURI” (Applied Physics) waspublished. JSAP was established as an official academic
society in 1946, and in 2011 reestablished as Public Interest
Incorporated Foundation.

University

Budget for 40-44yr Researchers

500

Research Institute

2012

0

1500

nowomen
42%

JSAP

200

2000

Committee withwomen members

All academic societies

400

2500

Working hours decreased both men and women

nowom
en
60%

600

2012

3000

Annual Research Budgetwithwomwith en
wom 40%
en
58%

800

Men

University

Men (ave $87,200)
Women (ave $61,000)

1200
1000

M Res Instit

1000

2012

0.0%

M
81%
M
92%

F
12%
F
11%
M
95%

Corporation

M
91%
M
95%

President/
vice-president

2012

Corporation

2000

W Univ

1500

5.0%

40.0%
35.0%30.0%
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%

M Univ

Women

Women members are
relatively active in JSAP

10.0%

2500

Women

20～ 25～ 30～ 35～ 40～ 45～ 50～ 55～ 60～ All
Age group

15.0%

Men

0.0

Women
Men

1400

2003

W Corp

Women

2.0

3000

20.0%

2003

M Corp2003

4.0

Men (ave $86,300)
3500
Women (ave $45,700)

2003

25.0%

Men

6.0

1600
30.0%

Research Budjet (x10,000 yen)

2015/06

100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%

Res Budget (x10,000 yen)

2010/06

General Staff
Group Leader
Section Head
Dept. HeadGeneral Manager
Dept. Director +Others
Grad Student
PostDocRes. Technitian
Assistant Prof.
Lecturer
Associated Prof.
Professor
OthersPostDocResearcher
Senior ResearcherGroup Lab Chief
Division HeadDirectorOthers

2006/06

8.0

General Staff
Group Leader
Section Head
Dept. HeadGeneral Manager
Dept. Director +Others
Grad Student
PostDocRes. Technitian
Assistant Prof.
Lecturer
Associated Prof.
Professor
OthersPostDoc
Researcher
Senior ResearcherGroup Lab Chief
Division Head
Director
OthersRatio of Women in Member (%)

10.0

Research budget became more equal, but still genderdifference was observed especially in companies in JSAP

More women in most of thepositions in JSAPRes Budget (x10,000 yen)

Ratio of women members
increased in JSAP

Nanocarbon
Technology
5%Interdisciplinary
Physics andRelated Area
4%
Ionizing Radiation
3%

CrystalEngineering
9%
Semiconductors
15%
Organic
Molecules andBioelectronics
15%
Superconductivity
4%

Research Areasin JSAP(2015)

Optics andPhotonics
18%
Thin Films andSurfaces
9%
Beam TechnologyandNanofabrication
3%

PlasmaElectronics
4%
Spintronics andMagnetics
4%

Applied Materials
Science4%

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