8th International Conference on Women in Physics

The Japan Society of Applied Physics

Current status and Perspective
on Diversity in Physics-related Fields in JapanNONAKA, Chiho1,3,4,5, MATSUKI, Nobuyuki2,6, SHOJI Ichiro2, 7,CHIKUMOTO, Noriko1, 8, HAMAGUCHI, Koichi1,9, ITAKURA, N. Akiko1,10,KOBAYASHI, Kaya1,11, NOJIRI, Mihoko1,12,13,14
1The Physical Society of Japan

2The Japan Society of Applied Physics
3Hiroshima Univ., Japan

4Int. Inst. Sustainability with

Knotted Chiral Meta Matter／SKCM, Japan
5Kobayashi Maskawa Institute, Nagoya Univ., Japan
6Kanagawa Univ., Japan7Chuo Univ., Japan

8Chubu Univ., Japan

9The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

10National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

11Res. Inst. for Interdiscip. Sci., Okayama Univ., Japan
12Theory Center, IPNS, KEK, Japan

13The Graduate Univ. of Advanced Studies (Sokendai), Japan
14Kavli IPMU (WPI), Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
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JPS & JSAP: features and activities for diversity
Founded year
Established year
Total number ofmembers
Nobel laureatesfrom the society
Committee fordiversity
Activities fordiversity

The Phys. Soc. of Japan (JPS)1877(as Tokyo Mathematics Society)
1946

The Japan Soc. of Appl. Phys. (JSAP)1932(as Jpn. Journal of Appl. Phys.)1946~16,000

19,581 (June 24, 2023)

15 members(1949-2021)
Diversity Promotion Committee(est. 2002) 12 members

4 members(2014-2019)
D&I committee(est. 2002) 21 members

Summer School for Girls Junior High and High School Students (collaborative)
Installation of Child Care Rooms at Annual Conferences (Individual)
Annual Symposium to Discuss Diversity in Science and Engineering (Individual)
Fumiko Yonezawa Award
Div. & Incl. Award
The Jpn. Inter-Society Liaison Assoc. Comm.
for Prom. Eq. Part. of Men and Women in Sci. and Engineer.
302JPS & JSAP: transition on woman/man ratio of members
Number of Members and Affiliation

3Expectations for Women’s Leadership

JPS 52nd Pres.
Prof. Fumiko Yonezawa

JPS 77-78th Pres.
Prof. Setsuko Tajima

 Percentage of woman members isgradually increasing The number of woman directors is
rapidly increasing recently
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JSAP 33rd Pres.
Prof. Mutsuko Hatano

4Natsugaku: Summer School for Girls – Sci., Tech., and Human Encounters#1 Natsu Gaku

since 2005 (all over Japan)
Gov.br./ NPO 3-days science camp(Summer) (Study)~2017/2018~
Online during the Pandemic
Seminars on carrier path, experiments, group discussions etc.
2019: making spectroscope

Questionnaire in #1 Natsu Gaku

Q1:Can you imagine that you are working in the future ?
beforeafterdifficult

noyes

2022: optical communication (online)
a little

a littleyes

Q2: Do you determine the specific field in STEM?
a little

making use of Zoom & LINE(an SNS)For the next one in August, 2023, it is gettingback to the in-person camp.

#2 Kansai Science School for girls

since 2006
groupwork series

Run by five Universities in Kansai area.
Supported by companies in the area and JPS

a little

not yetalmostyes

not yetyesalmost

Q3:Do you want to choose STEM in University and Jobs?
a littleyesmaybe
noa littleyesnoAfter the summer camp, almost allanswers turned to be positive.
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Seems effective for the entry point. However, carrier
path is still an issue to be improved.
The Japan Society of Applied Physics

The Japan Inter-Society Liaison Association Committee for Promoting Equal
Participation of Men and Women in Science and Engineering (EPMEWSE)
What’s EPMEWSE?

• Female professionals: only 10.7% in 2001.
• Especially low in STEM (Sci., Tech., Engineer., Math.)• To overcome above situation, EPMEWSE was established at the initiative of
JPS and JSAP in 2002.
• Currently, approximately 100 societies in STEM fields participate inEPMEWSE.

5The EPMEWSE logo
consists of ♂ & ♀
and a house-shaped
silhouette, expressing
the cooperative
relationship between
men and women.

Large-Scale Surveys on Gender Equality in STEM
4th (2017): Large-Scale Survey; 19,505 answers.
3rd (2013): Large-Scale Survey; 18,159 answers.
2nd (2007): Large-Scale Survey; 14,100 answers.
1st (2003): Large-Scale Survey; 19,291 answers.

Annual EPMEWSE symposium (2001- )20th (2022) Symposium theme was: "Considering
Measures to Improve Positive Gender Inequality (e.g.,
Female-only Recruitment and Quota System".
33(From the 4th Large-Scale Survey (2017).)

Summary and perspective of activities by JPS&JSAP

Summary/perspective

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1. Features and activities for diversity in JPS & JSAP are introduced. Numbers of female
members, especially steering members are continuously increasing.
2. Natsugaku: Summer School for Girls – Sci., Tech., and Human Encounters is effective topromote increase of female students in STEM fields.
3. The Japan Inter-Society Liaison Association Committee for Promoting Equal Participation ofMen and Women in Science and Engineering (EPMEWSE) provides necessary information andpositive impact on academia as well as society in Japan.
4. Through these activities, we will further promote diversity in the field and in decision-making
organizations in physics-related fields.

Website Links for details
JPS

JSAP

Natsugaku:

EPMEWSEhttps://natsugaku.jp/en/

https://djrenrakukai.org/en/index.html

Summer School for Girls

The Japan Society of Applied Physics

https://www.jps.or.jp/english/https://www.jsap.or.jp/
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