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Preparing a full paper manuscript in PDF format using MS-Word (12pt)(24 pt = 2 lines)
First A. Author i), Second B. Author ii) and Third C. Author iii) (11pt)(12 pt = 1 line)i) Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, ISSMGE University, 9-13, Street, City 909-2015, Country. (9pt)ii) Director, Geotechnical Research Centre, 6JCS Co., Ltd., 13-9, Street, City ZIP-CODE, Country.
iii) Ph.D Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Geotechnical University, 9-13, Town, City 913-2015, Country.

(24 pt = 2 lines)
ABSTRACT (10.5pt bold)(12 pt = 1 line)
This document provides information and instructions for the preparation of technical papers to be included in theProceedings of the international conferences, symposia, workshops, etc., which will be organized by the Japanese
Geotechnical Society. The proceedings will be published on the e-journal platform J-Stage, and each paper will beassigned a DOI (Digital Objective Identifier) permalink. The authors are recommended to prepare their manuscript inMS-Word selecting Adobe PDF as the active printer before starting to work on it, because MS-Word document
formatting is very sensitive to the selected printer. The first page is reserved for the title of the paper, authors,affiliation, abstract, and keywords. The INTRODUCTION must begin 24pt below the keywords. (10.5 pt)(10.5 pt)
Keywords:(10.5pt bold) instruction, proceedings, geotechnical engineering, symposium (10.5pt)(24 pt = 2 lines)
1 INTRODUCTION (10.5PT UPPERCASE, BOLD)(6 PT SPACING BELOW)

The authors are recommended to prepare theirmanuscript in MS-Word format, and submit both theoriginal MS-Word file and its accompanying PDF file.
The deadline for full paper submission is decided by theorganizing committee of the event. (10.5pt)
2 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS (10.5pt uppercase,bold) (12 pt spacing above and 6 pt spacing below)
The paper must be written in English within aprinting box of 17.4 cm × 24.6 cm, centered in the page.
The paper including figures, tables, and references musthave a length of 4 to 6 pages. In case of invited keynote
papers, the maximum length is 16 pages. These lengths
may be modified by the organizers. (10.5pt)
3 TITLE, AUTHORS, AFFILIATION,KEYWORDS (10.5pt uppercase bold) (12 pt spacing above and 6pt spacing below)

The first page must contain the Title, Author(s),Affiliation(s), Abstract, and Keywords. TheINTRODUCTION must begin 24pt (= 2 lines) below
the keywords. The first line of the title is located 24pt
from the top of the printing box. (10.5pt)
3.1 Title (10.5pt bold) (6 pt spacing above)
The title should be written centered in the page, in
12pt Times New Roman, with an initial capital (uppercase) for the first word only (sentence case). It should
be single spaced if the title is more than one line long.

3.2 Author (10.5pt bold) (6 pt spacing above)
The author’s name should include first name (givenname), middle initial, and surname. It should be written
centered in the page, in 11pt Times New Roman, withan initial capital.
3.3 Affiliation (10.5pt bold) (6 pt spacing above)
Author’s affiliation should be written below theauthors’ names in 9pt Times New Roman.
3.4 Abstract (10.5pt bold) (6 pt spacing above)Use 10.5pt Times New Roman for the abstract. Theword ABSTRACT must be set in boldface, centered in
the page, 24pt below the last author. The abstract text
should be written justified, in 10.5pt Times New
Roman, and separated 12pt from the word
ABSTRACT.
3.5 Keywords (10.5pt bold) (6 pt spacing above)
Please write no more than six keywords. They
should be written left aligned, in 10.5pt Times New
Roman, and the line must begin with the word
Keywords: boldfaced. Each keyword is separated by acomma. A 12pt space should separate the keywords
from the Abstract.
4HEADINGS (10.5pt uppercase, bold) (12 pt spacing aboveand 6 pt spacing below)

4.1 Main headings
The main headings should be written left aligned, in
10.5pt, boldface and all capital Times New Roman
letters. There should be a 12pt space before and 6pt
after the main headings.

4.2 Secondary headings (10.5pt bold) (6 pt spacing above)
Secondary headings should be written left aligned,
10.5pt, boldface Times New Roman, with an initial
capital for first word only (sentence case). There should
be a 6pt space before and no space after the secondaryheadings.
5TEXT (10.5pt uppercase, bold) (12 pt spacing above and 6 pt

6pt space above and below to separate it from thesurrounding text.
8TABLES (10.5pt uppercase, bold) (12 pt spacing above and 6 pt

spacing below)

All tables should be numbered consecutively andcaptioned. The caption should be 9pt Times NewRoman.

spacing below)

The normal text should be written single-spaced,justified, using 10.5pt Times New Roman in twocolumns. The first line of each paragraph must beindented 0.5 cm. There is no inter-paragraph spacing.
6FIGURES (10.5pt uppercase, bold) (12 pt spacing above and 6pt spacing below)

All figures should be numbered consecutively
following “Fig.” and captioned. There is no distinction
between figure and photo. The caption title should beleft aligned, in 9pt Times New Roman.

Table 1. Test conditions.
Test ID
Width (m)Case 1
5.0
Case 210.0

Height (m)2.55.0

Depth (m)7.5
15.0

A 6pt space should separate the table from thecaption, and a 12pt space should separate the table fromthe surrounding text.
9 FORMAT OF REFERENCES (10.5pt uppercase,bold) (12 pt spacing above and 6 pt spacing below)
In the text, place the author’s surnames (withoutinitials) and the year of publication in parentheses. At
the end of the paper, list all references in alphabeticalorder. If several works by the same author are cited,entries should be chronological. If there are more than
two references by the same first author in the same year,
the year is followed by a character in alphabetical order,
e.g. 2010a and 2010b.
10 CONCLUSIONS (10.5pt uppercase, bold) (12 pt spacing
above and 6 pt spacing below)

Conclusions summarize the most important
propositions concisely derived from the study.
Fig. 1. Example of photograph and caption (left aligned).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (10.5pt uppercase, bold)

A 6pt space should separate the figure from thecaption, and a 12pt space should separate the upper partof the figure and the bottom of the caption from thesurrounding text.

Acknowledgements should be written here (ifnecessary).

71) Japan Ministry of Transport (1992): Design Codes forConcrete Structures of Japan Railway, ISBN 4-621-03760-9
C3051, Maruzen Print Co. Ltd., 79-107 (in Japanese).
(reference with DOI is also recommended) (9pt)2) Osaka, D. and Tokyo, K. (2010): Submission of your recent
original work, Soils and Foundations, 53(6), 39-52.
3) Sapporo, A., Nagoya, B. and Fukuoka, U. (2015a):
Preparation of your manuscript for the Proceedings of the
15th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics andGeotechnical Engineering, Fukuoka, Japan, 45-48.

(12 pt spacing above and 6 pt spacing below)

EQUATIONS (10.5pt uppercase, bold) (12 pt spacingabove and 6 pt spacing below)

A displayed equation is numbered consecutively,
using Arabic numbers in parentheses.

y  ax x2
 tb(1)The equation should be centered and the equation
number should be right aligned in the column, leaving a

REFERENCES (10.5pt uppercase, bold) (12 pt spacing above and6 pt spacing below)Preparing a full paper manuscript in PDF format using MS-Word
First A. Author i), Second B. Author ii) and Third C. Author iii)
i) Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, ISSMGE University, 9-13, Street, City 909-2015, Country.
ii) Director, Geotechnical Research Centre, 6JCS Co., Ltd., 13-9, Street, City ZIP-CODE, Country.
iii) Ph.D Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Geotechnical University, 9-13, Town, City 913-2015, Country.

ABSTRACTThis document provides information and instructions for the preparation of technical papers to be included in theProceedings of the international conferences, symposia, workshops, etc., which will be organized by the Japanese
Geotechnical Society. The proceedings will be published on the e-journal platform J-Stage, and each paper will beassigned a DOI (Digital Objective Identifier) permalink. The authors are recommended to prepare their manuscript inMS-Word selecting Adobe PDF as the active printer before starting to work on it, because MS-Word document
formatting is very sensitive to the selected printer. The first page is reserved for the title of the paper, authors,affiliation, abstract, and keywords. The INTRODUCTION must begin 24pt below the keywords.
Keywords: instruction, proceedings, geotechnical engineering, symposium

1 INTRODUCTION
The authors are recommended to prepare theirmanuscript in MS-Word format, and submit both theoriginal MS-Word file and its accompanying PDF fileto their member society. The deadline for full paper
submission is decided by the organizing committee ofthe event.
2 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
The paper must be written in English within aprinting box of 17.4 cm × 24.6 cm, centered in the page.
The paper including figures, tables, and references musthave a length of 4 to 6 pages. In case of invited keynote
papers, the maximum length is 16 pages. These lengths
may be modified by the organizers.
3 TITLE, AUTHORS, AFFILIATION,KEYWORDS
The first page must contain the Title, Author(s),Affiliation(s), Abstract, and Keywords. TheINTRODUCTION must begin 24pt (= 2 lines) below
the keywords. The first line of the title is located 24pt
from the top of the printing box.
3.1 Title
The title should be written centered in the page, in
12pt Times New Roman, with an initial capital (uppercase) for the first word only (sentence case). It should
be single spaced if the title is more than one line long.

3.2 Author
The author’s name should include first name (givenname), middle initial, and surname. It should be written
centered in the page, in 11pt Times New Roman, withan initial capital.
3.3 Affiliation
Author’s affiliation should be written below theauthors’ names in 9pt Times New Roman.
3.4 Abstract
Use 10.5pt Times New Roman for the abstract. Theword ABSTRACT must be set in boldface, centered inthe page, 24pt below the last author. The abstract text
should be written justified, in 10.5pt Times NewRoman, and separated 12pt from the word
ABSTRACT.
3.5 Keywords
Please write no more than six keywords. They
should be written left aligned, in 10.5pt Times New
Roman, and the line must begin with the word
Keywords: boldfaced. Each keyword is separated by acomma. A 12pt space should separate the keywords
from the Abstract.
4HEADINGS

4.1 Main headings
The main headings should be written left aligned, in
10.5pt, boldface and all capital Times New Roman
letters. There should be a 12pt space before and 6pt
after the main headings.

4.2 Secondary headings
Secondary headings should be written left aligned,10.5pt, boldface Times New Roman, with an initial
capital for first word only (sentence case). There should
be a 6pt space before and no space after the secondary
headings.
5TEXT

The normal text should be written single-spaced,justified, using 10.5pt Times New Roman in twocolumns. The first line of each paragraph must be
indented 0.5 cm. There is no inter-paragraph spacing.
6FIGURES

All figures should be numbered consecutively
following “Fig.” and captioned. There is no distinction
between figure and photo. The caption title should beleft aligned, in 9pt Times New Roman.

Table 1. Test conditions.
Test ID
Width (m)Case 1
5.0
Case 210.0

Height (m)2.55.0

Depth (m)7.5
15.0

A 6pt space should separate the table from thecaption, and a 12pt space should separate the table fromthe surrounding text.
9FORMAT OF REFERENCES

In the text, place the author’s surnames (withoutinitials) and the year of publication in parentheses. At
the end of the paper, list all references in alphabeticalorder. If several works by the same author are cited,
entries should be chronological. If there are more than
two references by the same first author in the same year,
the year is followed by a character in alphabetical order,
e.g. 2010a and 2010b.
10 CONCLUSIONS
Conclusions summarize the most important
propositions concisely derived from the study.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Acknowledgements should be written here (ifnecessary).
REFERENCES

Fig. 1. Example of photograph and caption (left aligned).

A 6pt space should separate the figure from thecaption, and a 12pt space should separate the upper partof the figure and the bottom of the caption from thesurrounding text.
7EQUATIONS

A displayed equation is numbered consecutively,
using Arabic numbers in parentheses.

y  ax x2
 tb(1)The equation should be centered and the equation
number should be right aligned in the column, leaving a
6pt space above and below to separate it from thesurrounding text.
8TABLESAll tables should be numbered consecutively andcaptioned. The caption should be 9pt Times NewRoman.

1) Japan Ministry of Transport (1992): Design Codes forConcrete Structures of Japan Railway, ISBN 4-621-03760-9
C3051, Maruzen Print Co. Ltd., 79-107 (in Japanese).
(reference with DOI is also recommended)
2) Osaka, D. and Tokyo, K. (2010): Submission of your recentoriginal work, Soils and Foundations, 53(6), 39-52.
3) Sapporo, A., Nagoya, B. and Fukuoka, U. (2015a):
Preparation of your manuscript for the Proceedings of the15th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics andGeotechnical Engineering, Fukuoka, Japan, 45-48.