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 University

4Int. Inst. Sustainability with

Knotted Chiral Meta Matter／SKCM,
5Kobayashi Maskawa Institute, Nagoya University
6Kanagawa University
7Chuo University

8Chubu University9The University of Tokyo

10National Institute for Materials Science

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

13The Graduate University of Advanced Studies (Sokendai)
14Kavli IPMU (WPI), The University of Tokyo

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

15,014 (June 1, 2023)

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
Participation in the Japan Inter-Society Liaison Association Committee for Promoting Equal Participation of
Men and Women in Science and Engineering (EPMEWSE)

2JPS & JSAP: transition on woman/man ratio of members
Percentage of Women members3Expectations 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 israpidly increasing recently

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 ?
beforeafter
difficultnoyes

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.
Seems effective for the entry point. However, career 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 ofJPS and JSAP in 2002.
• Currently, approximately 100 societies in STEM fields participate inEPMEWSE.

5The EPMEWSE logo
consists of ♂ & ♀
and a house-shaped
silhouette,expressing thecooperative
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 toImprove Positive Gender Inequality (e.g., Female-only
Recruitment and Quota System) ".
So far, EPMEWSE has submitted written requests to the Cabinet Office forthe 4th to 6th "Basic Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation“ (2010 – 2021) .

(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 workplace and in decisionmaking organizations in physics-related fields.

Website Links for details
JPSJSAP

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/
english