Internal Regulation on Membershipof General Incorporated Association
The Physical Society of Japan
July 1, 1958 Established
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July 9, 2016 RevisedThis is an English translation of “Internal Regulation on Membership of the Physical Society ofJapan” written in Japanese, which should be regarded as the official and legally binding document.

Chapter 1: General Provisions
Article 1 (Matters stipulated in this Internal Regulation)
This Internal Regulation shall stipulate the admission procedure, membership dues, distributionof periodical publications, and other matters relating to membership of the Physical Society ofJapan (hereafter the “Society”), in regards to regular members (including senior members),
student members, honorary members, and supporting members, based on the Constitution as
well as on the Bylaws.
Article 2 (Meaning of business year)
The business year in this Internal Regulation shall mean the period from January 1 to December
31 of each year, in the same way as the business year of the Society stipulated in Article 35 of
the Constitution.

Chapter 2: Regular Members and Student Members
Clause 1: Regular Members
Article 3 (Admission procedure)
3.1 A person who wishes to be admitted to the Society as a regular member stipulated in Article
5 Section 1 of the Constitution must complete the following matters in accordance with thestipulation of Article 1 of the Bylaws and submit it to the President.
(1) English spelling of the name, date of birth(2) Names and member IDs of the two regular members of the Society who introduce theapplicant(3) Name of the university and name of the department from which the applicant graduated,
year/month of graduation, and name of the last school attended and year/month ofcompletion; year/month of expected graduation or completion if still enrolled in school(4) Name of affiliation, current address, and postal address(5) Periodical publications which the applicant wishes to receive
3.2 A person, who is enrolled in graduate school and wishes a reduction of membership dues
stipulated in Article 8 Section 1 of the Bylaws, must submit the student certificate.
3.3 Admission of a regular member shall be determined by the President upon resolution of theBoard of Directors.
3.4 The President shall consult on application for admission of regular members received by
the last day of each month with the Board of Directors Meeting of the following month forapproval. The first day of the month when the Board of Directors Meeting is held shall be
the date of admission. In the case that the Board of Directors Meeting is not held on thefollowing month, the earliest Board of Directors Meeting after the following month shall be
consulted with.
3.5 Rights as a regular member may be executed from the date following approval of admission
by the Board of Directors.
3.6 In the case that admission of an applicant is not approved, the amount equivalent to theadmission fee and membership dues shall be refunded.
Article 4 (Types of periodical publications to receive and the amount of membership dues)
Regular members must pay the amount of membership dues as well as the annual amount ofadditional membership dues stipulated in Articles 7 and 17 of the Bylaws prior to thecommencement date of the relevant business year, depending on the types of periodical
publications (hereafter the “Publications”) to receive under Article 17 of the Bylaws. However, inthe case of receiving the reduction of membership dues stipulated in Article 8 Section 1 of the
Bylaws, the amount of student membership dues shall be applied.
Article 5 (Adjustment of membership dues for new members)
The amount equivalent to one-year membership dues paid by a regular member admitted in the
middle of a business year as well as any excessive amount of payments shall be adjusted in theinvoice for the following business year according to Attachment 1.
Article 6 (Reduction of membership dues)
In the case that a regular member who is enrolled in graduate school wishes reduction ofmembership dues stipulated in Article 8 Section 1 of the Bylaws, the following procedure must be
taken.
(1) The regular member who applies for reduction shall submit the application form by September
30 along with the student certificate.
(2) Membership dues for a regular member who takes the procedure in the above paragraphshall be the same as the membership dues for a student member starting January of thefollowing year.
Article 7 (Application period of the reduction of membership dues)
7.1 A regular member who is enrolled in graduate school shall be eligible for application of the
reduction of membership dues until December of the year when completion of the graduate
courses is expected according to the student certificate submitted at the time of application
for admission or for reduction.
7.2 In the case that a regular member is enrolled in graduate school beyond the period in theabove section and wishes reduction of membership dues, the procedure stipulated in
Article 6 must be taken again.
7.3 In the case that the status as a graduate student is lost during the period in Section 1, thestatus must be reported and the membership dues for a regular member must be paid
starting from January of the following year.
Article 8 (Reduction of membership dues for a regular member who becomes an undergraduate
student)
In the case that a regular member newly becomes an undergraduate student, reduction ofmembership dues may be available. The stipulation in the above two Articles shall be applied tothe procedure for reduction as well as the application period.
Article 9 (Reduction of membership dues under special circumstances)
Under special circumstances, the President may approve reduction of membership dues or
waiver of one-year membership dues for a regular member. Special circumstances include majordisasters to which the Disaster Relief Act is issued; however applicability of this regulation as wellas its details shall be discussed and determined by the Board of Directors on a case-by-casebasis. In this case, a member who requests reduction of membership dues must submit thedisaster-victim certificate in regards to the stipulated subject.
Clause 2: Student Members
Article 10 (Admission procedure)
The stipulation on the admission procedure for regular members in Article 3 shall be applied tothe admission procedure for student members stipulated in Article 5 Section 1 Paragraph 2 of theConstitution. However, the student certificate must be submitted.
Article 11 (Types of periodical publications to receive and the amount of membership dues)
Student members must pay the amount of membership dues as well as the annual amount ofadditional membership dues stipulated in Articles 7 and 17 of the Bylaws prior to thecommencement date of the relevant business year, depending on the types of Publications toreceive under Article 17 of the Bylaws.
Article 12 (Adjustment of membership dues for new members)
Stipulation on adjustment of membership dues for new members in Article 5 shall also be applied
to student members.
Article 13 (Application period of membership dues for student members)
13.1 Student members shall be eligible for the amount of membership dues for student
members until December of the year when graduation is expected according to thestudent certificate submitted at the time of application for admission.
13.2 In the case that a student member is enrolled in an undergraduate course of university
beyond the period in the above section and wishes to be continuously considered as a
student member, application for a student membership must be submitted again bySeptember 30 along with the application form and student certificate,
Article 14 (Change from a student member to a regular member)
A student member who graduates from an undergraduate course of university may become aregular member. Even if a student member becomes a regular member, the amount ofmembership dues for the relevant business year shall remain as the amount of membership dues
for a student member.
Article 15 (Reduction of membership dues under special circumstances)
Under special circumstances, the President may approve reduction of membership dues or
waiver of one-year membership dues for a student member in the same way as the regulation forregular members in Article 9.
Clause 3: Honorary Members and Senior Members
Article 16 (Honorary members)
An honorary member in Article 5 Section 1 Paragraph 4 of the Constitution shall be entitled to thequalification and rights equivalent to a regular member. In addition, membership dues as well as
additional membership dues stipulated in Article 17 of the Bylaws shall be waived.
Article 17 (Senior members)
17.1 In the case that a regular member, who has been the member of the Society (including theprevious Physico-Mathematical Society of Japan) for 35 years or longer and reached theage 65 or older, obtains the President’s approval by taking the procedure stipulated in
Article 8 Section 2 of the Bylaws (hereafter the “senior members”), membership dues shallbe reduced. The above period shall include the period as a student member. However,additional membership dues must be paid in advance if distribution of Publications otherthan the Japanese journal “BUTSURI” (hereafter “BUTSURI”) is desired.
17.2 A person who wishes to be a senior member must fully pay the membership dues
including additional membership dues up to the business year when the application is
submitted.
17.3 Senior members must pay the amount of membership dues stipulated in Article 8 Section
2 of the Bylaws.
17.4 The President may suspend delivery of the BUTSURI as well as of Publications to a senior
member who does not pay the membership dues in Section 3 or the additional
membership dues for Publications that are desired for distribution in Article 1.
Clause 4: Changes of Publications to Receive
Article 18 (Period and procedure to request changes)
18.1 Regular members and student members may request changes in types, suspension, or
new delivery of Publications stipulated in Article 17 of the Bylaws on a business-yearbasis.
18.2 Requests in the above section shall be made in regards to Publications for the following
business year with the application form between April 1 and September 30 of each year.
18.3 Regular members and student members who do not take the procedure in the above
section shall receive the same Publications as the previous business year.
18.4 Regular members and student members admitted in October, November and December of
each year shall receive the same Publications as the business year of admission in thefollowing business year, regardless of the stipulation in the above three sections.
18.5 No request of changes in types, suspension, or new delivery of Publications by regularmembers and student members shall be accepted other than the period stipulated in
Section 2.

Clause 5: Method to Pay Membership Dues
Article 19 (Time to pay membership dues)
Regular members and student members must pay the membership dues for the following
business year prior to the commencement date of the relevant business year as billed by theSociety.
Article 20 (Adjustment of membership dues)
Any excessive amount of payments shall be adjusted in the invoice for the following business
year.

Clause 6: Method to Handle the Delinquents of Membership Dues
Article 21 (Delinquency for less than one year)
21.1 Delivery of Publications shall be suspended if the membership dues for the relevantbusiness year (including additional membership dues; the same shall apply hereafter) are
not fully paid. The period of suspension shall be separately stipulated.
21.2 The Publications during the period of suspension shall not be delivered even when themembership dues stipulated in Section 1 are fully paid.
Article 22 (Delinquency for one year or longer)
22.1 A regular member or student member who has not fully pay the membership dues for thecurrent business year by October of each year shall be warned about the effect of“removal under Article 10 of the Constitution”. However, a grace period shall be until
December 31, followed by the procedure of removal.
22.2 Publications during the period of suspension shall not be delivered even when themembership dues are fully paid during the grace period in the above section, in the same
way as Section 2 of the above article.
22.3 In the case that regular members and student members who were removed as well as
regular members and student members who withdrew by request wish to be readmitted,
they may be readmitted by taking the admission procedure again. However, the delinquent
membership dues at the time of removal or withdrawal must be fully paid.
Clause 7: Overseas Shipping Fees of Publications
Article 23 (Overseas shipping fees)
Regular members and student members whose address for delivery of Publications is outside ofJapan must pay overseas shipping fees designated by each publication. The amounts shall be
stipulated by the Board of Directors.

Chapter 3: Supporting Members
Article 24 (Definition)
Supporting members shall be defined as individuals or organizations that agree on the purposeof the Society and support its financial administration continuously.
Article 25 (Admission procedure)An individual or organization that wishes to be admitted to the Society as a supporting member
must complete the following matters in the Admission Application Form and submit it to the
President for approval of the Board of Directors.
1. In the case of an individual
1) Name and furigana (pronunciation of the name)2) Current address (or postal address)
3) Name of employer and job title4) Number of units of membership dues for each business year
2. In the case of an organization
1) Name of organization
2) Name of representative
3) Address4) Number of units of membership dues for each business year5) Contact information
6) Person in charge
Article 26 (Membership dues)
Supporting members must pay one or more units of membership dues stipulated in Article 9 of
the Bylaws by the last day of each year.
Article 27 (Number of units of membership dues and Publications to receive)
27.1 A supporting member may receive one copy of BUTSURI and one copy of the Physics
Education in University as well as additional Publications depending on the number ofunits of membership dues under Article 18 of the Bylaws.
27.2 Additional Publications available for delivery shall be BUTSURI, JPSJ, or the Physics
Education in University, and the number of units of membership dues and the additional
number of copies for delivery shall be as follows. In the case of receiving JPSJ as
additional delivery, the access authority to JPSJ Online shall also be given upon request
by the supporting member. However, members with a large amount of access may berequested to apply for a tier-based subscription separately.
Number of units ofmembership dues

3～4

5～6

7～8

9～10

11～15

Additional number ofcopiesUp to 1copy ※Up to 2
copiesUp to 3
copiesUp to 4
copiesUp to 5
copiesNumber of units ofmembership dues

16～20

21～30

31～40

41～50

50 or more

Additional number ofcopiesUp to 6
copiesUp to 7
copiesUp to 8
copiesUp to 9copiesUp to 10
copies※ JPSJ can be added with 4 units or more of membership dues.

Article 28 (Late payment of membership dues under special circumstances)28.1 The President may approve late payment of membership dues from supporting members
under special circumstances.
28.2 Supporting members who are delinquent in payment of membership dues for a long time
without notifying the circumstances to the Society may be considered as withdrawn upon
resolution of the Board of Directors.

Chapter 4: Procedure to Revise the Internal Regulation
Article 29 (Procedure to revise the Internal Regulation)
This Internal Regulation shall be revised by the Board of Directors.

(Supplemental Provisions) October 8, 2011 – Revision of this Internal Regulation shall be enforced as of
September 1, 2011. However, the Board of Directors may take measures necessary to implement revision of thisInternal Regulation in advance.
(Supplemental Provisions) This Internal Regulation shall be enforced as of May 10, 2014.
(Supplemental Provisions) June 14, 2014 – Revision of this Internal Regulation shall be enforced as of January
1, 2015. The stipulation relating to the part designated with ※ in Article 27 Section 2 shall be invalid until
enforcement.
(Supplemental Provisions) This Internal Regulation shall be enforced as of December 13, 2014.
(Supplemental Provisions) This Internal Regulation shall be enforced as of November 14, 2015.
(Supplemental Provisions) This Internal Regulation shall be enforced as of April 1, 2016.
(Supplemental Provisions) This Internal Regulation shall be enforced as of July 9, 2016

Attachment 1: Amount of membership dues (for one year) paid by new members to be carried over to thefollowing business year. (Less than 10 yen is rounded off.)(Unit: yen)

(From January 1, 2016)
Basic membership dues

Enrolled in January

Additional membership dues

RegularmemberStudent
memberJPSJ

JPSJ(Subscription A)(Subscription B)

0

0

0

0

Enrolled in February

1000

670

810

1,260

Enrolled in March

2,000

1,330

1,620

2,520

Enrolled in April

3,000

2,000

2,430

3,780

Enrolled in May

4,000

2,670

3,240

5,040

Enrolled in June

5,000

3,330

4,050

6,300

Enrolled in July

6,000

4,000

4,860

7,560

Enrolled in August

7,000

4,670

5,670

8,820

Enrolled in September

8,000

5,330

6,480

10,080

Enrolled in October

9,000

6,000

7,290

11,340

Enrolled in November

10,000

6,670

8,100

12,600

Enrolled in December

11,000

7,330

8,910

13,860JJAP

Physics
Education
in
University00List of Revision History
December 15, 2007 – Partial revision
Articles 9 and 15
The stipulation to waiver of one-year membership dues in the case of major disasters was added.
March 6, 2010 – Partial revision
Article 3 (3)The name of the university, etc. was added to be consistent with the Constitution, Admission Application Form,
etc.
October 2011 – Partial revision
Revision after revision of the Constitution and Bylaws resulting from transition to the general incorporated
association
・The numbers of the Articles referenced were revised.

・

Description on special members in the old Constitution was separated from the Internal Regulation on
Membership as the “Internal Regulation on Purchase of Periodical Publications by Individuals orOrganizations Other Than Members.”

・

Other revision of some wording(Admission procedure) “Article 3 (6) Necessary documents of banks or postal savings for automatic withdrawal ofmembership dues” was deleted.
September 14, 2013 – Partial revision
Article 3 Paragraph 4 – The due date and wording were revised.
Article 22 Paragraph 1 – “Withdrawal” was revised to “expulsion.”
The carry-over amount of additional membership dues for JJAP in the Attachment 1 was revised.
May 10, 2014 – Partial revision
The carry-over amount of additional membership dues for JPSJ in the Attachment 1 was revised.
June 14, 2014 – Partial revision
Description of access authority of JPSJ Online was added and additional copies of delivery of JPSJ was revised
to four units or more in Article 27 Section 2. The supplemental provision was added with January 1, 2015 as thedate of enforcement.
December 13, 2014 – Partial revision
Qualification and authority of honorary members was clarified in Article 16.
November 14, 2015 – Partial revision
Wording, etc. was partially revised in Articles 4, 14, 18, 21 and 22.
The content was revised in Article 25.1 “In the case of an individual.”
Article 28 Section 2 was added.
Attachment 1 was revised.
March 11, 2016 – Partial revision
Revision resulting mainly from the conversion to electronic admission application: Articles 3, 5, and 12.
Method of the treatment of fractions was clarified in Attachment 1. The table before December 31, 2015 was deleted.

July 9, 2016 – Partial revision
Wording, etc. was partially revised in Article 1, Article 3 Section 2, Article 4, Article 6, Article 7 Sections 1 and 2,
Article 10, Article 11, Article 17, Article19, Article 21 Section 2, Article 22 Sections 1, 2 and 3, and Article 27.