Physical Society of Japan

Physical Society of Japan
Name	Physical Society of Japan
Native name	日本物理学会
Founded	1877 (origins), 1946 (modern)
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Type	Learned society
Fields	Physics

Physical Society of Japan The Physical Society of Japan is a leading Japanese learned society for physicists associated with institutions such as University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Osaka University, Tohoku University, and Hokkaido University. It engages researchers from research centers like RIKEN, KEK, JAXA, National Institute for Materials Science, and AIST and interacts with international bodies such as American Physical Society, European Physical Society, Institute of Physics (IOP), CERN, and International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. The society publishes journals, organizes conferences, and recognizes achievements across fields linked to laboratories like IBM Research, Hitachi, Sony, Toshiba, and universities including Nagoya University, Kyushu University, Waseda University, Keio University, and Tokyo Institute of Technology.

History

The society traces roots to meetings influenced by figures like Yukawa Hideki, Nagaoka Hantarō, Hantaro Nagaoka, Tomonaga Shinichiro, Sakata Shoichi, and institutions such as Imperial University of Tokyo and Kyoto Imperial University. Postwar reorganization involved collaborations with entities including Allied occupation of Japan, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and researchers from National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and Geological Survey of Japan. Historical conferences paralleled events like Solvay Conference, Enrico Fermi's Chicago Pile-1, and exchanges with delegations from United States Atomic Energy Commission, French National Centre for Scientific Research, Max Planck Society, and Russian Academy of Sciences.

Organization and Governance

Governance includes elected officers and committees similar to structures at American Physical Society, Royal Society, Max Planck Society, and Chinese Physical Society. Executive functions coordinate with universities such as Tohoku University, Nagoya University, Kyushu University, and research institutes including RIKEN and KEK. Advisory councils have involved scholars associated with University of Cambridge, Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, and Harvard University. Legal and administrative affairs interact with ministries like Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan) and agencies including Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

Membership and Publications

Membership spans academics at University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Osaka University, Nagoya University, Tohoku University, and industry researchers from Fujitsu Laboratories, NEC, Nissan Research Center, Panasonic, and Mitsubishi Electric. The society issues journals and bulletins comparable to Physical Review Letters, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, Nature Physics, Science Advances, and partners with publishers such as Springer, Elsevier, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and IOP Publishing. Members include Nobel laureates like Yukawa Hideki, Tomonaga Shinichiro, and collaborators with scientists from Nobel Prize in Physics, Wolf Prize, Copley Medal, Breakthrough Prize, and institutions such as CERN, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, FERMILAB, DESY, and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Awards and Conferences

The society administers awards analogous to Nishina Prize, Japan Academy Prize, Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, Wolf Prize in Physics, and coordinates conferences mirroring International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP), International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP), Gordon Research Conferences, Solvay Conferences, and regional meetings akin to Asia Pacific Physics Conference. Major meetings attract speakers from CERN, Institute for Advanced Study, Perimeter Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and National Institute of Standards and Technology. Symposia have hosted work related to experiments at Super-Kamiokande, KAGRA, SPring-8, J-PARC, and satellite missions by JAXA.

Education and Outreach

Educational programs connect with universities including University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Tohoku University, Nagoya University, and technical schools like Tokyo Institute of Technology, Osaka Institute of Technology, Hiroshima University. Outreach initiatives engage museums and centers such as National Museum of Nature and Science (Japan), Miraikan, Science Museum (London), Smithsonian Institution, and public events modeled after European Researchers' Night and World Science Festival. Student sections collaborate with student groups from International Physics Olympiad, Asia Pacific Physics Union, IEEE Student Branches, and academic societies like Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

International Collaborations

Collaborations include partnerships with American Physical Society, European Physical Society, Institute of Physics (IOP), International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, CERN, Max Planck Society, French National Centre for Scientific Research, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Science, Australian National University, Perimeter Institute, Institute for Advanced Study, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and multinational projects like ITER, Square Kilometre Array, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, Large Hadron Collider, and space collaborations involving JAXA and NASA.

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