Physical Society of Japan
The Physical Society of Japan (JPS; 日本物理学会 in Japanese) is the organisation of physicists in Japan. There are about 16,000 members, including university professors, researchers as well as educators, and engineers. The origins of the JPS go back to the establishment of the Tokyo Mathematical Society in 1877, as the first society in natural science in Japan.
Physical Society of Japan
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- 1877
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- Japan
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The Physical Society of Japan (JPS; 日本物理学会 in Japanese) is the organisation of physicists in Japan. There are about 16,000 members, including university professors, researchers as well as educators, and engineers. The origins of the JPS go back to the establishment of the Tokyo Mathematical Society in 1877, as the first society in natural science in Japan.
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Purpose
After being renamed twice, as Tokyo Mathematical and Physical Society in 1884 and as Physico-Mathematical Society of Japan in 1919, it eventually separated into two in 1946, and the Physical Society of Japan was formed. Takeo Shimizu (清水武雄), a contributor to the improvements to the Wilson cloud chamber and the last President of the Physico-Mathematical Society, was also the first president of JPS.
The primary purposes of the JPS are to publish research reports of its members and to provide its members with facilities relating to physics.
Reciprocal agreements
Reciprocal agreements
The JPS has established reciprocal agreements with seven physical societies such as the American Physical Society, German Physical Society, Mexican Physical Society and Korean Physical Society so that the members of one society can participate in the activities of the other on an equal partner basis.
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1877
Physical Society of Japan established.
1877
Physical Society of Japan is recorded from 1877.
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- Japan
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• Journal of the Physical Society of Japan • Progress of Theoretical Physics
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- 1.The Physical Society of Japan. About JPS.
- 2.The Mathematical Society of Japan. History of MSJ.
- 3.Takeo Shimizu. A reciprocating expansion apparatus for detecting ionising rays. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A. 99. 700. 425–431. 1921. 10.1098/rspa.1921.0055.
- 4.Herwig Schopper. 50 Successful Years of the Physical Society of Japan. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 51. 1. 1996.
- 5.The Physical Society of Japan. Reciprocal Agreement Societies.
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