How to join

JSAP main society Membership fees

Please pay admission fee for first year and basic annual due from second year.

• If you would like to be an undergraduate or graduate member, you must register your academic history including expected year and month of graduation from My Page.
• Student Member, Graduate Student Member, Young Industrial Member and International Postdoctoral Member can subscribe “OYO BUTURI” by online only.
• International Postdoctoral Member can subscribe APEX/JJAP Online Journal for free.

Division Membership fees

Sub member who belongs to division(s) only should pay division membership fee(s).
Official member who belongs to both JSAP society and division(s) should pay both JSAP main society and division membership fees.

• *1The former Optical Society of Japan changed the name to The Division of Photonics from January 1, 2015.

Payment methods

• Admission Fee

  Please note that if you do NOT pay the fee, your membership application will not be valid.

  Please select a payment method from the following 3 selections. The payment system is managed by SoftBank Payment Service Corp. on consignment from JSAP.

  Credit card

  VISA, MasterCard, JCB, AMERICAN EXPRESS, Diners Club International are available

  PayPal

  
  

  Convenience store

  7-Eleven, Lawson, Family Mart, Seicomart, Circle K Sunkus, MINISTOP, Daily Yamazaki are available

• Membership fee

  If you live in Japan, please pay membership fees for subsequent years by automatic bank withdrawal.

  Please complete the following procedures for automatic bank withdrawal.

  Automatic bank withdrawal application form

  Please download the automatic bank withdrawal application form from the above link, fill it out and submit it by postal mail to JSAP Secretariat Membership Services at the address below.

  • JSAP Secretariat Membership Services:
  1-21-5 Nezu, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0031, Japan

  If you would like to pay membership fees online, please refer to “How to Pay Membership Fees”.

• Membership cancellation

  Please note that if payment is not made by the due date, your membership will be terminated on December 31.

  Membership Cancellation Request Deadline : December 31

  To resign from JSAP, please log onto My Page and click the link “Cancel Membership (JSAP/Division)”.
  No late request is accepted after deadline.

• Re-applying in the same year or following year

  • (1) If you would like to re-apply in the same year or following year, your old membership will be re-activated, rather than being treated as a new member.
    If you would like to re-active your membership, please log onto My Page and click the link “Reinstate Membership (JSAP/Division)”.
    • After reinstatement of your membership, this year’s membership fees will be automatically applied in accordance with your last year’s registered information.
    • If your membership type displayed on the top of My Page is Regular Member, despite you are a student, please update your academic history, then your membership fees will be automatically rivised to student member fees.
  • (2) If your membership has been expired for more than 2 years, please apply for a new membership from “Join JSAP”. You will get a new membership number.

If you have a question about re-applying, please feel tree to contact Membership Services (obgmembership ).