[Important] Regarding Membership Fee Adjustments for Fiscal Year 2027 and Beyond

The Optical Society of Japan will revise the annual membership fees for General and Senior Members starting in fiscal year 2027.
If you plan to join the Society in fiscal year 2027 or later, please review the membership fees listed below.

Membership Fees for FY 2027 and Beyond

• Revision of Membership Fees for the Optical Society of Japan
• Inquiries Regarding Membership Fee Adjustments

Membership Fees Through FY 2026

The membership fees for those joining during the 2026 fiscal year are as follows. Please note that if you wish to become a new member—for example, to participate in OPJ2026—you will be required to pay the annual membership fee for the 2026 fiscal year. Therefore, we kindly ask that you contact the secretariat before completing the membership registration process.

1) Please contact the secretariat via E-mail (info@myOSJ.or.jp), if you wish to change your membership category from “Individual” to “Senior”. The permission conditions are that you are 60 years of age or older and don’t have any regular occupation.

Benefits & Services

＊ Individual and Senior members can receive the printed Japanese journal of optics “KOGAKU” and can browse the electrical contents from “Optical Review” the international journal of optics.

＊ Student members can browse the electrical contents from “KOGAKU” Japanese journal of optics and from “Optical Review” the international journal of optics. (Students who wish to receive the printed journal of “KOGAKU” are welcome to join as Individual member.)

＊ Supporting members can receive the printed Japanese journal of optics “KOGAKU” and can receive prescribed service.

＊ Subscription members can receive the printed Japanese journal of optics “KOGAKU”. Research institutes and/or libraries are possible to join.

Please download an application form for supporting member and send to the secretariat. (The address of the sending destination is indicated on the form.)

＊Application form for supporting member [EXCEL version]
＊An invitation to the Supporting Member

Please download an application form for subscription member and send to the secretariat. (The address of the sending destination is indicated on the form.)

＊Application form for subscription member [EXCEL version] [PDF version]
＊An invitation to the Subscription Member

The Optical Society of Japan is an organization for the researchers, technical experts and students who are engaged in science and technology of the optics and photonics. Your donations are sincerely welcome and appreciated in order to develop our activity.
Please remit your donations to the bank account below, and inform your name, contribution amount and date of transaction to the secretariat via E-mail(info(at)myOSJ.or.jp).