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§ How to apply for membership in the Japan Society of Family Sociology


Membership in the Society is confirmed by the approval of the Board of Directors of the Society. Membership applicants are requested to fill out an application form and send it with one recommendation letter by a member of the Society to the administration center of the Society as indicated below.

Upon receipt of the application form, the administration center will send a form for payment of the membership fee (bank/postal transfer form). Annual fees are 7,000 yen for general members and 5,000 yen for student members. Upon confirmation of the annual membership fee payment, the applicant will be provisionally registered as a member and will become entitled to services provided by the Secretariat of the Society. Formal member registration will take place upon the approval of the applicant's membership by the Board of Directors of the Society at its official meeting. The annual membership includes subscriptions to newsletters and the Society's bi-annual journal Kazoku-shakai-gaku kenkyu (Japanese Journal of Family Sociology).


How to obtain a membership application form:
There are three methods of obtaining a membership application form, as listed below.
  1. Download the corresponding PDF file from this web site and print it on a B5-sized sheet of paper;
  2. Photocopy the application form provided in Kazoku-shakai-gaku kenkyu (JJFS) or in the Society's membership list on a B5-sized sheet of paper; or
  3. Request an application form by writing to the Society's administration center indicated below, including a self-addressed, stamped envelop (of a regular size; postage 80 yen within Japan).

[ Administration Center of the Japan Society of Family Sociology ]
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4-4-19 Takadanobaba, Shinjyuku-ku,Tokyo 169-0075, Japan
Tel: 03-5389-6491  Fax: 03-3368-2822
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