CONSTITUTION and ORGANIZATION

CONSTITUTION AND REGULATIONS (admission)

• PhSJ constitution and regulations (in Japanese)

PhSJ OBJECTIVES

• The goal of the Phonological Society of Japan is to contribute to the development of research in the field of phonology.
• All with an interest in phonology are welcome to join the society.
• For more information, please refer to the constitution or contact the secretariat.
• The Phonological Society of Japan is affiliated with the United Association of Language Studies (UALS). Please refer to the UALS website for more information.

ORGANIZATION

Number of members

164 individuals and groups (including those abroad; as of April 1, 2025)

Exectives

• President： Kuniya NASUKAWA
• Vice-president： Shin'ichi TANAKA
• Advisors：
  • Haruo KUBOZONO
  • Masanori SUIKO
  • Toshiyuki TABATA
  • Shin-Ichi TANAKA
  • Hisao TOKIZAKI
  • Isao UEDA [In alphabetical order]
• Honorary Advisors：
  • Kazuo ARAKI
  • Shosuke HARAGUCHI
  • Kunihiko IMAI
  • Hisao KAKEHI [In alphabetical order]
• Board of Directors：
  • Seunghun LEE
  • Ai MIZOGUCHI
  • Changyun MOON
  • Maho MORIMOTO
  • Maëlys SALINGRE
  • Tomomasa SASA
  • Hajime TAKEYASU
  • Akira UTSUGI [until Mar-2027, In alphabetical order]
  • Céleste GUILLEMOT
  • Chuyu HUANG
  • Mafuyu KITAHARA
  • Tomohiko OOIGAWA
  • Clemens POPPE
  • Liu SHA
  • Ryuichi TAKI
  • Naoki UETA [until Mar-2029, In alphabetical order]
• Auditor：Teruo YOKOTANI
• Executive director： Daiki HASHIMOTO

See this page for past board members

PhSJ ACTIVITIES

• Spring Meeting: once every year, usually in June, the previous day of a conference of the Linguistic Society of Japan.
• Phonology Forum: a 2-3 day meeting consisting of research papers presentations and lectures. Held once every year, usually in the second half of August.
• We also hold an annual general meeting usually at a Spring Meeting (a financial report of the previous year, an activity report of the previous year, and a activity planning of the current year).
• Publications：From 1997 onwards, the society publishes the journal Phonological Studies. The journal mainly contains papers presented at Spring Meeting and Phonology Forum.
  (A volume with the title Phonological Theory: Theory and Practice (1996, Kaitakusha) was also published by the Phonology Research Group, the antecedent of the society.)
• Other events or projects proposed by members.

PhSJ SECRETARIAT

• [Director] Daiki HASHIMOTO
  E-mail: daiki [at] juen [dot] ac [dot] jp
• [Treasurer] Naoki UETA
  E-mail: ueta_naoki [at] aa [dot] tufs [dot] ac [dot] jp
• [Assistant] Hitomi ONUMA
  E-mail: honuma [at] mail [dot] tohoku-gakuin [dot] ac [dot] jp
• For joining the society, please contact Naoki Ueta (Treasurer).