What acoustical society of japan does

The Acoustical Society of Japan (ASJ; 一般社団法人日本音響学会) is a Tokyo-based non-profit academic society founded in 1936, making it the world's second-oldest acoustics body after the Acoustical Society of America. ASJ is unique among acoustics societies in covering ALL fields related to sound, whereas peer bodies (ASA, IEEE, AES) are subdivided by domain. Its research infrastructure consists of eight specialized research committees — speech, hearing, noise/vibration, architectural acoustics, electrical acoustics, musical acoustics, ultrasonics, and speech communication — supported by five regional chapters (Tohoku, Hokuriku, Tokai, Kansai, Kyushu) and a student/young researcher forum.

ASJ publishes two peer-reviewed journals: the Japanese-language 日本音響学会誌 (Japanese Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan) and the English-language Acoustical Science and Technology (AST), the latter distributed globally via J-STAGE. The society also issues books, distributes research meeting materials (PDF/DVD), and operates a web library archive dating to April 2010. Activity cadence includes monthly research committee meetings and semi-annual national research presentation conferences (春季・秋季).

Revenue is generated through individual and supporting (corporate) membership fees, journal and research material subscriptions (e.g., 12,100 JPY/year for the Noise and Vibration Research Committee materials list "Noise-ML"), event registration and sponsorship for conferences, and co-sponsored symposiums. The society also runs the Acoustic Heritage Certification Program (音響遺産), launched in 2019, which certifies historically or culturally significant acoustic objects and phenomena across Japan. International collaboration includes recurring Japan-U.S. joint meetings with ASA and affiliations with ISCA, I-INCE, and ICA. The society's 2026 90th anniversary marks its longest continuous operating period.

Name

acoustical society of japan

Legal name

一般社団法人日本音響学会

Website

https://acoustics.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1936

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Acoustical Society of Japan is a Tokyo-based non-profit academic society, founded in 1936, that uniquely covers all sound-related disciplines through eight research committees, two journals, semi-annual national conferences, and regional chapters serving researchers, engineers, students, and corporate members.

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Academic Scientific Society Services

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Scholarly Society & Association Publishing (EDAGAFAK)

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Academic & Scientific Conferences (MPAGAGAD), Engineering & Technical Standards (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical; Codes & Standards) (EDAGAGAC)

Keywords

• Acoustics research society
• Academic journal publishing
• Research conferences
• Scientific membership society
• Noise and vibration research

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo (Chiyoda-ku, Sotokanda)

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

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B2B and B2C

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: The society generates revenue through individual and supporting (corporate) membership fees, providing members with access to publications, research committees, and society activities.
2. Publication Sales and Distribution: Revenue from sales of the Japanese Journal of the Acoustical Society of Japan (日本音響学会誌) and the English-language Acoustical Science and Technology (AST). Additional income from book publishing and research meeting material distribution (DVD, PDF).
3. Event Registration and Sponsorship: Income from semi-annual research presentation conferences (全国大会), technical seminars, public lectures, and co-sponsored symposiums with other academic organizations.

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Core offering

The Acoustical Society of Japan operates as a non-profit academic society that advances acoustics research through peer-reviewed journal publishing (日本音響学会誌 in Japanese and Acoustical Science and Technology in English), 8 specialized research committees, monthly research meetings, semi-annual national research presentation conferences, technical seminars, public lectures, and the Acoustic Heritage certification program. It serves academic researchers, university faculty, engineers, students, and corporate supporting members across Japan and internationally.

Product overview

The Acoustical Society of Japan (ASJ) is an academic society, not a product company. Its offerings consist of academic publishing services (two journals), research committee activities, and research presentation meetings. The society publishes the Japanese Acoustical Society Journal (日本音響学会誌) and Acoustical Science and Technology (AST). These publications are scholarly journals managed through external manuscript submission systems (Manuscript Central). The society also organizes research meetings and conferences, and operates multiple specialized research committees covering eight research fields.

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Acoustical Society of America (ASA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1936The Acoustical Society of Japan collaborates with the Acoustical Society of America through regular joint meetings (日米音響学会ジョイントミーティング), representing one of the oldest bilateral academic partnerships in the field of acoustics. ASA, founded in 1929, is the oldest and largest acoustics society in the world.
• Japan Acoustic Society Kyushu ChaptercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Kyushu Chapter of the Acoustical Society of Japan co-hosts research meetings with the parent society's Noise and Vibration Research Committee.
• Japan Architectural Acoustics Research CommitteecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosts joint research meetings with the Noise and Vibration Research Committee, typically 2-3 times per year at various locations in Japan.
• Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) - Environmental Engineering DivisionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Noise and Vibration Research Committee co-hosts joint meetings with the JSME Environmental Engineering Division on topics of shared interest in mechanical sound and vibration.
• Japan Noise Control Engineering Society - Low Frequency Sound SubcommitteeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosts joint meetings with the Japan Noise Control Engineering Society's Low Frequency Sound Subcommittee.
• Acoustic Imaging Research CommitteeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosts joint research meetings with the Acoustic Imaging Research Committee on noise visualization topics.
• Sound Design Research CommitteeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-hosts joint meetings with the Sound Design Research Committee.

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Direct peers

• Acoustical Society of America: The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) is the oldest and largest acoustics society in the world (founded 1929). It is the most direct peer to ASJ — both are scholarly membership organizations publishing peer-reviewed acoustics journals (JASA vs. AST) and holding major conferences — but ASA is more internationally dominant and focuses on physical/psychological acoustics.
• European Acoustics Association: EAA is the European federation of acoustics societies, organizing the Eurorepean Congress on Acoustics and coordinating 32 national member societies. Comparable to ASJ in mission (advancing acoustics research across all subfields), with a regional/continental scope rather than national.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik (DEGA): DEGA is the German acoustics society and a leading European national body in acoustics, similar in structure to ASJ. It publishes Acta Acustica, organizes annual conferences (DAGA), and coordinates multiple specialized technical committees covering all acoustics subfields.
• International Commission for Acoustics (ICA): ICA is the international scientific association that coordinates worldwide acoustics activities, including the triennial International Congress on Acoustics. It is a strategic partner of ASJ and operates at a global coordinating level rather than a single-country national society.
• Institute of Noise Control Engineering (INCE): INCE is the international body for noise control engineering and is a linked partner of ASJ. It focuses specifically on noise/vibration engineering — one of ASJ's eight research committees — and publishes Noise Control Engineering Journal, offering a comparable scholarly-publishing-and-conference model in a narrower subfield.
• International Speech Communication Association (ISCA): ISCA is the international organization for speech communication research, a strategic partner of ASJ. Comparable as an academic society organizing conferences (Interspeech), publishing (Speech Communication journal via Elsevier), and serving a specialized subfield that overlaps with two of ASJ's eight committees.
• Audio Engineering Society (AES): AES is the international professional society for audio engineering, covering audio recording, reproduction, and signal processing. Comparable to ASJ as a scholarly society in the audio/acoustics domain with regular international conventions and a peer-reviewed journal (Journal of the Audio Engineering Society).

Regional players

• Acoustical Society of Korea: The Acoustical Society of Korea is the Korean national counterpart to ASJ — same mission (advancing acoustics research), same structure (multiple committees, journal publication, conferences). Serves the Korean market rather than competing directly with ASJ in Japan.
• Chinese Acoustical Society (中国声学学会): The Chinese Acoustical Society is the Chinese national scholarly body for acoustics under the Chinese Physical Society, comparable in structure to ASJ. It publishes Acta Acustica and serves Chinese researchers, functioning as a regional counterpart rather than direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• IEEE Signal Processing Society: IEEE Signal Processing Society is a much larger, well-funded international society within IEEE covering signal processing — a domain that overlaps with ASJ's electrical acoustics and speech communication committees. Operates as a broad incumbent serving a wider technical portfolio than ASJ.

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