Membership

The Japan Wood Research Society was founded in 1955 and has about 2400 members including more than 100 overseas members. Membership is open to anyone interested in forest products science and wood technology. For more information, please contact the Society Office.

Information on the Student Membership Enrollment Campaign

This is a guide for students who wish to join the Japan Wood Research Society.
The “Student Enrollment Campaign” will be held from November 1, 2024.
If you join during the campaign period, you will receive the following benefits:
We hope that you will take this opportunity to consider joining.

Student Enrollment Campaign Period: November 1, 2024 ~ March 31, 2025

*Membership fee: No membership fee for 2024, Only the 2025membership fee (7,000 yen) will be paid at the time of enrollment.
・You can submit papers to the Journal of Wood Science at a membership price.
・Presentations can be made at the annual conference (*see below)
・You can submit papers to the Journal of Wood Science at a membership price.
・You can submit papers to the journal of the Wood Science Society.

*Journals
・JWRS journals since 2025 to be free for domestic members. For Overseas members, only journals in pdf version to be sent to you freely. If you need printed journals, you need to pay additional charge.

*To students who are scheduled to make presentations at the Annual Conference (Sendai) in March 2025;
・If you do not have membership, you will not be able to present at the annual conference, so please take advantage of this campaign.
・If you apply for membership, you can proceed to registration for the annual conference.
・After applying for membership, the secretariat will issue an invoice for the membership fee.  Please pay the membership fee (7,000 yen) for 2025 within 6 days after your enrollement. Please note that if you do not pay the membership fee, you will not be able to present at the annual meeting.

If you would like to become a member, please complete the procedures on the “Outline of the Society and Membership Information” page on the Society’s website.
https://www.jwrs.org/about/enrollment/

To register for the Sendai Tournament, please visit the conference website below.

<Attention>JWRS Secretariat will be closed from Dec.27,2024 to Jan.6,2025, so any enrollments cannot be done within this period. Please make your enrollment as soon as possible.

Membership Category and Annual Dues

The following rate is applied from 2015.
  • Full Membership: JPY 10000/12000 for individuals in/outside Japan
  • Student Membership: JPY 7000/9000 for full-time students in/outside Japan
  • Supporting Membership: one or more units of JPY 30000 for individuals or corporations/organizations (with extra charge JPY 2000 for members outside Japan)
  • Institutional Membership: JPY 12000/14000 for institutions in/outside Japan

Membership dues include subscriptions of Mokuzai Gakkaishi.

How to Join or Update

For Full Members and Student Members

・Joining : Please make an application from here.


・Updating : Please make your information up to date from here.


・Withdrawing or changing of membership category: Please contact the office.

For Supporting Members and Institutional Members

Please contact the office.

The Japan Wood Research Society
E-mail: membership[at]jwrs.org（Change [at] to @）