■Guide to Enrollment

Membership Qualifications

Members of this society include the following:
(1) Regular members： Individuals with specialist learning or equivalent experience in the fields relevant to the purpose of this society.
(2) Ordinary members：Individuals who agree with the purpose of this society and who enroll to promote our activities.
(3) Student members ：Those currently studying in universities, graduate schools, or equivalent schools.
(4) Supporting members：Individuals or groups who agree with the purpose and activities of this society and assist its work
(5) Subscription members：Individuals or groups who regularly subscribe to the journals of this society

 

Membership Benefit

Regular members, ordinary members, and student members of this society may receive the following benefits.

• Journal of Human Interface Society is published (booklet) four times a year in February, May, August, and November. Back numbers of this journal could be viewed online.
 
• The Transactions of Human Interface Society are published four times a year in February, May, August, and November. (Online journal). Additionally, all past transactions could be viewed online. Once a year, in November, a CD-ROM that contains all the papers published that year, is distributed.
 

• It is possible to post academic papers to The Transactions of Human Interface Society.

·         You can participate in symposiums and seminars at member’s rates.

• If you have subscribe to the Correspondences on Human Interface Society, you will receive a CD-ROM that contains the papers presented in the Research Meetings once in a year. Participation in this Research Meeting is also allowed free of charge.

·         Regular members and ordinary members may attend the General Meetings and exercise their voting rights.

Subscription members for this society have the following benefits.

• Journal of Human Interface Society published four times a year in February, May, August, and November (booklet).
 
• The Transactions of Human Interface Society published four times a year in February, May, August, and November (CD-ROM).
 
• Papers presented at Research Meeting are copied to a CD-ROM and this is sent out once in a year.
 

• Proceedings of Human Interface Symposium are copied to a CD-ROM and this is sent out after the Symposium to Subscription member B

Benefits for supporting members are as follows, depending on the number of the units of contributions.

• Description and link to the top page of the society website
• Same status as a member when attending the symposium・・・・・・・・・・・・one person per unit of contribution
• Same status as a member when attending the seminars・・・・・・・・・・・・one person per unit of contribution
• Receive Journal of Human Interface Society free of change ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・1 copy per registration
•  Correspondences on Human Interface Society free of charge・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・1 copy per registration

 

Enrollment Fees

2,000 yen （only when enrolling. Not required for subscriber/supporting members）

 

Annual Fees

Member type	Annual fees	Attached material
Regular member/Ordinary member	8,000 yen	Journal of Human Interface Society, The Transactions of Human Interface Society (electronic version)
	12,000 yen	Journal of Human Interface Society, The Transactions of Human Interface Society (electronic version), Correspondences on Human Interface Society (electronic version)
	17,000 yen	Journal of Human Interface Society, The Transactions of Human Interface Society (electronic version), international academic journals
	21,000 yen	Journal of Human Interface Society, The Transactions of Human Interface Society (electronic version), Correspondences on Human Interface Society (electronic version), international academic journals
Student member	3,000 yen	Journal of Human Interface Society, The Transactions of Human Interface Society (electronic version)
	7,000 yen	Journal of Human Interface Society, The Transactions of Human Interface Society (electronic version), Correspondences on Human Interface Society (electronic version)
	12,000 yen	Journal of Human Interface Society, The Transactions of Human Interface Society (electronic version), international academic journals
	16,000 yen	Journal of Human Interface Society, The Transactions of Human Interface Societys (electronic version), Correspondences on Human Interface Society (electronic version), international academic journals
Subscription member A	12,000 yen	Journal of Human Interface Society, The Transactions of Human Interface Society (electronic version), Correspondences on Human Interface Society (electronic version)
Subscription member B	20,000 yen	Journal of Human Interface Society, The Transactions of Human Interface Society (electronic version), Correspondences on Human Interface Society (electronic version), collection of Symposium papers
Supporting member	30,000 yen x  unit of contribution	Journal of Human Interface Society, The Transactions of Human Interface Society (electronic version), Correspondences on Human Interface Society (electronic version)

※As of January 1, 2014, the annual fees for regular members and ordinary members have changed.

 

How to Apply for Enrollment

Online： Use the “Member Registration” page.
In case of FAX or postal service： Fill out the required sections in the enrollment application form [word][pdf]、and send it to the office.

 

Other Points to Note

The accounting and fiscal year for this society runs from January to December every year, and membership, in principle, must be purchased one year in advance.
If you enroll at a mid-point of the year, you must to pay membership fees for the whole of the year in question.
In such a case, we shall send the society journals from Issue 1 of the year (February edition).