Activity of Member
The Japanese Geotechnical Society
The Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS) was established in 1949 with 122 members and joined the international society in the next year. As of December, 2006, JGS has about 13,000 members as summarized in the table below. Its organization consists of a board of directors, eight departments, nine domestic branches, and an administrative division.
| Membership status | Individual | Corporate | Student |
| International | 1,358 | 49 | – |
| Domestic | 10,153 | 1,159 | 903 |
| Emeritus | 110 | – | – |
Japanese traditional play as an attraction during the banquet of 41st National Conference
The new building of the JGS Headquarters
JGS holds a four-day national conference on geotechnical engineering every year. The 41st conference held in 2006 attracted about 2,000 participants with 1,200 oral presentations. JGS has also enjoyed the honor of hosting two International Conferences on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in 1977 and 2005, two Asian Regional Conferences in 1963 and 1987, and a number of International Symposiums and Workshops.
In order to support the activities of technical committees of ISSMGE (TCs) and its Asian region (ATCs), JGS organizes and operates domestic committees. Their current list is shown in the table below.
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