Reduced Membership Due for International Members

Procedure

JSS has a system to allow reduced membership dues for international members. Only those who fall under Category B, C or D in the Appendix “Country/Region Category table” are eligible for a reduced membership due. Please note that the discount is not available to members in Category A (please contact the JSS Administration Center if your country is not listed in the category table). Please see the “Schedule of Membership Due” for the discount rates.
When applying for the discount, please fill out the application completely by following the instruction listed below and then mail the application to the JSS Administration Center.

Steps between applying for the discount and paying the membership due:

1. Obtain the application form (download or by mail)
2. Fill out the application according to the instruction
3. Send the application form to the JSS Administration Center
4. Application review
5. JSS Administration Center to notify the result on the review
6. JSS Administration Center to send the payment form
7. Pay the membership due
   *When applying for a reduced membership due, please do not make the payment until you receive a notification for approval and a payment form.

How to obtain the application form:

• Download
  Application for Reduced Membership Due for International Members
  (PDF documents can be opened using the free Adobe Reader provided by Adobe.)
• Request by mail
  Please clearly state “Requesting the application form for reduced membership due for international members,” enclose a self-addressed envelope with an JPY 82 stamp, and then mail it to the JSS Administration Center. In turn, we will mail you the necessary form.

How to Fill Out the Application Form (Please print legibly.)

1. Fiscal Year the Discount Is Requested: Please be sure to write down in the underlined blank space the fiscal year for which you would like the discount applied.
2. New/Renew: Please encircle “Renew” if you had received a discount in the prior fiscal year and encircle “New” otherwise.
3. Your Country or Region: Please write down your home country or region.
   *If you are from Hong Kong, please state “Hong Kong” even if your country of citizenship is China.
4. Country/Region Category: Please refer to the Country/Region Category table and encircle the category applicable to the country or region you specified in 3.
5. Affiliated Institution, Department, Line of Work/Title as of April of the Fiscal Year the Application Was Submitted: Please write down the affiliated institution, department, and line of work/title as of April of the fiscal year for which you would like the discount applied and then encircle the applicable option.
   *Please note that contract staff (e.g., assistant, researcher) is also considered full-time employment rather than part-time employment.
   *Please note that the discount measure is not applicable if you are employed on a full-time basis in Japan.
6. Location of the Affiliated Institution: Please write down the address of the affiliated institution listed in 5.
7. Address (contact address): Please write down the current address or the contact address you would like us to use for notifying the result of application.

Mailing Address and Inquires for the Application

Rules for Reducing the Membership Due for International Members

Latest revision date: March 2024

1. In accordance with Article 17 of the Bylaws of the Japan Sociological Society, members with foreign citizenship may apply for a reduction of the membership due for the given fiscal year each fiscal year. However, the discount measure is not applicable to those who are employed in Japan on a full-time basis.
2. Countries and regions, which comprise a criterion for calculating the membership due, are classified based on the Country/Region Category table by the World Bank. It shall be updated annually. the discount measure is only applicable to those in Categories B, C, or D.
3. the membership due will be discounted according to the Schedule of Membership Due for members who were approved for the discounted membership due.
4. JSS Administration Center will directly notify the individual whether the application is approved.
5. A payment extension is granted during the period between the application for discount and notification on the approval.

Schedule of Membership Due

Country/Region Category	Discount Rate	Payable Membership Due (after the discount)
A	Not applicable	Regular member (general)	JPY 14,500
		Regular member (graduate student)	JPY 6,000
		Associate member	JPY 6,000
B	0.3	Regular member (general)	JPY 10,150
	0.5	Regular member (graduate student)	JPY 4,000
	0.5	Associate member	JPY 4,000
C	0.6	Regular member (general)	JPY 5,800
	0.8	Regular member (graduate student)	JPY 1,600
	0.8	Associate member	JPY 1,600
D	0.9	Regular member (general)	JPY 1,450
	0.95	Regular member (graduate student)	JPY 400
	0.95	Associate member	JPY 400

*The payable membership due is calculated using the following formula: Payable membership due = normal membership due – (normal membership due × the discount rate)

Country/Region Category table

Category A
American Samoa	Germany	Oman
Andorra	Gibraltar	Panama
Antigua and Barbuda	Greece	Poland
Aruba	Greenland	Portugal
Australia	Guam	Puerto Rico
Austria	Hong Kong SAR, China	Qatar
Bahamas, The	Hungary	Romania
Bahrain	Iceland	San Marino
Barbados	Ireland	Saudi Arabia
Belgium	Isle of Man	Seychelles
Bermuda	Israel	Singapore
British Virgin Islands	Italy	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Brunei Darussalam	Japan	Slovak Republic
Canada	Korea, Rep.	Slovenia
Cayman Islands	Kuwait	Spain
Channel Islands	Latvia	St. Kitts and Nevis
Chile	Liechtenstein	St. Martin (French part)
Croatia	Lithuania	Sweden
Curaçao	Luxembourg	Switzerland
Cyprus	Macao SAR, China	Taiwan, China
Czech Republic	Malta	Trinidad and Tobago
Denmark	Monaco	Turks and Caicos Islands
Estonia	Nauru	United Arab Emirates
Faroe Islands	Netherlands	United Kingdom
Finland	New Caledonia	United States
France	New Zealand	Uruguay
French Polynesia	Northern Mariana Islands	Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Guyana	Norway

 

Category B
Albania	Fiji	North Macedonia
Argentina	Gabon	Palau
Armenia	Georgia	Paraguay
Azerbaijan	Grenada	Peru
Belarus	Guatemala	Russian Federation
Belize	Indonesia	Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Iraq	South Africa
Botswana	Jamaica	St. Lucia
Brazil	Kazakhstan	St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Bulgaria	Kosovo	Suriname
China	Libya	Thailand
Colombia	Malaysia	Tonga
Costa Rica	Maldives	Türkiye
Cuba	Marshall Islands	Turkmenistan
Dominica	Mauritius	Tuvalu
Dominican Republic	Mexico	West Bank and Gaza
El Salvador	Moldova
Equatorial Guinea	Montenegro
Ecuador	Namibia

 

Category C
Angola	Jordan	Philippines
Algeria	India	Samoa
Bangladesh	Iran, Islamic Rep	São Tomé and Principe
Benin	Kenya	Senegal
Bhutan	Kiribati	Solomon Islands
Bolivia	Kyrgyz Republic	Sri Lanka
Cabo Verde	Lao PDR	Tanzania
Cambodia	Lebanon	Tajikistan
Cameroon	Lesotho	Timor-Leste
Comoros	Mauritania	Tunisia
Congo, Rep.	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	Ukraine
Côte d’Ivoire	Mongolia	Uzbekistan
Djibouti	Morocco	Vanuatu
Egypt, Arab Rep.	Myanmar	Vietnam
Eswatini	Nepal	Zambia
Ghana	Nicaragua	Zimbabwe
Guinea	Nigeria
Haiti	Pakistan
Honduras	Papua New Guinea

 

Category D
Afghanistan	Korea, Dem. People’s Rep	South Sudan
Burkina Faso	Liberia	Sudan
Burundi	Madagascar	Syrian Arab Republic
Central African Republic	Malawi	Togo
Chad	Mali	Uganda
Congo, Dem. Rep	Mozambique	Yemen, Rep.
Eritrea	Niger
Ethiopia	Rwanda
Gambia, The	Sierra Leone
Guinea-Bissau	Somalia