The Lepidopterological Society of Japan (LSJ)
Welcome to LSJ's Web site. Lepidopterology is the science of insects belonging to the order Lepidoptera including butterflies and moths.
The Lepidopterological Society of Japan (LSJ) is one of the biggest entomological societies in Japan.
We have about 1,400 members now in the Society. LSJ is open to anyone who is interested in butterflies and/or moths.
Not only professional entomologists but also amateur lepidopetrists are welcome to join us.
You will find many advantages of LSJ's membership in this Web site.
LSJ Office:
c/o Shobi Printing Co., Ltd.
1-13-7 Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0001 Japan
Phone:+81-(0)3-3812-5223
FAX:+81-(0)3-3816-1561
E-mail:rinshishobix.co.jp
LSJ Committees:
- President:
- Hidetoshi IWANO
- Vice-President:
- Yasuyuki WATANABE
- Managing Directors:
- Keitaro EDA, Keiichiro SHIKATA, Kazuaki SETA, Norio HIRAI, Mitsuru HOSAKA, Takashi YAGI, Masaya YAGO, Michihito WATANABE
- Auditors:
- Minoru ISHII, Kunihiko KAMADA
- Members of Council:
- (Hokkaido) Hidenori TAKAGI, Noriyuki HISHIKAWA, Kazuhiro MORI
- (Tohoku) Kazushi UMETSU, Atsushi SUGAWARA, Masamichi NAGAJIMA
- (Kanto) Katsuhiko ASAKA, Masahiko ISHIZUKA, Shigeru INAOKA, Hideyuki OZAWA, Akiko KUBOTA, Yoshiko SAKAMOTO, Naokazu NAGAHATA, Shuhei NIITSU, Norihisa MINOTANI
- (Shin-etsu) Akira ONO, Masashi TASHITA, Masashi FUKUMOTO
- (Tokai) Nobutoyo KOUDA, Hidebumi SUZUKI, Toshimasa TAGA
- (Kinki) Fukuo ITO, Katsumi ONO, Itaru KANAZAWA, Masaru NATSUAKI, Shigehiro MORICHI
- (Chugoku) Takashi OKANO, Akio TAMURA, Keiichi, HONDA
- (Shikoku) Ryo ARAKAWA, Kenji OHARA, Akiyoshi MITANI
- (Kyushu) Kimitaka SASAKI, Kazunari NICHO, Toshiya HIROWATARI
- Editorial Board of Lepidoptera Science:
- Chief Editor: Yoshitaka SAKAMAKI
- Editorial Board of YADORIGA:
- Chief Editor: Asao KITAGAWA
- Nature Conservation Committee:
- Chairperson: Masaya YAGO
- Future Plan Special Committee:
- Chairperson: Keiichiro SHIKATA
- Website Committee:
- Chairperson: Tadashi KURACHI
- Secretaries:
- Shuhei NIITSU, Takahiro MANO
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