ELSJ Membership

ELSJ members are entitled to submit their papers to be read at the Annual General Meeting or to be published in Studies in English Literature. ELSJ send its members at least four publications a year: a Japanese number and an English number of Studies in English Literature, an Annual General Meeting Programme and Annual General Meeting Proceedings. Besides, when we invite a speaker at an Annual General Meeting from abroad, we publish the special lecture as a pamphlet. You can see the list of our pamphlets here.

Membership Fees

Regular	7,000 JPY
Student	5,000 JPY
Corporate	10,000 JPY

Regular and student members are also recommended to join one of our seven Regional Branches (if not overseas residents). The additional fees are as follows:

	Hokkaido	Tohoku	Kanto	Chubu	Kansai	Chugoku Shikoku	Kyushu
Regular	4,000 JPY	3,000 JPY	2,000 JPY	3,000 JPY	5,000 JPY	3,000 JPY	4,000 JPY
Student	2,000 JPY	2,000 JPY	1,000 JPY	3,000 JPY	3,000 JPY	1,500 JPY	2,000 JPY

How to Pay the Fees

The membership fees must be paid in Japanese yen; any other currency is not acceptable. Please understand that any handling charges must be paid by applicants themselves if applying from abroad.

If you are a resident in Japan, we strongly recommend you use the Automatic Deduction Service from your postal savings account. That secures your constant membership, and that is the most convenient and inexpensive way for ELSJ to receive your membership fees. You don't have to pay the handling charge.
In order to use this service, you need to have your own Postal Savings Account. You may need your own personal seal ("inkan") to start an account. Please consult a local Post Office branch about how to open your own account.
If you find this fussy and inconvenient, you may pay by Postal Giro. We will send you an appropriate form. You don't have to pay the handling charge.
Overseas residents may use International Postal Money Order.
We are very sorry but we cannot accept any other kind of personal cheques or postal orders, because of the very expensive conversion fees. We don't accept credit cards either.

If you want to join us, please fill in the application form below and send it to .
We look forward to your contact.

[N.B.] After May 15th, We cannot register your membership in time for the Annual General Meeting. You can buy a Programme (1,000 yen a copy) at the General Reception Desk on the premises. If you buy a Programme and afterwards sign up for our membership, you can take 1,000 yen's deduction from the normal fee (thus you'll pay the normal total after all). In that case, we will request you to show (or send a photocopy of) your 1,000-yen receipt; so please retain the receipt for future reference.

ELSJ Membership Application Form

To the Office of the English Literary Society of Japan

I wish to join the English Literary Society of Japan and its regional branch indicated below. Please send me

[Please delete as appropriate.]
an Automatic Deduction from Postal Savings Account slip
or
a Postal Giro slip

to pay my annual membership fees. I will pay the appropriate sum of money promptly.

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Name:

Post code and address:

Telephone number:

E-mail address:

Institution:

Academic rank or status: Professor / Associate Professor / Full-time Lecturer / Part-time Teacher / Graduate Student

Membership option: Regular member / Student member / Corporate member

Regional branch: Hokkaido / Tohoku / Kanto / Chubu / Kansai / Chugoku-Shikoku / Kyushu / Not applicable (Corporate members or overseas residents only)