Outline and Purpose of Activities

Outline of the Organization and Purpose of Activities

The JANS Young Researchers' Society was established in November 2014 with the Japan Academy of Nursing Science (JANS) as its parent organization, with the aim of contributing to the development of nursing science 20 to 30 years into the future through the independent academic activities of young researchers and exchanges with young researchers in Japan and abroad. When academic and social issues are identified, the activities aim to make diverse proposals to JANS and society, and to assume social responsibility for modern medicine and nursing.

The JANS Young Researchers' Society is managed by the members of the JANS Young Researchers' Activity Promotion Committee and the Area Coordinators. Area coordinators are members who create and manage activity centers for the JANS Young Researchers' Society in each area (i.e., region). They work together with other area coordinators to create a place where young researchers in each area can gather, find fellow researchers, and develop a network where they can easily support each other. The committee members and area coordinators consist of the following members

Committee for the Promotion of Young Researchers' Activities

As of March 2025

post	identity	belong to
committee chairman	Gojiro Nakagami	The University of Tokyo Graduate School
	Kaoru Amano	University of Human Environment
	Mariko Oshiro	Okinawa Prefectural College of Nursing
	Kana Kazawa	Okayama University
	Emi Kanno	Tohoku University
	Yoshifumi Kido	Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
	Hiroki Tagami	Miyazaki University
	Ai Tomotaki	The University of Tokyo Graduate School
	Kaori Yonezawa	The University of Tokyo Graduate School
accountant	Yuko Mugita	The University of Tokyo Graduate School

Area coordinator of JANS Young People's Association

As of April 2025

district	administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Hokkai-do, Osaka-fu and Kyoto-fu	identity	belong to
Hokkaido (northernmost of the four main islands of Japan)	Hokkaido (northernmost of the four main islands of Japan)	Hiroyuki Ogihara	Asahikawa Medical University
	Hokkaido (northernmost of the four main islands of Japan)	Shinichi Kuroki	Medical Corporation Yuuki Arc Visiting Nurse Station
	Hokkaido (northernmost of the four main islands of Japan)	Akiko Hiyama	Sapporo City University
Tohoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu)	Imperial Palace	Hirohiro Tanno	Department of Nursing Assessment, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
	mountain-shaped	Yuka Nishimura	Yamagata University
northern Kanto (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu)	Tochigi	Miki Konishi	Dokkyo Medical University School of Nursing
	Tochigi	Sadami Momiyama	Dokkyo Medical University
	Saitama (city)	Miho Takeyama	Tokyo Kasei University
	Saitama (city)	Tomoko Nagai	Mejiro University School of Nursing
	Gunma	Mitsuhiro Matsumoto	Gunma University
Kanto region (inc. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi and Chiba prefectures)	Kanagawa	Tomoko Hosono	Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing
	Kanagawa	Satoshiaki Takahashi	Yokohama City University
	Kanagawa	Michihiro Tsubaki	Kitasato University School of Nursing
	Chiba (city)	Masami Kobayashi	Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences
	Chiba (city)	Tomomi Hashimoto	International School of Nursing, University of Health Care and Creative Medicine
	Tokyo	Midori Kadowaki	Tokyo Ariake University of Medical Sciences
	Tokyo	YUKI KANAZAWA	Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care, Keio University
Koshinetsu (part of Japan's Northern Territories) Hokuriku	Fukui	Mamiko Chikada	Fukui University of Health Sciences
	Ishikawa (city)	Yutaka Nagayama	Kanazawa Medical University
	Ishikawa (city)	Koji Tanaka	Kanazawa University
	Nagano (city)	Yuki Iijima	Seisen University
	Ishikawa (city)	Fumiya Ohashi	Ishikawa Prefectural College of Nursing
	Fukui	Yoshiyasu Ito	Tsuruga City College of Nursing
	Fukui	Daisuke Sato	University of Fukui
	Toyama	Mariko Kameya	University of Toyama
East Sea (controversial name for the Sea of Japan proposed by Korea)	Aichi (Aichi Prefecture)	Keisuke Nakanishi	Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
	Aichi (Aichi Prefecture)	Yumi Hashimoto	Nagoya Aoi University
Kansai (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka)	Osaka	Ayumi Yoshikawa	Osaka Dental College, School of Nursing, Department of Nursing
	Nara	Keiko Iida	Graduate School of Health Sciences, The University of Tokushima
	Hyogo (city)	Ayako Noyoro	Mukogawa Women's University
	Kyoto	Rumi Okamoto	Kyoto University
	Kyoto	Yuji Watsuji	Nakatanishi Public Health Center, Kyoto Prefecture
Chugoku/Shikoku	poultry raising	Shunsuke Kanayama	Tottori University
	Hiroshima (city)	Haruka Imura	Nijinohana Corporation Nijinohana Home Nursing Center
	Okayama	Kajiwara Ukki	Okayama University
	Ehime (prefecture)	Nami Nagao	Ehime University of Medical Technology
Kyushu/Okinawa	Fukuoka (cit	Takako Murai	Junshin Gakuen University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing
	Okinawa (prefecture)	Takehiko Toyosato	University of the Ryukyus
	Okinawa (prefecture)	Mariko Oshiro	Okinawa Prefectural College of Nursing
	Miyazaki	Shigoh Yamaguchi	Miyazaki University
	Fukuoka (cit	Satomi Tanaka	Kyushu University
	Kagoshima	Huiying Li	Kagoshima University

The following are specific activity policies

• Actively interact with young researchers in diverse academic fields in Japan and abroad, including the Science Council of Japan Young Academy.
• In light of the needs of young researchers, regularly plan and operate exchange meetings and young researchers' network salons at academic conferences to promote research activities through exchange of opinions and sharing of information among young researchers.
• To promote information exchange and mutual interaction through the mailing list, as well as to disseminate new academic information.
• Publicize and disseminate the activities of the young people's association via its website.
• Develop area coordinators in each region to lead the activities of the "Young Researchers' Group" and actively collect information and exchange opinions through networking among young researchers.
• Committee members will hold social gatherings, etc., and area coordinators will hold area review meetings at academic meetings.