East Asia & APS

Reciprocal Society Membership Agreements in East Asia

APS signs agreements with other physical societies to exchange certain member benefits. Learn more

• Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies
• Mongolian Physical Society
• The Physical Society of Japan
• The Japan Society of Applied Physics
• Chinese Physical Society
• The Korean Physical Society
• The Physical Society of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
• Physical Society of Hong Kong

Meetings & Events

As taken from the APS Meetings Calendar. To have your meeting added to the APS Meetings Calendar, please email meetings@aps.org.

APS March Meeting 2024
March 3-8, 2024
Minneapolis, MN

APS April Meeting 2024
April 3-6, 2024
Sacramento, CA

Access presentations and technical programs for past APS Meetings through the Meeting Archive and Meeting Presentations webpages.

Published by APS

Physical Review Journals

• Since 1980, over 87,654 articles by authors in East Asia have been published in the APS Physical Review Journals
• Over 5,581 articles published Physical Review Journals in 2022 were from authors in East Asia

Articles in APS News about this Region

• Physicists and Biologists Uncover New Evidence of Octopuses’ Complex Sleep (June 2023)
• APS Members’ Advocacy Helps CHIPS and Science Act Become Law (October 2022)
• October 1956: Lee and Yang Crack the Mirror of Parity (October 2022)
• Chips and Science Bill Isn’t Enough. America Needs to Retain Its International Students (September 2022)
• Scientists Create New Way to Predict Rogue Waves in Crossing Sea Conditions (September 2022)
• What Was the Climate Like 1,000 Years Ago? Ask Argon-39 (July/August 2022)
• International Teaching Can Transform Physics (June 2022)
• 'I had no idea when I would see my family again': Scientists of Chinese Descent Recount Stories of Unjust Arrests (June 2022)
• Molecular Machines Make Waves at APS March Meeting (May 2022)
• APS Continues Progress to Make US More Welcoming for Science (April 2022)
• Improving Global Science for the Benefit of Humanity (April 2022)
• DOJ Raises Bar for Research Integrity Prosecutions, Discards ‘China Initiative’ Label (April 2022)
• The 2022 APS Medal and Society Prize Ceremony (March 2022)
• Frances Hellman's Presidential Address (March 2022)
• Physicists Address Global Challenges at Leadership Meeting (March 2022)
• APS Members Relish Key Legislative Victories in 2021 (January 2022)
• APS Makes Progress on Balanced Approach to Research Security Concerns (December 2021)
• Reviewing Peer Review (December 2021)
• 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Research in Complex Systems (October 2021)
• This Month in Physics History: September 19, 1926: Masatoshi Koshiba, Pioneer of Neutrino Astronomy, is Born (September 2021)
• APS Thrilled with DHS Withdrawal of Proposed Elimination of Duration of Status (September 2021)
• Secretary of State Tony Blinken Sets Out Vision for Global Technology Diplomacy (September 2021)
• Quantum Scientist Wins APS Prize (July/August 2021)
• Focus Groups with International Physicists to Help APS Better Serve Members (June 2021)
• The APS Forum on Graduate Student Affairs (June 2021)
• Commentary: Staying the Course in Science Policy Advocacy during COVID (May 2021)
• CUWiP Leverages Online Format to Build International Connections (March 2021)
• The APS Forum on International Physics (February 2021)
• APS Sends Letter to Biden Transition Team Outlining Science Policy Priorities (January 2021)
• APS IMPact Mentoring Program Helps Foster Connections Between Students and Industry (January 2021)
• APS Joins Other Global Physics Societies in Open Access Statement (January 2021)
• Serving APS International Members and Physicists Worldwide: A Crucial Endeavor of APS (December 2020)
• With New Report, APS Fights Trump Administration's Plans to Restrict Visa Categories (December 2020)
• Neutrinos Underground, Overhead, and Online (October 2020)
• US-China Physics Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges (December 2019)
• 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (November 2019)
• International Firsts in Physics (March 2017)
• Dynamic Changes in Chinese Condensed Matter Physics: A Personal Journey (May 2016)
• Fostering U.S.-Korean Physics Collaboration (June 2015)

Physics Magazine

• Physics Magazine
• New Article Series: Postcards from Abroad
• Physics - Arts & Culture: Artist in Physicist's Clothing

APS Forum on International Physics (FIP) Newsletter

Stay up to date with the activities of the APS Forum on International Physics by reading the most recent FIP Newsletter.

East Asia - APS Membership by the Numbers

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*APS members whose primary residence is the US are not included in these statistics.

Recent Prizes and Awards

APS is proud to honor these recipients from the East Asia region. See more recipients from past years.

2023 Recipients

Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf, China
Herman Feshbach Prize in Theoretical Nuclear Physics

Jian Ping Gong, Japan
Polymer Physics Prize

Takashi Taniguchi, Japan
James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials

Kenji Wantanabe, Japan
James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials

2022 Recipients

Kimio Niwa, Japan
W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics

Toshiaki Makabe, Japan
Will Allis Prize for the Study of Ionized Gases

2021 Recipients

Chao-Yang Lu
Rolf Landauer and Charles H. Bennett Award in Quantum Computing
 

2020 Recipients

Thirumalai Venkatesan
Distinguished Lectureship Award on the Applications of Physics
 

2019 Recipients

Hideaki Takabe
John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research

Youichi Sakawa
John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research

Ken'ichi Nomoto
Hans A. Bethe Prize

Xi Dai
James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials