The section on the CIPL is updated. For details, please refer to the link below.
http://www.ls-japan.org/modules/documents/index.php?cat_id=172

We express our deepest sorrow for those who suffered from the two recent natural disasters: the large-scale earthquake that hit the northern part of the Osaka Prefecture and the heavy rainfall that struck the Western part of Japan. The Board of the Linguistic Society of Japan has determined that the annual membership dues for 2018 are exempted from those members who have suffered from either one of the two natural disasters. For details, please go to: http://www.ls-japan.org/modules/documents/index.php?cat_id=178

For changes in the summer institute program, please refer to https://sites.google.com/view/lsj2018/home.

(1) Dates and Venue: November 17th (Sat) and 18th (Sun), 2018, Kyoto University (Yoshida-honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto)

(2) Call for papers
For details about abstract submission, see the following webpage.
(http://www.ls-japan.org/modules/documents/index.php?cat_id=32)

(3) Assistance at the 157th Meeting
If you plan to attend this meeting and need any assistance such as a sign language interpreter or notetaker, please contact the LSJ office (lsj@nacos.com) as soon as possible. The deadline is October 15th, 2018.

(4) Childcare facilities at the 157th Meeting of LSJ
Childcare facilities are being organized. Details will be announced on this page. Applications should be sent to lsj.childcare@gmail.com by October 26th, 2018.

Gengo Kenkyu invites the submission of manuscripts for a special issue (Number 156, expected publication date: September 2019) on the theme "Contrastive Linguistic Studies Today". The deadline for submission of manuscripts is 31 December 2018. For details, see the following webpage.
http://www.ls-japan.org/modules/documents/index.php?cat_id=22&ml_lang=en

Gengo Kenkyu Vol. 153 (March 2018 issue), including three full papers, has been published. It must have already been delivered to the members of LSJ. Furthermore, full texts of all the articles in the latest issue have been available to everyone for download. Please visit the site below:
http://www.ls-japan.org/modules/documents/index.php?content_id=2309&ml_lang=en

Information about the 156th meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan is updated (the handbook now available online)
http://www.ls-japan.org/modules/documents/index.php?cat_id=30

Information about the 156th Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan is updated. Information of childcare facilities is added.
http://www.ls-japan.org/modules/documents/index.php?cat_id=30

A job opening at the Center for Education of Global Communication at the University of Tsukuba;
the application deadline is September 25, 2018. For details, see
http://www.cegloc.tsukuba.ac.jp/page/page000578.html

A job opening at Hokkaido University; The application deadline is Monday, October 1, 2018. For details, see https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/introduction/recruit/koubo/0808bungakukenkyuka-gengokagaku.pdf (in Japanese)

A job opening at University of Hyogo; The application deadline is Friday, October 5, 2018. For details, see http://www.u-hyogo.ac.jp/shse/koho/prev/faculty/public_offering/koubo1808-1/kouboyoukou_gengogaku-kokusairikai_withE.pdf (in Japanese)

A job opening at Kobe university. The application deadline is Friday, October 5, 2018. For details, see http://www.lit.kobe-u.ac.jp/information/kobo.html (in Japanese)

Application open for the academic use of NHK archives. Please see the following link for the details (Japanese). http://www.nhk.or.jp/archives/academic/

A job opening at NINJAL; application deadline is November 20, 2018. For details, see https://www.ninjal.ac.jp/research/project-3/ (in Japanese)

A job opening at NINJAL; application deadline is 5 p.m. on September 6, 2018.
For details, see https://www.ninjal.ac.jp/info/jobs/ (in Japanese)

The Shinmura Izuru Memorial Foundation is soliciting application for publication funds; the submission deadline is June 30, 2018. For details, see http://s-chozan.main.jp/ （Japanese only）