The term of office of those who were elected in the 2024 JpGU
Representative Election is due to expire on March 31st, 2026.
JpGU will hold the 2026 JpGU Representative Election to choose new
representatives to replace them.
Election Administration Committee members
Jin Hidekatsu, Kaneko Masanori, Narita Shohei,
Nishi Masayuki, Sugito Nobuhiko, Taguchi Bunmei
2026 JpGU Representative Election Rules and Procedures
1.Voters
Anyone who is approved as JpGU member until the day before the official announcement of representative election is eligible to vote. Each electoral zone will choose a fixed number of representatives. Voters can cast votes for one or more candidates in their electoral zone, the maximum number of votes per voter being half of the number of representatives to be chosen for their electoral zone.
2.Candidates
Anyone who is approved as JpGU member until the day before the official announcement of representative election is eligible to be a candidate in the representative election.
3.Term
Those who are elected will serve a two year term starting from April
1st 2026 to March 31st 2028.
4.Standing as a candidate
JpGU members may put themselves forward as candidates and they may
also recommend other members who they think would make good
candidates. Members who recommend others for candidacy must obtain
consent from their proposed candidate before submitting their
recommendation. Both submitting oneself as a candidate and
recommending others is done online using the JpGU Member’s Site.
5.Deadline for Submission of Candidacy
Those who wish to be a candidate or to recommend others as candidates
must submit the relevant online form by 5pm Japan time on September
11st 2025.
6. Declination
Declination during the period for notification of candidacy, etc. will not be accepted.
Candidates may withdraw from candidacy by submitting a candidate withdrawal form to the Election Committee at least 7 days prior to the day before the start of voting.
If a candidate declines between the date of election and 60 days after the start of the term, the runner-up will be elected.
7.Number of Representatives to be Elected
The total number of representatives is fixed at 150.
5 representatives are automatically assigned to each of the six
electoral zones (for a total of 30 representatives).
The remaining 120 representatives are assigned to the electoral
zones in direct proportion to the number of regular JpGU members in
each zone as of July 31st 2025.
For the 2026 JpGU Representative Election the number of
representatives for each electoral zone is shown below.
Space and Planetary Sciences: 23
Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences: 34
Human Geosciences: 17
Solid Earth Sciences: 44
Biogeosciences: 13
General Geoscience: 19
Total: 150
8.Schedule
Official announcement of Representative Election: Friday August 1st 2025
Period for submission of candidacy starts:9am on Tuesday August 12th 2025
Period for submission of candidacy ends:5pm on Thursday September 11th 2025
Voting starts: 9am on Wednesday October 1st 2025
Voting ends: 5pm on Friday October 31st 2025
Announcement of results: Monday November 10th 2025
*All dates and times are in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
9.How to vote
Each regular member can vote for up to half of the number of
representatives to be chosen for their electoral zone (rounded up if
the number of representatives is an odd number)
Votes are cast online using the JpGU Membership System.
Forms and Regulations
1.Forms
To stand as a candidate: log-in to the JpGU Members Site and fill in and submit the “Stand as a Candidate” form.
To recomnmend a candidate: log-in to the JpGU Members Site and fill in and submit the “Recommend a Candidate” form.
2.Regulations
Regulations of the Election Management Committee (only available in Japanese)
Regulations of the Representative Election (only available in Japanese)
Detailed Regulations of the Representative Election (only available in Japanese)
All rules, procedures, dates and times etc. governing the JpGU Representative Election are formally announced in Japanese. English translations are provided as a courtesy and are for reference only. Should any English language material differ from the original Japanese the Japanese version shall be binding.