THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR JAPANESE PHILATELY

ISJP IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON PREPARING, PUBLISHING, AND DISTRIBUTING ITS EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL, JAPANESE PHILATELY (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE "JOURNAL"). ISJP PUBLISHES 4 ISSUES OF THE JOURNAL EACH YEAR AND THE TYPICAL LENGTH OF AN ISSUE IS 48 PAGES (WITH OCCASIONAL ISSUES OF EVEN GREATER LENGTH). THE JOURNAL IS COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS, AND EACH ISSUE INCLUDES EDUCATIONAL CONTENT IN THE FORM OF BOTH SHORT AND LONG ARTICLES ABOUT JAPANESE PHILATELY CONCENTRATING ON INFORMATION AND SCHOLARSHIP THAT IS LIKELY TO BE OF LASTING VALUE. ISJP PREPARES, PUBLISHES, AND DISTRIBUTES ITS JOURNAL TO PROMOTE INTELLIGENT INTEREST IN THE PHILATELY AND POSTAL HISTORY OF JAPAN AND FORMER JAPANESE COLONIES (KOREA, SAKHALIN [KARAFUTO], TAIWAN), TERRITORIES (KWANTUNG, THE SOUTH MANCHURIAN RAILWAY ZONE, AND THE MANDATED CAROLINE, MARIANA, AND MARSHALL ISLANDS), AND OCCUPIED AERAS (CHINA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA), INCLUDING MANCHOUKUO, THE RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPANESE SEAPOST OFFICES AND OTHER CIVILIAN AND MILITARY POST OFFICES ABROAD, AND FOREIGN POST OFFICES IN JAPAN. ISJP DEVELOPS THE INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL IN THE JOURNAL, LAYS IT OUT, AND COORDINATES THE PRINTING AND MAILING OF THE JOURNAL. ISJP ALSO ANNUALLY PREPARES AND PUBLISHES AN INDEX TO THE JOURNALS PUBLISHED IN PRIOR YEARS, AS WELL AS, PUBLISHES DETAILED WRITTEN STUDIES OF A SINGLE SPECIALIZED SUBJECT (MONOGRAPHS) ON TOPICS RELATING TO JAPANESE PHILATELY AND JAPAN'S VISUAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY, WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS ALONG WITH THE JOURNAL. ISJP DISTRIBUTES ITS JOURNAL AND MONOGRAPHS FREE OF ADDITIONAL CHARGE TO ALL MEMBERS AND TO A FEW LIBRARIES AND OTHER STAMP-COLLECTING-RELATED INSTITUTIONS.