The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, founded in 1950, is an association of biologists who are interested in taxonomy, systematics, and biodiversity of animals, either extant or extinct. It publishes a peer-reviewed English journal "Species Diversity" and a peer-reviewed  Japanese journal "Taxa" (only In Japanese) and conducts annual meetings and symposia.

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Species Diversity A peer-reviewed, open-access, global platform journal (https://www.speciesdiversity.org/)

Taxa Biannual Japanese journal

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Officers for 2026-2027

President Hiroshi Kajihara (Hokkaido University, Hokkaido) 

Secretary Masanori Okanishi (Hiroshima Shudo University, Hiroshima) ; Keiichi Kakui (Hokkaido University, Hokkaido)

Treasurer Yuki Oya (J. F. Oberlin University, Tokyo)

Webmaster Natsumi Hookabe (JAMSTEC, Kanagawa)

Liaison Mizuki Sasaki (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido); Yuriko Nakao (Nihon University, Tokyo)

Editor, Species Diversity Tomomi Saito (Kochi University, Kochi)

Editor, Taxa Hidetoshi Wada (Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History, Kanagawa)