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 2024-2025

President Susumu Ohtsuka (Hiroshima University, Hiroshima) 

Secretary Masanori Okanishi (Hiroshima Shudo University, Hiroshima) ; Ko Tomikawa (Hiroshima University, Hiroshima)

Treasurer Hayato Tanaka (Tokyo Sea Life Park, Tokyo)

Webmaster Kaori Wakabayashi (Hiroshima University, Hiroshima)

Liaison Tomoyuki Komai (Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba); Shinnosuke Yamada (International University of Health and Welfare, Narita)

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

Editor, Taxa Masafumi Kodama (Kagoshima University, Kagoshima)