The Geochemical Society of Japan

The Geochemical Society of Japan is a Japanese academic society devoted to geochemistry. Its predecessor, the Geochemical Research Group, was founded in 1953; the society adopted its current name in 1963 and became an incorporated general incorporated association in 2017. It publishes the Japanese-language journal Chikyū Kagaku and the English-language Geochemical Journal, and it awards the Geochemical Journal Award for the most outstanding research paper published in the previous year.

The society traces its origins to its predecessor, the Geochemical Research Group, which was founded in 1953. Ten years later, in 1963, it took its current name, The Geochemical Society of Japan. In 2017 it became an incorporated general incorporated association. In September 2025 Tetsuya Yokoyama of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Science, Institute of Science Tokyo, became president of the society.

• Geochemical Journal

  English-language journal of the society; the Geochemical Journal Award recognizes the most outstanding research paper published in the previous year.

• 地球化学 (Chikyū Kagaku)

  Japanese-language journal of the society.

1. 1日本地球化学会geochem.jp
2. 2GJ Award Papers : Geochemical Journalgeochemical-journal.jp
3. 3学会長の挨拶 – 日本地球化学会geochem.jp
4. 4その他諸情報 – 日本地球化学会geochem.jp