The or SSJ is a learned society (professional association) with the goal of advancing the understanding of earthquakes and other seismic phenomena. History John Milne joined James Alfred Ewing, Thomas Lomar Gray and Thomas Corwin Mendenhall in founding the Seismological Society in 1880. These men were teaching at the Imperial College of Tokyo (now called the University of Tokyo) and were foreign advisors to the government in Meiji period Japan (o-yatoi gaikokujin). The founding president of the society was Hattori Ichizo. Publications The organization publishes the abbreviated at "J Seismol Soc Jpn". The publication is also known as Zisin, which is a syllabic abbreviation. The SSJ also sponsors the journal Earth, Planets and Space. Notes References Clancey, Gregory. (2006). Earthquake Nation: The Cultural Politics of Japanese Seismicity, 1868–1930. Berkeley: University of California Press. ; OCLC 219039402 Davison, Charles. (2014). The Founders of Seismology. Cambridge University Press. ; Robinson, Andrew. (2016). Earth-Shattering Events: Earthquakes, Nations and Civilizations. Thames & Hudson. ; External links SSJ Scientific organizations established in 1880 Geology societies Science and technology in Japan Geophysics societies 1880 establishments in Japan Scientific organizations based in Japan