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	The Future Prospects of Open Access Publishing in Japan －Open Access from the point of view of Scholarly Societies Kazuhiro Hayashi As commercial publishers, overseas academic societies, and others deploy various models of open access, we explore potential Japanese models and related issues in light of the present situation.				Scholarly Journal Publishing in the 21st Century Japan －A report for all those who love academic journals in Japan (2) What is a Japanese journal? – Research evaluation and the impact factorYuko Nagai Drawing on the first two terms of SPARC’s activities, this report looks at the special characteristics and conditions of academic journal publishing in Japan and considers the future of scholarly communication.

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	Our Institutional Repository Part 5. Shizuoka University Tomoaki Sugiyama In this series, university librarians describe how their repositories work and quote researchers’ comments.				Japan’s Scholarly Journals Part 5. The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan Akira Kojima In this series, academic societies discuss their journals’ present status and future prospects, among other topics.

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	Report from Event Participant / Minako Nishiura; Event Calendar A report on attending the 1st SPARC Japan Seminar 2010 and news of upcoming SPARC Japan events				http://www.nii.ac.jp/sparc/en