The or SSJ is a learned society

Learned society

A learned society is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline/profession, as well a group of disciplines. Membership may be open to all, may require possession of some qualification, or may be an honor conferred by election, as is the case with the oldest learned societies,...

 (professional association) with the goal of advancing the understanding of earthquakes and other seismic phenomena.

History

John Milne

John Milne

For other uses, see John Milne .John Milne was the British geologist and mining engineer who worked on a horizontal seismograph.-Biography:...

 joined James Alfred Ewing

James Alfred Ewing

Sir James Alfred Ewing KCB FRS FRSE MInstitCE was a Scottish physicist and engineer, best known for his work on the magnetic properties of metals and, in particular, for his discovery of, and coinage of the word, hysteresis.It was said of Ewing that he was 'Careful at all times of his appearance,...

 and Thomas Lomar Gray

Thomas Lomar Gray

Thomas Lomar Gray was a Scottish engineer noted for his pioneering work in seismology.-Early life:Born in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland, Gray graduated in 1878 from the University of Glasgow with a B.Sc. in engineering...

 and others in founding the Seismological Society in 1880. These men were among the many foreign advisors to the government in Meiji period Japan (o-yatoi gaikokujin).

The founding president of the society was Ichizō Hattori.

Publications

The organization publishes the abbreviated at "J Seismol Soc Jpn". The publication is also known as Zisin, which is a syllabic abbreciation.