Contribution to Society

  • Welding is a fundamental technology required for all products.
  • Our society contributes to improving, developing, and disseminating welding and joining (including AM) technologies, skills, and quality.
  • Our society is not an industry organization but a social contribution organization.

Improving Welding Technology

  • The Expert Subcommittee and Research Committee researches and develops basic technologies required in each industrial field.
  • We create standards required for each industrial field.
  • We undertake various contract research and contract projects, including those for government agencies.

Improving Welding Skills

  • We have contributed to improving welding skills at a national level through the National Welding Championships (since 1951) (the winners apply for the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award).
  • We have revitalized welding in each prefecture through the "Koshien Method," in which the winners of the prefectural qualifying rounds (prefectural championships) can participate in the national championships.
  • We support the "High School Student Manufacturing Contest: Welding" organized by the National Association of Technical High School Principals.

Improving Welding Quality

  • We strive to improve welding quality through various education and certifications.

Standardization and Dissemination of Technology

  • We strive to disseminate our developed technologies to the industry through standardization, education, and certification.
  • Standardization is carried out by ISO, JIS, and, when necessary, by WES, the Japan Welding Engineering Society standard.
  • We publish books as necessary for dissemination.

Human resource development

  • We develop curricula and create textbooks for welding skills and technologies.
  • We provide education for human resource development throughout Japan.

Grant system

  • We offer grants to young researchers nationwide through public solicitation (10 grants/year)
  • We offer grants through public solicitation for AM element technology development designated by our society (5 grants/year)
  • We cooperate with the project to donate welding machines to technical high schools (sponsored by the Japan Foundation for the Promotion of Welding and Joining Technology)

Awards and Certification System

  • We certify those who have excellent welding skills and contribute to passing down their skills as Japan Welding Society Meisters.
  • We award outstanding technological developments and inventions (those that are particularly outstanding also apply for the Japan Patent Office Commissioner's Award).