Presently, the main activities of JAS include the following:

• Publishing a bimonthly newsletter
   
• Publishing the Japanese Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, a professional journal (in Japanese with English abstracts)
   
• Vol. 1, No. 1, 2004 - Contents:
• Vol. 2, No. 1, is scheduled for March 2005.
   
• Holding an annual convention. The next convention will be held in Saitama City on June 11-12, 2005.
   
• Delivering professional workshops and seminars. JAS provides continuing education programs to meet the needs of professionals from time to time in different regions of Japan.
   
• Conducting research on professional issues.
   

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2004 - Contents:

■Original Papers

• Ota, T., and Seki, K. Performance on verbal fluency tasks: The effects of age, gender, and specific criteria, pp. 9-15.
   
• Nitta, M., Futaba, M., Funaki, T., and Hirota, E. Repair strategies for hearing-impaired children in group speech sessions, pp.16-22.
   
• Tohkawa, K. Utilizing visual strategies for an infant with hearing impairment, intellectual disability, and autistic traits, pp. 23-30.
   
• Iiboshi, K., Tanoue, M., Yamada, H., Kasai, S., Kurauchi, N. A screening test of speech-language-hearing (SLH) disorders in geriatric health service facilities: Preliminary findings, pp. 31-38.

■Committee Report: Acute Phase Speech-Language-Hearing Rehabilitation, pp. 46-53.