Magnetism and crystallography international conference in Kyoto

It is no secret that physics research in Japan has grown rapidly in the post‐war years and is continuing to grow. Still, with the holding of two international conferences in Japan during the summer and fall of 1961, this development was felt by the participants in a more concrete way than had been possible from a reading of Japan's scientific literature alone. As a valuable by‐product of this direct scientific contact, a large number of conference participants were able to view the country of their Japanese colleagues for the first time.