■Preface
Will Academic Publishing in Japan Outlive the Global Competition?
Mitsuaki Nozaki......663

■Reviews
Evolution of Induction Synchrotron and Its Applications
Ken Takayama......666

■Researches
Tug-of-War of an Atom. Current vs Force―Competing Tunneling Current and Atomic Force on Si Atom Switch
Shiro Yamazaki, Yoshiaki Sugimoto, and Seizo Morita......677

Geometric Quantum Gates over Spin Qubits in Diamond
Hideo Kosaka, Kodai Nagata, and Kouyou Kuramitani......683

Doubly Closed Shell of Nickel-78
Ryo Taniuchi, Pieter Doornenbal, and Hiroyoshi Sakurai......690

Detectability Limit of Graph Partitioning
Tatsuro Kawamoto......696

■Physics Education
Water-Powered Rice-Pounding Mortar: Is the Problem Difficult?―The Problem of International Physics Olympiad 2008
Isao Harada......701

■JPSJ Selected Papers in the Latest Issue......704

■La Toccata......706

■Obituary......711

■Book Reviews......712