1.25 (Nb 3Àx V x )O 12 ceramics were investigated in this study. From the X-ray powder diffraction results, no secondary phase was detected in the composition range of 0-0.075. The remanent polarizations (P r ) of the samples in the composition range of 0-0.03 were improved by the V substitution for Nb and the highest P r value of approximately 15 lC/cm 2 was obtained at x 5 0.03; it was noted that the V substitution for Nb was effective in improving the P r values in this ceramics. On the other hand, the coercive fields (E c ) of the samples were on the order of approximately 40 kV/cm in such a composition range. Moreover, the anomalous variations in the dielectric constant were observed in the composition range of 0-0.075. Also, it was observed that the dielectric loss increased drastically at the temperature of approximately 5001C.