National Association of Japan-America Societies
Encyclopedia
The National Association of Japan-America Societies, Inc. (NAJAS) is a private, non-profit, non-partisan
organization located in Washington, D.C.
that offers educational, cultural and business programs about Japan
and U.S.-Japan relations to the public through its member Japan and Japan-America Societies. NAJAS is the only national non-profit network in the United States
dedicated to public education
about Japan. NAJAS consists of approximately 40 independent Japan-related organizations located in 32 cities around the country. Its membership includes business, political, and academic, as well as American
and Japan
ese members, and affords a variety of perspectives on U.S.-Japan relations.
Nonpartisan (American organizations)
A nonpartisan organization, in American politics, is a non-profit organization organized under United States Internal Revenue Code that qualifies for tax-exempt status because it refrains from engaging in certain prohibited political activities...
organization located in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
that offers educational, cultural and business programs about Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and U.S.-Japan relations to the public through its member Japan and Japan-America Societies. NAJAS is the only national non-profit network in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
dedicated to public education
Public education
State schools, also known in the United States and Canada as public schools,In much of the Commonwealth, including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, the terms 'public education', 'public school' and 'independent school' are used for private schools, that is, schools...
about Japan. NAJAS consists of approximately 40 independent Japan-related organizations located in 32 cities around the country. Its membership includes business, political, and academic, as well as American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese members, and affords a variety of perspectives on U.S.-Japan relations.
See also
- Japan America Society of Greater PhiladelphiaJapan America Society of Greater PhiladelphiaEstablished in 1994, the Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia is a non-profit association of individuals, corporations and organizations in the Greater Philadelphia region...
- Japan-America Society of Greater Austin
- Japan-America Society of Washington DC