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Cultural Center Preparatory Committee organized

International House of Japan officially incorporated
Kabayama Aisuke became the first Chairman of the International House (passed away in October 1953)

Government passed the old Iwasaki estate to the International House

Intellectual Interchange Program started (terminated in 1996)

Fund Raising Committee organized

Visit by Mrs. Eleanor D. Roosevelt

Distinguished Visitors Program started (terminated in 1958)

Visit by Dr. Walter Gropius, architect

Grand Opening of the International House

Foreign Relations Dinner Address started (terminated in 2003)

Indo-Japanese Interchange started

I-House awarded an Architectural Institute
of Japan Prize (Architectural Work)

Special Lecture by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru

U.S.-Japan Studies Project started (terminated in 1970)

Tenth Anniversary Dinner of the International House

Visit by Prof. George Frost Kennan, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Assistance for Exchange of Persons Program by other organizations started (terminated in 2000)

Matsumoto Shigeharu became the second Chairman of the International House (passed away in January 1989)

Tenth Aniversary of the Opening of the House: Special Lectures by Tange Kenzo, Howard Hibbett, and Ronald P. Dore

Fifteenth Anniversary: Special Lectures by Ito Sei, Kato Shuichi, and Hugh Borton

Asian Intellectual Cooperation Program started (terminated in 1995)

Twentieth Anniversary: Special Lectures by Roger Caillois, John Fairbank, Soedjatmoko, and Harold Isaacs

Visit by Saul Bellow, novelist

Twentieth Anniversary: Round-Table Conference of Asian Intellectuals

I-House was awarded the Japan Foundation Award

Physical Plants closed for expansion and renovation

Renovation completed

Japan-Soviet Union Scientist Exchange started (terminated in 1995)

Social Science International Fellowship
(aka Nitobe Fellowship Program) started (terminated in 2007)

US-Japan Creative Artists Program started

US-Japan Creative Artists Program

Japan-China Intellectual Interchange started (terminated in 1995)

Visit by Mr. Fei Xiaotong, sociologist

Thirtieth Anniversary: Conference on Japan-U.S. Cultural Relations

Ph.D.Kenkyukai started (terminated in 2002)

Reciprocal Agreement signed with the Cosmos Club of Washington D.C.

Overseas Affiliated Institutions

Visit by Dr. Clifford Geerz, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Chinese Social Science Forum started (terminated in 2004)

Lecture by Dr. Claude Lévi-Strauss, anthropologist

American Friends of International House of Japan, Inc. incorporated in New York

Reciprocal Agreement signed with the University House (Canberra, Australia)

Overseas Affiliated Institutions

Nagai Michio became the third Chairman of the International House (resigned in June 1996)

Asian Cultural Forum started (terminated in 1992)

Fortieth Anniversary Programs including a conference on the Postwar Development of Japanese Studies in the United States with keynote speaker Donald Keene

Edwin O. Reischauer Lecture Series started (terminated in 2001)

Asia Leadership Fellow Program (ALFP) started

ALFP

Kaji Motoo became the fourth Chairman of the International House (resigned in March 2004)

Reciprocal Agreement signed with the India International Centre (New Delhi, India)

Overseas Affiliated Institutions

Operations of LTCB International Library transferred to I-House

LTCB Library

Jansen Memorial Conference: “Japan and Its Worlds: The Internationalization of Japanese Studies”

I-House Press

I-House Building designated as one of Docomomo 100 Selections in Japan

DOCOMOMO Japan

Takagaki Tasuku became the fifth Chairman of the International House (passed away in March 2009)

Renovation of the East Wing started

I-House garden designated as Site of Scenic Beauty of Minato-ku, Tokyo

I-House garden designated as Site of Scenic Beauty of Minato-ku, Tokyo

Commemorative Programs Celebrating the IHJ New Hall
“The International House of Japan as Modernist Masterwork—The Rebirth of an Architectural Icon”

Special Lecture “Japan’s Gateway to the World: What the I-House Can Do” by Dr. Sadako Ogata

I-House Academy

International Seminar “Questioning from the Borderline: Cross-Cultural Dialogue in Tackling a Global Agenda”

Text (I-House Press)

Public Symposium “Globalization and Cultural Exchange”

East Wing designated as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property

I-House Press established

I-House Press

I-House-Shochiku Grand Kabuki Performance commemorating the 120th anniversary of “Tenran Kabuki”

I-House awarded an Architectural Institute of Japan Prize (Specific Contributions Division)

I-House Ushiba Fellowship started

Ushiba Fellowship

I-House awarded a BELCA (Building and Equipment Long-life Cycle Association) Prize（Best Reform Division）

I-House Lunchtime Lecture started

I-House Lunchtime Lecture

Nitobe Kokusai Juku started

Nitobe

japan@ihj started

japan@ihj

Akashi Yasushi became the sixth Chairman of the International House (resigned in December 2018)

Footprints of Former Chairman Akashi Yasushi

Japan-India Programs re-started

Japan-India Program

I-House designated a Public Interest Incorporated Foundation

Program in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the I-House “Japan in the World”

Sixtieth Anniversary Program

[I-House Ushiba Fellowship] Dialogue and Symposium in commemoration of Mr. Antonio Negri’s first visit to Japan

Dialogue in Japan with Antonio Negri

Memorial Service and Reception For Donald Richie

Memorial Service and Reception

Reading about Japan at I-House Library started

Library Activities

Strategic partnership with the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation established

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Reciprocal Agreement signed with the Cornell Club-New York

Overseas Affiliated Institutions

IUC Lecture Series started (terminated co-sponsorship in 2019)

IUC Lecture Series

I-House Quarterly inaugurated (publication terminated in 2019)

I-House Quarterly

Nichibunken-IHJ Forum started

Nichibunken-IHJ Forum

Delve into Japanese Culture@I-House started

Delve into Japanese Culture

IHJ Artists’ Forum－JUSFC 40th Anniversary

IHJ Art Programs/ Concerts 2015

Cooperative Agreement of Mutual Exchange with the Portland Japanese Garden established

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Architalk～Seeing the World through Architecture started

Architalk

I-House Library received the Award for Organizations of Distinguished Services 2016 from the Japan Special Libraries Association

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Reciprocal Agreement signed with the Reform Club (London, U.K.)

Overseas Affiliated Institutions

History Archive Project started

I-House Lecture series started (terminated in 2019)

I-House Lecture

Strategic Partnership with the Asia Society established

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Asia Pacific Young Leaders Program (APYLP) started

APYLP

ALFP e-magazine Voices of Asia launched

ALFP e-magazine Voices of Asia

Kondo Masaakira James became the seventh Chairman of the International House

From the Chairman

Special Lecture Series for I-House Members started

Special Lecture Series for I-House Members

Strategic Partnership with the Japan-India Association established

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Reciprocal Agreement signed with the The Indus Club (Mumbai, India)

Reciprocal Agreement signed with the The Tanglin Club (Singapore)

Overseas Affiliated Institutions

Reciprocal Agreement signed with The Australian Club (Melborne, Australia)

Overseas Affiliated Institutions

Reciprocal Agreement signed with The Union Club of Boston (Boston, U.S.A.)

Overseas Affiliated Institutions

Reciprocal Agreement signed with the International Club Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

Reciprocal Agreement signed with The National Liberal Club (London, U.K.)

Overseas Affiliated Institutions

Merger with Asia Pacific Initiative announced

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I-House 70th Anniversary Programs started

I-House 70th Anniversary Programs

Strategic Partnership with the India International Centre established

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