Footsteps of the America-Japan Society, Inc. (Chronology)
| 1917. 4 | America-Japan Society founded in Tokyo Viscount Kentaro Kaneko becomes the first president |
| 1923. 9 | Great Kanto Earthquake The Society assists doctors, nurses and relief supplies arriving from the U.S. The Society receives a $100,000 contribution from the Japan Society of New York |
| 1924.10 | Prince Iyesato Tokugawa becomes the second president |
| 1924.12 | Welcome dinner given in honor of Ambassador Edgar A. Bancroft |
| 1926. 9 | The First Lincoln Essay Contest to commemorate the Lincoln Centennial |
| 1928. 6 | Presentation ceremony of the relics of Commodore Perry to the Imperial Museum |
| 1931. 8 | Welcome dinner given in honor of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh |
| 1932. 6 | Welcome luncheon given in honor of Ambassador Joseph C. Grew |
| 1934. 4 | 80th anniversary banquet to commemorate the signing of the Treaty of Peace and Amity between Japan and U.S. |
| 1934.10 | The Society becomes incorporated |
| 1935. 5 | Ambassador Grew Golf Cup competition established as an annual event |
| 1941.11 | Count Aisuke Kabayama becomes the third president |
| 1944. 5 | War time suspension of the Society activities |
| 1948. 6 | The first general meeting held after the war. The Society resumes its activities |
| 1949 | General and Mrs. MacArthur attend the Society’s tea party |
| 1950.12 | Mr. Takashi Komatsu becomes the fourth president |
| 1951. 2 | Mr. John Foster Dulles, Special Envoy of the President of the United States, speaks at the Society’s luncheon |
| 1951. 8 | Farewell dinner given in honor of the Japanese delegation to the San Francisco Peace Conference |
| 1951.11 | Vice President Alben William Barkley speaks at the Society’s function |
| 1952. 2 | Mr. Dean Rusk, Special Representative of the President of the United States speaks at the Society’s luncheon |
| 1953.11 | Vice President Richard M. Nixon speaks at the Society’s luncheon |
| 1954. 6 | The Society presents “Shofuso,” a full-scale traditional Japanese house and garden, to the Museum of Modern Art in New York |
| 1959. 2 | Selection Committee selects candidates for the Harvard University International Seminar |
| 1960. 4 | Former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida becomes the fifth president |
| 1960. 5 | President Eisenhower Golf Cup competition established as an annual event |
| 1960.10 | Welcome home banquet given in honor of Their Imperial Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess after their return from goodwill visit to the U.S. |
| 1961. 5 | Ambassador Edwin O. Reischauer speaks at the Society’s welcome luncheon |
| 1963.12 | The Society organizes National Memorial Assembly for President John F. Kennedy |
| 1964. 1 | Secretary of State David Dean Rusk speaks at the Society’s function |
| 1964. 4 | Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon gives speech at the AJS-ACCJ luncheon |
| 1967.12 | The 50th anniversary banquet |
| 1968. 3 | Former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi becomes the sixth president |
| 1968. 8 | President Kishi Golf Cup competition established as an annual event |
| 1974.11 | Welcome reception given in honor of President Gerald R. Ford |
| 1976. 7 | The Society participates in various activities held in celebration of the American Bicentennial |
| 1977.10 | Welcome luncheon given in honor of “Mike” J. Mansfield |
| 1981.11 | Welcome luncheon given in honor of Vice President Walter F. Mondale |
| 1983. 6 | Great Space Shuttle exhibition |
| 1984.11 | Former Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda becomes the seventh president |
| 1987. 4 | The 70th anniversary banquet |
| 1995. 6 | The First International Symposium of Japan-America Societies held in Honolulu, Hawaii |
| 1995. 9 | Ambassador Yoshio Okawara becomes the eighth president |
| 1996. 6 | The First AJS Essay Contest |
| 1997. 4 | The 80th anniversary banquet |
| 1997. 9 | The First America Forum |
| 1998. 5 | The Second International Symposium of Japan-America Societies held in Fukuoka |
| 2000. 3 | AJS Scholarship Program to IUC (Inter-University Center) students launched |
| 2001. 9 | The Third International Symposium of Japan-America Societies held in San Francisco |
| 2001. 9 | Memorial Ceremony for “All Victims of 9.11 Terrorist Attacks in the U.S.” jointly organized with the Japanese government |
| 2002.10 | The First Tokyo Forum by the US and Japanese ambassadors |
| 2004. 4 | The US-Japan 150th Anniversary ceremony held in Yokohama |
| 2006. 4 | The Fifth International Symposium of Japan-America Societies held in Kyoto |
| 2007. 4 | The 90th anniversary banquet |
| 2007. 9 | The Second Tokyo Forum by the US and Japanese ambassadors |
| 2008.10 | First American Study Grant Program |
| 2010. 8 | The Seventh International Symposium of Japan-America Societies held in Akita |
| 2012. 4 | Banquet commemorating Japan-US centennial cherry tree exchange |
| 2012. 4 | “Another History of Japan-US Relations-the 20th century observed via AJS archives-“ published |
| 2012. 5 | AJS is registered as General Incorporated Association and adopts new articles of incorporation |
| 2012. 8 | The Eighth International Symposium of Japan-America Societies held in Dallas |
| 2013. 7 | Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki becomes the ninth president |
| 2013.11 | Welcome luncheon given in honor of Ambassador Caroline B. Kennedy |
| 2014. 9 | The Ninth International Symposium of Japan America Societies held in Sapporo |
| 2015. 6 | Special Symposium “ Japan-US Cultural Exchanges-Past and Future” held to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Pacific War end |
| 2016. 5 | The 99th Anniversary “Happy Together” Gala Dinner held in Tokyo |
| 2016.10 | The Tenth International Symposium of Japan America Societies held in Atlanta |
| 2017. 4 | Centennial ceremony and reception of the society was held on April 13, 2017 at the Imperial Hotel |
| 2018. 3 | Centennial commemoration found raising successfully ended. The society started four new programs |
| 2018. 7 | The first America Bowl program started |