FAQs

The ASEAN Promotion Centre on Trade, Investment and Tourism (ASEAN-Japan Centre) is an intergovernmental organization established by the ASEAN Member States and Japan in 1981. It has been promoting exports from the ASEAN Member States to Japan while revitalizing investment, tourism as well as people-to-people exchanges between the ASEAN Member States and Japan through seminars, workshops, capacity building programs, research and policy advocacy, cross-cultural events, publication and information services, among others.

For more information, see About us.

The AJC consists of a Council, an Executive Board and a Secretariat. Council is supreme policy-making body of the organization, consisting of 11 directors appointed by and representing each Member State and approves the annual program and budget, appoints the Secretary General, etc.

For more information, please see the Organization.

Contributions from the ASEAN Member States and Japan.

The AJC is an intergovemental organization, independent from the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia. While the ASEAN Secretariat was established at the ASEAN Summit in 1976, the ASEAN-Japan Centre was established by an agreement between governments of ASEAN Member States and Japan in 1981, aiming at promoting trade, investment and tourism between ASEAN and Japan.

The AJC has developed cooperative relationship with the ASEAN Secretariat in broader areas while maintaining close contact with each Member State through their government.

Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, and Japan.

Ministries in the ASEAN Member States and Japan, Embassies of the ASEAN Member States in Japan, ASEAN and Japanese Public Institutions which promotes trade, investment, tourism, exchanges, and other related activities to the AJC as well as ASEAN Secretariat. The AJC also works with private companies, associations, research institutes, schools of the ASEAN Member States and Japan, among others.

When recruiting interns, we basically accept applications through open recruitment. Information will be available on this website.

Recruitment at the AJC is irregular. Whenever there is an opening, it will be posted on the AJC’s website. In accordance with the Agreement Establishing the AJC, the nationality of personnel who can be employed at the AJC must be Japan or an ASEAN Member State.

The General Information Corner displays a wide selection of materials and local publications related to trade, investment, tourism and culture of the ASEAN Member States for public reference. (Mostly Japanese language materials)

Opening Hours:
9:30 am – 5:30pm (Closed on weekends and public holidays)
*You can check the information on the opening of the museum for the past week from the Home Page.
Admission fees: Free
(Please click here for the access)

The AJC occasionally rents out its multipurpose hall (ASEAN-Japan Hall) free of charge to its stakeholders or to organizations holding events that the AJC nominally supports. The AJC no longer rents the hall for a fee.

Data on ASEAN-Japan trade flows and RCA indices and etc. are available in the “Database” section of this website.

The major sources of the data includes followings but not limited to; ASEAN, World bank, United Nations Conference on Trade and Developmen (UNCTAD), International Trade Center (ITC), International Finance Corporation (IFC).

In principle, it depends on the timing of the update of the original source data. The economic related data in the AJC homepage are to be updated at appropriate timing once the original source data are updated.

To promote tourism in ASEAN, we provide free photo materials in our photo library. Please check the guideline and register to use the service.

Photo Library (Japanese language only): https://data.asean.or.jp/tourism/photo-li/home

If you would like to use the videos available on YouTube for your events, please contact our PR team.
Click here for inquiry form

AJC YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzCGQqvm72FpEs0vC6l1wAw
AEANPEDIA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6JBdQlz5DKAGN82CjiLT0Q

The AJC produces “ASEANPEDIA”, a website and booklet that introduces ASEAN primarily to young people in Japan. (Japanese language only)
ASEANPEDIA WebSite (Japanese language only)

As for the booklet, since its publication in 2015, more than 90,000 copies have been distributed, and many junior high and high schools across Japan have used it as a teaching tool.

The booklet is distributed free of charge at the AJC’s General Information Corner, and is also given to visitors to the AJC for group visits and other occasions. The booklet can also be downloaded from the ASEANPEDIA website.

We have materials available for mailing only to addresses in Japan. All publications are also available for download.
Click here for request form

Please refer to ASEAN Travel, a travel information website operated by the AJC. (Japanese language only)

ASEAN Travel: https://travel.asean.or.jp

Please refer to ASEAN Travel, a travel information website operated by the AJC. (Japanese language only)

ASEAN Travel: https://travel.asean.or.jp

We accept visits by junior high and high school students on school excursions to Tokyo, as well as various organizations and companies, and provide free opportunities for them to learn about the ASEAN Member States, ASEAN-Japan relations, and the AJC’s activities. *Online programs are also available upon request.
For more information, please see the Group Visits program.

Currently, we do not visit elementary school to conduct classes. We are always open to accepting visits to the AJC.
For more information, please see the Group Visits program.

Please contact our Exchange team. Click here for inquiry form

Each request will be reviewed and responded to internally. The basic conditions are as follows.

1. The purpose of the event(s) is concurrent with that of the AJC and not agaist the general public’s profit or interests.
2. For the event(s) by private companites, it should be supported by a) governmental bodies (including Local governments), Ministries, Agencies, Offices, Embassies, Consulate-Genrals, Representatives, etc.
3. If the organization(s) or the event(s) fall(s) in the following categories, permission is not granted.
   • If there is a possibility that the AJC’s name is abused to achieve illegal purposes.
   • If the main purpose is the make profit.
   • If it is a religious, a political organization or other specific group which may not represent the general public.
   • If the scale of the event is too small for the AJC to support.

Please send the official letter by email. If you are applying for the first time, please attach a brief description of your organization’s activities.

Email: toiawase_ga@asean.or.jp

Cooperation for announcements through the AJC’s newsletter and Facebook is only available for events we grant nominal support.

Please register from here.

Please contact us at the email address below to change your registration details or to unsubscribe.
ajc_newsletter@asean.or.jp