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Japan Society, America's leading resource
on Japan, is a private, nonprofit, nonpolitical institution offering programs
in the arts, business, education and public affairs.
Since 1907, when a group of prominent New York City business people founded Japan
Society, this nonprofit, nonpolitical institution has played a vital role in promoting
the U.S.-Japan relationship. Most of the founding members remained active in Japan
Society for many years, shaping the policies that guided it through the 1930s
until the outbreak of World War II. After the war, Japan Society slowly resumed
its activities, and under the stewardship of John D. Rockefeller III, who had
a deep and abiding interest in Japan, it assumed its modern form, greatly expanding
the range and volume of its programming.
Japan Society’s Performing Arts Program is the America's leading showcase
for Japan's celebrated traditional performing arts and its vibrant contemporary
dance, music and theater. Since it’s inception in 1953, the Performing Arts
department has presented more than 500 programs at its own theater with 278 seats,
and been committed to supporting new works by Japanese, American and Asian artists
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