The resources below are organizations that sponsor U.S.-Japan grassroots (people-to-people) exchange programs and activities or databases that list grassroots exchange organizations.
CULCON provides this list as an informational resource only; inclusion on this list is neither an endorsement nor a recommendation of any specific organization or program.

• Asian Cultural Council:  A non-profit exchange organization (both grant-making and grant-seeking) offering grassroots exchange programs for individuals and organizations.
  (http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/?page_id=20)

• Foreign Volunteers Japan:  An open discussion forum for sharing  information about volunteer activities, aid delivery, and humanitarian relief issues concerning the post-quake/tsunami recovery in the Tohoku region.
  (http://foreignvolunteers.org/about-fvj/)

• Friendship Blossoms Initiative:  A public/private partnership between the U.S.-Japan Bridging Foundation and the U.S. Department of State that is implementing a reciprocal gift of 3,000 dogwood trees to the Japanese People from the American People.
  (http://www.bridgingfoundation.org/friendship-blossom-project)

• National Association of Japan America Societies (NAJAS): A non-profit umbrella organization or portal for the network of Japan-America Societies across the United States.
  (http://www.us-japan.org/index.html)

• TOMODACHI:  A public/private partnership between the U.S.-Japan Council and the U.S. Department of State that supports Japan’s recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake.
  (http://usjapantomodachi.org/)

• U.S. Embassy in Japan:  The official U.S. mission in Japan’s listing of organizations offering grassroots exchanges in Japan.
  (https://jp.usembassy.gov/education-culture)

• The Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship Society:  A non-profit society supporting grassroots activities relating to the Manjiro Trail and Captain Whitfield’s former residence and the sister-city relationship between Fairhaven/New Bedford-Tosashimizu.
  (http://www.whitfield-manjiro.org/)