一般社団法人 国際文化協会

"Beauty Congress of the World" is founded. Selection of the Japanese representative.

"Japan sends a representative to the Miss International world competition, held in Long Beach, the U.S."

"Japan sends the first representative to the Miss World competition, held in London, England."

"First Miss International held in Japan, at Nippon Budokan."

"Japan Beauty Congress Association" receives the license from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is inaugurated.

"Organization of Miss International World Contest, at the Japan Osaka World Exposition Hall."

"Free Youth Square - Free bar" in front of the Meiji Jingu Gaien Museum. In addition to providing young people all over the world to interact with each other, the Free Youth Square featured stage shows by 1st class entertainers, and presentations of folk arts from around the world, introducing a new form of international exchange.

"As a first overseas attempt, the organization of the \"Paris Haute Couture Collection\", in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, gathering all the collections by 1st class French designers, exhibited in Paris."

"Changing the name to \"International Cultural Association\"."

"The beautiful Japanese Kimono Show" all over Europe, by the Yamano Aiko Kimono Culture Delegation.

"Organization of 'South East Asia youth folk art reception'. Friendship performances by the youth folk art groups from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, in Tokyo and Okinawa."

"Organization of 'Hawaii youth folk art reception' Friendship performances from 'Young Hawaiian group' (35 persons), from Hawaii, in Tokyo, Shizuoka, Osaka and Fukuoka."

Friendship performances by "Veracruz University folk dance company" (36 people) from Mexico in Tokyo, Yokohama, Funabashi, Nagoya, Kobe, Hiroshima, Yonago.

The Japanese Dance Group "Hanayagi Itoyuki Troupe" (11 people) give a friendship performance in front of the Swedish Queen Lilian and Princess Silvia.

Miss Dance Drill Team USA (54 people) consisting mostly of high-school students are invited to give a friendship performances in Tokyo and Shizuoka. It was also held the following year, in '81.

The "Brigham Young University International Folk Dance Ensemble" (36 people) from the U.S. are invited to give a friendship performances in Tokyo, Fuji Yoshida, Kashiwa, Yokohama, Shizuoka, and Kobe. Also held in '81, '83, and '89.

Along with the "Cultivate One Love Movement", the "One Love Fund" is established. The first round was meant to help the Africa food crisis relief.

400 folk artist groups from Korea, Fiji, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Spain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan are invited to perform at the "World Folklore Festival" of the Tsukuba EXPO'85.

At the shore of Lake Charles in Boston, Massachusetts, a Japanese cherry tree is planted. It is a "symbol of friendship" that continues to show the good will of the Japanese people.

As opening event for the Tokyo Dome, 14 organizations of 10 countries (about 1,000 people) held the "World Marching Band Festival".

The "Homecoming friendship dolls exhibition" held in 11 cities all over Japan, and the "American blue-eyed doll exhibition" held in 4 cities of the United States. After 61 years, the Friendship Doll Japan had given the United States as a return present for the "Blue-eyed Doll" we had received from them as a token of peace and friendship in 1927, made a homecoming visit to Japan.

Japanese Cultural Week in the former Soviet Union, to give an impulse to a new mutual understanding and friendly relations between Japan and the former Soviet Union. 300 people of 17 organizations sent to the performance of Saburo Kitajima, the Hanae Mori fashion show, and the Ikuo Hirayama artist exhibition.

The "Australian Green Leaves Delegation" (160 young people) are invited to visit their sister city in Japan. It was hoped to establish friendships among the young people by letting them interact with each other during homestays and on-the-job trainings.

Contemporary Japanese Ceramics Exposition counting the best works of the 30 most representative Japanese ceramics masters, held in 6 great cities in the U.S., as a celebration of the donation to the Smithsonian Sackler Museum.