Region: East Asia
City: Naha
Country: Japan

The current head of the chapter is:

Mr. Choko Takayama
(ISI/ITI 62-64)
2-26-42 Nagata
Naha, Okinawa 902-0077
Japan
Phone/Fax: 81-98-832-6400
E-mail:  c-taka@aioros.ocn.ne.jp

Mr. Fumio Teruya
(ISI 63-65, ASSOC 06)
E-mail:  fteruya32@iris.ocn.ne.jp

The Okinawa Chapter is one of the oldest and most active alumni chapters. It hosted a very successful Regional Conference in 1993 which attracted more than 300 participants. Its members always attend International Conferences in large numbers.

Over the past few years the chapter was instrumental in facilitating the Okinawa Initiative Program which was officially announced by President Clinton at the G 8 meeting of government leaders in June, 2000. The Okinawa Initiative will provide scholarships for students from Okinawa to attend the Center and the University of Hawaii. Finally, the Chapter has been very successful in raising funds for the Center presenting a gift of $25,000 at the July 2000 International Conference.