The

Scout Scout may refer to: Youth movement *Scout (Scouting), a child, usually 10–18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement **Scouts (The Scout Association), section for 10-14 year olds in the United Kingdom **Scouts BSA, sectio ...

and Guide movement in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

is served by *

Girl Scouts of Japan The is the girls-only Scouting organization serving Japan, founded in 1919. It became a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1952 and had 33,593 members . History Girl Guiding was first introduced in Japan in 191 ...

, member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts * Scout Association of Japan, member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement * Baden-Powell Scouts Association-Japan *

International Boy Scouts, Troop 1 International Boy Scouts, Troop 1, Japan's first Boy Scout troop, was founded in 1911 with Clarence Griffin (Scouting), Clarence Griffin as Scoutmaster. Despite its early multinational character the troop's original registration was with the Londo ...

International Scouting

There are two organizations focused on serving children of American military families living in Japan and elsewhere in Asia, the

Girl Scouts of the USA Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA), commonly referred to as simply Girl Scouts, is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. Founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912, it was organized a ...

, serviced by the

USA Girl Scouts Overseas—West Pacific There have been American Scouts overseas since almost the inception of the movement, often for similar reasons as the present day. Within the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), these expatriate Scouting, Scouts are now served by two overseas Councils an ...

and the Boy Scouts of America, serviced by the Asia East District and Asia Central District of the

Far East Council There have been American Scouts overseas since almost the inception of the movement, often for similar reasons as the present day. Within the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), these expatriate Scouting, Scouts are now served by two overseas Councils an ...

at Camp Zama. These councils serve BSA and GSUSA units of children of diplomatic, business and military personnel, and international units run under their auspices.

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International Scouting

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