Scout Association of Japan

National Scouting organization Scout Association of JapanJapanese: ボーイスカウト日本連盟HeadquartersHongō, Bunkyō, TokyoCountryJapanFounded1922Membership109,528 (2017)AffiliationWorld Organization of the Scout MovementWebsitewww.scout.or.jp Beaver Scout Cub Scout Scout, Venturer, Rover and leader Scouting portal The Scout Association of Japan (ボーイスカウト日本連盟, Bōi Sukauto Nihon Renmei) is the major Scouting organization of Japan. Starting with boys only, the organization was known as Boy Scouts of Japan from 1922 to 1971, and as Boy Scouts of Nippon from 1971 to 1995, when it became coeducational in all sections, leading to neutral naming. Scouting activity decreased radically during World War II but slowly recovered; membership at the end of May 2017 was 99,779. History Early years Japanese Boy Scouts – Yokohama, 1912 (from The Japan Gazette, 3 April 1912) A 1916 photograph of Japanese Boy Scouts drilling with rifles (from 13 January 1916 Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper) Scouting was introduced to Japan in the autumn of 1909 by ambassador Akizuki Satsuo and Japanese teacher Hōjō Tokiyuki, who had visited England in 1908. A Japanese text b