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History & Alumni

Our history dates back to 1934, when the first Japan-America Student Conference (JASC) organized in response to deteriorating relations between the U.S. and Japan. Students from Japan invited their American counterparts to Tokyo for in-depth discussions about timely issues, working together toward the goals of mutual understanding, friendship, and trust. In the following year, American delegates reciprocated the hospitality by hosting a second meeting in the United States.

JASC continued to take place every year until the Second World War. The Conference was revived in 1947 by American and Japanese students then living in Japan. After a second interruption in the mid-1950s, the 16th JASC was held in 1964 in the U.S. and has alternated between the U.S. and Japan every year since. Read more about the history of JASC.

In 1979, JASC, Inc. was incorporated as a non-profit organization in Washington, DC, providing continuity and support to students and alumni of the Conference. In 2008, we expanded to become International Student Conferences, Inc. (ISC) and launched the Korea-America Student Conference (KASC). Based on the model of a student-run Conference, KASC has answered the call for closer ties between young people in the U.S. and Korea.

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Many alumni of the Conferences have gone on to distinguish themselves in business, academia, and government. Most notable among them is Kiichi Miyazawa, the former Prime Minister of Japan, who participated in the 1939 and 1940 Conferences, and Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. Secretary of State, who participated in the 1951 Conference. A partial list of prominent alumni is available upon request.

ISC maintains significant amounts of historical information in the form of publications, photographs, travel memorabilia, correspondence, et cetera, archived as an archival collection of the University of Maryland in College Park.

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Japan-America Student Conference

Past Conferences

  • JASC 76 (2024) – Los Angeles, New Orleans, Washington, DC
  • JASC 75 (2023) – Kyoto, Nagasaki, Tokyo
  • JASC 74 (2022) – New York, Washington, DC, & Annapolis, MD
  • JASC 73 (2021) – Hawaii & Virtual (Hybrid)
  • JASC 72 (2020) – Virtual
  • JASC 71 (2019)
  • JASC 70 (2018)
  • JASC 69 (2017)
  • JASC 68 (2016)
  • JASC 67 (2015)
  • JASC 66 (2014)
  • JASC 65 (2013)
  • JASC 64 (2012)
  • JASC 63 (2011)
  • JASC 62 (2010) – San Francisco, CA, New Orleans, LA, Washington, DC, Richmond, IN
  • JASC 61 (2009)
  • JASC 60 (2008)
  • JASC 59 (2007)
  • JASC 58 (2006)
  • JASC 57 (2005)
  • JASC 56 (2004)
  • JASC 55 (2003)
  • JASC 54 (2002)
  • JASC 53 (2001)
  • JASC 52 (2000)
  • JASC 51 (1999)
  • JASC 50 (1998)
  • JASC 49 (1997)
  • JASC 48 (1996)
  • JASC 47 (1995)
  • JASC 46 (1994)
  • JASC 45 (1993)
  • JASC 44 (1992)
  • JASC 43 (1991)
  • JASC 42 (1990)
  • JASC 41 (1989)
  • JASC 40 (1988)
  • JASC 39 (1987)
  • JASC 38 (1986)
  • JASC 37 (1985)
  • JASC 36 (1984)
  • JASC 35 (1983)
  • JASC 34 (1982)
  • JASC 33 (1981)
  • JASC 32 (1980)
  • JASC 31 (1979)
  • JASC 30 (1978)
  • JASC 29 (1977)
  • JASC 28 (1976)
  • JASC 27 (1975)
  • JASC 26 (1974)
  • JASC 25 (1973)
  • JASC 24 (1972)
  • JASC 23 (1971)
  • JASC 22 (1970)
  • JASC 21 (1969)
  • JASC 20 (1968)
  • JASC 19 (1967)
  • JASC 18 (1966)
  • JASC 17 (1965)
  • JASC 16 (1964)
  • JASC 15 (1954)
  • JASC 14 (1953)
  • JASC 13 (1952)
  • JASC 12 (1951)
  • JASC 11 (1950)
  • JASC 10 (1949)
  • JASC 9 (1948)
  • JASC 8 (1947)
  • JASC 7 (1940)
  • JASC 6 (1939)
  • JASC 5 (1938)
  • JASC 4 (1937)
  • JASC 3 (1936)
  • JASC 2 (1935)
  • JASC 1 (1934)

Korea-America Student Conference

Past Conferences

  • KASC 17 (2024) – Washington, DC, New York, Seoul
  • KASC 16 (2023) – Washington, DC, Seoul, Boryeong
  • KASC 15 (2022) – Virtual
  • 14th KASC (2021) – San Francisco
  • 13th KASC (2020)
  • 12th KASC (2019)
  • 11th KASC (2018)
  • 10th KASC (2017)
  • 9th KASC (2016)
  • 8th KASC (2015)
  • 7th KASC (2014)
  • 6th KASC (2013)
  • 5th KASC (2012)
  • 4th KASC (2011)
  • 3rd KASC (2010)
  • 2nd KASC (2009)
  • 1st KASC (2008)

China-America Student Conference

Past Conferences