SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN (SAJ)
The Scout Association of Japan
(ボーイスカウト日本連盟 Bōi Sukauto Nippon 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. |