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| Year/Month | Main events and activities | Remarks, Link | |
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| 1951 | Nov. | Cultural Center Preparatory Committee organized | |
| 1952 | Aug. 27 | International House of Japan officially incorporated Kabayama Aisuke became the first Chairman of the International House (passed away in October 1953) |
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| Oct. | Government passed the old Iwasaki estate to the International House | ||
| Intellectual Interchange Program started | terminated in 1996 | ||
| Nov. | Fund Raising Committee organized | ||
| 1953 | May | Visit by Mrs. Eleanor D. Roosevelt | |
| 1954 | Distinguished Visitors Program started | terminated in 1958 | |
| May | Visit by Dr. Walter Gropius, architect | ||
| 1955 | June 11 | Grand Opening of the International House | |
| Nov. | Foreign Relations Dinner Address started | terminated in 2003 | |
| 1956 | Indo-Japanese Interchange started | ||
| May | I-House awarded an Architectural Institute of Japan Prize (Architectural Work) |
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| 1957 | Oct. | Special Lecture by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 1960 | Mar. | U.S.-Japan Studies Project started | terminated in 1970 |
| 1962 | Nov. | Tenth Anniversary Dinner of the International House | |
| 1964 | May | Visit by Prof. George Frost Kennan, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton | |
| 1965 | Assistance for Exchange of Persons Program by other organizations started | terminated in 2000 | |
| May | Matsumoto Shigeharu became the second Chairman of the International House (passed away in January 1989) | ||
| June | Tenth Aniversary of the Opening of the House: Special Lectures by Tange Kenzo, Howard Hibbett, and Ronald P. Dore | ||
| 1967 | Asian Intellectual Cooperation Program started | terminated in 1995 | Dec. | Fifteenth Anniversary: Special Lectures by Ito Sei, Kato Shuichi, and Hugh Borton |
| 1972 | Dec. -Jan. |
Twentieth Anniversary: Special Lectures by Roger Caillois, John Fairbank, Soedjatmoko, and Harold Isaacs | |
| Apr. | Visit by Saul Bellow, novelist | ||
| 1973 | Mar. | Twentieth Anniversary: Round-Table Conference of Asian Intellectuals | |
| Oct. | I-House was awarded the Japan Foundation Award | ||
| Dec. | Physical Plants closed for expansion and renovation | ||
| 1976 | Jan. | Renovation completed | |
| Nov. | Social Science International Fellowship (aka Nitobe Fellowship Program) started |
terminated in 2007 | |
| 1978 | US-Japan Creative Artists Program started | US-Japan Creative Artists Program | |
| 1981 | Oct. | Japan-Soviet Union Scientist Exchange started | terminated in 1995 |
| 1982 | Mar. | Japan-China Intellectual Interchange started | terminated in 1995 |
| Visit by Mr. Fei Xiaotong, sociologist | Oct. | Thirtieth Anniversary: Conference on Japan-U.S. Cultural Relations | |
| Ph.D.Kenkyukai started | terminated in 2002 | ||
| 1984 | Feb. | Reciprocal Agreement signed with the Cosmos Club of Washington D.C. | Overseas Affiliated Institutions |
| Apr. | Visit by Dr. Clifford Geerz, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton | ||
| 1986 | Jan. | Chinese Social Science Forum started | terminated in 2004 |
| Apr. | Lecture by Dr. Claude Lévi-Strauss, anthropologist | ||
| 1987 | American Friends of International House of Japan, Inc. incorporated in New York | ||
| 1988 | May | Reciprocal Agreement signed with the University House (Canberra, Australia) | Overseas Affiliated Institutions |
| 1989 | Feb. | Nagai Michio became the third Chairman of the International House (resigned in June 1996) | |
| Apr. | Asian Cultural Forum started | terminated in 1992 | |
| 1992 | Oct. | Fortieth Anniversary Programs including a conference on the Postwar Development of Japanese Studies in the United States with keynote speaker Donald Keene | |
| 1993 | Mar. | Edwin O. Reischauer Lecture Series started | terminated in 2001 |
| 1996 | Sept. | Asia Leadership Fellow Program (ALFP) started | ALFP |
| Kaji Motoo became the fourth Chairman of the International House (resigned in March 2004) | |||
| 1999 | Reciprocal Agreement signed with the India International Centre (New Delhi, India) | Overseas Affiliated Institutions | |
| 2000 | Aug. | Operations of LTCB International Library transferred to I-House | LTCB Library |
| 2001 | Dec. | Jansen Memorial Conference: "Japan and Its Worlds: The Internationalization of Japanese Studies" | I-House Press |
| 2003 | Sept. | I-House Building designated as one of Docomomo 100 Selections in Japan | DOCOMOMO Japan |
| 2004 | Apr. | Takagaki Tasuku became the fifth Chairman of the International House (passed away in March 2009) | |
| 2005 | Apr. | Renovation of the East Wing started | |
| Oct. | I-House garden designated as Site of Scenic Beauty of Minato-ku, Tokyo | ||
| 2006 | Apr. | Renovation of the East Wing completed | |
| July | Commemorative Programs Celebrating the IHJ New Hall "The International House of Japan as Modernist Masterwork—The Rebirth of an Architectural Icon" |
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| Special Lecture "Japan's Gateway to the World: What the I-House Can Do" by Dr. Sadako Ogata | I-House Academy | ||
| International Seminar "Questioning from the Borderline: Cross-Cultural Dialogue in Tackling a Global Agenda" | Text (I-House Press) | ||
| Public Symposium "Globalization and Cultural Exchange" | |||
| Aug. | East Wing designated as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property | ||
| I-House Press established | I-House Press | ||
| 2007 | Apr. | I-House-Shochiku Grand Kabuki Performance commemorating the 120th anniversary of "Tenran Kabuki" | |
| May | I-House awarded an Architectural Institute of Japan Prize (Specific Contributions Division) | ||
| June | I-House Ushiba Fellowship started | Ushiba Fellowship | |
| 2008 | I-House awarded a BELCA (Building and Equipment Long-life Cycle Association) Prize（Best Reform Division） | ||
| Feb. | I-House Lunchtime Lecture started | I-House Lunchtime Lecture | |
| June | Nitobe Kokusai Juku started | Nitobe | |
| 2009 | June | japan@ihj started | japan@ihj |
| Akashi Yasushi became the sixth Chairman of the International House (resigned in December 2018) | Footprints of Former Chairman Akashi Yasushi | ||
| 2011 | Dec. | Japan-India Programs re-started | Japan-India Program |
| 2012 | Apr. | I-House designated a Public Interest Incorporated Foundation | |
| Sept.- | Program in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the I-House "Japan in the World" | Sixtieth Anniversary Program | |
| 2013 | Apr. | [I-House Ushiba Fellowship] Dialogue and Symposium in commemoration of Mr. Antonio Negri's first visit to Japan | Dialogue in Japan with Antonio Negri |
| Memorial Service and Reception For Donald Richie | Memorial Service and Reception | ||
| Sept. | Reading about Japan at I-House Library started | Library Activities | |
| Nov. | Strategic partnership with the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation established | Notice | |
| Dec. | Reciprocal Agreement signed with the Cornell Club-New York | Overseas Affiliated Institutions | |
| 2014 | Apr. | IUC Lecture Series started | terminated co-sponsorship in 2019 IUC Lecture Series |
| I-House Quarterly inaugurated | publication terminated in 2019 I-House Quarterly |
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| Sept. | Nichibunken-IHJ Forum started | Nichibunken-IHJ Forum | |
| Nov. | Delve into Japanese Culture@I-House started | Delve into Japanese Culture | |
| 2015 | Jan. -Dec. |
IHJ Artists’ Forum－JUSFC 40th Anniversary | IHJ Art Programs/ Concerts 2015 |
| Oct. | Cooperative Agreement of Mutual Exchange with the Portland Japanese Garden established | Notice | |
| 2016 | Apr. | Architalk～Seeing the World through Architecture started | Architalk |
| June | I-House Library received the Award for Organizations of Distinguished Services 2016 from the Japan Special Libraries Association | Notice | |
| Nov. | Reciprocal Agreement signed with the Reform Club (London, U.K.) | Overseas Affiliated Institutions | |
| 2017 | Apr. | History Archive Project started | |
| Oct. | I-House Lecture series started | terminated in 2019 I-House Lecture |
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| 2018 | Mar. | Strategic Partnership with the Asia Society established | Notice |
| Asia Pacific Young Leaders Program (APYLP) started | APYLP | ||
| May | ALFP e-magazine Voices of Asia launched | ALFP e-magazine Voices of Asia | |
| 2019 | Jan. | Kondo Masaakira James became the seventh Chairman of the International House | From the Chairman |
| June | Special Lecture Series for I-House Members started | Special Lecture Series for I-House Members | |
| Aug. | Strategic Partnership with the Japan-India Association established | Notice | |
| 2020 | Mar. | Reciprocal Agreement signed with the The Indus Club (Mumbai, India) | Overseas Affiliated Institutions |
| Reciprocal Agreement signed with the The Tanglin Club (Singapore) | Overseas Affiliated Institutions | ||
| June | Reciprocal Agreement signed with The Australian Club (Melborne, Australia) | Overseas Affiliated Institutions | |
| Aug. | Strategic Partnership with the Japan-India Association established | Notice | |
| Dec. | Reciprocal Agreement signed with The Union Club of Boston (Boston, U.S.A.) | Overseas Affiliated Institutions | |
| 2021 | Mar. | Reciprocal Agreement signed with the International Club Berlin (Berlin, Germany) | Overseas Affiliated Institutions |
| Reciprocal Agreement signed with The National Liberal Club (London, U.K.) | Overseas Affiliated Institutions | ||
| 2022 | Feb. | Merger with Asia Pacific Initiative announced | Notice |
| Apr. | I-House 70th Anniversary Programs started | I-House 70th Anniversary Programs | |
| May | Strategic Partnership with the India International Centre established | Notice | |
