With strong support from the government, businesses, academia and civil society, JALAC was founded on July 1, 1958, by merging three organizations into one with the aim to create an integral private-sector diplomacy forum in Japan with Latin America and the Caribbean. Three organizations are the following: 1) Japan-Latin America Central Association, affiliated organization of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 2) Latin America Committee; and 3) Pan American Association.
On April 1, 2013, JALAC changed its legal status from a special civil law corporation to a general incorporated association.
