| Fiscal |
Significant Events |
| 1959 |
AOTS Established (August) |
| AOTS Regular Training Program Started (General Orientation Course Started) |
| 1960 |
Inaugural issue of the AOTS magazine, KENSHU (Japanese version) |
| 1961 |
Inaugural issue of the AOTS magazine, KENSHU (English version) |
| 1963 |
First Survey Mission on Results of Training Sent to the Ex-trainee's Countries |
| 1967 |
Alumni Society Recommended Training Scheme Started |
| 1968 |
JMF-Sponsored Program for Alumni Society Recommended Training Started |
| UNIDO Training Program Started (～1996) |
| 1971 |
Mexico-Japan Exchange Training Program Started (～1983) |
| 1973 |
Overseas Correspondence Program Started (～2000) |
| 1974 |
APO Training Program Started (～2001) |
| 1977 |
Management Training Course Started |
| Overseas Training Program Started |
| 1982 |
Training Course for Learning Japanese Work Ethics,
Based on Malaysian Government's “Look East” Policy, Started |
Holding the Seminar to Commemorate the Opening of the Tokyo Kenshu Center
(Participants proposed the “AOTS Alumni Societies”) |
| 1984 |
Trainers' Training Program (Training Seminar for Japanese Instructors of Overseas Trainees)
Started (～2000) |
| Training Course for Korean Engineers, Sent by Korean Government, Started |
| 1985 |
First Convention of AOTS Alumni Societies Held in Tokyo |
| 1986 |
Lecturing Tour Started in Cooperation with AOTS Alumni Societies |
| 1989 |
Second Convention of AOTS Alumni Societies Held in Yokohama |
| 1990 |
Program on Corporate Management for Poland and Hungary Carried Out |
| Course in Cooperation with APEC Started |
| 1992 |
Third Convention of AOTS Alumni Societies Held in Bangkok, Thailand |
| 1993 |
Course in Cooperation with MITI's “Green Aid Plan” Started |
| 1994 |
Fourth Convention of AOTS Alumni Societies Held in Osaka |
| 1996 |
APEC Training Program
(currently called Training Project for Improving the Business Environment
related to Trade and Investment) Started |
| Inaugural issue of the AOTS magazine, KENSHU (Chinese version) |
| 1997 |
Fifth Convention of AOTS Alumni Societies Held in Aichi
<World Network of Friendship (WNF) Established> |
| 1998 |
NEDO Training Program Started |
| Special Training Activities to Assist Asian Countries Carried Out |
| Training Activities for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Started |
| Asian Local Training Activities Carried Out |
| 1999 |
Category of the Government Subsidy Applied to AOTS Altered:
Training Activities for
1) Human Resource Development
2) Industrial Structure Improvement |
| 2000 |
AMEICC-HRD WG COE Program Started |
| 2001 |
Training Activities for IT Engineers Started (～2002) |
| 2002 |
Distance Training Program Started |
| Sixth Convention of AOTS Alumni Societies Held in Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 2003 |
The Training Program on Intellectual Property Rights Started |
| 2006 |
Seventh Convention of AOTS Alumni Societies Held in Mumbai, India |
| 2007 |
Conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding with UNIDO
on Cooperation in Training Activities to Support Africa |
| 2008 |
Six Month Japanese Language and Other Programs Carried Out
for the First Batch of Nurse and Caregiver Candidates
under the Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement |
| 2009 |
Six Month Japanese Language and Other Programs Carried Out
for the First Batch of Nurse Candidates
under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement |
| President Arroyo of the Philippines visited TKC |
| The 50th anniversary event
(Anniversary reception, International symposium,
AOTS success story case meeting) |
| Eighth Convention of AOTS Alumni Societies Held in Yokohama |
| 2010 |
The Training Program on Infrastructure System Export Industry Started |
| Technological Demonstration Projects for Improving the Business Environment
related to Trade and Investment Started |
| New Grobal Corporation Activities Started |
