ASEAN Secretariat and the AJC

ASEAN-Japan Centre is an intergovemental organization, independent from the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia. While the ASEAN Secretariat was established at the ASEAN Summit in 1976, the ASEAN-Japan Centre was established by an agreement between govenments of ASEAN Member Countries and Japan in 1981, aiming at promoting trade, investment and tourism between ASEAN and Japan.
The Centre has developed cooperative relationship with the ASEAN Secretariat in broader areas while mainintaining close contact with each member country through their government, their embassies in Japan as well as related offices in the field of trade, investment and tourism.