Japanese Peruvian Association

The Japanese Peruvian Association (Asociación Peruano Japonesa, APJ) is a cultural association and institution that brings together and represents Japanese citizens and those of Japanese descent residing in Peru. It was founded on November 3, 1917, under the name of Central Japanese Society (Sociedad Central Japonesa) and has its institutional headquarters (as well as a Museum of Japanese Immigration to Peru about Japanese Immigration) in the building of the Centro Cultural Peruano Japonés, located in the district of Jesús María, in Lima, Peru.