The Alliance Forum Foundation (AFF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was founded in 1985 in California. During the 1980's, AFF played a significant role in easing trade friction between Japan and the US in the field of industrial high technology At the time, reducing trade barriers in the Pacific Rim and planting the seeds to establish international cooperation in the region was crucial. As a result, AFF earned high acclaim from the members of the Japan-US Businessmen's Conference for its contributions in this arena.

In the early 1990's, AFF concentrated its efforts on the promotion of strategic business tie-ups between US IT /bio venture companies and leading Japanese companies with support from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, and the US Government. Through a variety of activities, AFF was successful in contributing to the transformation of the industrial structure of Japan that took place during this period.


Today, the mission of the Alliance Forum Foundation is evolving with the times. Beginning in the year 2000, AFF redefined its objectives and multi-faceted mission based on the recognition that computer-centralized technology has reached maturization as the core industry driving the global economy. As a result, the foundation is focusing its efforts and activities on the following three themes:

The Themes of AFF's Vision for the 21st Century:

1. Nurturing new technologies and industries capable of generating a new core industry and facilitating debate on new industries for the post-computer era.
2. Promoting exchange and debate centering on new forms of corporate governance, corporate management, and the theory of Public Interest Capitalism which can provide solutions to problems encountered by shareholder-centric management that places over-emphasis on short-term profit for shareholders.
3. Fostering debate, exchange, and collaboration in various fields related to poverty alleviation in developing countries.