Note: The information below is for the 2021-2022 school year.
AATJ (American Association of Teachers of Japanese)
President: Suwako Watanabe
Contact: Susan Schmidt, Executive Director (aatj@aatj.org)
Website: http://www.aatj.org
CATJ (Central Association of Teachers of Japanese)
Region: Central America
Members: No individual memberships, conference only
JTLANE (Japanese Language Teachers' Association of the Northeastern Region of the United States)
Region: Northeast
Members: No individual memberships, conference only
MAATJ (Mid-Atlantic Association of Teachers of Japanese)*
Region: PA, VA, MD, DC, DE, and WV
Co-Presidents: Kyoko Vaughan, Yoshiko Mori
Members: All levels
Web:https://www.maatj.org/
NECTJ (Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese)*
Region: Northeast Region (CT, DE, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, MD)
President: Kazuo Tsuda
Members: All levels
Contact: Kazuo Tsuda (Please contact through the website below.)
Web: http://nectj.org/
SCATJ (South Central Association of Teachers of Japanese)*
Region: Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, South Carolina
President: Kaoru Ochiai
Members: All levels
Contact: Kaoru Ochiai (Click here)
SEATJ (South Eastern Association of Teachers of Japanese)
Region: North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, West Virginia
President: Jae Takeuchi
Contact: Please contact through the website below.
Web: https://seatj.weebly.com/
AATJ(AZ) (Arizona Association of Teachers of Japanese)*
Region: Arizona
President: Lisa Berkson
Members: All levels
Contact: Lisa Berkson (Please contact through the website below.)
Web: http://www.aatjaz.org
AFTJ (Association of Florida Teachers of Japanese)*
Region: Florida
President: Takami Taylor
Members: All levels
Contact: Takami Taylor
AITJ (Association of Indiana Teachers of Japanese)*
Region: Indiana
President: Junko Markovich
Members: All levels
Web: http://pages.iu.edu/~kkuriyam/home.html
AKATJ (Alaska Association of Teachers of Japanese)*
Region: Alaska
President: Haruki Kamimura
Members: All levels
Web: https://sites.google.com/a/alaska.edu/akatj/
ATJO (Association of Teachers of Japanese in Oregon)*
Region: Oregon
President: Yoko Miwa
Members: All levels
Contact: Yoko Miwa
Web: https://sites.google.com/site/oregonatjo/
CAJLT (California Association of Japanese Language Teachers)*
Region: California
President: Atsuko Kiuchi
Members: All levels
Contact: Click here
Web: https://cajlt.net/
CJLEA (Colorado Japanese Language Association)*
Region: Corolado & Wyoming
President: Hisaaki Wake
Members: All levels
Contact: Click here
Web: http://cjlea.weebly.com/
DVTJ (Delaware Valley Teachers of Japanese)
Region: Greater Philadelphia area (New Jersey, Delaware, Philadelphia area)
President: Yukino Tanaka Goda
Members: All levels
Contact: Yukino Tanaka Goda (Click here)
Web: https://sites.google.com/site/delawarevalleytj/home
GATJ (Georgia Association of Teachers of Japanese)
Region: Georgia
President: Seiko Onuki
Members: All levels
Contact: Seiko Onuki (Click here)
Web: https://gatj.weebly.com/
GuNTA (Guam Nihongo Teachers Association)
Region: Guam
President: Wakana Burham
Membership: All levels
Contact: Wakana Burham (Click here)
HATJ (Hawaii Association of Teachers of Japanese)*
Region: Hawaii
President: Yukio Kataoka
Members: All levels
Contact: Click here
Web: Click here
IATJ (Illinois Association of Teachers of Japanese)*
Region: Illinois
President: Shingo Satsutani
Members: All levels
Contact: Shingo Satsutani (contact through the website below)
Web: Click here
JLCTIA (Japanese Language and Culture Teachers of Iowa)*
Region: Iowa
President: Dan Carolin
Members: All levels
Contact: Dan Carolin
Web: http://jlctia.weebly.com/
JTAM (Japanese Teachers Association of Michigan)*
Region: Michigan
Iterim President: Lauren Gassman
Members: All levels
Contact: Lauren Gassman (Click here)
Web: jtamsensei.weebly.com
JTAT (Japanese Teachers Association of Texas)*
Region: Texas
President: Yuko Prefume
Members: K-16 levels
Contact: Click here
Web: http://www.jtat.org/
KAJLT (Kentucky Association of Japanese Language Teachers)*
Region: Kentucky
President: Koji Tanno
Members: K-16 levels
Contact: Click here
MCTJ (Minnesota Council of Teachers of Japanese)*
Region: Minnesota
President: Laura Moy
Members: K-12 levels
Contact: Click here
NCATJ (North Carolina Association of Teachers of Japanese)
Region: North Carolina
President: Natsuko Suwa
Members: All levels
Contact: Natsuko Suwa (Click here)
NCJTA (Northern California Japanese Teachers' Association)*
Region: Northern California
President: Junko Ito
Members: K-16 levels
Contact: Junko Ito (contact through the website below)
Web: http://www.ncjta.net
NJATJ (New Jersey Association of Teachers of Japanese)*
Region: New Jersey
President: Reiko Kawahara
Members: K-16 levels
Web: Click here
OATJ (Ohio Association of Teachers of Japanese)*
Region: Ohio
President: Elizabeth Bays
Members: K-16 levels
Web: http://oatj.org
SNJTA (Southern Nevada Japanese Teachers Association)*
Region: Southern Nevada
President: Takako Hasegawa
Members: all levels
Contact: Ann Jeffery (Click here)
TJSC (Teachers of Japanese in Southern California)
Region: Southern California
President: Junko Tokuda
Members: All levels
Web: https://sites.google.com/site/tjscpublic/
UATJ (Utah Association of Teachers of Japanese)[Formerly IMATJ]*
Region: Utah
President: Niki Fullmer
Members: K-16 levels
Contact: Niki Fullmer
Web: http://uatj.weebly.com/
VATJ (Vermont Association of Teachers of Japanese)
Region: Vermont
President: Hideko Furukawa
Members: High school, college (all are welcome)
Contact: Hideko Furukawa (Click here)
WATJ (Washington Association of Teachers of Japanese)*
Region: Washington
President: Kei Tsukamaki
Members: All levels
Contact: Click here
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/188927117935480/
Web: http://www.watj.org/
WiATJ (Wisconsin Association of Teachers of Japanese)*
Region: Wisconsin
President: Magara Maeda
Members: K-16 levels
Contact: Magara Maeda (Click here)
Web: https://wisconsinatj.wordpress.com/
JAANY (Japanese American Association of New York)
Region: New York
Members: All levels
Note: This organization has a Japanese Language Education Committee which holds workshops twice a year.
Web: Click here
* Indicates organizations affiliated with the American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ)