Eight years after crossing the Atlantic Rotary reached across the Pacific.  This section of The "History" Website is dedicated to the first 10 Asian clubs

Also, see our regional history section

Clubs with the logo, shown on the left, were on the list of Paul and Jean Harris' world-wide good will trips where they planted "Friendship Trees."

#01 MANILA PHILIPPINES #478  1JUNE1919 D3810  ZONE07  Club History

#02 SHANGHAI (provisional) CHINA #545  1OOCT1919 D3450 ZONE04  Club History

#03 CALCUTTA INDIA #587  1SEPT1920  D3290  ZONE05  Club History

#04  Tokyo, Japan #855 1OCT1920 D2580  ZONE02  Club History

#05 Osaka, Japan #1349 1NOV1922 D2660  ZONE03  HISTORY

#07 Peiping, China #1814 1JUNE1924 D  ZONE  HISTORY

no longer exists

A brief History of Rotary in Japan  

by PDG Takao Sugitani

Also read the article by Wen Huang, "The Long Road Back to China"

Learn about the founder of Rotary - in much of Asia,

Jim Davidson

See Asia Archives for the First 38 Clubs 1919 - 1930

A section on Rotary in Japan

Need for Cultural Leadership Along the Silk Road