The Japanese Club which has more than 5,000 members and is one of the biggest such organisations in the city, was founded in 1964. One year later a Japanese Consulate opened, and was soon upgraded to a Consulate-General. Finally, in 1966, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Düsseldorf was founded. It started off with 60 corporate members and now has over 500 ordinary and extraordinary members.
