Japan Guide Dog Association (JGDA) is a foundation incorporated on the10th of August, 1967. Its head office, which consists of the administrative headquarters and the general affairs department, is now located in Tokyo.
It has two training centers; one in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and the other in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. The present chairperson of the board of directors is Mr. Yukihiko Inoue.
For the purpose of helping people with visual impairment to go or go back into society and promoting their well being as well, Japan Guide Dog Association has been making efforts at achieving such goals as.

1. To establish and manage guide dog training centers,
2. To educate guide dog trainers and instructors in walking with a guide dog,
3. To make researches into and develop better ways of breeding,
4. To share knowledge and experience with other support groups or
   organizations for visually impaired people,
5. To offer visually impaired people several rehabilitation programs,
6. To work on public relations to spread and deepen
   the understanding of guide dogs.