The Vedanta Society of Japan (Nippon Vedanta Kyokai) was founded in 1959 and duly registered. The society has been running as a non-profit religious organ dedicated to the spiritual welfare of the land.

It is headed by a monk of the Ramakrishna Order since 1984 when it was affiliated to the Ramakrishna Math and Mission with headquarters in India. The Ramakrishna Order is founded on the ideals of Vedanta as propounded by and exemplified in the lives and teachings of Sri Ramakrishna, the great saint of Modern India and Swami Vivekananda, his chief disciple and himself a great spiritual luminary. (See 'Holy Trinity' page)

The Order has now more than 154 centres, located in different parts of the world including Europe, U.S.A. and Japan, and has a vast body of literature in at least 20 different languages of the world (see 'Branches Worldwide' page).