Maintains a video and film library with a significant number of Japanese titles. The Japanese Language Project provides support to teachers of Japanese throughout the State of Oregon. They are responsible for developing the Benchmarks for Japanese language education in Oregon and have recently completed development of the Oregon Japanese Oral Performance Assessment. The Portland Japanese School is managed by the Shokookai of Portland. The school meets every Saturday during the school year and is in session every day during the summer vacation.
Enrollment is generally limited to children whose parents are employed by Shokookai member firms.
WACO administers the AID International Visitors Program, a School Visitor Program that sends university students from countries around the world into Oregon schools for cultural exchange and sponsors a variety of lectures, workshops and other programs on issues of international importance including Japan-related topics.