Docomomo International is a non-profit organization founded in 1988 by Hubert-Jam Henket and Wessel de Jonge in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, in recognition of the significant cultural contribution made by choice works of modern architecture. Yet many of these works are in alarmingly precarious states of maintenance. Thus, Docomomo International initiated an ongoing worldwide movement to list and document these outstanding examples of modern architecture to help preserve and pass the heritage of these works to future generations.

Docomomo International has established itself as a significant player in architectural conservation as well as in various aspects of broader architectural culture.

DOCOMOMO Japan is a non-profit organization that began its activity in 1997, and it became an official national chapter of Docomomo International in 2000.

DOCOMOMO Japan is a fully active chapter that hosted major exhibitions presenting its Selection 20 in 2000 and Selection 100 in 2005 with the publication of corresponding catalogs respectively.

The Selection number has grown to 290 presently (as of 2024). In addition to our campaign to list/document and help preserve buildings in danger of demolition, DOCOMOMO Japan has been hosting topical architectural tours, field trips, site studies, seminars, and symposiums on various critical issues and/or buildings in concern. DOCOMOMO Japan recognizes the notion of general as well as specific character of modern architecture in Japan as reflecting a somewhat unique Japanese context in turn, may have affected some interesting development outwardly.