In addition to the services described before, ABIC members are engaged in various activities in diverse fields at home and overseas.

Abroad

■Engaging in overseas programs related to Japanese government-affiliated agencies

Many ABIC members have been dispatched to developing countries as investment and/or commercial advisors in connection with the programs of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and others. They are extending helping hands to the local industries to develop their businesses and/or promote their exports, while assisting the local government agencies in improving their functions.
Meanwhile, with the occurrence of the massive tidal wave along the Indian Ocean in December, 2004, three ABIC members well versed in the Indonesian language were dispatched to Sumatra as interpreters to help the medical activities of the Japan Self-Defense Forces.

■Helping overseas activities of various NGOs

In response to requests from nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)　operating in developing countries, ABIC provides personnel who can support these NGOs’ social contribution activities by serving as local managers or representatives. Such organizations include, for example, “The Japan Center for Conflict Prevention (JCCP)”, which aims to prevent, contain and resolve conflicts worldwide, “Médecins du Monde (MDM)”, an international medical aid NGO based in France, and “BirdLife International“, a global partnership of NGOs that strives to conserve birds and their habitats.

At Home

■Supporting Japanese SMEs for their business globalization

To small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) intending to expand their business with foreign companies and/or planning to branch out into overseas market, ABIC introduces human resources to help them succeed in achieving their goals. Selecting from registered members, ABIC introduces an expert best suited to a SME’s specific requirements, mainly on a short-term basis and sometimes on long-term contract basis. To compensate for the limited in-house capacity SMEs often face in handling international operations, ABIC provides personnel with linguistic ability and global business experience. Services rendered by ABIC members are typically as follows:

1. Develop market or promote sales of products as a business facilitator
2. Act as an adviser for corporate management and operation
3. Engage in export promotion of a product
4. Deliver a lecture of a foreign country’s situation to a company employee who is about to be dispatched to the country
5. Give a lesson on foreign trade practices, etc. at a seminar held by an industry group
6. Translate brochures, pamphlets, etc. into a foreign language and vice versa
7. Serve as an interpreter when an SME has visitors from a foreign country
8. Go to a foreign country accompanying an SME’s staff to take care of them
   

■Supporting local governments in SME globalization efforts

Many municipal governments in Japan have public support system for the local SMEs to promote their business with foreign countries. At the request of an SME through such a government, ABIC introduces an appropriate expert suited to their requirements. The types of services rendered by ABIC members are basically same as those mentioned in the previous section.
Apart from the above services for SMEs, ABIC helps local governments seek foreign enterprises that might make direct investments in the municipality.

■Lecturing at universities and others

ABIC sends lecturers for many courses offered by universities and open colleges as well as for seminars held by private and public organizations. A wide variety of subjects are covered by the lecturers. Some examples are international business and global situations, current management and marketing, risk management, corporate governance, environment and natural resources, corporate strategies for advancing into overseas markets and trade practices.

■Teaching at elementary, junior and senior high schools

To support educational programs for international understanding at elementary, junior and senior high schools, ABIC members give classes for the studies in an easy-to-understand way. Each lecturer talks about a topic of a foreign country where they have resided.
ABIC members also give Japanese language classes to transfer students and returnees from overseas while supporting them to become tuned into their school lives.

■Supporting foreign students and their families

To foreign students and their families now residing in the Tokyo International Exchange Center of Tokyo Academic Park and in Hyogo International House, ABIC offers charge-free Japanese language classes to teach Nihongo and Japanese culture classes to introduce calligraphy, karate, tea ceremony, flower arrangement, the go game, and Japanese chess.

■Volunteer activities at international events and others

Many ABIC members have actively contributed their language skills and international experience as volunteers at major global events. They worked tirelessly behind the scenes without compensation. Notable events where ABIC volunteers made significant contributions include:

• 2002 FIFA World Cup（Japan）
• 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics（Osaka, 2007）
• International Skills Festival for All（Shizuoka, 2007）
• 2009 World Table Tennis Championships（Yokohama）
• 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships（Tokyo）
• Kobe 2024 Para Athletics world championships
• World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25
• MOWA（Museum of World Athletics）Heritage Athletics Exhibition Tokyo 2025

In addition to the above, between 2002 and 2010, several members volunteered annually as chairpersons for the University Debating Competition, organized by the English-Speaking Union of Japan.