Membership
The group was structured very much like a club in its early years and had very formal rules and regulations regarding membership. Full membership was limited to men only until at least 1923, and members had to be nominated and seconded in a very formal manner. There was also a fee involved for much of the group's history, although current membership is obtained on a year-to-year basis by doing volunteer work for the group.
The membership was initially very British, and it wasn't until after the Second World War and the American occupation of Japan that American members became predominant.
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