The American Corners in Urasoe City and Nago City are the only two American Corners in Japan and are a joint partnership between the U.S. Consulate General and the local municipalities. The Urasoe American Corner opened in September 2004. The Nago American Corner opened in March 2005.

Both American Corners are located in public libraries and are designed to provide the people of south-central and northern Okinawa Island with information about the United States, its people, language, culture, history, government, and institutions through books, magazines and CDs. The two American Corners also regularly co-host visiting speaker and cultural programs.

For example, the two American Corners have hosted programs for award-winning American Poet Loren Goodman, a lecture by Laura Liswood, Secretary General of the Council of Women World Leaders, and concerts by such American musicians as ragtime pianist Bob Milne and the Belrose Duo. The two facilities also co-hosted with the Okinawa Prefectural Government a visit by State Department English Specialist Meryl Siegal.

See maps to the two American Corners on Okinawa.