Who we are

We support the United States military community in the Pacific East Region of Japan through outreach, scholarship, and brotherhood.

Our goal, at Nu Eta Sigma, Tokyo Alumni Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma, Fraternity Inc., is to be a positive contributor to our military and Japanese community where we live and serve. Our efforts to provide service in the land of the rising sun is primarily through fundraising activities in support of our James B. Carr and Brandon Fulbright scholarships which are used to provide college scholarships to graduating high school students. The contributions we make to our community inside and outside the base include, but are not limited to, helping our youth through our “adopt-a-school” program where we conduct outreach and collaboration events with base schools, we provide leadership and guidance through our Fraternity’s mentorship program Sigma Beta Club. Our service goes beyond the gates of the military installation, where we feed the homeless in our neighboring communities all in an effort to live up to our Fraternity’s motto, “Culture for service, service to humanity.”

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Our Mission

The brothers of Phi Beta Sigma are the Fraternity’s most valuable resource and strength. They are the primary means by which the Phi Beta Sigma objectives will be achieved. In order to accomplish the Fraternity’s objectives, it is essential that systems are instituted that effectively embody “Culture For Service and Service For Humanity” and promote brotherhood, scholarship and service.

To optimize Phi Beta Sigma’s effectiveness, the Fraternity will:

  • Strengthen and serve proactively the brotherhood, as a supportive resource that positively impacts the Fraternity’s growth and financial solvency.

  • Reaffirm and maintain a strong commitment to brotherhood, scholarship and service.

  • Ensure that the Fraternity programs are focused and committed to serving humanity.

  • Create an environment that respects the dignity and worth of each brother.

  • Exhibit integrity and ethical behavior in conducting the Fraternity’s business. serving as a model for all Greek-letter organizations.

  • Maintain and improve the Fraternity’s technological literacy, in order to better service its members and the community at large.

  • Foster and nurture our constitutional bond with
    Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

  • Encourage a closer and mutually beneficial working relationship with fellow Greek-letter organizations, other community service organizations, businesses and government.

  • Select leaders who are committed and have demonstrated their ability to lead.

Nu Eta Sigma Chapter History

  • Idea to organize a chapter in Japan June 2004

  • June 11, 2004 Sigma-Zeta chartering Committee met to see if chartering was good idea. It was an excellent idea

  • Why not Service to our military communities & to our host nation

  • Was this our founders dream fulfilled?

  • Area of responsibility: Camp Zama, NAF Atsugi, Fleet Activities Yokosuka and Yokota AFB

  • No Discrimination based on creed, culture, religion, ethnic background or military status

  • Founders of Nu Eta Sigma: Bro. James Carr, Bro. David Jefferson, Bro. Mike Pope, Bro. Chuck Dickerson and Bro. Keith Ferguson

  • Charter signed on August 4th, 2004

  • First initiated Brother in Nu Eta Sigma Chapter Bro. Gerrick Garrett August 12th, 2004

  • Charter class initiated on September 12th, 2004 called the Kings of the Rising Sun. Bro Garrett, Bro Bryant, Bro Brown and Bro Johnson were participants.

  • First Chapter Community Service Project September 16th, 2004 feeding the homeless in Yokohama.

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The Nu Eta Sigma Shield

Alpha Phi Beta fraternity emblem featuring a torch, a dove, and Greek text, with a ribbon stating 'Service in the Land of the Rising Sun'.

The original design

The chapter shield was developed based on the shield of our National Fraternity to include its Greek letters on the shimaki and our chapter name, Nu Eta Sigma on the ribbon.  The shield includes the dove which is represented nationally within our organization and a blue and white image of the “rising sun”.  Our national motto is translated into Japanese:

(奉仕の修養　人類への奉仕) , which is “Culture for service, service for humanity”.  Which means our desire to support and provide service to our community is the motivation behind our activities.

This is pronounced “Houshi eno shuyo, Jinrui eno houshi”,

pronounced phonetically this would sound like:

hoo-she  eh-no  shoe-yo, Jin-ru-ee  eh-no hoo-she.

The image features a stylized design of a torii gate with Greek letters Phi Beta Sigma and the word Japan at the top. A white dove is centered below the gate, holding an olive branch. The banners display the Latin phrase "Nu Eta Sigma" and the motto "Service in the Land of the Rising Sun." Blue Japanese characters are on both sides of the gate.

The updated design

Group photo of young African American men in suits holding a banner with American Greek fraternity symbols and text on a set of steps.

History of our organization

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C., January 9, 1914, by three young African-American male students. The Founders, Honorable A. Langston Taylor, Honorable Leonard F. Morse, and Honorable Charles I. Brown, wanted to organize a Greek letter fraternity that would truly exemplify the ideals of brotherhood, scholarship, and service.

The Founders deeply wished to create an organization that viewed itself as “a part of” the general community rather than “apart from” the general community. They believed that each potential member should be judged by his own merits, rather than his family background or affluence…without regard to race, nationality, skin tone or texture of hair. They desired for their fraternity to exist as part of an even greater brotherhood which would be devoted to the “inclusive we” rather than the “exclusive we”.

From its inception, the Founders also conceived Phi Beta Sigma as a mechanism to deliver services to the general community. Rather than gaining skills to be utilized exclusively for themselves and their immediate families, they held a deep conviction that they should return their newly acquired skills to the communities from which they had come. This deep conviction was mirrored in the Fraternity’s motto, “Culture For Service and Service For Humanity”.

Today, Phi Beta Sigma has blossomed into an international organization of leaders. No longer a single entity, members of the Fraternity have been instrumental in the establishment of the Phi Beta Sigma National Foundation, the Phi Beta Sigma Federal Credit Union and The Sigma Beta Club Foundation. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, founded in 1920 with the assistance of Phi Beta Sigma, is the sister organization of the Fraternity.

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