I.N.T.K. – Itaria Nihon Tōken Kyōkai (Italian Society for the Japanese Sword) was established in the year 1990.
I.N.T.K. is a non lucrative and apolitical society whose purpose is to carry out the preservation of a wonderful one thousand years old Japanese heritage: the Tōken.
I.N.T.K. is cooperating with the foremost Oriental Art Museums and connoisseurs all over the world.
I.N.T.K. is accreditated at the Japanese Embassy in Rome, The General Consulate of Japan in Milan, The Japan Foundation in Rome and it’s affiliated to N.B.T.H.K. in Tōkyō.
I.N.T.K. is pursuing its aims mostly by promoting lectures, seminars, educational journeys in Europe and Japan, by making appraisals on request, by issuing pubblications and a quarterly digest.