It is one of the five continental confederations making up the International Judo Federation (IJF).

Judo Union of Asia (JUA) was established in 1956 in Tokyo, Japan with 7 national federations as founding members; Chinese Taipei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Philippines and Thailand.

The first President of JUA was Risei Kano, son of Kanō Jigorō.

The organization held the first Asian Judo Championships in 1966 in Manila, Philippines, with teams from 8 member federations participating.

Source[4] ^1 Iran Judo Federation was suspended by International Judo Federation since 18 September 2019, as Iranian authorities ordered their judoka Saeid Mollaei to intentionally lose in the semi-final at the 2019 World Judo Championships, so as to avoid a potential match in the finals against Israeli judoka Sagi Muki.