October 2008


Education

Anacortes School District

To support the third year of a three-year program of Japanese language instruction at Island View Elementary School in Anacortes, WA. Anacortes, WA. $2,091.94


Japan-America Society of Washington, DC

To support the fourteenth year of a national Japanese language and culture competition for high school students (Japan Bowl). Washington, DC. $50,000


Nanzan University

To support the third year of the Nagoya American Studies Summer Seminars, which aim to enhance mutual understanding between Americans and Japanese. Nagoya, Japan. $35,000


New Heights Academy

To support the development of a Japanese language resource Library at New Heights Academy. New York, NY. $15,000


Temple University Japan

To support the third year of a three-year US study tour for Japanese high school teachers, including lectures, historical tours, and follow-up workshops that will focus on American Studies. Tokyo, Japan. ¥ 4,775,000


The Mountain Institute

To support the second year of a three-year project to develop new and innovative middle to high school level curricula that use the virtual climb of each mountain as the central study themes to introduce American and Japanese students to the history, culture, geography, and environmental issues of each other’s countries. Washington, DC. $80,000


University of Pennsylvania

To support the second year of a three-year program to prepare educators to teach about contemporary Japan in the Greater Philadelphia Region. Philadelphia, PA. $74,082


Communication and Public Opinion

Mansfield Foundation

To support the second year of a two-year project to enhance the Asian Opinion Poll Database, an online reference tool for researchers in the United State to monitor and access public opinion trends in Japan and other Asian nations. Washington, DC. $10,000


National Bureau of Asian Research

To support the continuation of monthly analyses of Japanese publications by Ms. Fumiko Halloran on the Japan-US Discussion Forum. Seattle, WA. $15,000


Whitfield Manjiro Friendship Society

To support the development of a media room and creation of DVDs about Manjiro in conjunction with the opening of the Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship House. Fairhaven, MA. $25,000


WNYC Radio

To support a special focus on Japan for WNYC Radio’s nationally broadcast program, Studio 360. New York, NY. $75,000


New York Buddhist Church

To support the reconstruction and renovation of the hondo (main hall) and in honor of T.K. Nakagaki’s efforts to help Americans understand Japanese Buddhism. New York, NY. $500


US-Japan Policy Studies

Council on Foreign Relations

To support the third year of a three-year project to explore the prospects and potential for a new regional security architecture in the Asia-Pacific Region. New York, NY. $70,000


Institute for International Policy Studies

To support the second year of a three-year series of comprehensive studies of what the Japan-US Alliance toward 2020 should be. Tokyo, Japan. ¥ 6,720,000


International University of Japan

To support the second year of a two-year project to research and produce a comprehensive and updated book on the US foreign policy decision making process. Niigata, Japan. ¥ 2,506,460


Social Science Research Council

To support the first year of a two-year project of Track II talks with North Korea and other six-party members. New York, NY. $80,000