October 2011
Education
Center Grove Community School Corporation
To support a United States-Japan Day event for one hundred fifty students as part of the 2011 Elgin Heinz Outstanding Teacher Award. Center Grove, Indiana. $5,000
The Woodlands High School
To support Japanese performing artists to visit The Woodlands High School to perform for students and as part of the 2011 Elgin Heinz Outstanding Teacher Award. The Woodlands, Texas. $5,000
Calloway County Board of Education
To support matching funds needed to hire a full-time Japanese language teacher. Murray, Kentucky. $10,000
The Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater Seattle
To support a one-month long intensive language program for US high school students to study Japanese language in Kobe, Japan. Seattle, Washington. $12,000
Five Colleges
To support a series of Japan-focused webinars taught by expert faculty for K-12 teachers throughout the United States. Northampton, Massachusetts. $9,526
University of Pennsylvania
To support a program to prepare educators in the Greater Philadelphia region to teach about contemporary Japan in the aftermath of the 2011 disasters. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. $78,426
Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana
To support a Japanese language competition held annually in February for high school students currently studying Japanese in the San Diego area. San Diego, California. $10,000
AmerAsian School in Okinawa
To support the salary for a qualified teacher at the school. Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan. ¥ 2,500,000
The Japan-America Society of Washington, DC
To support a national Japanese language and culture competition for high school students. Washington, DC. $50,490
Communication and Public Opinion
National Bureau of Asian Relations
To support the continuation of monthly analyses of Japanese publications by Ms. Fumiko Halloran on the Japan-US Discussion Forum and to support a portion of the Forum’s operating cost. Seattle, Washington. $15,000
The Center for Independent Documentary
To support a 56-minute documentary about 98-year old Keiko Fukuda, who was recently awarded the 10th degree (black belt) in Judo. Sharon, Massachusetts. $15,000
John Manjiro-Whitfield Commemorative Center for International Exchange
To support the Center and the 2012 Grass-Roots Summit and as part of the United States-Japan Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award which was bestowed upon Mr. Minoru Makihara in 2011. Colorado Springs, Colorado. $10,000
Asian Cultural Council
To support a project titled Voices from Japan: Despair and Hope from Disaster. New York, New York. $30,000
US-Japan Policy Studies
Council on Foreign Relations
To support the second year of a study to analyze domestic political change in Japan and its effect on the U.S.-Japan alliance. New York, New York. $44,813