October 2017
Education
DreamYard
To support a Japan-Korea-Bronx Poetry Exchange
Bronx, NY. $10,000
East Chapel Hill High School
To support the East Chapel Hill High School Japanese language program and as part of the 2017 Elgin Heinz Outstanding Teacher Award.
Chapel Hill, NC. $5,000
Foreign Policy Research Institute
To support a teacher preparation initiative focused on three themes in Japan: political and social stability, maintaining cultural values while seeking change, and cultural borrowing.
Philadelphia, PA. $105,386
Global Fund for Educational Assistance (Beyond Tomorrow)
To support the 2018 Jiro Murase Scholarship Program, which brings Japanese students to the United States to learn about legal and political affairs.
Tokyo, Japan. ¥10,600,001
International Student Conferences
To support the 5th Japan-U.S.-Korea Trilateral Forum to take place from January 1 to 6, 2018.
Washington, DC. $18,000
Japan-America Society of Washington, DC
To support a national Japanese language and culture competition for high school students.
Washington, DC. $50,000
Ketchikan High School
To support the expansion of teaching about Japan throughout the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District and as part of the 2017 Elgin Heinz Outstanding Teacher Award.
Ketchikan, AK. $5,000
Michigan State University
To support the 2018 Michigan-Japan nuclear science high school exchange program for Japanese and American teachers and students.
East Lansing, MI. $114,633.97
President and Fellows of Middlebury (Middlebury Institute of International Studies)
To support an education program designed to promote awareness of nonproliferation and international peace and security issues and the development of critical thinking skills among high school students in the U.S. and Japan.
Monterey, CA. $80,014
Sumter County Schools
To support an educational partnership and exchange between schools in Sumter County, Georgia, and Miyoshi, Japan, that was originally started by former President Jimmy Carter.
Americus, GA. $43,600
Table for Two USA
To support a Japanese inspired food education program for K-12 students in the U.S.
Washington, DC. $51,782
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
To support two on-line events that connect U.S. and Japanese students as part of the 2017 Elgin Heinz Outstanding Teacher Award.
Palo Alto, CA. $5,000
Communication and Public Opinion
Asia-America Institute for New Music
To support the 2018 Mainland Japan Tour bringing together American, Japanese, and Korean composers and performers and as part of the Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award to Mr. Shigeaki Mori.
Salt Lake City, UT. $4,413
Center for Japanese Mental Health
To support the development of a moderated website to foster communication and strengthen bonds between Japanese and Americans through shared stories and messages of mental health recovery, tragedy, struggle, and hope.
Los Angeles, CA. $5,000
International Center for Journalists
To support a media fellowship that will prepare and send three selected U.S. journalists in 19-day reporting tours to Japan.
Washington, DC. $78,500
Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA)
To support an intensive program for U.S. journalists that will bring them to Japan to expose them to the dynamics of Japan’s politics and its economic and foreign policymaking.
New York, NY. $97,326.22
Light Industry Cinema Projects
To support a documentary film production grant for a film investigating the pivotal role Japanese artists of the Edo era played in setting the stage for the “modern art” movement in the West.
New York, NY. $50,000
New York Women in Film and Television
To support a documentary film on Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow.
New York, NY. $25,000
Portland State University
To support public lecture and performing arts programs focused on Japan at Portland State University’s Center for Japanese Studies.
Portland, OR. $71,856