October 2022

NPO Human Security Forum

Supporting Single Mothers and Children in Kesennuma, Hard-Hit Areas New IT Empowerment Model to Disrupt the Cycle of Poverty Affected by Tsunami and COVID-19
Tokyo, Japan ¥8,000,860

Hinoki Online Talk: Pilot Project, will engage Japanese college students as professionally supervised online language study. A key goal is to encourage Japanese college students to consider language education careers.
Ypsilanti, MI $6,000

Asian Arts Museum of San Francisco

USJF supports the exhibition exploring Yoshida Hodaka’s groundbreaking modern print style alongside artworks by members of the Yoshida family, framing his career in the context of his departure from the traditional Japanese printmaking aesthetics practiced by his family to present Japan to the United States public.
San Francisco, CA $50,000

Chicago Council on Global Affairs

To support an in-depth study of American public perceptions of Japan and the US-Japan alliance investigate the views of foreign policy opinion leaders on the US-Japan alliance. This is as part of a joint research project with the Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA).
Chicago, IL $30,000

NPO Knox English Network

To support Global Talk!- a program to foster global leaders who understand the U.S. values, ideas, and goals and further strengthen ties between Japan and the United States.
Tokyo, Japan ¥2,607,000

Kyoto University & University of CO, Boulder, Natural Hazard Center

To support second year project for American and Japanese social scientists, specialists in disaster preparedness to examine the preparedness of municipalities and prefectures that would be impacted by a “Nankai Trough “earthquake/ tsunami.
Kyoto・Colorado ¥10,699,187

NAJAS

To support a new program series to accomplish 1) to access to important traditional artwork to non-Japanese audiences 2) highlight the stories of the art 3) recognize the combination of technology and traditional techniques in creating replicas and preserving traditional Japanese art 4) engage audiences in the meaning of art and its location.
Washington DC, $58,300

Stanford University Primary Care and Population Health

USJF supports the project which creates a comprehensive health education program for high school students in Japan by applying the early health education program for high school students conducted at the Department of Internal Medicine, Stanford University, where the representative applicant is studying abroad.
Mountain View, CA ¥3,000,000

AltJapan Co., Ltd

To support Matt Alt’s Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World (2021) into a visual serialization. The project traces how such entities as Walkman and Nintendo transcended their Japanese identities as physical products while at the same time becoming the carriers of narratives and gaming schemes that have been gateways to alternate and self-select realities.
New Orleans, LA ¥13,007,500

International House of Japan

To support the project aims to shed light on works and activities of architects alleviating social and natural disasters and support the resilience of people affected by disasters.
Tokyo, Japan $20,000

Kizuna Across Cultures

Global Classmates, bilingual virtual exchange from diverse regions across the United States and Japan.
Washington DC, $25,080

Human Security Forum

USJF supports to create a system that will increase children’s self-esteem and enable them to lead their own communities in a rural area that was severely affected by earthquake and tsunami,, where poverty rates are high and children face many challenges through both bottom-up and top-down approaches to children, schools, municipality, and community.
Tokyo, Japan ¥10,038,000

Community Partners

To support 2 year project of the Climate Crisis Collaborative, a consortium of Japanese and American scientists and musicians seeking to understand how music can function as an effective form of persuasion to respond to the threats of climate change.
Los Angeles, CA $95,423.00

Global Fund for Education Assistance

USJF support for bring eight youth with socio-economic challenges to Hawaii for a global experience. The program will provide youth from disadvantaged backgrounds with an opportunity to see the world differently, learn about American society, Japanese immigrants, and the Pacific War from the American side, broaden their perspectives, and reflect on their future careers.
Tokyo, Japan ¥3,541,090

NPO Women’s Net Kobe

To support women affected by domestic abuse and violence as well as single mothers. They have built shelters in which violated women and their children may shelter from violence and make a home at which they can challenge to rebuild their lives. In collaboration with NPO Kobe Student Youth Center, which supports better lives for economically disadvantaged international students studying in Japan.
Kobe, Japan ¥5,000,000

Columbia University

To support 2nd year of data-driven disaster planning in New York, Tokyo and Taipei to enhance urban resilience of three megacities. The project, in collaboration with Keio University & National Taipei University, will address needs of vulnerable socio-economic groups via data collection, analysis and hazards/human responses simulation.
New York, NY $125,000.00

Japan Society

To support the Japan Society of New York’s pre-college education programs to promote a deeper understanding of Japan and its relationship with the U.S., while also sparking curiosity and reflection about cultural identity and diversity.
New York, NY $50,000.00