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United States-Japan Foundation Announces Inaugural Winner of New Dissertation Award
The United States-Japan Foundation (USJF) has selected Qiaoyan Li Rosenberg as the inaugural recipient of the United States-Japan Foundation Scholar Dissertation Award, a new annual competition recognizing the best social sciences doctoral ...
September 8, 2025
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Trust, Dialogue, and Connection: A Day-by-Day Journey Through USJLP Kyoto 2025
From July 27 to August 3, 2025, the United States–Japan Foundation convened the 26th US–Japan Leadership Program summer conference in Kyoto. With the Ace Hotel Kyoto as home base, the Class of 2025—42 Delegates (22 Americans and 20 ...
October 3, 2025
USJLP Delegate Sera Koulabdara (2025, 2026) Highlights Hiroshima and the Urgency of Peace in USA Today
USA Today has published a powerful essay by Sera Koulabdara (USJLP 2025, 2026), CEO of Legacies of War. Published in honor of the International Day of Peace, her piece draws from a profound visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and a deeply ...
September 30, 2025
USJF to Join Global Leaders for “The Future of Philanthropy in Japan” on September 30/October 1
Leaders from Japan and the United States will gather for The Future of Philanthropy in Japan, a discussion organized around the release of the 2025 Global Philanthropy Environment Index. The program will feature Jacob M. Schlesinger (President & ...
September 22, 2025
United States-Japan Foundation Announces Inaugural Winner of New Dissertation Award
The United States-Japan Foundation (USJF) has selected Qiaoyan Li Rosenberg as the inaugural recipient of the United States-Japan Foundation Scholar Dissertation Award, a new annual competition recognizing the best social sciences doctoral ...
September 8, 2025
Hiroto Fujii of Minokamo City Receives USJF Young Mayors of Japan Award
The United States-Japan Foundation (USJF) today announced that Hiroto Fujii, mayor of Minokamo City in Gifu Prefecture, has been named the recipient of the inaugural Young Mayors of Japan Award, a new initiative spotlighting Japan’s most promising ...
September 5, 2025
Doshisha University’s Koji Murata (USJLP 2000) Publishes Reflections on U.S.-Japan Relations in Chuo Koron
An essay written by Dr. Koji Murata, Professor and former President of Doshisha University, titled “The End of the ‘Japan Hands’ Era–or a Rebirth?”, appears in the August 2025 issue of Chuo Koron, one of Japan’s most respected public affairs ...
August 15, 2025
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