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At the heart of our grants program is a simple but powerful idea: investing in those who identify and confront our shared challenges. From climate change and natural disasters to geopolitical disruptions, the projects we fund aim to foster...

Stan Kasten, President and CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball franchise, has joined the United States-Japan Foundation Board of Trustees.

Under Kasten's leadership, the Dodgers have become one of the most active and prominent institutions...

Since 2000, the US-Japan Leadership Program (USJLP) has been devoted to creating lifelong friendship, continuous dialogue, and greater shared understanding through a next-gen network of both rising and established thought-leaders, innovators and...

The United States-Japan Foundation is creating a new annual competition recognizing the best social sciences doctoral dissertation on Japan produced in the U.S.

A committee of distinguished Japan specialists will review dissertations nominated by...

Renowned Japanese social entrepreneur Lin Kobayashi will join the United States-Japan Foundation Board of Trustees in January.

Kobayashi is best known as the co-founder of ISAK, the International School of Asia Karuizawa, which was established in...

He will replace in that position Takeshi Niinami, CEO of Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Chairman of the Keizai Doyukai association of...