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United States-Japan Foundation Announces Latest Grants

TOKYO — The United States Foundation announced its latest round of grants awarded in late 2023 and early 2024. The projects funded cover a wide variety of themes, including support for: news coverage of Japan’s cutting-edge response to shared ...

March 16, 2024

USJF Launches Matching Fund Campaign for Japanese Earthquake Relief

January 8, 2024 The United States-Japan Foundation is running a matching donation campaign to raise funds for recovery and relief efforts in central Japan, following the devastating 7.6 magnitude earthquake there on New Year’s Day. You can make a ...

March 14, 2024

Daiwa Securities Deputy President Tashiro Joins USJF Board

TOKYO — Keiko Tashiro, deputy president of Daiwa Securities Group Inc., has joined the board of the United States-Japan Foundation. Tashiro’s current responsibilities include overseeing the brokerage’s sustainability and overseas operations. She ...

March 13, 2024

US-Japan Foundation Supports Kennedy “Courage” Award for Kishida, Yoon

TOKYO — The United States-Japan Foundation donated $15,000 to the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation to support its “Profile in Courage” Award ceremony jointly honoring Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol ...

March 12, 2024

USJF-USJLP launch fundraiser to restore Seattle Peace Park statue

The United States-Japan Foundation and its US-Japan Leadership Program have launched a matching fundraiser challenge to help restore the stolen statue of a renowned Hiroshima atomic bomb victim in Seattle. Sometime in the night between July 11th and ...

March 1, 2024

James M. Kondo Joins US-Japan Foundation Board

TOKYO — The United States-Japan Foundation announced that it has added to its board of Trustees James M. Kondo, chairman of the board of International House of Japan, an independent foundation that contributes to building a free, open, and ...

October 20, 2023

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