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USJLP 2025-2026 Application Cycle Announced

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 ...

October 1, 2024

USJF Announces New Dissertation Award

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 ...

September 19, 2024

Social entrepreneur Lin Kobayashi to Join USJF Board

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 ...

September 11, 2024

Kohei Itoh, Keio University President, Named USJF Vice Chair

Kohei Itoh, president of Keio University, will join the United States-Japan Foundation Board of Trustees as Vice Chair. He will replace in that position Takeshi Niinami, CEO of Suntory Holdings Ltd. and Chairman of the Keizai Doyukai association of ...

September 10, 2024

USJLP Seattle 2024: Celebrating 25 Years of Bridges Across the Pacific

The U.S.-Japan Leadership Program marked its 25th Anniversary during the USJLP Seattle 2024 Conference (July 27 – August 3, 2024). The milestone gathering brought together 42 Delegates (current participants) representing the Class of 2024 and, later ...

August 15, 2024

Santa J. Ono, University of Michigan President, Joins USJF Board

Santa J. Ono, president of the University of Michigan, has joined the United States-Japan Foundation Board of Trustees.Ono, an accomplished medical researcher and leader in higher education across North America, is a second-generation Japanese ...

July 1, 2024

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