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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

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

USJLP Delegate Dave Cavell (2025, 2026) Reflects on Hiroshima in TIME Magazine

Dave Cavell, a Delegate of the U.S.-Japan Leadership Program (2025, 2026), has published a reflection in TIME magazine following his recent visit to Hiroshima as part of this year’s USJLP Annual Conference. The article, titled “How Meeting a ...

August 11, 2025

Leading Cultural Ambassador, Stephen D. Bloom, Joins USJF as Senior Fellow

Stephen D. Bloom, the long-time transformative CEO of the Portland Japanese Garden, will join the United States-Japan Foundation as a Senior Fellow in September. In that capacity, Bloom will advise the Foundation's leadership and board on strategies ...

July 17, 2025

Can Japan's Philanthropic Sector Catch Up? A Provocative Essay by Haruto Okabe

We are pleased to offer our readers access to a provocative article by our new Japan Representative, Haruto Okabe. Alliance magazine has graciously granted exclusive permission to share it with our network free of charge here. Alliance publishes a ...

July 15, 2025

USJF Names Haruto Okabe to Lead Japan Social-Impact Strategy

Haruto Okabe, a rising professional in Japan’s social-impact sector, has joined the United States-Japan Foundation (USJF) as its new Japan Representative. In this role, he will spearhead the Foundation’s updated Japan strategy, collaborating with ...

July 7, 2025

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