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United States-Japan Foundation Announces First Round of 2025 Grantees

The United States-Japan Foundation (USJF) is proud to announce its 2025 grantees, awarding funding to a wide range of organizations working to deepen U.S.-Japan ties and address shared challenges through bold and innovative approaches. The funded ...

April 10, 2025

Empowering the Next Generation: USJF and Keio University Partner to Train Nonprofit Leaders for Japan’s Nonprofit Sector

The United States-Japan Foundation (USJF) is proud to support the launch of the Keio Leaders Program for Nonprofit Management (KEIO LEAP for Nonprofit)—an innovative initiative at Keio University designed to train the next generation of nonprofit ...

March 31, 2025

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

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 Announces New Grant Program Schedule

Click here to view the PDF version of this announcement US-Japan Foundation shifts to a once-a-year Grant Program New Award Cycle The United States-Japan Foundation is pleased to announce a restructuring of its Grant Program annual awards cycle. ...

December 27, 2021

USJF Announces Grant Program Expansion

Click here to view the PDF version of this announcement US-Japan Foundation Expands Grant Program November 2020 The United States-Japan Foundation is pleased to announce a restructuring and an expansion of its Grant Program profile. As in previous ...

November 8, 2020

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