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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...

Arfiya Eri, a member of Japan’s House of Representatives, has joined the United States-Japan Foundation Board of Trustees.

Eri’s historic candidacy in the April 2023 parliamentary election drew worldwide attention. A Japanese national of Uyghur and...

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...

January 8, 2024The 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...

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...

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...