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The United States-Japan Foundation is hiring a full-time communications manager to run our website and promote our grants, leadership network, and other activities. The job may also include other administrative responsibilities. We’re looking for an...

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...

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...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The United States-Japan Foundation congratulates one of our fellows, US Air Force Lt. Gen Leonard Kosinski, on being awarded the Japanese government’s prestigious “Order of the Rising Sun.”

Kosinski — a...

WASHINGTON — The United States-Japan Foundation (USJF) congratulates Arfiya Eri, an alumna of the organization’s US-Japan Leadership Program (USJLP), on her historic election Sunday to Japan’s parliament.

Eri is the first person with Uyghur heritage...

The United States-Japan Foundation (USJF) is delighted to announce the appointment of Jacob M. Schlesinger, a distinguished journalist, author, and leader, as its new president and chief executive officer. USJF is the largest independent American...