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The United States-Japan Foundation (USJF), in collaboration with the Los Angeles Dodgers, will host a special event and award ceremony on March 17, 2025, at North Hall, Keio University’s Mita Campus in Tokyo to four outstanding nonprofit...

On February 20, United States-Japan Foundation (USJF) President and CEO Jacob Schlesinger met with Japan’s Minister of the Environment and Minister of State for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness, Keiichiro Asao, at the Ministry of Environment in...

At the heart of our grants program is a simple but powerful idea: investing in those who identify and confront our shared challenges. From climate change and natural disasters to geopolitical disruptions, the projects we fund aim to foster...

Stan Kasten, President and CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball franchise, has joined the United States-Japan Foundation Board of Trustees.

Under Kasten's leadership, the Dodgers have become one of the most active and prominent institutions...

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Elbridge A. Colby (USJLP 2010-2011) to serve as the Pentagon’s Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Pending Senate approval, Colby will assume a pivotal role advising and supporting the defense secretary...

The United States-Japan Foundation is hiring a new Tokyo-based Japan Representative to focus on strengthening ties between our organization and Japanese civil society. This person will help shape our new strategic direction of working more closely...