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Call for Applications and Nominations: USJLP 2026–2027

The United States–Japan Foundation’s signature initiative, the US–Japan Leadership Program (USJLP), is now accepting applications for its 2026–2027 Delegate cohort through Monday, January 5, 2026. Since its founding in 2000, USJLP has brought ...

October 6, 2025

Trust, Dialogue, and Connection: A Day-by-Day Journey Through USJLP Kyoto 2025

From July 27 to August 3, 2025, the United States–Japan Foundation convened the 26th US–Japan Leadership Program summer conference in Kyoto. With the Ace Hotel Kyoto as home base, the Class of 2025—42 Delegates (22 Americans and 20 ...

September 29, 2025

USJLP Delegate Sera Koulabdara (2025, 2026) Highlights Hiroshima and the Urgency of Peace in USA Today

USA Today has published a powerful essay by Sera Koulabdara (USJLP 2025, 2026), CEO of Legacies of War. Published in honor of the International Day of Peace, her piece draws from a profound visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and a deeply ...

September 22, 2025

Doshisha University’s Koji Murata (USJLP 2000) Publishes Reflections on U.S.-Japan Relations in Chuo Koron

An essay written by Dr. Koji Murata, Professor and former President of Doshisha University, titled “The End of the ‘Japan Hands’ Era–or a Rebirth?”, appears in the August 2025 issue of Chuo Koron, one of Japan’s most respected public affairs ...

August 15, 2025

Atomic Echoes: Untold Stories from WWII, Produced by Karin Tanabe (USJLP 2019, 2022) Streaming on PBS, Bridging American Veterans and Japanese Survivors

The new documentary, Atomic Echoes: Untold Stories from WWII, produced by novelist and journalist Karin Tanabe (USJLP 2019, 2022) and co-creator Victoria Kelly, began airing nationally on PBS on August 1 and will be available to stream on the PBS ...

August 12, 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

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