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United States-Japan Foundation Announces Inaugural Winner of New Dissertation Award
The United States-Japan Foundation (USJF) has selected Qiaoyan Li Rosenberg as the inaugural recipient of the United States-Japan Foundation Scholar Dissertation Award, a new annual competition recognizing the best social sciences doctoral ...
September 8, 2025
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USJF to Join Global Leaders for “The Future of Philanthropy in Japan” on September 30/October 1
Leaders from Japan and the United States will gather for The Future of Philanthropy in Japan, a discussion organized around the release of the 2025 Global Philanthropy Environment Index. The program will feature Jacob M. Schlesinger (President & ...
September 22, 2025

United States-Japan Foundation Announces Inaugural Winner of New Dissertation Award
The United States-Japan Foundation (USJF) has selected Qiaoyan Li Rosenberg as the inaugural recipient of the United States-Japan Foundation Scholar Dissertation Award, a new annual competition recognizing the best social sciences doctoral ...
September 8, 2025

Hiroto Fujii of Minokamo City Receives USJF Young Mayors of Japan Award
The United States-Japan Foundation (USJF) today announced that Hiroto Fujii, mayor of Minokamo City in Gifu Prefecture, has been named the recipient of the inaugural Young Mayors of Japan Award, a new initiative spotlighting Japan’s most promising ...
September 5, 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