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USJF Research
The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the Foundation.
2026
Author: Indivar Dutta-Gupta
Leveraging Lessons from Japan: Improving US Housing Outcomes examines Japan as evidence that high-cost, high-density economies can achieve strong housing affordability and low homelessness while relying largely on private housing and robust tenant protections. Contrasting U.S. housing and homelessness with Japan’s outcomes, the paper highlights zoning, housing supply institutions, and income supports, translating these features into actionable lessons for US policymakers.
2025
Authors: James Gannon & Michael Schiffer
The shift in US foreign aid policy that began in early 2025 has put millions of people’s lives and livelihoods at risk and destabilized the global development assistance system. It also carries wide-ranging implications for Japanese interests and for the future of U.S.-Japan
development cooperation.
2025
Author: Adam P. Liff
Despite bipartisan recognition in Washington that Japan is America’s “indispensable ally” in confronting complex global challenges, faculty expertise and courses on U.S.-Japan relations and Japanese foreign/security policy at major American universities are on the verge of generational collapse. This report calls for urgent action—especially external funding—to sustain America’s pipeline of related Japan expertise and opportunities for future generations of students.