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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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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 30, 2025
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
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