October 2018


 

Education

Ashoka Japan

To support the Young Changemakers Exchange project to facilitate cross-cultural exchange and foster long-standing connections between young social innovators from Japan and the U.S. and collaborate to catalyze positive change in the globalizing world.
Tokyo, Japan. ¥2,000,000


Ballard High School

To support the expansion of teaching about world history: World War II Unit, and as part of the 2018 Elgin Heinz Award.
Huxley, IA. $5,000


Boston Higashi School

To support the internship program for two vocational high school students from Musashino Higashi Gakuen to come to Boston Higashi School.
Randolph, MA. $10,000


Ed W. Clark High School

To support six students to participate in the 2019 National Japan Bowl on April 13, 2019 in Washington DC, and as part of the 2018 Elgin Heinz Award.
Las Vegas, NV. $5,000


Friends of the Randolph Shizukuishi Exchange Project Inc.

To support a student exchange program between Randolph Union Middle School, Vermont, and Shizikuishi Middle School, Japan.
Randolph, VT. $40,000


Global Fund for Education Assistance (Beyond Tomorrow)

To support the 2019 Jiro Murase Scholarship Program, which brings Japanese students to the United States to learn about legal and political affairs.
Tokyo, Japan. ¥6,183,100


Japan-America Society of Washington, DC

To support a national Japanese language and culture competition for high school students.
Washington, DC. $35,000


La Guardia High School Parents Association Inc.

To support the reinstatement of AP Japanese class for the school year 2018-19; was discontinued for lack of funding.
New York, NY. $5,000


Seafair Foundation

To support the Seafair Ambassador Program that engages local high school students in a trip to Kobe, Japan, to strengthen the Seattle-Kobe Sister City relationship.
Seattle, WA. $20,000


Sumter County Schools

To support an educational partnership and exchange between schools in Sumter County, Georgia, and Miyoshi, Japan, that was originally started by former President Jimmy Carter.
Americus, GA. $42,250


Table for Two USA

To support a Japanese inspired food education program for K-12 students in the U.S.
Washington, DC. $67,976


The America-Japan Society, Inc.

To support the America Bowl competition for Japanese high school students to answer in English about American history, culture, arts, geography, science, and U.S.-Japan relations.
Tokyo, Japan. ¥1,000,000


Working Mothers Association of Japan

To support a program for junior high school students from single-parent households with an interest in the STEM field.
Tokyo, Japan. ¥6,210,750

 


Communication and Public Opinion


 

Cornell University: Yamatai Taiko Group

To support the participation of the Yamatai Taiko Group in the 2019 East Coast Taiko Conference; expand their knowledge and skills.
Ithaca, NY. $10,000


Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History

To support the research with the last active boatbuilder in Japan, process of building a traditional wooden fishing boat; prepare publication workshops and future collaboratives with the Apprenticeshop of Rockland Maine, one of America’s oldest boatbuilding schools.
Middlebury, VT. $10,000


Independent Filmmaker Project

To support a documentary film Nourishing Japan about food education in Japan; how we understand food, and our lives through the context of what we eat.
Brooklyn, NY. $30,361


New York Women in Film and Television

To support a documentary film on Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow.
New York, NY. $50,000


U.S.-Japan Council

To support the council’s program: Japan Flood Friendship Fund (JFFF); fundraising for flood affected regions.
Washington, DC. $3,000

 


US-Japan Policy Studies


American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society

To support the audio visual costs for the screening of the documentary film Paper Lanterns at the ADBC-MS annual convention from May 2-5, 2018 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Jamaica, MA. $985


Asia Pacific Initiative

To support a joint research project with CSIS “U.S. Japan Economic Cooperation in Third Countries.”
Tokyo, Japan. ¥2,248,400

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