To commemorate its 40th anniversary and to address the rising concern within academic circles that Japan Studies as a field may be in “crisis”, the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission convened a discussion on April 2, 2016 at the Association of Asian Studies annual meeting in Seattle. The discussion, chaired by University of Hawai’i professor Patricia Steinhoff, […]
The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission congratulates U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Program Alumna Sawako Nakayasu on winning the 2016 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. The award recognizes book-length translations of poetry from any language into English published in 2015. Ms. Nakayasu won for The Collected Poems of Chika Sagawa, translated from the Japanese. Since 1978, the Commission […]
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission is having conversations with a number of grantees. “I consider myself one of the luckiest people on earth for being a part of the program and reflect on it constantly,” remarks contemporary artist Karen LaMonte. She is known for her innovative work creating glass sculptures […]
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission is having conversations with a number of grantees. “I have the opportunity to consider environmental problems, so together we can discuss why we have to protect native species,” remarks Reina Takadan a second year student from Kansai University’s Takatsuki campus in Osaka. Reina is currently […]
