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 […]
There is rising concern within academic circles in the United States and Japan that Japan Studies as a field is in “crisis”. To address this issue, the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission is convening a round table discussion, featuring Japan Studies experts, Professors Patricia Steinhoff (University of Hawaii), T.J. Pempel (University of California, Berkeley), Leonard Schoppa (University […]
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission is having conversations with a number of grantees. For a number of years, the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission has proudly supported the U.S. Congressional Staff Exchange Program, which is managed and executed by the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE). This longstanding project is designed to […]
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission is having conversations with a number of grantees. The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission is delighted to support for the first time, the screening of short and feature-length Japanese films at the New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) that opened February 26th with The Boy and […]
As we mark five years since the catastrophic earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters in Japan on March 11, 2011, the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission honors the memory of the lives and communities lost in the triple disasters. The Commission stands with the people of Japan in remembrance of the tragic events five years ago, and commends […]
The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission is delighted to support the screening of Japanese films at the New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) that opens February 26th with The Boy and the Beast directed by Mamoru Hosoda. The Film Festival will take place over four weekends February 26 – March 20th at venues throughout New York […]
The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission is pleased to be a sponsor of International Pop at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which opened February 24, and runs through May 15, 2016. The exhibition chronicles Pop art’s emergence as an international movement, migrating from the United Kingdom and the United States to western and eastern Europe, Latin America, […]
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission is having conversations with a number of grantees. Paul Kikuchi, a composer, percussionist and sound artist from Indianola, Washington, was a recipient of the U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Exchange Fellowship. He traveled to Japan for several months in 2015 to conduct in-depth research into Japanese history, […]
The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission is pleased to be a sponsor of Tabaimo: Her Room at the San Jose Museum of Art, which opened February 6, 2016 and runs through August 21, 2016. This is the first major museum exhibition in the United States showing works by world-renowned Japanese artist, Tabaimo. The exhibit features three video […]
In the forty years since it was established in 1975, the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) has supported research on timely issues to inform the public about current developments in U.S.-Japan relations. In 2015, JUSFC commissioned a study by Professor Robert Pekkanen at the University of Washington on the role of civil society in Japan in […]
