In its longstanding mission to support the U.S.-Japan relationship through the arts, the Creative Artists Program of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) annually sends five mid-career U.S. artists to spend three to five months in Japan, to further their artistic experience and research into Japanese art and culture. Artists are selected through a highly competitive […]
This week U.S. Representatives Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI5) and Joaquin Castro (D-TX20) arrived in Tokyo for the start of the first Asia trip under the new Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) Thomas S. Foley Legislative Exchange. The first day of the exchange began with a meeting with representatives of the Japanese media, followed by a lunch for […]
Cultural researchers Sue Mark and Bruce Douglas of MarkSearch were awarded the Creative Artist Exchange Fellowship in 2016 and traveled to Japan in May 2016 for a six-month residency. Sue and Bruce are passionate about experiencing different ways of living and viewing the world through another perspective. They do this by viewing people and places […]
JUSFC is delighted to support the National Bureau of Asian Research’s (NBR) Pacific Trilateralism project. Pacific Trilaterism is designed to increase public understanding of the evolution of the dynamics between the United States, Japan and South Korea, and how the three nations can work jointly to strengthen their relationship in the coming decades. “Grant support […]
