Day: March 13, 2017

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JUSFC to Host Roundtable and Networking Reception at AAS’ Annual Meeting in Toronto, March 16 & 18

Who is studying Japanese? And why is Japanese language study important? To address the rising concern within some academic circles in the United States and Japan that Japan Studies as a field is in “crisis”, the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission convened a roundtable discussion at AAS’ annual meeting in March 2016. The program, which drew an […]

JUSFC Meet Our Grantees Series: East West Center and the Japan Matters Initiative

In 2014 the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission awarded an institutional grant to the East-West Center (EWC) in Washington, D.C. to support their Japan Matters for America website project. With JUSFC’s help, EWC created an online platform that houses comprehensive and multi-activity data to showcase Japan’s critical importance to the United States, and vice versa.  Satu Limaye, […]