The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) mourns the loss of renowned Japanese literature scholar Donald Keene, University Professor Emeritus and Shinchō Professor Emeritus of Columbia University, and recognizes his unprecedented contribution to the study of Japan. Prof. Keene died in Tokyo on February 24, 2019 at the age of 96. Prof. Keene’s writings and translations have […]
Calling all artists, and program alumni! Join us for a webinar on February 7, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. ET with the National Endowment for the Arts to discuss the U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Program. Applications are due March 1, 2019. Register for the webinar here.
Before the inception of Collaborative Cataloging Japan (CCJ), video in the national archives of Japan remained largely focused on feature films. “Experimental and avant-garde work and even home movies needed to be included in the archives,” explains CCJ Executive Director and JUSFC grantee Ann Adachi-Tasch. “Individual artists had been using their personal grant monies to […]
Rural authorities everywhere are enacting pioneering policies and working to improve their citizens’ lives, and this is particularly true in Japan. The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission has partnered with Apolitical on a project to engage Japanese and American policy makers, public servants and other relevant experts around the topic on rural resilience. The goal of the […]
