The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) was established as an independent federal agency by Congress in 1975 (P.L. 94-118). JUSFC administers a U.S. government trust fund that originated in connection with the return to the Japanese government of certain U.S. facilities in Okinawa and for postwar U.S. assistance to Japan. As amended, it may also receive […]
Like the elusive sands of time shifting in an hourglass, Kimi Maeda captures the intangible nature of memory in the sand drawings central to her most recent project, Bend. Connecting the past with the present, interwoven with archival video footage projected on a screen, Maeda tells the story of her father’s experience in an Arizona […]
Washington, DC January 18, 2018: The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) is pleased to announce that Congressman French Hill has joined JUSFC as a Commissioner. This week, Speaker Paul Ryan appointed Congressman French Hill (AR-02) to serve on the Japan-United States Friendship Commission, an independent federal government agency established by Congress in 1975. The Commission’s mission […]
Nearly 600 people attended the premiere of the Hiroshi Sugimoto: Gates of Paradise exhibition in October at Japan Society in midtown Manhattan – one of its most successful openings in its recent history. The exhibit’s striking design and Sugimoto’s monumental photographs drew critical raves from both the general public and the art world. “One always […]
Two outstanding scholars are the recipients of the 2017-18 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature. The prizes will be awarded in March 2018 at a ceremony at the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, Columbia University. David Boyd, SLOW BOAT (Pushkin Press, 2017); Hiroaki Sato, THE SILVER SPOON: MEMOIR OF […]
Calling all artists! Join us for a Twitter chat on January 11, 2018 at 6pm Eastern Time with the National Endowment for the Arts to discuss the U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Program. Connect with program alumna LaTasha Diggs, learn how to apply and get tips and advice during the chat! Applications are due February 1, 2018. […]
Theater Breaking Through Barriers (TBTB), is the only Off-Broadway theater in New York and one of just a few in the United States that is dedicated to advancing actors and writers with disabilities — and changing the image of people with disabilities. “We have always been an integrated company of both disabled and non-disabled artists,” […]
The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission is delighted to announce that three outstanding scholars from the United States have been selected to participate in the 2018 Fellowship Program for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan. The Fellowship is a joint activity of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Awards support research on […]
The Japan U.S. Friendship Commission offers leading contemporary and traditional artists from the United States the opportunity to spend three to five months in Japan through the U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Program. The application deadline is February 1, 2018. To learn more, please visit: U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Fellowship Program
In 2012 Deborah Dash Moore, Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, presented her research on American Jewish history in a series of lectures at the University of Kitakyushu in Japan. Her work interested many Japanese students and scholars, particularly women, who found similarities and shared experiences in her seminar. Moore […]
