40 Friendship Blossom Trees Planted in Minamisanriku-cho
Mark Davidson, the Minister Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, recently helped to plant 40 Friendship Blossom Trees in Minamisanriku-cho. 
2014 Creative Artists Exchange Fellows
The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission is pleased to announce the recipients of the U.S.-Japan Creative Artist Exchange Fellows for 2014: Patrick Donnelly, Writer Patrick Donnelly is a poet and author of The Charge and Nocturnes of the Brothel of Ruin. Donnelly has co-translated, along with Stephan D. Miller, 141 Japanese poems published in The Wind from […]
New Commissioners Appointed
The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission announced that five Japan specialists and scholars will become new members of the Commission. They are: Dr. Edward Lincoln, Professorial Lecturer, George Washington University; Dr. Patricia Maclachlan, Associate Professor of Government and Asian Studies, University of Texas; Dr. Deanna Marcum, Managing Director, Ithaka; Dr. Leonard J. Schoppa, Jr., Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, The […]
US/Japan Connection
Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission funding supports the US/Japan Connection, a partnership with the National Performing Arts Network (NPN) and the Japan Contemporary Dance Network (JCDN). Now in its second year, project organizers are looking forward to the first artistic exchange taking place fall 2013. Japan’s Faifai theatre company will visit three NPN Partners presenting Anton, Nero, […]
A Tree Grows in Mie
In commemoration of Japan’s gift of 3,000 cherry trees to the people of the United States in 1912, the United States- Japan Bridging Foundation and the United States government have partnered to gift 3,000 dogwood trees to the people of Japan. These Friendship Blossoms symbolize the friendship between our countries and people. On April 23, […]
Cultural Exchanges
JUSFC’s mission is to support reciprocal people-to-people understanding, and promote partnerships that advance common interests between Japan and the United States.
Encourages Collaboration
People-to-people exchanges between Japan and the United States strengthen the bilateral relationship and help promote peace and stability in the Asia Pacific region. JUSFC supports legislative exchanges that bring together elected officials from the United States and Japan.
JUSFC, CULCON, Bridging Foundation “Cheat Sheet”
This is a helpful comparison of the three organizations that share offices in Washington, DC – JUSFC, CULCON and USJBF. For a comparison graphic and table of mission statements, membership, contact information, etc, please click here.
JUSFC Remembers
Two years ago, on March 11, 2011, Japan’s Tohoku coastal region was devastated by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami. The two years following these disasters have brought to the forefront incredible stories of resilience and generosity as Japan continues its recovery efforts. The two-year anniversary of March 11, 2011 is a time for reflection […]
US Giving for Japan Disaster Tops $710 Million
US Giving for Japan Disaster Tops $710 Million New Report Finds Japan Response is One of the Largest in History A report by the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) released on March 8 estimates that, in the two years since Japan’s “triple disaster”—the massive March 11, 2011, earthquake, tsunami, and the Fukushima nuclear crisis—Americans […]