Grants approved for FY 2008

GOH Productions, School of Hard Knocks – POOOM, $17,250
International House of Japan – Creative Artists Exchange Fellowship Program, ¥21,030,000 and $30,000
Portland Taiko – Dances Across Borders, $10,000
Tandem Otter Productions – “Reconnecting the Dogugaeshi” Japan Tour of Basil Twist’s original work, “Dogugaeshi,” $20,000

Alliance of Associations of Teachers of Japanese – Infrastructure Support for the Alliance of Associations of Teachers of Japanese, $49,000
Association of Teachers of Japanese – The Bridging Project Clearinghouse to Encourage Study Abroad by American Undergraduate Students, $50,467
Columbia University, Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture– The Japan-US Friendship Commission Prize for Translation of Japanese Literature, $22,057
Interuniversity Center (IUC) – Operating Expenses for the Center for 2006-2007, ¥40,000,000
JUSFC/NEH – Fellowship Program for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan, $120,800
North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources – Infrastructural Support for the North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources, $88,414, ¥9,000,000
Northeast Asia Council of the Association of Asian Studies (NEAC/AAS) – NEAC/AAS Grants for Japanese Studies, $110,000

Asian Cine Vision – Wings of Defeat, $33,350
Educational Broadcasting Corporation – Inside Japan’s Self Defense Forces, $50,000
Film Arts Foundation – Kusama: Princess of Polka Dots, $15,000
Freshwaters Illustrated – Riverwebs in Japan: Versioning an Educational Science Documentary Film for Japanese Television and Schools, $21,200
George Washington University – US-Japan Economic Agenda Legislative Exchange Program, $125,000
International House of Japan – Facilitative Support Contract, ¥5,000,000
Japan Society – The US-Japan Innovators Project, $10,000
Pacific Forum CSIS – US-Japan-ROK Relations for the 21st Century, $13,000
United States Association of Former Members of Congress – The Congressional Study Group on Japan, $15,000
University of Hawai’i – Cross Currents– Maintenance, Support, and Promotion of Cross Currents Website, $15,732
Vista 360º– The Jackson Hole Fire Festival: Phase I of the Mt. Fuji/Yellowstone Partnership Project, $15,000

Doshisha University, Graduate School of American Studies – American Studies Research-Travel Grants for MA Students at Japanese Universities, ¥1,600,000
Doshisha University, International Institute of American Studies, US Presidential Election 2008 in a Global Perspective, ¥2,000,000
Organization of American Historians – OAH/JAAS Historians’ Collaborative Project, $35,660