Arts & Culture
- Brooklyn Academy of Music – Haruki Murakami’s Sleep, $15,000
- Fort Worth Art Association – Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg, $25,185
- Japan U.S. Friendship Commission/National Endowment for the Arts – Creative Artist Exchange Fellowship Program, $150,000 ¥5,403,760
- Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission/Arts Japan 2020 Campaign, $55,000
- LUMBERYARD Contemporary Performing Arts – LUMBERYARD in the City Presentation of Kei Takei/Moving Earth at New York Live Arts, $35,000
- Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival – Kyoto Experiment: Trisha Brown Dance Company, $21,500
- National Association of Japan-America Societies (NAJAS) – Richard J. Wood Art Curator Series, $34,932
- New York International Children’s Film Festival 2018 – Japanese Film Showcase, $10,000
- The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, Columbia University – The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature, $20,000
Education & Public Affairs
- American Association of Teachers of Japanese – Professional Development, Advocacy, and Collaboration Support for Japanese Language Educators, $33,000
- American Political Science Association – 2018 Japan-American Women’s Political Science Symposium (JAWS), $30,000
- Elizabethtown College – Between Cool and 3.11: Discovering Contemporary Japan through Service Learning and Civic Engagement, $33,000
- George Washington University – JLive Talk 2018, $32,000
- Inter-University Center (IUC) for Japanese Language Studies, Stanford University – Advanced Language Training to Prepare Japan Specialists, $75,000
- International Student Conferences, Inc. (ISC) – The 70th Japan-America Student Conference (JASC), $20,000
- Japan Society, $25,000
- Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission/National Endowment for the Humanities – Advanced Social Science Research Fellowship Program on Japan, $115,800
- Leadership and Action for Determined Youth (LADY) – Lady 2017-18 Operations, $52,084
- Organization of American Historians – OAH/JAAS Japan Historians’ Collaborative Project, $33,692
- National Performance Network (NPN) – U.S.-Japan Connection Phase 3– Implementation and Scale (Year 2), $50,000
- Taiko Tides, Stonybrook University – East Coast Taiko Conference 2018, $16,000
- S. Association of Former Members of Congress – Study Tour for District Directors, $80,569
- S. CULCON – Next Generation Task Force, $100,000
Exchanges & Scholarships
- American Association of Teachers of Japanese – The Bridging Project Clearinghouse to Encourage and Support Study Abroad in Japan by American Undergraduate Students, $27,364
- Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA) – U.S. Congressional Staff Exchange Program in Japan, $70,000
- Japan Institute for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship – U.S.-Japan Network Building for the Next Generation, $25,000
- Mansfield Foundation – 2017-18 JUSFC-Foley Legislative Exchange Program, $129,000
- Moravian College – Building Friendship Between Moravian College and Osaka Ohtani University, $76,773 for two years
- S.-Japan Bridging Foundation, $120,000
Global Challenges
- American Studies Association – Transnational America: Past Present and Future, $20,000
- USJETAA – Developing Next Generation Leaders in the U.S.-Japan Relationship, $20,000
- Japanese Delegation to the National Model United Nations – The 35th Japanese Delegation to the National Model UN Conference 2018 Project, $7,000