Seeking to foster the next generation of Japan-specializing researchers, CGP since FY 2015 has been providing financial support to U.S. universities to encourage understanding of contemporary Japan through education in the social sciences (particularly Japanese politics and diplomacy). Through this support, CGP seeks to further encourage an understanding of contemporary Japan.

Photo of Japan at the Crossroads (website of Yale University)

List of the Universities

Indiana UniversityExternal link

Project title: 21st Century Japan Politics and Society Initiative (JPSI)
Project duration: March 1, 2018 - February 28, 2023

JPSI Project (website of Indiana University)External link

Stanford University, The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center (APARC)External link

Project title: Educating a New Generation of Leaders and Innovators about Contemporary Japan
Project duration: January 1, 2016 - January 8, 2020

Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian StudiesExternal link

Project title: Reinforcing the Ramparts of Human Alliance: Socio-Economic Challenge and U.S.-Japan Best Practice Response
Project duration: July 15, 2015 - October 31, 2020

Project title: Johns Hopkins University SAIS Geo-Economics of Japan
Project duration: January 15, 2021 – January 14, 2024 (planned)

Yale University, The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at YaleExternal link

Project title: Japan at the Crossroads: Yale Project on Japan’s Politics and Diplomacy
Project duration: July 1, 2015 - September 30, 2020

Project title: Japanese Politics and the Global Political Economy
Project duration: March 1, 2021 - February 29, 2024 (planned)

Harvard University, Weatherhead Center for International AffairsExternal link

Project title: Japan's Global Leadership in the 21st Century: The Challenges Ahead
Project duration: December 1, 2015 - March 15, 2020

Project title: Policy Innovations in Crises: New Pathways for Japan-U.S. Cooperation
Project duration: March 1, 2021 - February 29, 2024 (planned)