List of Grant Recipients

FY2018 New Grant Recipients

Japanese Applicants

Organization	Project Title	Grant Amount (Yen)
The Genron NPO	Japan-US Dialogue for Peace in Northeast Asia and Join Opinion Poll	¥2,000,000
The American Japan Society	The 11th International Symposium of America-Japan Societies in Kumamoto	¥2,500,000
Japan Center for International Exchange	The US-Japan Young Political Leaders Exchange Program The 29th Japanese Delegation to the United States	¥1,719,000
Japan Center for International Exchange	The US-Japan Young Political Leaders Exchange Program The 34th US Delegation to Japan	¥2,221,450

Category A: Intellectual Exchange Program

Organization	Project Title	Grant Amount (USD)
The University of California, San Diego	Domestic Politics of Free Trade Agreements	$22,825
The University of California, Davis	Managed Retreat as a Tool for Disaster Resilience, US and Japan	$30,000
The Center for the National Interest	The United States, Japan and Russia	$29,240
Florida International University	U.S.-Japan Service Hub Network	$29,357
Boston University	Leading by Design: Lessons from CMIM-AMRO for the Global Financial Safety Net	$30,000

Category B: Grassroots Exchange Program

Organization	Project Title	Grant Amount (USD)
Japan America Society of Oregon	Capacity-Building Project	$15,000
United States Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme Alumni Association (USJETAA)	Developing Next Generation Leaders in the U.S. - Japan Relationship through USJETAA	$30,000
Chicago Sister Cities International	2018 Global Youth Ambassadors Leadership Summit	$15,845
Japan America Society of Hawaii	Membership Development Project	$30,000
Japan America Society of Minnesota	JASM Outreach and Capacity Building Project - Toward Healthy Organizational Sustainability	$18,293
Japan America Society of the State of Washington	Grow Membership based on the Strategic Plan and Leveraging the Grassroots Summit in 2018	$30,000

FY2016 New Grant Recipients

Japanese Applicants

Organization	Project Title	Grant Amount (Yen)
Japan Council on Independent Living Centers	US-Japan Collaboration on GLOBAL IL NETWORK for Anti-Discrimination and Promotion of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Around the World	¥5,500,000

Category A: Intellectual Exchange Program

Organization	Project Title	Grant Amount (USD)
Southern Illinois University School of Law	A Comparative Analysis of Plea Bargaining: Are the Innocent Implicated?	$56,654
Center for American Progress (CAP)	The U.S.-Japan Alliance in an Age of Elevated U.S.-China Relations	$50,029
University of Michigan	Changing Models of Minority Integration: Cross-National Comparison of Rights Provisions in National Constitutions	$69,738

Category B: Grassroots Exchange Program

Organization	Project Title	Grant Amount (USD)
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco	Japan Educators Network Project	$70,000
Museum of the Rockies, Montana State Museum	Building Community Partnerships: The Japan US Natural Science Museums Project	$60,000

FY2015 New Grant Recipients

Japanese Applicants

Organization	Project Title	Grant Amount (Yen)
The Japan Forum on International Relations (JFIR)	The Japan‐U.S. Alliance in the Era of Japan as a Proactive Contributor to Peace - Towards an effective "Smart Power Alliance" to Support a Peaceful and Rule-Based International Order	¥3,295,280
Keio Research Institute at SFC	Towards a Multilateral Framework on Public Diplomacy: The Case of U.S.-Japan-China	¥1,980,000
Action against Child Exploitation	Global Dialogue on Advocacy on Child Labor	¥2,300,000
Foreign Press Center Japan	The Media's Role in Empowering Female Athletes	¥1,978,802

Category A: Intellectual Exchange Program

Organization	Project Title	Grant Amount (USD)
University of Southern California	Monetary Politics: Central Bank Independence, Deflation and Bank of Japan	$63,433
University of Hawai'i Foundation	Trade, Growth, and Economic Inequality in the Asia Pacific Region	$76,159
Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA)	NGOs as Strategic Partners: Strengthening US-Japan Cooperation on Humanitarian Assistance and Development	$29,995

Category B: Grassroots Exchange Program

Organization	Project Title	Grant Amount (USD)
National Association of Japan-America Societies (NAJAS)	JAS Network Services through NAJAS	$70,000
Portland Japanese Garden	Creating the International Institute for Japanese Garden Arts and Culture	$30,000

FY2014 New Grant Recipients

Japanese Applicants

Organization	Project Title	Grant Amount (Yen)
Rebuilding Japan Initiative Foundation	Reviewing Japan's Lost Decades	¥3,854,640
Stepfamily Association of Japan (SAJ)	The Japan-US Project for Understanding and Supporting Stepfamilies in Social and Cultural Contexts: Toward New Family Policy Proposals	¥1,691,600

Category A: Intellectual Exchange Program

Organization	Project Title	Grant Amount (USD)
Peace Winds America	2013-2015 Japan-U.S.-Philippines Civil-Military Disaster Preparedness Initiative	$61,691
Henry L. Stimson Center	US-Japan-Australia Security Cooperation: Prospects and Challenges	$61,304

Category B: Grassroots Exchange Program

Organization	Project Title	Grant Amount (USD)
East West Center	US-Japan Grassroots Exchange: Citizen Participation in Community Building Post-Disaster	$90,000
Volunteers in Asia	Strengthening Japan-US Networks to Equip the Next Generation of Social Innovators	$64,676
National Performance Network	US/Japan Connection: Building a Community	$45,564