Mission Statement
To promote mutual understanding between Japan and the UnitedStates through the administration of educational exchange programs.

Senator J. William Fulbright“ Educational exchange can turn nations into people,
contributing as no other form of communication canto the humanizing of international relations.

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 2 | ANNUAL REPORT”Table of Contents
Mission Statement

Commission
Members2

3

FY2017 Grant Data
& Grantee List

Activity Highlights

10

14

Messages from theCommission Chairs
and the Executive
Director

Funding Sources

EducationUSA

Special Exchange
Program

4

5

16

6
Financial Reports

17

Commission Members
HONORARY CO-CHAIRMAN
The Honorable Shinsuke Sugiyama

The FulbrightExperience18

FY2017 (July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018)

The Honorable William Francis Hagerty IV

Vice Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)The Ambassador of the United States of America to Japan
Embassy of the United States of America

JAPANESE MEMBERS

AMERICAN MEMBERS

Deputy Director General for Press and Public Diplomacy,
Minister’s Secretariat
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)

Vice President and Executive Director
University of Tsukuba

Toshihide Ando

Caroline F. Benton
Member since May 2018

Member since Jul 2017

Kazuaki Kawabata

Director-General for International Affairs
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT)(Alphabetical Order)

Margot Carrington

Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs
Embassy of the United States of America
Member since Jul 2014

Member since Apr 2017

Jenifer Rogers

Yoshiko Kojo

Professor of International Relations
Graduate School of Arts and Science
Department of Advanced Social and International Studies
University of Tokyo

General Counsel Asia,
Asurion Japan Holdings G.K.

Fumiaki Kubo

Cultural Affairs Officer, Public Affairs Section
Embassy of the United States of America

Member since May 2018

Member since Feb 2016

Michael Turner

Professor
Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
University of Tokyo

Member since Jul 2017

Member since Feb 2015

Patricia Robinson

Yuko Takahashi

Associate Professor
Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy
Hitotsubashi University

President
Tsuda University

Member since Jan 2018

Member since Jan 2014

Chair: Chairmanship alternates between the Japanese and U.S. governments each year.
Jan 2017 to Dec 2017: Margot Carrington
Jan 2018 to Jul 2018: Kazuaki Kawabata

Member changes during FY2017 (Alphabetical Order)
Royanne Doi, Chief Compliance Officer, Prudential International Insurance, Prudential Financial, Inc., served from Jan 2013 to Dec 2017.
Etsuko Katsu, Professor at Meiji University, School of Political Science and Economics, served as a member from Jan 2013 to Dec 2017.
Dale Kreisher, Cultural Affairs Officer, Public Affairs Section, Embassy of the United States of America, served from Jul 2014 to Jul 2017.
Masato Otaka, Deputy Director General for Press and Public Diplomacy, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, served from Feb 2016 to Jul 2017.
Garr Reynolds, Professor of Management, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, served from Jan 2013 to Dec 2017.

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 3 | ANNUAL REPORTMessages from the Commission Chairs and the Executive Director

Mami Oyama

Carolyn Glassman

Director-General for International Affairs,
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology (MEXT)

Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs
Embassy of the United States of America,
Tokyo, Japan

It is a great pleasure to take part in this renowned program

It is my honor to serve as co-Chair of the Japan-U.S. Ed-

Commission.

continues to build a brighter future for the United States

as the co-Chair of the Japan-United States Educational

The Fulbright Program in Japan has produced more than
6,500 Japanese and 2,800 American alumni since 1952,

ucational Commission (JUSEC). The Fulbright programand Japan, by strengthening the people-to-people ties
that serve as the foundation of our bilateral alliance.

and among them are outstanding scholars, Nobel Laure-Over the past year, JUSEC has facilitated dozens of ex-

business leaders. Nowadays Fulbright grantees, students,

anese to deepen mutual understanding. I am proud of allates, State Ministers, members of the National Diet, andlecturers, researchers, journalists, teaching assistants, andother program participants are playing active roles inmany spheres as a linking bridge between Japan and theUnited States. I wish to pay my highest respects for thecontinued support of everyone in the Fulbright family forsustaining this remarkable achievement.

As globalization advances, we are expected to contributeto the further fostering of the next generation of global
leaders. “Fulbrighters” gain valuable experiences andconnections that they could never have by staying onlyin their own countries. The precious experience gained

through this program brings them the strong motivation

changes that have brought together Americans and Japwe have accomplished, and I extend a heartfelt thanks

to my fellow Board members, to Executive Director Mat-

thew Sussman, and to the hard-working members of ourdedicated Secretariat team. I welcome the new membersof the JUSEC Board, and look forward to working withthem to find new ways to make the Fulbright program
ever more relevant, impactful, and sustainable. In addi-tion, I want to recognize the contributions of our vibrantalumni, whose dedication and spirit is a model for Ful-bright communities around the world, and express mygratitude to our donors for their generous support of thisflagship exchange program.

and passion to advance their professional activities within

I look forward to another year of excellence from our Ful-

tinue to play a significant role for enhancing their deeper

assistants, fellows, and the many other JUSEC program

the Japan-U.S. friendship. I believe this program will con-understanding and strengthening our bilateral relationship in various fields for the coming new age. I look forward to working with you all towards a brighter future.

bright scholars, lecturers, students, language teachingparticipants. Thank you all for your commitment to deepening the bonds between our two countries.

As of the time of publication, the FY2017 Chairs had changed and messages from FY2018 (July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019) Chairs areprovided above.

Matthew S. Sussman

Executive Director
Japan-U.S. Educational Commission (Fulbright Japan)

In 2017-18, we are proud to report that Fulbright Japan is as strong as ever. Our Commission selected 80

new Japanese and American grantees to study, teach and research in a wide variety of fields (pp.12-13). Our

EducationUSA service continued to provide information and advising services, about higher education in bothcountries, to many public stakeholders such as students, parents, and educators, and thereby made a meaningful
contribution to student mobility between both countries (p.16). The ninth iteration of the Japan-U.S. Teacher

Exchange Program for Education for Sustainable Development, brought together 20 K-12 teachers and had anincreased focus on the Sustainable Development Goals and on the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic

Games (p.17). Our mission of fostering mutual understanding and peace continues to infuse all of our educational

exchange activities. We hope that through the summary of activities and personal stories of this report, you cansee how the Fulbright mission continues to inspire and make a difference. Thank you for your support.

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 4 | ANNUAL REPORTFunding Sources
Primary Contributors
The Fulbright Program in Japan is governed by a bi-national Commission and primarily funded by the governments of Japan and theUnited States.

Additional Non-Government Funding

1 Funds received through the Fulbright Alumni Foundation:

During the FY2017-18, Fulbright Japan received monetary contributions fromindividuals and private companies in the amount of ¥9,362,000 through theFulbright Alumni Foundation which enabled Fulbright Japan to provide 3 Fulbright grants.

a. Mitsubishi Group (1)b. YKK (2)2 The Robert G. Baker Fund:With a generous

bequest from Robert G. Baker, who was a former Fulbright Japan Commission member, a fund was estab-lished in his memory beginning in FY2012-13 with the
purpose to provide one grant to a Japanese student

annually. During the FY2017-18, Fulbright Japan recorded revenue in the amount of ¥7,312,000 from theRobert G. Baker Fund for 1 graduate student.

4 In Kind Contribution:

3 The Sam Jameson Fund:With a generous be-quest from Sam Jameson, who was a former FulbrightJapan Commission member, a fund was establishedin his memory beginning in FY2013-14 with the pur-pose to provide one grant to a Japanese journalism

student annually. Fulbright Japan recorded revenue
in the amount of ¥4,242,000 from the Sam Jameson
Fund during the FY2017-18.

In FY2017-18, Fulbright Japan received 30 airline tickets from All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (ANA)

and 40 airline tickets from Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Delta).

5 Others:

Fulbright Japan received donations from individuals during FY2017-18.

Fulbright Japan greatly appreciates the generous contributions from all contributors.
FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 5 | ANNUAL REPORTThe Fulbright Experience「第二言語を教える、学ぶ――
世界共通の難しさと楽しさを知った10ヶ月」
フルブライト語学アシスタント（FLTA）プログラム
古田ゆかり 2017年度
2017 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program
Yukari Furuta

留学先：ジョージア州／ジョージア・サザン大学
U.S. Affiliation: Georgia Southern University, GA

大学卒業を間近に控え、英語教員を目指していたが、「すぐに教員になるよりも、もう少し経験を積みたい」と考え、応募した。FLTA は英語ではなく日本語を教えるプログラムだが「第二言語の教授法」という意味では共通であり、得るものがあると考えた。
ジョージア・サザン大学で日本語の初級・初中級クラスのアシスタントを務め、後期は授業も担当した。「一番大変だったのは文
字を書かせることでした。シとツ、リとソのように形の似た字を区別するのが特に難しいようでした」
文字に苦労する生徒の気持ちを自分でも体験しようとアラビア語を学び、「書けないとはこういうことか」と初めて実感した。「ここは繋ぐ、この書き順はこうという風に具体的に言われなければ解らないと知り、もっと丁寧に教えようという気持ちになりました」
授業以外で力を入れたのが、毎週 1 回行った Tea Hourと呼ばれる活動だ。日本語に興味を持った学生誰もが専攻を問わず日本語に触れ、学ぶことができる時間だったが「授業と違って生徒のレベルがばらばらで、30人ほどが一気に来るので、毎回何をしようかと考えるのが大変でした」日本から来た留学生の手を借りたり、同じFLTAプログラ
ムで別の大学にいた日本人フルブライターに電話で意見を貰ったりして教材やゲームなどの企画を準備した。

Georgia Southern Universityに派遣されたFLTAとお世話になった Foreign Language Department の教授と共にワシントンでの Mid-Year Conference。最終日の文化交流の場
ではソーラン節を披露しました。

同じ大学に所属していた他国の FLTAプロ
グラム参加者と互いに授業を見学したり、言語を教え合ったりすることも多かったという。
FLTAプログラムについて「英語教育に携わる人には是非知って欲しいし、機会があるなら行って欲しい。その価値のある充実
した 10 ヶ月だった」と振り返る。日本の学校で教えながらでは難しい、複数の異なる教授法を試せる機会が得られ、各国のフルブライターや言語指導者と出会って視野も広がった。

University of Pennsylveniaでの Summer Orientation にて

帰国後は再び英語教育の場で、アメリカで学んだ教授法の実践や、アクティブラー
ニングのような、言語を通じて楽しめる授業
づくりに力を入れている。

「トランプ政権下のアメリカで、環境政策の実態 をみる」
小林光

Hikaru Kobayashi

2017年度 フルブライト・スカラー・イン・レジデンスプログラム
2017 Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program

派遣先：イリノイ州／ノース・セントラル・カレッジ
U.S. Affiliation: North Central College, IL

専務次官まで勤めた、根っからの行政マ ラル・カレッジで、環境問題全般や温暖化
門は環境行政。環境省で係員から事イリノイ州ネイパービルのノース・セントン。退官後は慶應義塾大学、東京大学で教鞭を執っている。

の授業を行った。毎回準備が大変で「受け入れ先の教授に全てのスライドを事前に見てもらいました。スライドだけでも分厚いドキュメントファイルに 3 冊分は溜まりました」

昨今、環境政策に消極的とも報じられる
アメリカは、もとは環境行政先進国で、汚染物質の総量規制や CO2 の排出量取引の先駆者でもある。「アメリカで環境行政を勉強したい」思いを温めていたところ、アメリ
カ大使館から、日米教育委員会がアメリカで環境について教えられる人を探していると知らされた。勉強ではなく教育が主目的のプログラムだが、またとない機会に飛びついたという。

渡航前は知らなかったが、ネイパービル
は環境意識が高く、2013 年に市内の全戸・全事業所約 6 万戸のスマートグリッド化を達成していた。CO2 の排出量を削減し、電気代の総支払額も低減したと聞き、先進性に驚いた。
ネイパービルばかりではない。多くの都FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 6 | ANNUAL REPORT

市が「行政に頼らず自分たちの力でやろう」と、環境と経済の両立に向けた努力を重ねていた。以前は公害都市と言われたピッツ
バーグやチャタヌーガ（テネシー州）にも足を運んだが、やはり自主自律の発想で、環境は大きく改善されていた。
「報道を通じて見える姿がアメリカの全てではなく、長い伝統があって、健全な市民力が維持されている。若い時、フランスに留学したのですが、ヨーロッパと比べてアメリカが威張っているとか、教養がないということはありませんでした。ヨーロッパ文明の正当な子孫であり、洗練された国だと感じて親近感を持ちましたね」
在留中から現在まで、アメリカの環境・経済政策の実態についてメディアへの寄稿等
を通じて発信し、学生にも伝え続けている。

Christmas Cheers and American Entrepreneurship: Dr. Holland’s
Contribution to His Japanese Students and Neighbors

Daniel Holland

2017 Visiting Lecturer
Associate Professor, Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, Utah State University
Affiliation in Japan: Kyoto Univeristy of Foreign Studies, Doshisha University
Research Topic: The Entrepreneurial Process, an American ExperienceOn December 25, 2017, a convoy of 7
Santa Clauses rode on their bicycles andran along the Kamo riverside, Kyoto, Japan,
singing Christmas carols to spread Christmas
spirit to Japanese pedestrians.
These “cyclist Santa Clauses” were Dr. Daniel
Holland and his family members, who had
been staying in Kyoto as part of his Fulbrightexperience. “Everyone’s favorite activity
was interacting with Japanese people,” Dr.
Holland recalls, “we were able to see a lot ofsmiles along the way, as people looked at us,
and laughed at us; it was so much fun.”Dr. Holland, an associate professor teachingentrepreneurship and business strategy in a
Utah-based school of business, has always
been interested in the Japanese businessculture. He remarks, “I know that Japanis one of the most innovative countries,

研究室にて＝ 2017 年 9月

部屋を借りたアパートメントには、スマートメーターが取り付けられていた＝ 2018 年 5月

but, interestingly, it is not one of the mostentrepreneurial countries in the world.” The
Japanese government’s particular focus on
entrepreneurship encouraged Dr. Holland
to go to Japan to teach entrepreneurship,learn about Japan, and reconnect with thecountry that he had lived in and fallen inlove with as a teenager.
Subsequently, he flew to Japan with hisfamily, and started teaching entrepreneurshipand international business at Kyoto Universityof Foreign Studies and Doshisha University.
In his class, Dr. Holland and his students
extensively discussed the features ofAmerican entrepreneurship and the mannerin which Americans take risks and makedecisions.
One program that particularly engaged
his students was a business competition
conducted by him in his class. He recalls,“I had my students create a project, where
they came up with business ideas. At theend of the class, I brought in other teachers
and business people who acted as investors.
I gave them fake money, and had themgo around and talk to each group. They
identified the deserving groups and invested
money in those businesses.”
At the beginning of his class, his students
looked uncomfortable since the class wasin English and the “active learning” style
was quite new concept for them. It wasvery different from the styles they had
previously been familiar with. “But over time,
I became very close to my students. We hada very good relationship and learned a lot
together,” he smiles.
During his stay in Japan, Dr. Holland himself
learned much about Japanese businessculture. He loved the concept of omotenashi(which refers to Japanese hospitality), andwas impressed by the Japanese customer

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Christmas day in Kyoto
My family tried to share some Christmas cheer by riding aroundKyoto dressed in Santa suits and singing Christmas Carols.

One of my classes at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies

service. Today, in his classes in the UnitedStates, he discusses how close attention
to customer service benefits Japanesebusinesses.
Being a responsible father himself, heappreciated how the Japanese people
prioritized children’s safety; often, heobserved young children walking homefrom school even during nighttime. “I let mydaughter ride her bike to her ballet class,which she took while she was in Kyoto, alone
at night. That’s not something we would
often do in a big city in America. It really
empowered her.”Besides Japan, many countries are often
considered business competitors of theUnited States; however, Dr. Holland believes
that different countries can work together
and contribute their different knowledge andperceptions for collective benefit. He advises,“Go to other countries with an open mind,
be willing to explore, meet as many people
as you can, and watch for opportunities
to learn from colleagues.” Although somepeople find it difficult to step out of their
comfort zones, Dr. Holland emphasizes how
their interactions with people from othercountries will help them enjoy new andpositive experiences that they should never
avoid.

「勇気を持って最初の1歩を――公衆衛生学分野で学位取得を目指す」
東郷弘和
Hirokazu Togo

2017 年度 大学院留学プログラム
2017 Graduate Research

留学先：ニューヨーク州／コーネル大学

U.S. U.S. Affiliation: Cornell University, NY
Research Topic: Quantification of the risk of foodborne diseases and policy planning
to reduce their social burden

Harvesting winter squash

食が、休職してニューヨークのコーネル アになり学校給食の調査を行った。アメリカ 考えています」
品衛生を専門とする東京都の公務員だ

大学に在学中。

2013年に東京都の研修で訪れたロサンゼル
スで Master of Public Health の取得を勧められたのが興味を持ったきっかけだ。「挑戦したいとは思ったんですが、英語力も資金も足りず自分には関係ない話だと思い、特に行動には移しませんでした」しかし翌年、母の死をきっかけに心境が変化した。「人生は短いものだと気づき、失敗を恐れるより本当にやりたいことに本気で挑戦したいと考えました」
期待を込め送り出してくれた職場へ成果を還元するため、課題や調査に忙しい日々を送っている。前学期にはアメリカ人学生とペでは多くの学校で朝食が提供され、低所得世帯の子どもは無料でバランスの取れた朝食が食べられる。「一部の子どもだけ無料にすると、その子どもが貧困を隠そうとしたり、いじめを恐れたりして朝食を利用しないことが課題でした。そこで私たちは、全ての子どもへ朝食を無料で提供できる仕組みを提案
し、実際に 2 つの学校で無償化が実現、今はその効果を観察中です」

界基準の視野を持ち、様々な角度で物事を英語に対する苦手意識も変わってきた。
「ア
メリカ人学生に比べ英語力は劣っています
が、自分にはその分、日本人が得意とするき
め細かな配慮、誰にも負けない努力ができるという強みがあると気がつきました。結果として、授業成績を高く評価してもらえ、今学期は教授のアシスタントになることができ、また学校給食の調査を報告したプレゼンテー
ション大会では優勝することができました」

留学して驚いたのは、教授陣や学生が本
気で世界を変えようとするモチベーションの苦手を理由に躊躇うより自分の強みを生か高さだという。「日本にいた時は日本のこと、 し、勇気を出して一歩挑戦すること、その先東京都のことだけ考えていましたが、今は世 にこそ新たな世界は広がっている。

Expected to love Japan and Ended Up Loving Japanese People:
Dr. Macauley’s Unforgettable Days in Kyoto
Robert C. Macauley2017 Fulbright Specialist Program
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University
Affiliation in Japan: Kyoto University
Research Topic: Pediatric palliative care and clinical ethics"I

went into the Specialist Roster not somuch with an open mind about how I
can go anywhere, but rather with a targeted goal that I'd like to effect and exchange
somewhere in Japan," recalls Dr. Macauley.
Since his wife had lived in Japan for 10 years,
speaks Japanese and has quite an affinity for
the Japanese culture, his sympathy with andinterest in Japan is strong and avid.
While on a visit to Japan for 4 weeks with hiswife and 4 children, he completed a 3-week
placement as a palliative care specialist at
the Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto Univesity and Kyoto University Hospital. "I did a
combination of following the [medical] teamaround, and meeting with other ethicists
and palliative care doctors. I also did a lot ofteaching and some international seminars in

Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto University,and University of Tokyo."
He was motivated to observe the similarities
and differences between the palliative careoffered in the US and Japan. Although he did
not engage in any clinical care, he participated in the doctors’ rounds and clearly understand how Japanese doctors did their rounds
and treated their patients. As an experienced
physician conforming to the American medical culture, he had assumed that, worldwide,
everybody follows the same procedures ofdoing things as he does. However, his experience in Japan made him realize that various
parts of the world have different and diverse
medical cultures. "There is a significant difference in how we do things in the UnitedStates compared to Japan," he points out, "for

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instance, the composition of the palliative
care team is different in Japan. They put moreemphasis on psychiatry and pharmacy than
we do here."Dr. Macauley and his family received a gracious welcome from his host doctor andcolleagues, and enjoyed their life in Kyoto. He
remembers, "They didn't have to, but theyrented us a house in Kyoto and we were very
comfortable there." One anecdote he shared
was that neither he nor his colleagues could
believe that the house itself told him another
difference between himself and the Japanesepeople. All the doorways of the house were alittle less than 6 feet high, whereas Dr. Macauley is quite tall, approximately 6 ft 3 in (190cm).
"I was sitting in the living room and one of mykids came up to me and held me my head,
and they were like, 'Oh no, Dad!' because I
had all these cuts and bruises. It took me awhile to remember to duck wherever I went."
Despite finding the doorways to be inadequate in terms of height, his total rating ofThe Fulbright Experience“Simply Watching TV is Not Enough; Seeing and Experiencing is Believing”:
Ms. Roxanne Lawrence’s Encounter with Real Japanese Culture

Roxanne Lawrence

2017 Fulbright Fellow
BS, Psychology, University of Miami
Affiliation in Japan: Kyoritsu Women's University
Research Topic: A Mixed-Method Analysis of the Teacher-Child Interactions in Japanese
Preschool Classrooms“H

ow do I navigate these confusing
trains?” Ms. Roxanne Lawrence wondered. After leaving her hometown, Miami,
Florida, and arriving at Tokyo, Japan, Ms. Lawrence was overwhelmed by the complicatedtrain routes in downtown Tokyo. “In Miami,
there’re not a lot of trains,” Ms. Lawrence recalls, “but, in Tokyo, there are many different
lines with different colors.” It took her sometime to familiarize herself with these transportation routes and realize that they are convenient and advanced.
Since her childhood, which included watch-

Dr. Satoru Tsuneto, my host, and I at the internationalseminar I gave in Osaka

his experience in Kyoto remains very high.
"I certainly enjoyed being in a different
country and seeing a different way of life. I
found my host and his team to be not only
extremely intelligent and hardworking but
also very delightful and fun to be with andextremely warm in their welcome," remarks
Dr. Macauley.
Because of his satisfaction with his stay in
Kyoto, Dr. Macauley is willing to popularize
this Specialist Roster to his colleagues andother researchers in the United States. "I
think the Specialist Roster is a very wellkept secret, and it shouldn't be a well-kept
secret. I wish that it was better known," heclaims emphatically. "It is a rich opportunity
for collaboration and building bridges between cultures. I believe it is worth trying."

ing Japanese animation on television, Ms.
Lawrence has been interested in the Japaneseculture and language. Years later, in accordance with the proverb “seeing is believing,”
Ms. Lawrence finally experienced Japan while
studying in Kyoritsu Women’s University inTokyo.
“I took a course called ‘Japanology in English’,
which discusses the issues facing Japaneseculture and society,” Ms. Lawrence remembers, “I learned a lot from that course; such as
Japanese job structures, gender differencesin the workforce, and expectation of womenin terms of how they are not be able to easily
come back to their jobs after having children.”
Initially, the course was intended for both
Japanese and international students. “But,
only two international students attended
the course: myself and another American
student,” Ms. Lawrence shrugs her shoulders,“I guess not many people took the course
because it was completely in English. Nonetheless, it was a very interesting class with richdiscussions. It’s a pity that more people were
not able to join.”
Even though some courses had few registrants, Ms. Lawrence enjoyed numerous
multicultural discussions during her student
life. “I was able to take some courses that werecompletely in Japanese,” she smiles, “One ofthem was a 2-day course about Japanese posture, and it was super cool to take. I also had
opportunities to listen to English or Japanesepresentations by Japanese students from different classes. I definitely enjoyed the school
and absorbed everything I could from theclasses.”Ms. Lawrence had many new experiences
outside the university campus, as well. “I wasable to see sakura, cherry blossoms, and somany different types of flowers,” she recalls
happily, “I enjoyed Japanese spring since

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Kimono rental + Rickshaw ride in Asakusa, Tokyo

there is only one season in Florida. In fall, I saw
leaves change their colors. They were justbeautiful and I was fascinated by the wholething.”
Ms. Lawrence found it exciting and challenging to adjust herself to Japanese life. After
returning to Miami, Ms. Lawrence felt more
sympathetic toward international students
than ever before. “I am Jamaican by birth, andthe language I speak is very similar to English.
So, when I came to the US, language was not
so much an issue,” Ms. Lawrence reflects, “butgoing to Japan, where the language is completely different, made me better appreciate
the difficulties that international students
go through and the comradeship they feeltoward someone who speaks the same language or experienced the same adjustment
process as them.”
During her time in Japan, Ms. Lawrence applied for and was accepted to a PhD graduate
program in industrial and organizational
psychology at the University of South Florida.
She appreciates that her Fulbright experience
helped her discover her research interests in
occupational health.
Finally, Ms. Lawrence recommends that
all Fulbrighters visiting Japan should be
open-minded toward new experiences. Sheadvises, “make use of every opportunity you
can to speak Japanese, travel, and go from
Hokkaido to Okinawa if you need to. Make
the most of it, because it is a once in a lifetime
experience!”

FY2017 Grant Data
Number of 2017 Grantees(July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018)42 American Grantees
Lecturing1

Lecturer/Researching2

Research

6

Graduate Research Fellow

12

Fulbright Fellow (Recent Graduate)

6

International Education
Administrator (IEA)

10
2

Fulbright Specialist

3

Fulbright Global Scholar
0

2

4

6

8

10

12

38 Japanese Grantees
7

Research

1

Journalist

2Doctoral Dissertation Research

18

Graduate Study
Fulbright Foreign Language
Teaching Assistant (FLTA)

82

Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence
0

2

4

6

8

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 10 | ANNUAL REPORT

10

12

14

16

18

Geographic Data
American Grantees[Lecturing, Lecturing/Research, Research, Graduate Research Fellow, Fulbright Fellow, Fulbright Specialist and Fulbright
Global Scholar]* Some scholars are affiliated with one or more Japanese institutions.

Aichi (1)Miyagi (1)Gifu (2)Okinawa (1)- Nagoya U- Gifu U- Mino Kabuki Museum

Hiroshima (2)- Radition Effect Research
Foundation (2)Hokkaido (2)- Hokkaido U (2)Hyogo (1)- Kuma Hospital

Kagawa (1)- Kagawa Nutrition U

Kanagawa (1)- Yokohama City U

Kyoto (5)- Kyoto U (2)- Kyoto U of Foreign Studies*- Doshisha U*- NPO Gekiken

Hokkaido- Tohoku U- Okinawa Int'l U

Saitama (1)- RIKENTokyo (15)- Tokyo U of the Arts
- U of Tokyo (2)- Sophia U (2)- Ochanomizu U- Waseda U (2)- Keio U- Nihon U- Chuo U- Int'l Christian U- Kokugakuin U- Kyoritsu Women's U- Rikkyo U

Okinawa
Miyagi

Kyoto
Hiroshima

Gifu

Hyogo Aichi

SaitamaTokyo

Kanagawa

Kagawa[International Education Administrator (IEA)]

As a group, IEA Program participants (10) visited the following sites together.
Tokyo - Hiroshima - Kyoto - TokyoJapanese Grantees[Research, Journalist, Doctoral Dissertation Research, Graduate Study, Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant,and Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence]* Some scholars are affiliated with one or more U.S. institutions.

Arkansas (1)Maryland (1)California (7)Michigan (1)- U of Arkansas- Stanford U- U of Southern California- U of California, Berkeley (3)- U of California, Los Angeles- U of California, Riverside

Colorado (1)- U of Colorado, Boulder

Washington DC (2)- George Washington U- Georgetown U

Georgia (2)- Georgia Southern U- Spelman Coll

Illinois (1)- North Central Coll

Indiana (1)- U of Notre Dame

Massachusetts (6)- Boston U- Brandeis U- Harvard U (3)- U of Massachusetts, Amherst- U of Maryland- Michigan State U

Wyoming

Minnesota (1)- Carleton Coll

New Jersey (1)Minnesota

OregonCalifornia

Colorado

Michigan

Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
New Jersey
MarylandIndiana
Washington DC- Rutgers U

New York (6)Arkansas- Columbia U (3)*- Cornell U- Pratt Inst
- SUNY, Binghamton

Oregon (3)- Pacific U- Portland State U*- U of Oregon

Pennsylvania (2)- Pennsylvania State U- U of Pennsylvania

Rhode Island (1)- Brown U

Vermont (1)Wyoming (1)- U of Wyoming- Randolph-Macon CollFULBRIGHT JAPAN | 11 | ANNUAL REPORT

Vermont

Georgia2017-18 Grantee List (Japanese)
Name/Home Institution
Host Institution/Academic Discipline/
Research Topic

Research
HAYASHIDA Keiko
Professor / Fac./Literature; Dept./English
Literature / Seinan Gakuin U
Brown U / American Literature /Representations of historical trauma in
African American literature and visual art
HAYASHIDA Mamiko
Associate Professor / Fac./Humanities;
Dept./Media and Communication /Fukuoka Jo Gakuin U
U of Southern California /Communications & Journalism / Media
literacy practices for interculturalcommunication
IMOTO Yuki
Full-time lecturer / Dept./Liberal Arts andForeign Languages; Fac./Science andTechnology / Keio U
U of California, Berkeley / Curriculum& Instruction / The development ofcontemplative pedagogy in U.S. higher
education
MIHIRA Tsukasa
Associate Professor / Grad. Sch./Human& Environmental Stds.; Dept./Cultural
Coexistence / Kyoto U
U of California, Berkeley / Constitutional
Law / Comparative institutional analysis of
U.S. and Japanese Judicial review
OCHI Hiromi
Professor / Grad. Sch./Commerce &Management; Culture and Industry
Studies Program / Hitotsubashi U
Harvard U / American Literature / The roleof governmental and private programsin promotion of American literature in
Post-war JapanSAKAWA Hideaki
Associate Professor / Grad. Sch./
Economics / Nagoya City U
Columbia U / Banking & Finance /Corporate Governance in the banking
industry: A comparison analysis between
the U.S. and JapanSASAOKA Mikiko
Senior Associate Professor / Dept./
Education and Language Education /International Christian U
George Washington U / Higher Education/ Possibility of a new international
strategy in higher education for global
citizenship

Journalist
KIKUCHI Naoki
Staff Writer / Political News Dept / Asahi
ShimbunColumbia U / Portland State U / Journalism/ The media coverage of politics in the
U.S., specifically regarding politicalneutrality and elections

Doctoral Dissertation Research
HOSONO Kaori
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./Letters;
English and American Literature / Keio U
U of California, Berkeley / American
Literature / The relationship between
racial othering and geographicalimagination in Mark Twain's works
KARUBE Noriko
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./Letters,
Arts and Sciences; Cultural Anthropology/ Waseda U
U of California, Riverside / Cultural
Anthropology / Authenticity of Hula

Graduate StudyABE Kodai
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./Humanities
and Sociology; Dept./English Language
and Literature / U of Tokyo
SUNY, Binghamton / Comparative
Literature / War writing in the ageof Globalization: Empire, Terrorism,
Representation
FUJINO Masao
Managing Associate / Litigation Business
Unit; Complex Litigation and Dispute
Resolution Practice Group / Orrick Tokyo
Law Offices a gaikokuho joint enterprise
Stanford U / Copyright, Patent / A study
on the potential utilization of the U.S.
patent system for Japanese spacesatellites
FUNAKOSHI Yu
Part-time staff / Infectious Disease
Surveillance Center / National Inst of
Infectious Diseases
Boston U / Public Health & Community
Health / The association of income
inequality and social capital with varicellazoster vaccine coverage
ISHIKAWA Maria
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./Letters;
English / Hokkaido U
U of Massachusetts, Amherst / American
Literature / The poetics of space in Emily
Dickinson and beyond
KANDA Tomoko
Consultant / Strategy Group; Global
Strategy, Sustainability Practice /Accenture Japan Ltd
U of California, Los Angeles / Public
Administration & Policy / Effective
integration of new innovative solutions
into the existing transit system
KOYAMA Arisa
Associate / Global Markets Sales I; Macro
Sales / Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
U of Pennsylvania / Business Management& Administration / Standardization of
impact evaluation and its introduction
to Japan
KUBO Yukimi
Special Research Fellow / Japan-U.S.
Partnership Program / Research Inst. forPeace and Security
Georgetown U / International Relations /Japan-U.S. alliance and security dilemmain East Asia: Toward development ofJapan-U.S. relations
KUROKAMI Hisao
Master's Student / Grad. Sch./Humanities
and Social Sciences; Linguistics / Mie U
U of Maryland / Linguistics, Theory / The
process of language acquisition under theframework of generative grammar
OHMURA Tsuguharu
Vice President/Attorney-at-Law /Transaction Legal Dept. / Nomura
Securities Co., Ltd.
Columbia U / Comparison Of Legal
Systems / The theory and practice of U.S.
Class Action Law and the future of Class
Action Law in Japan

SUGA Kiyotaka
Part-time English Teacher / Hachioji
Gakuen Hachioji High School
Michigan State U / Teaching English
As A Foreign Language / The effectsof story-retelling task on second
language learners’ grammatical accuracy
development
TAKADA Megumi
Business Development Manager / Google
Play Apps & Games / Google Japan
Harvard U / Business Management &Administration / Study how to attract
women into tech firms by comparing
career education services in Japan &the U.S.
TAKAHASHI Motoaki
Master's Student / Grad. Sch./Economics;
Applied Economics / Hitotsubashi U
Pennsylvania State U / International
Economics / The trade and welfare effectsof TPP: Simulation with Eaton Model
TAMURA Koichiro
Senior Consultant / Project Development
Div / PADECO Co., Ltd.
Pratt Inst / Urban & Regional Planning /Design process of making public spaces
and economic and social activities in cities
TOGO Hirokazu
Senior Environmental Health Officer/ Bureau of Social Welfare and Public
Health; Inst./Public Health, 1st Food Safety
Control Sec. / Tokyo Metropolitan Gov't
Cornell U / Environmental Health /Quantification of the risk of foodborne
diseases and policy planning to reduce
their social burden
UKAI Shunji
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./Educationand Human Development / Nagoya U
U of Oregon / Philosophy / A study ofJohn Dewey's philosophy of naturalism
ZOHA Mamun Uz
Urban Planner / Design Dept./Urban
Development Div. / Nikken Sekkei Civil
Engineering Ltd.
Harvard U / Real Estate / Cross border
expansion strategy of Japanese real estatedevelopers and sustainable urban growth

KIMURA Hiroki
Graduating Senior / Fac./International
Studies; Dept./International
Understanding / Bunkyo U
Carleton Coll, Northfield, MN
KIUCHI Mie
Full-time Teacher / English Dept. / Hokuto
Municipal Koryo High School
Brandeis U, Waltham, MA
SUGIURA Tatsuya
Part-time Teacher / English Dept. / Kai
Seika High School
U of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
TOKUDA Mamiko
Graduating Senior / Fac./Liberal Arts;
Dept./Int'l and Cultural Studs. / Tsuda Coll
U of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
YAMAMOTO Toshiyuki
Graduating Senior / Fac./Culture and
Education; Int'l Studies of Culture / Saga U
Pacific U, Forest Grove, OR
YOKOYAMA Motoko
Full-time instructor / Educational Affairs
Dept.; English / Kagaku Gijutsu Gakuen
High School
Spelman Coll, Atlanta, GA

Fulbright Scholar-inResidence (FSIR)KOBAYASHI Hikaru
Project Professor / Grad. Sch./Media andGovernance / Keio U
North Central Coll / Environmental Studies/ Lectures in North Central College
MARUOKA Yasushi
Professor / Dept./Business Administration/ Ishinomaki Senshu U
Randolph-Macon Coll / International
Relations / The Great East Japan
Earthquake: Lessons and challenges ofreconstruction

Fulbright Foreign Language
Teaching Assistant
FURUTA Yukari
Graduating Senior / English Dept. /Sophia U
Georgia Southern U, Statesboro, GA
ICHIKURA Yoshitomo
Master's Student / Grad. Sch./Foreign
Languages; English Language / Dokkyo U
U of Wyoming, Lalamie, WY*List of Japanese Grantees

www.fulbright.jp/scholarship/grantee.html

OHTAKA Akane
Doctoral Student / Grad. Program in
English and Cultural Studies; Linguistics/ Tsuda Coll
Rutgers U / Linguistics, Theory / Adjunctextraposition in English
OZAWA Miyabi
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./Humanities;
English / Japan Women's U
U of Colorado, Boulder / Linguistics,
Theory / The meta-pragmatic features
underlying the use of the first-person
pronoun in Japanese and English

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 12 | ANNUAL REPORT2017-18 Grantee List (American)
Name/Home Institution
Host Institution/Academic Discipline/
Research Topic

Lecturing
HOLLAND Daniel V.
Associate Professor / Jon M. Huntsman
Sch./Business; Management Dept.
Utah State U
Kyoto U of Foreign Studies / Doshisha U /Business Management & Administration /The Entrepreneurial Process, an American
Experience

Lecturing-Research
ROSS Alta C.
Professor / Coll/Health and Human
Development; Dept./Nutritional Sciences
Pennsylvania State U
Kagawa Nutrition U / Nutrition /Dietary Preferences and Nutrient-Gene
Interactions in Japanese Population
SANDERS Nancy M.
Professor and Co-Director / Coll/
Education and Integrative Studs.; Dept./
Edu., Doctoral Program in Educational
Leadership / California State Polytechnic U
Chuo U / Education / Cross-National
Policy Research on Equality of Educational
Opportunity

Research - Academics
FOXWELL Chelsea H.
Assistant Professor / Dept./Art History / Uof Chicago
U of Tokyo / Art History / The Imagein Motion in Japan, 1730-1933: Social
Identity, Historical Consciousness, andInformation Exchange
IZUMI Betty T.
Associate Professor / Sch./Public Health;Sch./Community Health / Portland State U
Ochanomizu U / Public Health / SchoolBased Shokuiku: Translating Policy Into
Practice to Promote Public Health andSustainable Food System
SELINGER Vyjayanthi R.
Associate Professor and Director / AsianStudies Program / Bowdoin Coll
Waseda U / Literature / The Law in Letters:
The Legal Imagination of Medieval
Japanese Literature

CROSS Julia H.
Ph.D. Student / East Asian Studies /Harvard U
Nagoya U / Japanese History / Living
Buddha Bodies of Japan from the 8th
through the 14th centuries

CARABALLO, JR. Ricardo
Received BA / Sociology; East Asian Studies/ John Carroll U
Kyoto U / Sociology / Exploring the Processof Renouncing Citizenship Amongst
Japanese Dual Citizens

GILBERT Megan E.
Ph.D. Student / Japanese History /Princeton U
U of Tokyo / Japanese History / Divine
Sanction: Temples and Shrines inMedieval Japanese Dispute Resolution

KONDO Jordan K.
Received BS / Human Biology; East Asian
Languages & Culture / U of Southern
California
Okinawa Int'l U / Biology
The Okinawan Longevity Paradox:
Nutritional Epigenetic Regulation of
Aging

GRAY La Teeka E.
Ph.D. Student / Anthropology; African
American&African Diaspora Stds. /Indiana U
Gifu U / Anthropology / The Transnational
African-American Experience of Race inJapan
HAYATA Michael M.
Ph.D. Student / History / U of WisconsinMadison
Hokkaido U / Japanese History / The
Politics of Redemption in Ainu Print
Culture, 1920-1948
HORISAKI-CHRISTENS Andrea J.
Ph.D. Student / Art History-Japanese,Modern Art / Columbia U
Sophia U / Art History / Media Publics:
Video Hiroba and the development ofVideo in Japanese Art, 1968-85
LINZER Joanna M.
Ph.D. Student / History / Yale U
Rikkyo U / Japanese History / Japan from
the Mountains: Isolation and Integrationin Tokugawa Society
MIRSALIS Dana C.
Ph.D. Student / East Asian Languages andCivilizations / Harvard U
Kokugakuin U / Religion & Theology /Female Shinto Priests: Gender and Politics
in Contemporary Shinto
SCHLEY Harrison I.
Ph.D. Student / East Asian Languages andCivilizations / U of Pennsylvania
Int'l Christian U / Art History / Merchants
and the Art Market: Authorship and theMovement of Edo Period Ceramics
WHITE Brian
Ph.D. Student / East Asian Languages andCivilizations / U of Chicago
Keio U / Area Studies / Technology and
Self in Japanese Science-Fiction MediaTAKENAKA Akiko
Associate Professor / Coll/Arts & Sciences;
Dept./History / U of Kentucky
Sophia U / History / Mothers Against War:
Gender, Motherhood, and Grassroots
Activism in Postwar JapanYAMAGUCHI Mai
Ph.D. Student / Art and Archaeology /Princeton U
Waseda U / Art History / Paintings, Bound:
Cultural Education Through Picture Books
in Nineteenth-Century JapanUCHIYAMA Benjamin
Assistant Professor / Dept. of History / U ofSouthern California
Nihon U / History / Dancing Through Total
War: Yokusan Culture and the Pursuit of
Joy in Wartime Japan

Graduate Research Fellow Professionals

WILSON Noell R.
Associate Professor / Dept./History; Coll/
Liberal Arts / U of Mississippi
Hokkaido U / History / The Birth of a
Pacific Nation: Hokkaido and U.S. Whalersin Nineteenth Century Japan

Graduate Research Fellow Academics
BRAZELTON-BRAXTON Mycah M.
Ph.D. Student / Japanese Art History /Harvard UTokyo U of the Arts / Art History / The
Imaginative Power of the Photograph:
Ei-Q and the New Photography
Movement

PATRICK Kaitlyn V.
Master's Student / Costume Design / U of
Hawaii at Manoa
Mino Kabuki Museum / Theatre /Immersive Study of the Practice andPreservation of Regional Kabuki inModern Japan

LAWRENCE Roxanne C.
Received BS / Psychology; Education, Jpn.
Lang. and Culture / U of Miami
Kyoritsu Women's U / Education / A
Mixed-Method Analysis of the TeacherChild Interactions in Japanese Preschool
Classrooms
ROETS Brenna H.
Received BA / Molecular Biology &Biochemistry; Japanese Studies /Middlebury Coll
Yokohama City U / Biology / Ring of Fire:
Viral Dynamics in the Japanese Arc of the
Circum-Pacific Volcanic Belt

Administrator

SKELLY Ashwin N.
Received BA / Chemistry; Global Health,
Spanish, Japanese / Harvard U
RIKEN / Basic Medical Science/ Trans-epithelial Trafficking of
Immunomodulatory Molecules from
Commensal Clostridia

International Education
Administrator
CANN Theresa E.
Assistant Dean / Undergraduate Dean's
Office / Bryn Mawr Coll
At Large / International Education
COURTWAY Claudia D.
Assistant Director / International
Programs / Hendrix Coll
At Large / International Education
GONZALES Sarah K.
Assistant Director / School of Law;
Stras Institute for Dispute Resolution /Pepperdine U
At Large / International Education
KRUMBHOLZ Cassandra
Assistant Director / Office of International
Education / Maryland Inst Coll of Art
At Large / International Education
LAI Ying-Sing
Assistant Director / International Student
and Scholar Services / U of San Francisco
At Large / International Education*List of American Grantees

MILLER Cara L.
Study Abroad Advisor / Global
Engagement; Office of Study Abroad /DePaul U
At Large / International Education
ROMIG Elizabeth A.
Assistant Director / Office of Merit Awards/ American U
At Large / International Education
SOKOLOWSKI Jeanne
Director / Office of National Fellowships /U of New Hampshire
At Large / International Education
SULINCEVSKI Christopher P.
Program Coordinator / Office of Study
Abroad / St. Louis Community Coll System
At Large / International Education
ZEUTENHORST Conrad O.
Student Advisor, Education Abroad
Advisor / Office of International Affairs;
Education Abroad / U of Maryland, Coll ParkAt Large / International Education

Fulbright Specialist
LEABHART Thomas
Professor and Resident Artist / Dept./
Theatre and Dance / Pomona Coll
NPO Gekiken / Theatre / Physicalexpression on stage through corporeal
mime
MACAULEY Robert C.
Associate Professor / School of Medicine /Oregon Health and Science U
Kyoto U / Public Health / Pediatricpalliative care and clinical ethics

Fulbright Global Scholar
DAVIES Louise
Associate Professor / Geisel Sch./Medicine
at Dartmouth; Dept./Head and Neck
Surgery / Dartmouth Coll
Kuma Hospital / Basic Medical Science /Cancer Overdiagnosis: Investigating Best
Practices to Manage Overdiagnosis while
Communicating the Health Benefits toPatients, Providers and the Public
KANDELL Stuart L.
Research Fellow / Program for Medical
Humanities / U of California, Berkeley
Tohoku U / Fine Arts / The Impact of Arts
Participation on the Lives of Older Adults
and Their Communities
MASKARINEC Gertraud
Professor / Cancer Center; Dept./Cancer
Epidemiology / U of Hawaii, Manoa
Radiation Effects Research Foundation/ Basic Medical Science / The Relationof Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Breast
Cancer in Caucasian and Asian Women

www.fulbright.jp/eng/scholarship/grantee.html

Fulbright Fellow
AMANO Michael A.
Instructor / Tokyo Academics
Radiation Effects Research Foundation/ Biology / Nuclear Disaster and theJapanese Psyche: Is Trauma Heritable?

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 13 | ANNUAL REPORT

Activity Highlights
Programs for Japanese Grantees
Pre-departure Orientation for 2017 grantees

Briefing Sessions for 2018 Japanese Fulbright candidates

grantees was held on June 16, 2017. During the orientation, grantees

Fulbright grants was held on December 21, 2017. The candidates intro-

Pre-departure orientation for departing 2017 Japanese Fulbright
had the opportunity to meet each other, and were briefed regarding
grant and administrative matters.

A briefing session for the principal candidates for the 2018 Japanese
duced themselves and were briefed on the departure process for the
U.S. as Fulbright grantees.

Send-off Reception for 2017 grantees

2019 Japanese Fulbright Grant Competition

hosted at the residence of the U.S. Embassy's Chargé d'Affaires Jason

on May 31, 2018. The grant announcement was widely publicized by

A send-off reception for the 2017 Japanese Fulbright grantees was
P. Hyland on June 16, 2017. Over 100 people including selection mem-bers, corporate sponsors, key alumni, and Commission Members at-tended.

Applications for the 2019 competition started from April 1 and ended
Fulbright Japan’s social media, email to alumni, press release, and di-rect mailings to over 700 universities nationwide. Applications for the2019 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program
started in June and ended on August 31, 2018.

During the Fulbright grant application period, several explanation ses-

sions were held at American Center Japan (Tokyo), Kanazawa, Okina-

wa, and a few universities in Tokyo. A FLTA seminar (explanation anddiscussion) was held at International House of Japan on July 30, 2018.

2018-19 Japanese Selection

The documentary screening process started in September, andselection interviews took place at the Fulbright Japan’s office for ap-

proximately one month from mid-October. A total of 13 panels divid-

ed by academic discipline, including a FLTA panel, were formulated.

Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence

FY2017, two Japanese scholars participated in this program for one

academic year. This program offers Japanese scholars a teaching
grant for one semester or one academic year to assist U.S. colleges

and universities to internationalize their campuses, curriculum andcommunities.

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 14 | ANNUAL REPORTPrograms for American Grantees
International Education Administrators (IEA) Program

Ten American IEAs arrived in Japan on June 11, 2017. This 2-week pro-gram consisted of visiting selected government officials, Japanese in-ternational education professionals, various educational institutions
and cultural sites located in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Hiroshima.

Welcome Reception

To welcome the newly arrived 2017 American grantees, a reception
was held at Dai-ichi Hotel Tokyo on September 13, 2017. Stimulat-

ing conversation and exchanges took place among the grantees,
Japanese host professors, key alumni, representatives of “kanmuri”
corporations, and Commission Members.

Mid-Year Conference for Fulbright Fellows

Fulbright Global Scholars

This grant allows U.S. scholars to engage in trans-regional research

The Mid-Year Conference provided an opportunity for Fulbright

Fellows to reflect on the first half of their sojourn in Japan and ex-

and teaching/research activities in two or three countries for 3-6

change tips for mak-bright Global Scholars conducted research in Japan for 1-3 months,

remaining time inmonths total within one or two academic years. Three American Ful-and provided guest lectures and workshops to widen their profes-

sional network in addition to further build the institutional linkages
between home and host institutions.

Group Orientation

ing the most of their
Japan. It was held on
March 15, 2018.

One Lecturer and two Lecturer/Researchers attended a two-day

Enrichment programs for American grantees

ticipated in a three-day orientation on September 13-15, 2017. Orien-

bassy in the evening of March 15, 2018. The host shared about career

orientation on September 12-13, 2017 and six Fulbright Fellows par-tation programs cover topics such as teaching/studying and living
in Japan, and how to make the most of the Fulbright experience.

A reception was hosted by the Cultural Affairs Officer of the U.S. Em-

development and the role of Foreign Service Officers.

On the following day in the morning, there was a session with a for-mer Japanese Ambassador to the U.S., Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki,
at the America-Japan Society Office. In the afternoon, there was anactive Q&A session about world affairs with the Bloomberg editorial

staff at their office. The participants were briefed on how informa-tion is packaged into stories and about the challenges of journalism
in Japan.

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 15 | ANNUAL REPORTEducationUSA

Fulbright Japan has been providing information and advising

Educational Interchange (CULCON), which is to “double the number

education since 1964. The services are active under EducationUSA,

2020” by providing more youth outreach activities and teacher/services to the general public on Japanese and U.S. higher

a U.S. Department of State’s network of advising centers that

promotes study abroad in the U.S. and provides informationof U.S. and Japanese students studying in each other’s country byadvisor training sessions.

on U.S. higher education as an official source. Fulbright Japan’s

advising center has been co-located with that of the U.S. Embassy,
Tokyo at its dedicated public diplomacy venue called the American

Center Japan (ACJ) since 2016. With this strengthened structure of

the EducationUSA in Tokyo, EducationUSA has increased its efforts
to pursue the goal of the U.S. – Japan Conference on Cultural and

The following are four main activities of EducationUSA. All services are provided to the general public for free of charge.

1) Information
EducationUSA provides accurate and comprehensive information on higher education in the U.S.

Website hits: 270,995

YouTube) , the library services at ACJ and an original study abroad handbook, which is publishedBook printed: 4,000

through the EducationUSA/Fulbright Japan’s website, social media (Facebook, Twitter, LINE andtriennially with annual reprints (Study in the U.S.A: The Official Guide 2nd edition) for sale.

Blog visits: 65,910

2) Events/Activities
Organizes and/or participate in various activities such as group advising sessions, college fairs andadvisors training sessions. Fulbright alumni and other U.S. university representatives are invited asguest speakers at such events in order to promote the Fulbright Program and study in the U.S.

A total number of program
participants: 13,483

3) Individual Advising
Provides individual advising service by appointment, and responds to inquiries via e-mail or thephone from the general public.

Number of contacts: 1,478

4) Services to U.S. Institutions
Gives briefings on recruiting tips and the updated trends of Japanese students. Organizes
meeting opportunities (collage fairs, special sessions) for U.S. institutions to reach their

Number of visitors: 47

prospective students.

The total number of EducationUSA users in FY2017: 355,913

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 16 | ANNUAL REPORTSpecial Exchange Program
Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for ESD (Education for Sustainable Development)
The Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program ESD is bilaterally funded byincorporated, such as sus-the Embassy of the United States in Japan. The ninth iteration of themunities, as well as lever-the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology andprogram was conducted in 2018 with 20 participants and included a
two-week study tour of ESD in U.S. schools for Japanese teachers and asimilar reciprocal tour in Japan for their U.S. counterparts. All Japaneseand American teacher participants convened once in each country for

Joint Conferences, during which they shared “best practices in ESD”

and worked together to develop joint ESD curricula to be implemented
in their home schools.

For the 2018 iteration, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were

Program Outline

tainable cities and comaging Japan’s increased

focus on international ed-

ucation and exchange inadvance of the 2020 Tokyo

Olympic and Paralympic
Games. Therefore, a tour

to visit Olympic facilities was arranged, and a lecture on sustainablearchitecture and urban development was given, focused primarily on
National Stadium, one of the Olympic facilities.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

TIME

PLACE

Japanese teachers’ visit to the U.S.
and the first Joint Conference

April 22, 2018 – May 4, 2018

Washington, D.C. (Orientation, Site visits)
Portland, Maine (Site visits, Homestay)
San Francisco, California (First Joint Conference)

U.S. teachers’ visit to Japan and thesecond Joint Conference

June 20, 2018 – July 1, 2018

Shinjuku, Tokyo (Orientation, Site visits, Second Joint Conference)
Ureshino and Takeo, Saga (Site visits, Homestay)

List of Newly Developed Collaborative Projects
PROJECT NAMESPROJECT GOALS/AIMS

1 SDG Picture Book

Produce an educational book to teach about the SDGs: Issues, examples, personaland structural solutions.

2 “Furulight”

Make shake light (self-made electric lights) for disaster prevention.

3 Piece for Peace (Peace Relay Project)

Teach and make paper crane. Read the book “Sadako.”
Raise awareness of nuclear disaster.

4 Rice and Wheat

Study staple crops. Cultural practices. Reuse boxes.
Cooking techniques. Water quality.

5 Fish Food

Exchange ways to do aquaponics to reduce environmental impact.

6 JASK! (Japan America School Kyushoku)

Compare and understand school lunches; look for ways to reduce waste.

Host Cities and Joint Conferences (in blue) and Participants’ Hometown (in green)
Host City: Portland, Maine

Host City:
Ureshino and Takeo, Saga

Orientation, Site Visits, andSecond Joint Conference: Tokyo

First Joint Conference:
San Francisco

Orientation and Site Visits:
Washington, D,C.

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 17 | ANNUAL REPORTFinancial Reports
THE JAPAN-UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL COMMISSIONSTATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
June 30, 2018
(Thousands of yen)

Assets:Cash and cash equivalents

421,957

Prepaid rent expenses

22,451

Property and equipment

19,508Contributions receivable

5,669

Other current assets

18,767

Guarantee deposit

700

Total Assets

489,053

Liabilities:

Grants payable in future years

32,329Other current liabilities

19,835

Deferred revenue

85,937

Accrued employee retirement benefits

142,942

Total Liabilities

281,046

The Program Operation Fund

206,554

Net Assets:

The JUSEEPF Program Operation Fund-

The Japan-U.S. Educational Exchange Program Fund

1,454

The Baker Fund-

Total Net Assets

208,007

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

489,053FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 18 | ANNUAL REPORT

THE JAPAN-UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL COMMISSIONSTATEMENT OF ACTIVITIESYear ended June 30, 2018
(Thousands of yen)
Changes in unrestricted net assets:
Revenues and gains -Contributions from governments

563,145

Contributions from governments for the Japan-U.S. Educational Exchange Program Fund

59,288Contributions from Mr. Jameson

4,242

Contributions from JUSEEPF

Contributions from Mr. Baker

9,362
7,312

Contributions from airlines

12,963Foreign exchange gains, net

178

Interest income

Others1

2,199

Total revenues and gains

658,692

Expenses -Grant Programs:

Grants to Americans

International education administrators

5,581

Researchers

35,101

Lecturers / Researchers

12,326

Graduate research fellows

73,624

Prior year adjustments(8,409)Fulbright fellows

20,711

138,934

Grants to Japanese
Researchers

16,679Graduate students

108,057

Journalists

4,719

Foreign language teaching assistant12,716

Professional Degrees’ Program

30,117

Prior year adjustments(3,357)

168,933

The Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program cost for ESD
UNESCO program cost in Japan
IIE program cost in U.S.

28,247

6,863

Other expenses

843

35,954

Non-Grant Programs

Grant related costs for Americans

1,965

Educational Advising Services

22,639Grant related costs for Japanese

4,818

Alumni-related activities

2,262

31,686

Administrative expenses

172,038

Loss on retirement of fixed assets

484

Total expenses

548,033

Increase (decrease) in unrestricted net assets

110,658

Net assets at end of year

208,007

Net assets at beginning of year

97,348FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 19 | ANNUAL REPORT