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

Senator J. William Fulbright“ The essence of intercultural education is theacquisition of empathy--the ability to see the world asothers see it, and to allow for the possibility that others
may see something we have failed to see, or may see
it more accurately. . . The exchange program is not apanacea but an avenue of hope.

”

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

Commission
Members2

3

FY2014 Grant Data
& Grantee List

Activity Highlights

10

14

Messages from theCommission Chairs
and the Executive
Director

Funding Sources

The FulbrightExperience

Educational
Information
Services

Special Exchange
Programs

4

5

16

Financial Reports

17

Commission Members

18

FY2014 (July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015)

Honorary Co-Chairman
The Honorable Akitaka Saiki

6

The Honorable Caroline Kennedy

Vice Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Ambassador of the United States of America to Japan
Embassy of the United States of America

JAPANESE MEMBERS

AMERICAN MEMBERS

Vice President
Meiji University

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

Etsuko Katsu(Alphabetical Order)

Margot Carrington

Member since Jan 2013

Member since Jul 2014

Fumiaki Kubo

Royanne Doi

Professor
Graduate School for Law and Politics
University of Tokyo

Corporate Chief Ethics Officer
Prudential Financial, Inc.

Koichi Mizushima

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

Member since Jan 2013

Member since Jan 2015

Dale Kreisher

Deputy Director General for
Press and Public Diplomacy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Member since Jul 2014

Member since Jul 2013

Garr Reynolds

Keiichi Tsunekawa

Professor of Management
Kansai Gaidai University

Senior Professor
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Member since Jan 2013

Member since Jan 2013

Patricia Robinson

Yoshio Yamawaki

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

Associate Professor
Hitotsubashi University
Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy

Member since Nov 2014

Member since Jan 2014

Chair: Chairmanship alternates between the Japanese and U.S. governments each year.
Yoshio Yamawaki (Nov 2014 – Dec 2014)
Margot Carrington (Jan 2015 – Dec 2015)
Members departed during FY2014:
Shigeharu Kato, Director-General for International Affairs at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, served as a member from May 2012 to
Nov 2014 (as Chair from May 2012-Dec 2012, and Jan 2014-Nov 2014).
Jiro Tamura, Professor of Economic Law at Keio University, served as a member from Jan 2010, and completed his five-year tenure in Dec 2014.

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

Yoshio Yamawaki

Margot Carrington

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

I am very pleased to be involved in the Fulbright

It is my honor to serve as co-chair of JUSEC. Our

during its over 60-year history, as the Chair of thebrighter future for the United States and Japan, andProgram, which has produced over 360,000 alumni
Fulbright Commission.

This program has provided various scholarships
forgraduateschoolstudents,

researchers,

Fulbright Japan Commission continues to build aindeed the region and the world, by strengthening
the people-to-people ties that serve as thefoundation of our bilateral alliance.

journalists and others. Taking advantage of theseOver the past year, JUSEC has facilitated dozens ofin many global fields.

and Japanese to deepen mutual understanding.

opportunities, the alumni have played a central role
By the year 2020, the year of the Tokyo Olympics/

Paralympics, I am very much looking forward toseeing as many of you as possible studying abroad
and playing an active role on the world stage.

MEXT has been making strong efforts to double

the number of Japanese students studying abroad
and foreign students studying in Japan by 2020,

and this goal was shared with the U.S. government
in the joint U.S.-Japan Statement in April 2014.

I certainly would like to support you through thisprogram as you actively take on the challenges you
will be facing and play a leading role in your fields.
Let’s create a bright future together!

exchanges that have brought together Americans

I am proud of all we have accomplished, and I
extend a heartfelt thanks to my fellow Board

members, to Executive Director Matt Sussman, andto the hard-working members of our dedicatedSecretariat team. In addition, I want to recognize

the contributions of our vibrant alumni, whose

dedication and spirit is a model for Fulbrightcommunities around the world, and to express mygratitude to our donors for their generous support.

I look forward to another year of excellence from

our Fulbright scholars and lecturers, as well as allof our other JUSEC program participants. Thankyou for your commitment to this flagship bilateralendeavor.

Matthew S. Sussman

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

Every day in my fortunate position, I am amazed to witness how the Fulbright mission of mutual
understanding through educational exchange inspires people. It calls on us to be our best andrecognize our common humanity. It blossoms in the hearts of everyone that my staff and I interact

with --- our alumni, Commission members, new grantees, family members, teachers, students, partners
and sponsors, to name a few. At Fulbright Japan, we are honored to help foster these life-long bonds

between people, which strengthen the relations between Japan and the U.S. We hope that through thefew pages of this report, you will gain a small sense of this inspiration in the faces and activities within.
Empathy and hope do 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 the U.S.

Additional Non-Government Funding

received through the Fulbright Alumni
1 Funds
Foundation:

The Fulbright Alumni Foundation hosted the 38th Japan

During the FY2014-15, Fulbright Japan– U.S. Fulbright Charity Golf Tournament on October 20,

private companies in the amount of ¥27,706,000 through thePrefecture. Exactly one hundred players joined this festive

to provide 6 Fulbright grants.

grants.

received monetary contributions from individuals and2014, at the Totsuka Country Club in Yokohama, Kanagawa

Fulbright Alumni Foundation which enabled Fulbright Japanfundraising event which raised ¥2,816,000 for Fulbrighta. JT Fund (1)b. Mikami Fund (1)c. Mitsubishi (1)d. Shino Fund (1)e. YKK (2)2 The Robert G. Baker Fund:

3 The Sam Jameson Fund:With a generous

bequest from Robert G. Baker, who was a former

Fulbright Japan Commission member, a fund was

Fulbright Japan Commission member, a fund wasestablished in his memory beginning in FY2012-13

established in his memory beginning in FY2013-14

with the purpose to provide one grant to a Japanese
student annually.

with the purpose to provide one grant to a JapaneseDuring the FY2014-15, Fulbrightjournalism student annually. Fulbright Japan recorded

Japan recorded revenue in the amount of ¥8,589,000

revenue in the amount of ¥5,762,000 from the Sam

from the Robert G. Baker Fund for 1 graduate student.

4 In Kind Contribution:

Jameson Fund during the FY2014-15.

In FY2014-

15, Fulbright Japan received 30 airline
tickets with a market value* of $93,383
from All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (ANA)

for Japanese
granteesand 40 airline tickets (market valueof $84,000) from Delta Air Lines, Inc.

(Delta), at no charge to the Commission.

With a generous

bequest from Sam Jameson, who was a former* Market value was assessed at the time of writing this report.

Fulbright Japan received a reduced rate from the Dai-ichi Hotel Tokyo for theroom expenses for 8 American Lecturers in addition to the expense for a Welcome
Reception for the American grantees held in September 2014.

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 5 | ANNUAL REPORT

for American
grantees

The Fulbright Experience
Brian Woodall

Researcher
Tokyo Institute of Technology
My Fulbright affiliation at Tokyo Tech led to a unique collaboration with Professor Naoya Abe, who,
it turns out, attended Cornell University as a Fulbrighter. Professor Abe and I are seeking to create astudy abroad that will place students from Georgia Tech, Tokyo Tech,and the University of Surabaya into multidisciplinary, cross-cultural

teams tasked with proposing solutions to real-world problems ofsustainable development. The first eight weeks of the program
will be conducted in Japan, while the final two weeks will focus ona problem-based learning experience in Indonesia. Without myFulbright affiliation at Tokyo Tech, this collaboration would not havemade it to the drawing board.

Aleksandr Sklyar

Graduate Research Fellow
Sophia University
On August 29, 2015, I had the honor of speaking on a panel
entitled “Fukushima and People’s Present and Futures.” Monthsof planning and collaboration with the Tohoku Fulbright Alumni

Association resulted in a resounding success, with over 160
individuals turning out to this daylong event, conducted entirely
in Japanese.

There was no trepidation on my fellow panelists’ behalf in addressing difficult issues head-on,

including the on-going political, economic, and biological injustices of nuclear energy production
and government handling of post-3.11 radioactive contamination; disproportionately-inflicted

psychological suffering of ordinary citizens following the accident; and how difficulties incommunicating across different viewpoints permeate into all aspects of everyday life and lead tochanges in community dynamics. I shared some of my reactions and observations over the course ofeight months traveling back and forth between Fukushima and a nearby prefecture.

Gregg Ventello

Lecturer
University of the Ryukyus
Teaching classes on race, ethnicity, and gender in Okinawa was a privilege. I was at once teacher

and student. As ethnic minorities in Japan, Okinawans had a special interest in learning how African

Americans and other minorities struggled against oppression in the United States. Complementing
this was my research into Okinawan history, which enabled me to draw parallels between Japan andthe United States. One obvious example was how Okinawans were forced to attend re-education
schools like Native Americans. Additionally, teaching gender revealed what each culture could learn

from the other. Students contrasted American versus Japanesemasculinities and looked into the cultural meanings anduses of male violence. In class and in the form of two public

lectures, I compared and contrasted the archetypal cowboy
against the samurai, comparing Bushido – the code of thesamurai – against the tenets of American manhood conceived
by an American sociologist.

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 6 | ANNUAL REPORTDanielle Sullivan
Fulbright Fellow
Kyushu University

During my Fulbright Fellowship at Kyushu University, I had the great privilege of presenting my researchand sharing my Fulbright story with students and with the Kyushu Fulbright Alumni Organization.
Shortly after returning to the Boston area, I began working in administration in the Academic
Department at Showa Women’s University’s study

abroad campus in Boston. Working at Showa Boston
has allowed me to maintain a relationship with theacademic community in Japan, while also providing
several opportunities to speak as a guest lecturer
to Japanese students about the research that I
conducted and my experience as a Fulbright Fellow.

Julie Villegas

International Education Administrator (IEA) Program
The Fulbright experience helped me to understand my own position as an educator within U.S.

culture and revealed my discomfort with our American version of the “elevator system” and “tracking”
of students. I realized that I had also comeinto the trip with preconceived notions about
the people, history and individuals of Japan.

Being in a collaborative environment that was

grounded in trust allowed me to recognize mybias and advance and reformulate my ideas

about Japan and its relationship with the U.S.
I left Japan truly inspired and I am eager toreturn to continue learning.

Jillian Marshall

Fulbright-mtvU Fellow
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Simply put, the nine months I spent as a Fulbright‐mtvU scholar changed my life. Conducting
fieldwork in three vastly different music scenes (traditional, popular, and underground music spaces)

through Fulbright opened doors to important connections thatwould have remained closed otherwise, and my writing andteaching here in the US have been going very well as a result.

Additionally, the opportunity to structure my own schedule fornearly a year and pursue my ideas to the fullest was immensely

gratifying on a personal level, and something for which I am very
grateful; the relationships I formed are for life.

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 7 | ANNUAL REPORTYu Noda

Researcher
Georgetown University
Innovation and Generosity by Diversity

Diversity completely intrigued me during my research about the system of American local

government (SALG). I knew that SALG is very diverse but, through about 20 interview cases withpublic officials and professors, I was truly surprised that SALG also created cooperative policy tools likecouncil of governments, authorities, and shared services. The American local government copes withemergencies such as Ebola, climate change, security, and othershortage of services. In such correspondence, they establish
innovative new policies to deal with complicated issues. Whilein the U.S. conducting research, all interviewees generously
responded to my questions. Indeed, American life made me

deeply understand that diversity creates capacity for emergency,
innovation, and generosity.

Yuta Kaminishi

Graduate Study
University of Washington
The highlight of my experience at the University of Washington has been the “Socially Engaged Art inJapan” symposium for which I worked as a student assistant. We invited a number of top scholars andfascinating artists from inside and outside the U.S., and discussed the relationship of contemporary
art and social activism in Japan, the variety of ways art works engage with local communities, andchanges of the concept of art. This experiencegave me an excellent chance to learn how to makeprofessional connections across the Pacific, andpossibly organize an international interdisciplinary
event in my future career.

Photo credit: Yunyun Chen, Simpson Center for the Humanities,
University of Washington

Atsuko Oikawa

Doctoral Dissertation Research
American University
A serendipitous encounter with a historic document

Sometimes I feel documents are waiting for me to be discovered. Such was exactly what happenedat the beginning of 2015. It was the time when a friend of my daughter’s was staying with us for the
Christmas holiday. Because a friend of mine in Hoboken, NJ offered his apartment while he was on
vacation, we decided to visit New York with this little visitor from Japan. Of course, I had my own
agenda—to do research at the Public Library while they would be baby-sitting each other. We arrived

at the Times Square almost at midnight on New Year’s Eve. After a little sight-seeing the next day
with the girls, I spent the next two days in the library doing research that had nothing to do with mydissertation. Just hours before leaving the city, however, I happened to find what would be critical to
my dissertation. What an encounter!

Photo credit: by courtesy of Shizumi Manale

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 8 | ANNUAL REPORTThe Fulbright Experience

Keiya Uchida

Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) ProgramElms College
The FLTA Program provided me with opportunities to deepen understanding of Japanese culture

and society by comparing them to American culture and society. At my graduate school in Japan,
by recollecting on my FLTA experience, I have researched leadership differences between Japan andpeople from other countries. Furthermore, I have come to think about countries from all over theworld interacting with FLTAs from various countries. Through theexperiences I have gained, I donate my time and share the story of thoseexperiences with friends, family, and others who are curious about
joining the FLTA Program. I will find a way to share this experience withJapanese people and promote the Fulbright Program.

Kaoru Mukai

Graduate StudyNew York University
I am pursuing a Master’s in Sports Business at NYU as well as interning for a sports consulting company

in New York. As part of my work, I have arranged the Sports Business Study Tour for Japanese students
last year. I was responsible for over thirty college students and showed them the world’s best stadiums,

the US Open tennis tournament, as well as the NYU campus where one of my professors kindly gavea special lecture. All of those experiences were inspiring enough toopen their eyes, and mine, to a new world. I was proud to be the bridge
between my home country of Japan and the US.

Living in NY and being surrounded by people from around the worldis extremely exciting. In my free time, I really enjoy practicing Kendo, aJapanese traditional martial art, taught in English. I am glad to have hadsuch precious culture-exchange experiences with the many diverseand great friends I made here.

Jin Nishikawa

Journalist
Harvard University
In March 2015, I had the chance to visit the northern plains of the Texas Panhandle in the support ofFulbright’s Outreach Lecturing Fund. I was invited by West Texas A&M University to give lectures on
my research about nuclear waste management and my professional

experience as a science journalist covering Fukushima disaster. My
visit remains one of the highlights during my Fulbright year in the

United States. It offered me a wonderful opportunity to discussenergy issues with faculty and students, to further cultural exchange,
and to learn the history and nature of the region including a shorttrip to Palo Duro Canyon, the second biggest canyon in the country.

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 9 | ANNUAL REPORTFY2014-15 Grant Data
Number of 2014 Grantees(July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015)

3

10

4

45

1
4

AmericanGrantees

7
1

1

14

Distinguished Lecturer (DASSS)

3

Lecturer

4

Lecturing / Research1

Research

4

Journalist

1

Graduate Research Fellow

14

Fulbright-mtvU Fellow

1

Fulbright Fellow (Recent Graduate)

7

International Education Administrator (IEA) 10

5

47

22

12

Japanese
Grantees

3
5

Research

12

Journalist

3

Doctoral Dissertation Research

5

Graduate Study

22

Fulbright Foreign Language
Teaching Assistant (FLTA)FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 10 | ANNUAL REPORT

5

Geographic Data
American Grantees<Distinguished Lecturer, Lecturer, Lecturing/Research, Research, Journalist, Graduate Research Fellow, and Fulbright Fellow>* Visiting Lecturers are aﬃliated with one or more Japanese universities in order to share theFulbright mission and their expertise as broadly as possible

Hokkaido (1)Kanagawa (1)Miyagi (2)Kyoto (5)- Hokkaido U- Tohoku U

Tokyo (20)- Japan Women's U*- Keio U- Kyoritsu Women’s U*- Meiji U- Nihon U- Rikkyo U- Sophia U (3)- Temple U Japan- Tokyo Inst of Technology- Tokyo U of Foreign Stds
- Toyo U- Tsuda Coll*- U of Tokyo (4)*
- Waseda U (4)Hokkaido- Yokohama Nat'l U- Doshisha U (3)- Kyoto U (2)Nagano (1)- Shinshu U

Ehime (1)- Ehime U

Okinawa

Fukuoka (2)Miyagi- Kurume U- Kyushu U

Okinawa (2)Nagano- U of the Ryukyus

Kyoto

Tokyo

Kanagawa

Hiroshima<International Education Administrator (IEA)>

Fukuoka

Ehime

As a group, IEA Program participants (10) visit the following
sites together

Tokyo - Kyoto ‒ Hiroshima - TokyoJapanese Grantees<Research, Journalist, Doctoral Dissertation Research, Graduate Study and Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant>
California (6)- U of California, Santa Barbara- U of California, Santa Cruz
- U of California, San Diego- U of California, San Francisco- Pomona Coll
- Stanford U

Connecticut (4)- U of Connecticut (2)- Yale U (2)Washington D.C. (3)- American U- Georgetown U (2)Georgia (1)Minnesota (2)- Carleton Coll
- U of Minnesota

New Jersey (1)- Princeton U- Columbia U- New York U (4)- SUNY, Stony Brook

Pennsylvania (1)Illinois

California

Rhode Island (1)- Brown U- U of Hawaii

Washington (1)- Northwestern U- U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2)Wisconsin (1)- Boston U (2)- Elms Coll
- Harvard U (7)- MIT- Tufts U- U of Massachusetts, Amherst- Casper Coll

Massachusetts (13)Wisconsin

Wyoming

Massachusetts

Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Washington D.C.

- U of Pennsylvania

Texas (1)Illinois (3)Minnesota

New York (6)- Spelman Coll

Hawaii (2)Washington

Texas- U of North Texas- U of Washington- U of Wisconsin, Madison

Wyoming (1)HawaiiFULBRIGHT JAPAN | 11 | ANNUAL REPORT

Georgia2014-15 Grantee List (Japanese)
Name/Home Institution
Host Institution/Academic Discipline/
Research Topic

Research
FUJIYOSHI Akira
Associate Professor / Dept. of Health
Science / Epidemiology, Public Health /Shiga U of Medical Science
U of Minnesota / Public Health &Community Health / Prevention of global
burden of cardio-metabolic disease
HORII Ryo
Professor / Grad. Sch./Economics andManagement / Tohoku U
Brown U / Economic Theory / Economic
growth, preference for savings, and the
dynamics of international debt: Focusing
on the U.S.-Japan imbalance
IIDA Fumio
Professor / Grad. Sch. of Law / Kobe U
Harvard U / Political Philosophy / Language
as a multicultural policy: Cross-culturalcomparisons between the U.S. and JapanISHII Yurika
Full-time Lecturer / Sch./Humanities andSocial Sciences / Dept./Int’l Relations /National Defense Academy of Japan
Harvard U / International Law &Organizations / Enforcement oftransnational criminal law: An analysis fromthe public international law perspective
ISHIKAWA（YOGI） Minako
Associate Professor / Coll/Education /Dept./English / U of the Ryukyus
U of California, Santa Barbara / Teaching
English as a Foreign Language / A study ofEnglish immersion education and English
language teacher development programsin the U.S.
KAWASHIMA （OWADA） Eiko
Professor / Fac/Int’l Liberal Studies /Waseda U
Boston U / American Literature / William
Faulkner and modernism in the context ofglobal imperialism
KIUCHI Toru
Professor / Coll/Industrial Technology /Nihon U
Yale U / American Literature / A study ofRichard Wright’s HAIKU
MORIGUCHI Chiaki
Professor / Inst. of Economic Research /Economics / Hitotsubashi U
Stanford U / Economic History / Historicalanalysis of child adoption in the U.S.
NAKAMURA Kazuyo
Associate Professor / Grad. Sch./Education/ Curriculum Development / Hiroshima U
U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign /Curriculum & Instruction / A comparative
study of alignment in schools andmuseums in the U.S. and Japan: Towards a
global model
NODA Yu
Professor / Fac./Regional Policy / Aichi U
Georgetown U / Public Administration &Policy / Democratic control and effective
management of consolidated city-county
governments in the U.S.
SAKUMA Mikayo
Professor / Sch./Humanities / Dept./English/ Wayo Women’s U
Harvard U / American Literature /Networking and isolationist politics of theliterati in nineteenth-century American
political and cultural contexts
SONOI Yuri
Associate Professor / Fac./Humanities /Kwassui Women’s U
Boston U / Sociology / A sociological studyof the foster families in the U.S. since 1980s:
how to recruit, support and retain them

Journalist
NISHIKAWA Jin
Staff Writer / Science and Medical News
Section / The Asahi Shimbun
Harvard U / Engineering / Research onradioactive waste management in the U.S.
SASAKI （KAJIWARA） Mizuho
Staff Writer / Asahi Shimbun Globe / The
Asahi Shimbun
U of Hawaii / International Relations /Strategies of China and the U.S. for water
securities
YAMADA Toshihiro
Editor/Reporter / Newsweek Dept. /Hankyu Communications Co., Ltd.
MIT / Political Science / U.S. government’s
policy for cyber war and security and how
it will shape the world’s security in the
futureDoctoral Dissertation Research
MIYAMA Mioko
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./Humanities
and Sociology / English and English
Literature / U of Tokyo
U of Massachusetts, Amherst / Linguistics,
Theory / A comparative study on the inner
structure of nouns and the quantificational
system in English and Japanese: In theframework of generative grammar
OIKAWA Atsuko
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./International
Studies / International Studies / Hiroshima
City U
American U / American History /Creating the official narrative of atomic
bombing and Japanese surrender: an
American attempt to counter the USSBS’s
counterfactual hypothesis
SAITO Maki
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./Health Care
Science / Tokyo Medical and Dental U
U of California, San Francisco / Health
Sciences / Factors which influencechildbirth experience of non-native
women and strategies to reduce negative
effects
TSUBONO Keisuke
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch/Humanities
and Sociology / Dept./Contemporary
Literary Studies / U of Tokyo
New York U / American Literature / The
study of the relation between the rise of
the New York city and city novels at theturn of the century
TSUKAMOTO Saori
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./
Environmental Studies / Social
Environment / Nagoya U
Princeton U / Social Psychology /Psychological challenges and potentials
of multiculturalism: Psychologicalessentialism as a factor to emphasize
perception of categorical boundaries

Graduate Study
ARANO AkihikoDoctoral Student / Grad. Sch./Arts andLetters / English Linguistic / Tohoku U
U of Connecticut / Linguistics, Theory/ Comparative study of syntactic
dependencies in natural languages undergenerative grammar
ENDO Hirobumi
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./Arts andSciences / Dept./Area Studies / U of Tokyo
SUNY, Stony Brook / American History/ Investigation of the establishmentof democratic legitimacy in the earlyAmerican republic
HANYUDA Akiko
PGY2, Resident / Grad. Medical Education
Center / Medicine / Keio U Hospital
Harvard U / Public Health & Community
Health / Comparative study of the U.S. andJapanese healthcare system and policy: ananalysis of the work-life balance support
for female physicians

HARADA Suguru
Associate / Portfolio Consulting Dept.
/ Portfolio Section / Nomura Securities
Co., Ltd.
New York U / Business Management &Administration / Comparative study ofinvestment banking business in Japan andthe U.S., and research on how investmentbanks contribute to the economy
ITO Kensuke
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./Letters /Philosophy / Doshisha U
U of Connecticut / Philosophy / Russell’scorrespondence theory of truth: theattempt to describe the continuity andchanges in his philosophical development
in terms of that theory

SUGIURA Eri
Study Abroad Coordinator / Int’l
Collaboration Div. / Int’l Student Office /Meiji UU of Pennsylvania / International Education/ Sustainable internationalization
strategies of Higher Education Comparative studies on the U.S. and JapanTAKAUCHI Yuki
Doctral Student / Grad. Sch./Arts andSciences / Area Studies / U of Tokyo
U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign /American History / The gay liberation
movement and the rise of conservatism inCold War America

KAMINISHI Yuta
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch/Interdisciplinary Info. Studies / U of Tokyo
U of Washington / Humanities /Spontaneity and documentation: the new
American cinema group’s film practice

TATAKI Fumi
Staff / Power and Infrastructure Div. /Overseas Power Project Dept. III PowerInvest. Team III / Marubeni Corporation
Tufts U / Business management /Toward more sustainable and equal
participation of women into labor market
by establishing effective organizational
management structure

KATSUYAMA Rena
Master’s Student / Grad. Sch./Law / Keio U
Columbia U / Law / Anti-trust Law
monopoly regulation in the field ofintellectual property, focusing on balance
between fair competition and incentive forinvestment

TOMIDA （HIRAYAMA） Hitomi
Master’s Student / Grad. Sch./Arts andSciences / Dept./Language and Info.
Sciences / U of Tokyo
U of California, Santa Cruz / Linguistics /Semantic and Pragmatic analysis of NPs inleft periphery

MATSUDA Takuya
Doctoral Student / Dept./Eng. & Am.
Language and Literature / Tsurumi U
U of North Texas / American Literature /California Dreamin’: urban landscapes in
the work of Nathanael West, Philip K. Dick,
Thomas Pynchon and Steve Erickson

UEDA Michio
Defense Official / Bureau of Operational
Policy / International Operations Div. /Ministry of Defense
U of Wisconsin, Madison / International
Relations / ASEAN and their relations withexternal powers (especially with the U.S.,
Japan and China)

MUKAI Kaoru
Secretariat and Office Administrator /Corporate Planning Division / SamuraiSeven Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
New York U / Business Management& Administration / Study on strategic
management skills of a professional sport
team and promotion of female manpowerin sports business industry
OGA Eriko
Master’s Student / Grad. Sch./Humanities /English / Japan Women’s U
U of Hawaii at Manoa / American History/ Japanese American women’s social
advancement for women’s rights in the
1960s and 1970s: the case of Patsy Mink
OSUMI Fumitaka
Yale U / Business management / Researchof influential nonprofits: common
characteristics of small but successful andearly-stage organizations with high social
impact
SAITO Hiroharu
Attorney-At-Law/Master’s Student / Grad.
Sch./Education / Dept./Excellence/school
Edu. / Saito Int’l Law Office/U of Tokyo
Harvard U / Law / Dispute system designin the U.S., focusing on an ideal way of
introducing an internal dispute resolution
system into schools
SATO Tadashi
Attorney at Law / Nagashima Ohno &Tsunematsu
Northwestern U / Business management /Study of management in the legal industry(law firms and the law school system) in
the U.S.; and study of crisis managementin the U.S.
SONODA Hiroaki
Manager / Professional Office, Igpi Co. /Industrial Growth Platform, Inc.
Harvard U / Public Administration /Reinforcing the power of a legislative bodyto monitor the administrative body andcrafting a system where independent
professionals play active roles

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 12 | ANNUAL REPORTWATARI Yukiko
Master’s Student / Grad. Sch. ofInterdisciplinary Info. Studies / Interfaculty
Initiative in Info. Studies / U of Tokyo
New York U / Humanities / Study on theconcept of today’s museum as a medium
YAMADA Akitaka
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./Arts andSciences / Language and Info. Sciences /U of Tokyo
Georgetown U / Linguistics, Theory / Howis the discourse management in English
different from the discourse managementin Japanese?
YOSHIDA Yui
Deputy Manager / Equity Research Dept. /Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd
U of California, San Diego / Public
Administration & Policy / Quantitativeevaluation on the renewable energy
policy: Impact comparison toward theprivate sector in the U.S. and the Asia
Pacific region

Fulbright Foreign Language
Teaching Assistant
ONISHI Yuki
Teacher of English / Shujitsu Jr. High School
Casper Coll
SHIMIZU Akihiro
Master’s Student / Grad.Sch./Humanities/ English Language and Literature / Tokyo
Metropolitan U
Pomona Coll
TAGO Kimie
Graduating Senior / Coll of Edu. and
Human Sciences / English Education /Yokohama National U
Carleton Coll
UCHIDA Keiya
Master’s Student / Grad.Sch./Global
Comm. & Language / Akita International U
Elms Coll
YATABE Yuki
Graduating Senior / Fac. of Liberal Arts /Dept./Int’l and Cultural Stds. / Tsuda Coll
Spelman Coll2014-15 Grantee List (American)
Name/Home Institution
Host Institution/Academic Discipline/
Research Topic

Distinguished Lecturer
DELAY Brian
Associate Professor / Department ofHistory / U of California, Berkeley
Doshisha American Studies Summer
Seminar
GRAY Edward G.
Professor and Chair / Department ofHistory / Florida State U
Doshisha American Studies Summer
Seminar
LEAL David L.
Professor / Department of Government /U of Texas, Austin
Doshisha American Studies Summer
Seminar

Lecturer
CLAIBORNE Claudius
Professor / Coll of Business / Dept. ofBusiness Administration / Texas SouthernU
Yokohama Nat’l U / Marketing / The
American Experience: From Peace andSocial Justice to the Consumer Culture
CUSTER Lindsay
Full-Time Tenured Faculty / Student
Learning / Cascadia Community Coll
Japan Women’s U, Kyoritsu Women’s U /Sociology /An Exploration of Gender, Ethnicity andFamilyRODRIGUEZ Diane C.
Assistant Professor / Grad.Sch. of
Education / Education Leadership Dept. /California Lutheran U
U of Tokyo, Tsuda Coll / Higher Education/ The Rise of Diversity in United States
Higher Education
VENTELLO Gregg
Professor /Div. of Humanities Dept. ofEnglish / Kansas City Kansas Community
Coll
U of the Ryukyus / American Studies /Study of the United States in Japan

Lecturing/ Research
KOCH Magaly
Research Associate Professor / Coll of Arts
and Sciences / Center for Remote Sensing/ Boston U
Tohoku U / Geology / Enviornmental
Remote Sensing; Multisensor
Investigation of Arid Regions with
Implications for Groundwater Exploration

ResearchBAY Alexander R.
Associate Professor / Coll/Humanities andSoc. Sci. / Dept./History / Chapman U
Keio U / Japanese History / Nation fromthe Bottom Up: Environmental Hygieneand Disease Prevention in TwentiethCentury Japan
BESTOR Theodore C.
Professor / Fac./Arts and Sciences / Dept./
Anthropology / Harvard U
Sophia U / Anthropology / Cuisine andthe Cultural Diplomacy of Japan: UNESCO,
Soft Power, and Cool JapanNORNES Mark H.
Chair and Professor / Literature, Scienceand the Arts / U of Michigan
U of Tokyo / Film & Photo / Contemporary
Japanese Documentary
WOODALL Brian E.
Associate Professor / Sch./ Int’l Affairs /Georgia Inst. of Technology
Tokyo Inst of Technology / Political
Science / The Politics of “Green Energy”
Policy in Japan

Journalist
DAVISON Patrick D.
Associate Professor / Sch./Jounalism
and Mass Comm. / U of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Temple U Japan / Journalism / The
Graying Society: Documentary Video ofJapan’s Aging Population

Graduate Research Fellow
BENDER John E.
Ph.D. Student / History / U of California,
Santa Barbara
Shinshu U / Japanese History / Wind,
Forest, Fire, and Mountain: The Evolutionof Resource Disputes and Local Society ina Japanese Province, 1450-1650
BENEDICT Timothy O.
Ph.D. Student / Religion / Princeton U
Kyoto U / Religion & Theology / Death andSpirituality in Japanese Hospice CareBUXTON Anne C.
Ph.D. Student / East Asian Languages andCivilizations / U of Chicago
Rikkyo U / Japanese History / Mobilized
Bodies: Propaganda in Everyday Life in
Wartime and Postwar JapanCURTIS Paula R.
Ph.D. Student / History / U of Michigan
U of Tokyo / Japanese History / Forging
Power: Metal Casters and Collaborative
Networks in Late Medieval Japan
EATON Clay K.
Ph.D. Student / History / Columbia U
Waseda U / Japanese History / The Spiritof Shonan: Social Policy and National
Politics in Japanese-Occupied Singapore
HEGWOOD Robert
Ph.D. Student / History / U of Pennsylvania
U of Tokyo / Japanese History / The Social
Foundations for Growth: Nikkei Brokers
and Japan in the Global Imaginary,
1930-65
HOLBROW Hilary J.
Ph.D. Student / Sociology / Cornell U
Sophia U / Sociology / Shall I Stay or Shall I
Go Workplace Policy Effects on Immigrant
Retention in JapanMALISSA Samuel A.
Ph.D. Student / Japanese Language &Literature / Yale U
Meiji U / Japanese Literature / Translating
Japanese Modernity
MORGAN Jason M.
Ph.D. Student / History / U of Wisconsin,
MadisonWaseda U / Japanese History / Suehiro
Izutaro and the Case Law Revolution in
Taisho JapanSKLYAR Aleksandr V.
Ph.D. Student / Sociocultural
Anthropology / U of Michigan
Sophia U / Anthoropology / Voluntary
Relocation: Family Decisions in PostFukushima JapanSTAUM Rachel K.
Ph.D. Student / Japanese Literature /Columbia U
Waseda U / Japanese Literature / Womenfrom otherworlds: otogizoshi and theirinfluence on Japanese literature
TEXTOR Cindi L.
Ph.D. Student / Japanese Literature / U of
Washington
Nihon U / Comparative Literature /Language and Identity in JapaneseLanguage Literature by Koreans,
1930-1980
THORNTON Michael A.
Ph.D. Student / Arts and Sciences / History/ Harvard U
Hokkaido U / Japanese History / Sapporo:
Building City, State and Empire, 1850-1900

WILSON Ron M.
Ph.D. Student / Comparative Literature /Princeton U
Waseda U / Compaative Literature / Mixed
Messages: Visual Media’s Invention ofModern Japanese Literature

Fulbright - mtvU Fellow
MARSHALL Jillian L.
Ph.D. Student / Musicology /Ethnomusicology / Cornell U
Tokyo U of Foreign Stds / Musicology/ J-POP meets the canon: Memory,
imagination, and music in contemporaryJapan

Fulbright Fellow
AHMED Zeba S.
Received BA / Sociology / U of Pittsburgh
Tohoku U / Cociology / The Social
Influence of Non-profit Organizations as
Third Spaces in JapanKIROVA Ralitsa Y.
Supervisor / Office of Reciprocal
Exchanges / U of California, Santa Barbara
At Large / International Education
ROELLKE Christopher F.
Dean and Professor / Dean of the Coll /Vassar Coll
At Large / International Education
VILLEGAS Julie S.
Associate Director / Undergraduate
Academic Affairs Honors Program / U of
Washington
At Large / International Education
WHITE Amanda K.
Assistant Director / Office of Global
Engagement / U of North Texas
At Large / International Education

BOOKMAN Mark R.
Received BA / Philosophy / Villanova U
Toyo U / Philosophy / Reimagining
Discourse: Shingon Buddhism andWestern Epistemologies
GRINMAN Eddie
Received BS / Biology / Hunter Coll, CUNY
Kurume U / Biology / DARPP-32 andSerotonin: A Novel Approach to
Parkinson’s and Schizophrenia Research
ITO Megumi E.
Received BS / Biochemistry / UC Berkeley
Kyoto U / Biochemistry / The design ofchemical probes specific for iPS cells
KANG Sara
Received BA / Japanese History / Williams
Coll
Ehime U / Japanese History / HistoricalAmnesia: Recasting Women in theAmerican Occupation of Japan (19451952)
MONDELLI Frank V.
Received BA / Linguistics / Swarthmore
Coll
U of the Ryukyus / Linguistics, Theory /Respecting Okinawan Languages
SULLIVAN Danielle M.
Received BA / Film Studies / U of
Massachusetts, Boston
Kyushu U / Film / Through the Hands ofthe Father: The Japanese Family in Crisison Film

International Education
Administrator
ARCUINO Cathy Lee T.
Director / Int’l Programs and Services
Office / Pittsburg State U
At Large / International Education
BENARD Kimberly
Assistant Director / Global Edu. & Career
Dev’t / Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
At Large / International Education
CLEMANS Debra Z.
Director/Finance Officer / Office of Int’l
Affairs / Portland State U
At Large / International Education
EVENSEN-HENGGE Maribeth R.
Int’l Student Advisor / Office of Global
Engagement / Int’l Students and Scholars/ Utah State U
At Large / International Education
EZZEDDINE Ahmad M.
Associate Vice President / Office of Int’l
Programs / Wayne State U
At Large / International Education
HOWARD Angela S.
Assistant Director / Office of Int’l Studies /West Chester U of Pennsylvania
At Large / International Education

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 13 | ANNUAL REPORT*List of Grantees

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

Activity Highlights
Programs for Japanese Grantees
Pre-departure Orientation for 2014 grantees

2015-16 Japanese Selection

grantees was held on June 12, 2014. During the orientation, grantees

selection interviews took place at the Fulbright Japan’s office forPre-departure orientation for departing 2014 Japanese Fulbright
had the opportunity to meet each other, and were briefed regarding

grant and administrative matters. Grantees also met representatives

from the Fulbright Alumni Association and the Alumni Coordinatorfrom the International Exchange Alumni to learn about alumni

activities. A separate orientation for the Fulbright Foreign Language
Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program was held on June 13, 2014.

The documentary screening process started in September, andapproximately one month from mid-October. A total of 13 panels
divided by academic discipline, including a FLTA panel, were
formulated.

Briefing Sessions for 2015 Japanese Fulbright candidates

Briefing sessions for the principal candidates of the 2015 Japanese

Fulbright grantees were held on January 9, 2015. The candidates
introduced themselves and were briefed on the process to departfor the U.S. as Fulbright grantees.

2016 Japanese Fulbright Grant Competition

Applications for the 2016 competition started from April 1 and ended

on May 31, 2015. The grant announcement was widely publicized

Send-off Reception for 2014 grantees
A send-off reception for the 2014 Japanese

Fulbright grantees was hosted at the

U.S. Ambassador’s Residence on June 12,2014. Over 100 people including selection

by Fulbright Japan’s social media, e-mail to alumni, and direct
mailings to over 700 universities nationwide. Applications for the2016 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program
started from May 15 and ended on August 31, 2015. The eligibility
requirement was amended to include public school teachers towiden the potential applicant pool.

members, corporate sponsors, key
alumni, and Commission Members
attended.

Programs for American Grantees
International Education Administrators (IEA) Program

The 10 American IEAs arrived in Japan on June 15, 2014. This

Doshisha American Studies Summer
Seminar (DASSS)

officials, professionals of Japanese international education, various

Studies Summer Seminar (DASSS) was

2-week program consisted of visiting selected government
educational institutions located in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Hiroshima, andcultural sites.

Support for the annual Doshisha American
extended to three distinguished lecturers.
The conference was held from July 2627, 2014, followed by the International

Graduate Students Seminar on July 28-30, both in Kyoto.

Fulbright-mtvU fellowship to Japan

Ms. Jillian Marshall, a Ph.D. student at Cornell University, wasawarded a Fulbright-mtvU fellowship to conduct research inJapan. This fellowship was a joint effort by the U.S. Department ofState and mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network. This was a very
competitive category as only 5 awards were available worldwide

for 2014-15. The program was aimed to explore the power of music
to influence culture and engage audiences overseas on topics ofglobal importance. Fulbright-mtvU Fellows’ findings were shared
online via the mtvU college network.
FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 14 | ANNUAL REPORTGroup Orientation for Lecturers and Fulbright Fellows

Three Lecturers attended a two-day orientation on September

16-17, 2014 and seven Fulbright Fellows who just arrived in Japan

participated in a three-day orientation on September 17-19, 2014.
Orientation programs cover topics such as teaching and living

in Japan, and how to make the most of the Fulbright experience.

Mid-Year Conferences for Lecturers and Fulbright Fellows

the assistance from former

to reflect on the first half of their sojourn in Japan and exchange

staff who served as a resource

held on March 30 and 31, 2015 for Lecturers and Fulbright Fellows,

Fulbright Japan is grateful for

The Mid-Year Conferences provided an opportunity for Fulbrighters

grantees and U.S. Embassy

tips for making the most of their remaining time in Japan. It was

specialist.

respectively.

Welcome Reception

To welcome the newly arrived 2014 American grantees, a reception

Fulbright Coffee Session for American Ph.D. Students andResearchers

conversation and exchanges took place among the grantees,

American grantees to network, exchange information, and learn

corporations, and Commission

discussion included setting up interviews, using Japanese libraries,

was held at Dai-ichi Hotel Tokyo on September 17, 2014. Stimulating

Japanese host professors, key alumni, representatives of kanmuri*
Members.

*Kanmuri is a hyphenated-grant inwhich the Fulbright name is pairedwith a company’s or individual’s
name for the purpose of sponsoring
one student or scholar.

The purpose of this session, held on March 30, 2015, is for current
from each other about conducting research in Japan. Topics for

gaining access to materials, establishing relationships with one’s

advisor, and protecting the confidentiality of sources. Grantees fromthe previous year served as resource persons.

Open-Public Tohoku American Lecture Series
Organized by the Tohoku Association
for American Studies, three Fulbright
Lecturers were invited as guest
speakers in spring 2015. The program

has marked its 30th anniversary, andFulbright Seminar

Sendai, Tohoku.

evening of March 30, 2015. Professor Mark Nornes, the University

This event was held immediately after the Coffee Session in theit was well received by the public inof Michigan and 2014-15 Fulbright Researcher, gave a stimulating

Fulbrighter / Name

Date

LectureDiane Rodriguez

February 14,2015 (Sat)The Rise of Diversity in United States
Higher Education: Student Support in
California Community Colleges

Gregg Ventello

February 21,
2015 (Sat)

American Manhood and the Culture ofViolence: How Does a Person Form a
Gender Identity in the U.S. ?

Lindsay Custer

March 7,2015 (Sat)Intercultural Marriages between Americans
and Japanese: Housework and Happinesslecture about “Translating Calligraphy.” Immediately following thelecture, an active Q&A andsocial hour took place.

Other Activities
Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB) Chairman Tom
Healy’s Visit to Japan

Japan’s awareness during his visit by giving a talk on “soft power”

September 15 to 24, 2014 and spent

Open House

newly arrived American grantees as

December 17, 2014, for grantees, alumni, partners from cooperating

Mr. Tom Healy visited Japan fromtime in Tokyo and Kyoto. He met,well as, leaders of Fulbright Alumni

Association of Japan and FulbrightFoundation. Mr. Healy, an American

writer and poet, raised Fulbrightand participated in poetry and art related events.

Fulbright Japan opened its doors for a year-end holiday event on

agencies, and Commission Members. The purpose of the event wasfor Fulbright Japan to express appreciation for the support of all key
stakeholders during 2014.

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 15 | ANNUAL REPORTEducational Information Services (EIS)
Since 1964, EIS has provided information on Japanese and U.S. higher education

to the general public. EIS is an EducationUSA center supported by the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. State Department.

EIS services cover a broad range of activities in order to respond to the needs ofvarious stakeholders. The EIS services consist of the four main pillars, which are;1) Information: Provide accurate and comprehensive information on higher
education in the U.S. through EIS website, SNS, EIS library and publication ofa guidebook

2) Events/Activities on Study in the U.S.: Organize and/or participate in various

activities such as group advising sessions, fairs and advisors training sessions.
Fulbrighters are invited for promotional purposes

3) Individual Advising: Respond to individual inquiries from the public
4) Services to U.S. Higher Education Institutions: Give briefings on current
Japanese student trends and recruiting tips, and opportunities to meetprospective students at Special Sessions and/or Visitors Seminars★ Total number of EIS users for 2014-2015 (including website visits): 543,854
EIS Services
1) Information⃝ Homepage Access : 461,079⃝ Social Media (News Blog Visits) : 68,208
		 (Other SNS such as Facebook, Twitter, LINE, and YouTube are actively used.)
		 “Study in the U.S. A: The Official Guide”⃝ Operation of a resource library (Library Users: 308)
2) Events/Activities⃝ Participants : 13,499
		 (Includes Monthly Group Advising Sessions, Pre-Departure Orientation,

AMERICA EXPO, Study Abroad Fairs, Advisors Training Session and Other Outreach Activities)

3) Individual Advising⃝ 724 (By E-mail, Phone, and at the Resource Center)4) Services to U.S. Institutions⃝ Visitors : 36
⃝ Briefings on Japanese Student Trends, Arrange Special Sessions and/or Visitors Seminars★ New Activities in 2014-2015“Study in the U.S.A.: The Official Guide”

The new edition of this guidebook was published on June 22, 2015. A digital

edition was also available for purchase. The first printing of 4,000 copies

became available at the JUSEC Secretariat and bookstores throughout Japanfor 1,800 yen (excluding tax). In the past this guidebook was updated annually

however starting with the revised 2016 “complete” edition it will be renewed
every few years on an as needed basis. The information in this guidebook will
be kept current with each reprinting opportunity. This guidebook has beenendorsed by the U.S. Embassy in Japan with a message from the Ambassador.

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 16 | ANNUAL REPORTSpecial Exchange Programs

Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for ESD
Core program activities:

Related program activities:

for Sustainable Development (ESD) is bilaterally funded by

for UNESCO Schools (at Showa Women’s University) on

The Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for Education

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT) and the Embassy of the United States in Japan. The

Fulbright Japan hosted a booth at the 6th National Conference
December 5 in order to promote the 2015 program.

sixth iteration of the program was conducted in 2015 with 28

participants and included a two-week study tour of ESD in U.S.
schools for Japanese teachers and a similar reciprocal tour inJapan for their U.S. counterparts. All Japanese and Americanteacher participants convened once in each country for Joint

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

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

A total of eight curriculum based projects were developed in
the 2015 program.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

TIME

PLACE

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

April 26, 2015 ‒May 7, 2015

Washington, D.C. (Orientation, Site visits, Homestay)
San Francisco, CA (the ﬁrst Joint Conference)

U.S. teachers’ visit toJapan and the second
Joint Conference

June 23, 2015 ‒July 5, 2015

Shinjuku, Tokyo (Orientation, Site visits)
Omuta-City, Fukuoka Prefecture (Site visits, Homestay)Shinjuku, Tokyo (the second Joint Conference)

The KAKEHASHI Project
The KAKEHASHI Project, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan, is an

exchange program for future-promoting and capable people between Japan andNorth America. KAKEHASHI Project aims to promote understanding of Japan throughthese people-to-people exchanges. The Japan Foundation was contracted to

implement this project starting from April 2013 until March 2015. From 2015, the Japan
International Cooperation (JICE) has been contracted to implement the Project.
Inbound Programs: approx.1300 participants

Outbound Programs: approx.320 participants(participants number of 2015.4-2016.3 )FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 17 | ANNUAL REPORTFinancial Reports
THE JAPAN-UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL COMMISSIONSTATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
Changes in unrestricted net assets:(Thousands of yen) Year ended June 30, 20152014-2015
Revenues and gains -					 Contributions from governments

546,441

			 Contributions from JUSEEPF (Japan-U.S. Educational Exchange Program Foundation)

27,757

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

51,747

			 Contributions from governments for the “KAKEHASHI” Project Fund

931,500

			 Contributions from governments for the “New KAKEHASHI” Project Fund

204,500

			 Contributions from Mr. Baker

8,589

			 Contributions from Mr. Jameson

5,762			 Contributions from airlines

20,335

			 Interest income

29			 Foreign exchange gains, net

5,368

			 Others

7,698

Total revenues and gains

1,809,729

Expenses -				 Grants to Americans					 International Education Administrators

5,595

			 Researchers

26,290			 Lecturers / Researchers

41,543

			 Graduate Research Fellows

95,587

			 Fulbright Fellows

27,030			 Distinguished Lecturers

1,597

			 Prior year adjustments(12,049)		

				

185,596

		 Grants to Japanese						 Researchers

38,581			 Journalists

16,557

			 Graduate Students

205,986

			 Foreign Language Teaching Assistant

2,976

			 Professional Degrees’ Program

8,272

			 Prior year adjustments(18,754)

				

253,620

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

17,939

			 Program cost in U.S.

20,775			 Other expenses

7,570

				

46,286

		 The “KAKEHASHI” Project -Outsourcing expenses

912,750 		

		 The “New KAKEHASHI” Project -Outsourcing expenses

201,281

		 Non-Grant Programs 						 Grant related costs for Americans

1,874

			 Grant related costs for Japanese

3,302

			 Educational Advising Services

22,036

			 Alumni-related activities

2,447

				

29,659Administrative expenses

178,427

Repayments of contribution received for the “KAKEHASHI” Project

38,728

Total expenses

1,846,351

			Increase (decrease) in unrestricted net assets(36,621)

Net assets at beginning of year

105,113

Net assets at end of year

68,493FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 18 | ANNUAL REPORT

THE JAPAN-UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL COMMISSIONSTATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION(Thousands of yen) Year ended June 30, 2015

Assets:2014-2015

Cash and cash equivalents

330,996Contributions receivable

821,600

Prepaid rent expenses

29,098Other current assets

10,201

Property and equipment

950

Guarantee deposit

200

Total Assets

1,193,047

Liabilities:

Grants payable in future years

34,571

Deferred revenue

713,419

Other current liabilities

249,790

Accrued employee retirement benefits

126,772

Total Liabilities

1,124,554

Net Assets:

The Program Operation Fund

49,832The Japan-U.S. Educational Exchange Program Fund

15,640The “New KAKEHASHI” Project Fund

3,019

		

68,493

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

1,193,047

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 19 | ANNUAL REPORTJapan-U.S. Educational Commission (Fulbright Japan)

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