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

Senator J. William Fulbright“ We must try to expand the boundaries of human
wisdom, empathy and perception, and there is no
way of doing that except through education.

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

Commission
Members2

3

FY2016 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

FY2016 (July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017)

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

Professor
Meiji University

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

Etsuko Katsu(Alphabetical Order)

Margot Carrington

School of Political Science and Economics
Member since Jan 2013

Kazuaki Kawabata

Director-General for International Affairs
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT)
Member since Apr 2017

Member since Jul 2014

Royanne Doi

Chief Compliance Officer
Prudential International Insurance
Prudential Financial, Inc.
Member since Jan 2013

Yoshiko Kojo

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

Dale Kreisher

Cultural Affairs Officer, Public Affairs Section
Embassy of the United States of America
Member since Jul 2014

Member since Feb 2016

Fumiaki Kubo

Garr Reynolds

Professor
Graduate School for Law and Politics
University of Tokyo

Professor of Management
Kyoto University of Foreign Studies

Masato Otaka

Patricia Robinson

Member since Jan 2013

Member since Jan 2015

Deputy Director General for Press and Public Diplomacy,
Minister's Secretariat
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
Member since Feb 2016

Associate Professor
Hitotsubashi University
Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy

Chair: Chairmanship alternates between the Japanese and U.S. governments each year.
Koichi Morimoto (Jun 2016 to Dec 2016)
Margot Carrington (Jan 2017 to Dec 2017)

Member since Jan 2014

Member changes during FY2016
The Honorable Caroline Kennedy, The Ambassador of the United States of America to Japan, Embassy of the United States of America, served as the Honorary Co-Chairman from Nov 2013 to Jan 2017.
The Honorable Jason P. Hyland, Charge d'Affaires ad interim, Embassy of the United States of America, served as the Honorary Co-Chairman from Jan 2017 to Jul 2017.
Koichi Morimoto, Director-General for International Affairs at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, served as a member from Jun 2016 to Mar 2017 (as Chairfrom Jun 2016 to Dec 2016).

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

Kazuaki Kawabata

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 the Japan-U.S.

"Fulbrighters, "during its over 60-year history, as the Chair

continues to build a brighter future for the United States

Program, which has produced over 360,000 alumni, orof the Fulbright Commission.

I believe this program has a significant role for promoting

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

mutual understanding between Japan and the United

Over the past year, JUSEC has facilitated dozens ofand others have experienced diverse values and gained

Japanese to deepen mutual understanding. I am proud

States. Large number of students, scholars, journalists
new visions through their precious opportunities by

the extraordinary program. As many of the alumni

have brought remarkable accomplishments in various
areas, their network is the certain momentum for thepromotion of "person-to-person exchange."

This prestigious program is well-known and has
provided professional development to future leaders

for generations. More than 9,000 talented students
and scholars have received the Fulbright Grants since

the launch of the program between Japan and theUnited States in 1952. Among them are the Nobel
Laureates, State Ministers, members of the NationalDiet, and business leaders.

I will try my best to promote the Fulbright program forthe future grantees and hope it continuously contributes
to strengthening the relationship between the twocountries.

exchanges that have brought together Americans andof all we have accomplished, and I extend a heartfelt
thanks to my fellow Board members, to Executive Director

Matt 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 and innovative ways to make theFulbright program even more relevant, impactful,and sustainable. In addition, I want to recognize thecontributions of our vibrant alumni, whose dedicationand spirit is a model for Fulbright communities aroundthe world, and to express my gratitude to our donors fortheir generous support.

I look forward to another year of excellence from ourFulbright scholars, lecturers, students, language teachingassistants, fellows, and the many other JUSEC program
participants.

Thank you all for your commitment todeepening the bonds between our two countries.

Matthew S. Sussman

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

We are pleased to report that 2016-17 has been another successful year for Fulbright Japan. Representing the"best and brightest" for academic excellence, 42 Japanese and 48 American scholarship recipients were selected
to study and research in a wide variety of fields, benefiting both countries (pp.12-13). In order to efficiently

maximize our budget and increase the number of scholarships, Fulbright Japan embarked on an officerenovation project to reduce space and save on rent expense (p.15). Recently merged with the nearby American

Center Japan, our EducationUSA service actively provided information and advice to significant numbers ofpeople about the many educational opportunities in the United States (p.16). The eighth iteration of the JapanU.S. Teacher Exchange Program for ESD brought together a total of 24 K-12 teachers who, while learning anddevising projects together, forged long-term collaborative bonds for their classrooms (p.17). It is through theseeducational exchange activities, and with our growing community of alumni and supporters, that we strive tofulfill the Fulbright mission of mutual understanding and peace. We sincerely 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

1 Funds received through the Fulbright Alumni

Foundation: During FY2016-17, Fulbright Japan received

The Fulbright Alumni Foundation hosted the final Japan- U.S. Fulbright Charity Golf Tournament on October 24,

monetary contributions from individuals and private com-

2016, at the Totsuka Country Club in Yokohama, Kanagawa

Alumni Foundation which enabled Fulbright Japan to pro-which raised ¥2,725,000 from individual and corporate

panies in the amount of ¥6,732,000 through the FulbrightPrefecture. 70 players joined this festive fundraising event

vide 3 Fulbright grants.

sponsors. The tournament has been held 40 times since its
launch in 1983.

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 wasestablished in his memory beginning in FY2012-13
with the purpose to provide one grant to a Japanese

student annually. During the FY2016-17, FulbrightJapan recorded revenue in the amount of ¥3,549,000
from the Robert G. Baker Fund for 1 graduate student.

4 In Kind Contribution:

3 The Sam Jameson Fund:With a generous

bequest from Sam Jameson, who was a former

Fulbright Japan Commission member, a fund wasestablished in his memory beginning in FY2013-14
with the purpose to provide one grant to a Japanesejournalism student annually. Fulbright Japan recorded
revenue in the amount of ￥4,992,000 from the SamJameson Fund during the FY2016-17.

In FY2016-17, Fulbright Japan received 30 airline tickets from All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (ANA)

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

Fulbright Japan greatly appreciates the generous contributions from all contributors.

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 5 | ANNUAL REPORTThe Fulbright Experience
多様性への感受性を養う語学教育の必要性を痛感
桑原香苗
Kanae Kuwabara

2016 年度 大学院留学プログラム
2016 Graduate Study Program

留学先：ペンシルベニア大学

U.S. Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania

６年教諭として授業を担当してきた。
ほど前から、都立西高校で英語論を実践に生かす最適の場だった。
講師をしたのは、３団体。その一つは、
フィ
授業で生徒が求めるレベルは高い。
ラデルフィア市や NGO が主催する難民向け「知的好奇心が強い生徒が多く、英語が流 の英語講座だった。生徒の中には中東・ア
暢になるだけでなく、抽象的で複雑なテーマ フリカから数日前に米国に着いたばかりの人
に関し英語で議論することを目指しています。
」 もいた。
そのために必要な受信・発信力、論理的
ロースクールの学生と協働でカリキュラム
思考力、感受性を育てる新しい視点を学習 作成に関わった。採用面接や給料交渉への内容に取り入れたい。そんな思いが年々強 臨み方から移民捜査局が自宅に来た場合のまり、留学を決めた。
対応まで教え、保障されている権利にも踏み込んだ。「言葉が分からないと劣悪な条件
教諭の籍を置いたままの留学は本来難しい で搾取されるなど、不利な状況に陥ってしまが、フルブライト奨学生に選ばれた場合には、 うからです。
」
留学が認められると知っていた。迷わずフル
英語講座での活動は、日本で英語教諭とブライトの大学院プログラムに応募し、合格した。ペンシルベニア大学院では、第二言語 して取り組んできた言語指導とは全く違うも習得論、教授法、社会言語学などを学んだ。 のだった。
「日本で高校生が学習する英語は、
将来の仕事や教養のために学び、でも話す
大学院での研究・講義で得たことも大き 機会は少ない。対して、米国に逃れてきた難かったが、講師として関わった英語教室は、 民の英語学習は生き抜くため、食べていくた
研究テーマであるCBI( 内容中心教授法 ) の理 めの英語でした。言語を学ぶ意味とは何か、

ペンシルベニア大の関係者向けの英語講座でも講師を務めた。
修了セレモニーで、生徒や他の講師と一緒に（１列目左端）＝ 2016 年 12月

考えずにはいられませんでした。
」
それまで抱いていた多様性の意味も大きく変わった。
講座には、宗教や国、習慣が異なるだけ
でなく、人身売買の被害者や、教育を受けた経験がなく「教科書」が何なのか分からない生徒もいた。そして講師の自分は日本出身。「全く違う背景の人がつきあうのが当たり前だった。だからこそ、言葉を使わないと理解し合えないし、常に相手の立場で考えるな
ど、多様性への感受性を高める必要性を痛感しました。
」
帰国後、新たな英語教育のかたちを模索している。「生徒が外で様々な人と出会い、試行錯誤しながら他者を理解する経験を積める機会を増やしたいと考えています。
」「コミュニティー支援型農業」の先進地・米国でみた「つながる経済」の確かさ
門田一徳

Kazunori Monden

2011

2016 年度 ジャーナリストプログラム
2016 Journalist Program

留学先：コーネル大学

U.S. Affiliation: Cornell University

CSA のグループで運営している生産者の家族と＝ 2017 年 7月

年３月、東日本を襲った大震 安全な食材を消費者に直接販売して安定収 本の研究者の助言で、コーネル大のある災が転機だった。取引先を失 入を得る取引手法だ。１９７０年代、日本で ニューヨーク州イサカへ、妻と５歳の長女とい、販路を回復できずに苦労している多く 普及した産消提携に通じる取り組みで、８０ ３人で渡った。イサカ周辺を中心に CSA をの被災者を取材した。「物と金のつながりの 年代以降、この手法が広がった米国がいまは 実践している小規模生産者を訪ね歩いた。
もろさを実感しました。
」一方、首都圏から 「CSA先進国」となっている。
定期的に通うボランティアと地元の住民とのCSAの手法は、野菜生産者だけでなく酪農、間で信頼が育まれ、「人と人」
米国の CSA の実践地域を調 花き、パンやメープルシロップにも及んでいのつながりの強さも感じた。
査し、日本に普及させるヒント た。印象深かったのは、有機小麦農家の男「過疎化と高齢化が進んだにしたい。自社や他の地方紙 性との出会いだ。企業的農業の普及で失わ被災地で一次産業やコミュニのフルブライターからジャーナ れた地元産小麦を取り戻すために、州内にティーを守るには、『人 のつリストプログラムの経験を聞い ２カ所しかなかった製粉所を新たに設立。試ながり』を基盤にした経済のた。海外取材拠点のない地方 行錯誤で製粉技術を学び、そこで製造した小仕 組 み が 必 要 だと思 いまし
紙記者に、米国で調査する機 麦粉でパンも作り、地元で CSAの会員に提供た。
」以前取材した宮城・鳴会を与えてくれるチャンスだと した。
子のコメの CSA（Community
思った。腰を据えて研究したい
Supported Agriculture ＝ コと申し込み、合格した。
「調査を通して、物を買う行為は作り手の生
ミュニティー支援型農業）を
日本と似たような小規模生 産物や取り組みに消費者が支持の意思を表す
思い出した。生産者が新鮮で産者の多い東海岸に絞り、日 『投票行動』だという考えを教わりました。日
研究員として在籍したコーネル大学

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 6 | ANNUAL REPORTOf Mice and Friends, Nikki Thomasian's
Fulbright Fellowship
Nicole M. Thomasian

フルブライト奨学生が集うエンリッチメントセミナーがワシント
ンDCで開かれ、50カ国からの仲間たちと集った＝ 2017 年 4月

2016 Fulbright Fellow
BS, Neuroscience, Brown University
Affiliation in Japan: Osaka UniversityIna darkened room full of trained mice –and future friends. That’s how Nicole“Nikki” Thomasian spent most of her dayson her Fulbright Fellowship in Japan while
conducting research on how physical therapy shapes brain recovery after stroke.
エンリッチメントセミナーで、仲間たちとキャピトルヒルで（右端）＝ 2017 年 4月

エンリッチメントセミナーで、 平 和 研 究 所（Institute ofPeace）を訪れた ( 前列右から４番目) ＝ 2017 年 4月

本でも、投票行動として作り手を支える買い方が浸透すれば、地域は豊かになっていくのではないかと思いました。
」
帰国してほどなく、米国で取材したことを
連載「米国流直売経済 CSA 先進国の今」と題して掲載した。

Fresh out of Brown University with a B.S. inneuroscience, she spent nearly a year at Osaka University, improving her research skills,
including how to train mice and design a
research model from scratch, dexterity fromoperating on mice and medical Japanese.
And after hours and hours in the laboratory
together, you make deep and lasting bonds
with your lab mates, Nikki says.
“I still talk to them all the time. That was
truly a highlight of my Fulbright experience– yes, the research was amazing – but evenmore than that, the friends I made wereincredible,” she says.

Hanami with friends at Osaka Castle, April 2017

ファーマーズマーケットが開いたカブ転がしの国際大会。
長女（中央）が優勝して喜んだ＝ 2016 年 12月“It doesn’t even bother me anymore whenlittle things don’t go my way – even big
things sometimes. I am just expecting
everything to fail. I know that sounds a little pessimistic, but I think it actually helped
my personal development a lot; And I think
I matured a great deal,” Nikki says.
“It was a very self-driven type of learning (atOsaka University). You were responsible foryour own project and your own educational experience, which was a little bit of an
adjustment,” she says. “I had to look within
myself and search, use other resources, theinternet, colleagues at home, things likethat and figure it out.”
Back at Brown now, she’s studying to becomea physician and taking advanced Japaneseclasses too, and wondering how to combine
a career in medicine and public health.

（１回目記事www.kahoku.co.jp/
tohokunews/201708/20170814_72042.html）

ほぼ毎日通った ESL のクラスの教員と仲間でロバート H. トレ
マン州立公園へ＝ 2017 年 5月

Golden Week vacation on
Benesse Art Site Naoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, May 2017

Her interest in Japan stemmed from being
close to her half-Japanese cousins and Japanese aunt, who first exposed her to washoku(Japanese food) and the language. Thoseexperiences led her to spend a semester at
Tokyo’s Keio University during college.
She first heard about the Fulbright programat a meeting for first-generation university
students. During her time in Japan, shesays that in addition to technical skills, shelearned patience, especially when researchdoesn’t turn out as envisioned, and independence.
FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 7 | ANNUAL REPORT

Nikki plans to go back to Japan for a clinicalrotation during her fourth year of med school
and is considering a master’s degree in public policy. And there’s a possibility to continue
collaboration with some of her lab friends topublish a paper, if the research she conducted in Osaka, which is now being built upon,pans out.

Snowboarding in Hyogo Prefecture with friends, February 2017

11年ぶりに住んで分かった米国の新たな多様化の側面
小代有希子
Yukiko Koshiro

2016 年度 フルブライト研究員プログラム
2016 Research Program

留学先：ニューヨーク州立大学ストーニーブルック校、コロンビア大学
U.S. Affiliations : The State University of New York, Stony Brook, Columbia U

日米関係史の研究者として、米国各地の強まり、研究員プログラムに応募した。学大学で長く教えてきた。その生活を終生時代に留学したときもフルブライト奨学金

え日本に戻ったのが、２００６年。
「日本に帰っ

の支援を受けた。

たら大変だよ、なんて日米の友人から脅さ「フルブライターだと、現地での信頼度がれました。でも実際は、開放的で自由な職

グッと増し、大学や研究機関が歓迎してく場でした。」れるのがありがたいですね。」

ペンシルバニア州にあるラフィエット・カレッジで、2日間にわたり、講演と特別授業を行った =2017年 4月

帰国後も姉妹校に派遣されたり、学生と２０１７年３月から約半年間、ニューヨーク

フィールドワークを行ったり、研究者を招い郊外で生活した。大学のキャンパスには、ア

ぼ同時に始まった日米のテレビ開発の背景てシンポジウムを開催したりと、米国との接ジア系の学生たちが急増して、彼らは母国には、従来の研究で見落としてきた密接な点は切れずに続いた。

語を話しながら風を切って歩いていた。街の技術交流があり、さらに日本人と米国人は、スーパーでレジを打つのはヒジャブを被った

最先端テクノロジーに関して戦前から非常に女性。アジア系の標準体形にあたる「プチサ似た価値観を抱いていた。

だが、帰国して１０年ほどたつと、「腰をすえてじっくり研究したい」という気持ちがイズ」の商品が充実したデパート。
「少なくともテレビ開発の水準に関しては、「アメリカを構成する人々の顔ぶれが大幅

戦前の両国はほぼ互角でした。両国の様々に様変わりしていました。異人種、異民族な人々は、やがてテクノロジーが可能にするの間での恋愛や結婚も増え、異文化に対す

グローバル・ライフスタイルなるものを同じる社会の寛容度は以前よりずっと上がっていように夢みていたようです。日本がアメリカるように思えました。
」

を模倣しながら発展していった、という定説とは異なる側面を紹介できるのではと、ワ

今後、米国はさらに多様化していくのだろ

クワクしています。
」

うか、だとしたら「米国らしさ」をどのようにコロンビア大院時代の同級生。約 30 年ぶりの再会だった＝
2017 年 4月

子ども番組「セサミ・ストリート」に登場するキャラクターの生みの親、ジム・ヘンソンの母校を訪問。「セサミ・ストリートを日本人が知っている」のが嬉しいと、通りがかりの女性が一緒にカメラに入ってくれた＝メリーランド州のメリーランド大カレッジパー
ク校で定義していくのか。そうしてできた「米国ら４月から、学部１年生の新たな必修科目「ア

しさ」は、今後も世界のサブカルチャーを牽メリカ史」を担当する。
「偏見や常識で知った引していくのか。改めて考えさせられた。

つもりにならず、じっくり本を読み、実物のアメリカを学び理解することの大事さを伝え研究面では、米国で新たな史料を発掘すたいと思います。
」

ることができた。例えば１９２０年代からほ

滞在中、日本のテレビ局の取材を受けることに＝ 2017 年 6月、ニューヨーク州立大ストーニーブルック校で

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 8 | ANNUAL REPORT

研究滞在先のニューヨーク州立大ストーニーブルック校でスポンサーになったマイケル・バーンハート教授夫妻と＝ 2017 年 6月

The Fulbright Experience

Lost and Found: Professor's Fulbright Fellowship
Changed Samuel Imbo's Life

Samuel Oluoch Imbo

2016 Visiting Lecturer
Professor, Department of Philosophy, College of Liberal Arts, Hamline University
Affiliations in Japan: University of Tokyo, Japan Women's University"F

ulbright is responsible for what I became," says Prof. Samuel Imbo.

Indeed, his choice of graduate school andeventually where he would put down per-have the same familiarity with technology,
classroom discussion between students

and professors is very different in the twocountries.

manent roots and raise a family is tied to the"It took me a while to register that you

like himself. When he was an undergraduate

cussion on any topic of the day, so I had to

advice of a Fulbright Fellowship recipient

student in Kenya in the 1980s, a professor
told him about the great experience he washaving as a Fulbrighter in the U.S.

"So, he asked me to apply to the universitythat he ended up at, which was Purdue Uni-

versity. That was the only school I applied

are not going to get a back and forth disadjust my own teaching to be much morereliant on prepared notes and lectures,"he says. "Arguing ideas and going backin other parts of the world."

up conversations with them, and we keep

and stayed in the U.S. to teach.

he came to understand how people over-Fulbright.

and even more so with colleagues in Japan,

about U.S. popular culture, emphasizing thecontributions of African-Americans.

While he says U.S. and Japanese students

Presentation to EducationUSA Pre-departure Orientation

could not have had otherwise."several-hour long walks in Tokyo, without

or relate to Japan - or Asia much more

University, he lectured on U.S. history andwork has made possible connections that I

affected.

the rest of Asia, especially Japan, he chose Toat University of Tokyo and Japan Women's

in touch still," he says. "The Fulbright net-

On the days he wasn't teaching, in addition

understand them because they are directly"Now I think about how the issues we are

kyo for his fellowship last year. For a semester

to lectures at universities. I actually struckseas follow events in the U.S. and want toAfter earlier summers teaching in Malaysia

sparked an interest in learning more about

ships beyond the campus.

"I met people - not academics - who came

But it may not be as appealing to people

Through his interactions with students -Decades later, Prof. Imbo was the one on aalso enabled him to expand his relation-and forth may be appealing to Americans.

to, and I got in," he says. He later received
a Ph.D. from Purdue in political philosophy

At Kokugikan Stadium for May Sumo Tournamenttalking about in the United States apply

generally. Whereas, I would not have been

thinking about these things before. Now I
do. How do these things play out in another place," he says.

Prof. Imbo, who is back at Hamline Universi-

to visiting parks and shrines, he would takea set destination. "I would have a map but

would not consult it. I would just take interesting directions and walk in those directions, and I discovered places I would nothave discovered in any other way," he says.
"One of the things I did was get lost a lot."

Still, through the intervening decades, Fulbright found him - again.

ty in St. Paul, Minnesota, says the fellowship

Meeting at University of Tokyo North American Studies
OfficeFULBRIGHT JAPAN | 9 | ANNUAL REPORT

Table Tennis Meet-Up Group in Kanda, TokyoFY2016-17 Grant Data
Number of 2016 Grantees(July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017)48 American Grantees
Lecturer

6

Lecturer/Researcher

1

Researcher

6

Graduate Research Fellow

14

Fulbright Fellow (Recent Graduate)

6

International Education
Administrator (IEA)

10
2

Fulbright Specialist

3

Fulbright Global Scholar
0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

42 Japanese Grantees

7

Research

2

Journalist

5

Doctoral Dissertation Research

18

Graduate Study
Fulbright Foreign Language
Teaching Assistant (FLTA)

10
0

2

4

6

8

10

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 10 | ANNUAL REPORT

12

14

16

18

20

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

Fukuoka (2)- Kyushu University (2)Hokkaido (2)-Hokkaido University (2)Hyogo (1)

-Kobe University

Ibaraki (1)-Building Research Institute*

Kanagawa (4)-Graduate University for Advanced
Studies-Yokohama City University* (2)-Yokohama National University*

Miyagi (4)-Tohoku University (4)Okayama (1)-Okayama University

Okinawa (2)-Meio University*-University of the Ryukyus*

Osaka (3)

Hokkaido-Osaka University (2)-Osaka Prefecture University

Tokyo (25)

-Bukkyo University-Hitotsubashi University*-Japan Women's University*-Keio University-Komazawa University-Kyoritsu Women's University*
Okinawa-Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport
and Tourism*-National Institute of Japanese Literature-Sophia University (2)-Tokyo Institute of Technology-Tokyo Medical and Dental University*-Tokyo University of Science*
Kyoto
Okayama-Toyo University
Hyogo
Hiroshima-Tsuda University*
Osaka
Yamaguchi-University of Tokyo* (6)-Waseda University (4)FukuokaMiyagi

IbarakiTokyo

Kanagawa

Yamaguchi (1)-Yamaguchi Prefectural University[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 and Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant]* Some scholars are aﬃliated with one or more U.S. institutions.

California (6)- Pomona College- Stanford University- University of California, Berkeley- University of California, Davis- University of California, Los
Angeles (2)Georgia (1)- Spelman College

Idaho (1)- University of Idaho

Indiana (2)- Indiana State University- University of Notre Dame

Massachusetts (6)New Jersey (3)- Princeton University- Rutgers University (2)New York (8)- Columbia University* (2)- Cornell University- New York University (2)- Pratt Institute- State University of New York,
Stony Brook*- Syracuse University

Wisconsin

Wyoming

New Hampshire
Massachusetts

Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
MarylandOhio
IndianaUtah

Tennessee
Texas

Virginia

Georgia- Paciﬁc University

Tennessee (1)- Carleton College

Texas (2)- University of New Hampshire

Michigan

Oregon (1)- University of Michigan- Western Michigan University

New Hampshire (1)Minnesota- Ohio State University

Pennsylvania (4)Minnesota (1)California

Idaho

Ohio (1)- Harvard University (5)- Northeastern University

Michigan (2)Oregon- University of Pennsylvania (3)- Ursinus College- Middle Tennessee State
University- Rice University- University of Texas, Austin*

Hawaii

Utah (1)- University of Utah

Virginia (2)- Marine Corps University- Virginia Polytechnic Instituteand State University*

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 11 | ANNUAL REPORT

Wyoming (1)- University of Wyoming

2016-17 Grantee List (Japanese)
Name/Home Institution
Host Institution/Academic Discipline/
Research Topic

Research
ISHIDA Hiroshi
Professor / Inst./ Social Sci. / U of Tokyo
Harvard U / Sociology / A comparative
study of social inequality and cumulativeadvantages/disadvantages
KOSHIRO Yukiko
Professor / Coll/ Int’l Relations; Dept./ Int’l
Liberal Arts / Nihon U
SUNY, Stony Brook /Columbia U /American History / History of US-Japantechnological collaborations and effectsof trans-Pacific cultural integration
NAKAYAMA Yuko
Associate Professor / Fac./ Contemporary
Social Studies; Dept./ Social System
Studies / Doshisha Women’s Coll
Harvard U / International Relations / U.S.
Strategy for alliance and burden-sharing
in the postwar Asia-Pacific region

KONDO Ryosuke
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./Arts andSci.; Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies / Uof Tokyo
Harvard U / Landscape Architecture /Transatlantic Picturesque: The Latent
Power of the Picturesque Aesthetic in
19th Century America

KOBAYASHI Hiroaki
Medical Director / Development /Japanese Organization for Medical Device
Development, Inc.
U of Michigan / Business Management /Technological and systematic innovation
for cost-effective and quality-controlled
healthcare

YUSA Mayuko
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./Arts andLetters; Linguistics / Tohoku U
Ohio State U / Linguistics, Theory /Research on second language processing
and parser development in second
language acquisition

NAGATOMI Mari
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./Global
Studies / Doshisha U
Middle Tennessee State U / History /Freedom, equality, democracy andtranspacific American country music from1945 to 1975KUROIWA (Nakae) Isei
Researcher / Cosmetics Value
Development Center; Prestige Brands
Value Development Group / ShiseidoCo., Ltd.
U of California, Berkeley / Business
Management & Administration / Global
marketing for consumer products
leveraging diversified people withdifferent backgrounds

Fulbright Foreign Language
Teaching Assistant

TAKAYANAGI Mitsutoshi
Associate Professor / Fac./ Education /Shinshu U
New York U / Educational Philosophy /Redefining teacher education through“creative reading” in Emersonian moral
perfectionism

Graduate StudyOMORI Mika
Professor / Dept. of Psychology /Ochanomizu U
Northeastern U / Clinical Psychology / A
comparative investigation of sociocultural
factors of health behaviors between U.S.
and Japan

AMEMIYA MichikoDoctoral Student / Grad. Sch./Humanities
and Sociology; European and American
Studies / U of Tokyo
U of Utah / American Literature / The
gothic imagination and interracial sexualdesires in early American literature

TAKAHASHI Satoshi
Associate Professor / Dept. of Education;
Course of Pedagogy / Saitama U
Columbia U / Educational Administration /Comparative study on teacher policy andthe law in the U.S. and Japan

ATSUSAKA Yuki
Doctral Student / Grad. Sch. / Global
Studies; Global Studies / Doshisha U
Rice U / Government & Political Science /The Impact of Reverse Migration of Blacks
on their Political Representation in the
U.S. HouseYAGI Hironori
Associate Professor / Grad. Sch./
Agricultural and Life Sci.; Agricultural andResource Economics / U of Tokyo
U of California, Davis / Agricultural
Economics / Impact of ICT adoption
on hierarchical business organization
structure of rice farms in California
YAMADA Tsuyoshi
Associate Professor / Grad. Sch./
Education; Div./Psychology and Clinical
Education / Okayama U
U of Texas, Austin / Virginia Tech U /Psychology / Application of statisticalmethods for single-case research data

Journalist
KAWAGUCHI Kyoko
Staff Writer / Child and Education Section/ The Nishinippon Shimbun
U of California, Los Angeles / Women’sStudies / The physical empowerment of
women and their consciousness
MONDEN Kazunori
News Reporter / Tokyo Editorial Dept. /Kahoku Shimpo
Cornell U /Rural Sociology / Researchand leverage community supported
agriculture for the earthquake
reconstruction

Doctoral Dissertation Research
ABE Ryoko
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch. /Law;
Political Science / Doshisha U
Marine Corps U / History / The
institutionalization of Maneuver Warfare
Concept and Alfred Gray’s Reform 19871991
ASAKURA Sayaka
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./ Art; English
and American Literature / Rikkyo U
U of New Hampshire / American Literature/ Robert Frost and New England:
Changing gender roles in the earlytwentieth century

HABUKA Hiroki
Deputy Director / Corp. Accounting
and Disclosure Div.; Planning and
Coordination Bureau / Financial Services
AgencyStanford U / Law / Current situation andfuture perspective of dispute-settlement
systems in international tax matters
HATANO Ayako
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./ Arts andSci.; Int’l Affairs / U of Tokyo
New York U / International Law &Organizations / Domestic implementationof international human rights law in nonWestern countries
HIRAYAMA Atsushi
Assistant Professor / Faculty of Medicine;
Dept. of Public Health / Yamagata U
Harvard U / Public Health & Community
Health / A case study of electronic healthrecord-based cardiovascular registry in
the U. S.
IDE Kentaro
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./ Arts andSci.; Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies / Uof TokyoPrinceton U / East Asian Studies / Thetransnational development of discourses
on Eastern religions and the U.S.
1840s-1960s
IKAWA Shiori
Master’s Student / Grad. Sch./Arts andSciences; Language and Info. Science / Uof Tokyo
Rutgers U / Linguistics, Theory / The study
on the effect of the presence or absenceof external causer on the acquisition ofverbs

KUWABARA Kanae
Teacher of English, Chief / Dept. of English/ Tokyo Metropolitan Nishi Sr. HS
U of Pennsylvania / Teaching English
As A Foreign Language / Cultivating
Intelligence Through Critical Thinking
Strategies in EFL/ESL Courses
SEKIYA Shingo
Researcher / Community Development
Group 1 / Regional Planning International
Co., Ltd.
Pratt Inst / Urban & Regional Planning/ Autonomy of regional planninginstitution for resilient city under natural
hazard and climate change
TASHIRO Kengo
Chief Medical Officer in Charge of GCC /Healthcare New Frontier Bureau; Global
Collaboration Center (GCC) / Kanagawa
Pref. Office (Seconded from Ministry of
Health Welfare and Labor)
U of Pennsylvania / Business &Management / Saving the healthcare ecosystem to develop faster, cheaper,
safer and smarter technologies
TOGASHI Kohei
Clinical Psychologist / Ctr for Child
Dvlpm’t and Psychosomatic Medicine /Dokkyo Medical U Koshigaya HospitalWestern Michigan U / Special Education /Training teachers to implement functional
behavioral assessment in classroom
settings
UETA Masamichi
Architect / Architectural Div. / Kajima
Corp.
Harvard U / Urban & Regional Planning/ Study of US urban revitalization and its
application to issues in emerging Asian
cities and Tokyo

HORIGUCHI Akiyo
Teacher / Hanawa Hokiichi School for theBlind and the Visually Impaired / Saitama
Pref. Special Needs Education
U of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
ISHIDA Ikuko
Graduating Senior / Integrated Human
Studies / Kyoto U
Carleton Coll, Northfield, MN
KIKUCHI Nozomi
Full-time Instructor / Career Guidance
Section / Aomori Pref. Tanabu High School
Ursinus Coll, Collegeville, PA
KOBAYASHI Remi
Teacher / Foreign Language Dept. /Miyagi Pref. Tajiri Sakura High School
Syracuse U, Syracuse, NY
KURIO Kimiko
Master’s Student / Grad. Sch./ Humanities
and Science / Nara Women’s U
U of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
OWADA Aya
Teacher / English Dept. / Kochi Pref. Aki
High School
Indiana State U, Terre Haute, IN
SETOYAMA Takashi
Graduating Senior / Education; English
Education / Kansai U of Int’l Studies
U of Idaho, Moscow, ID
TAGAMI Yohichi
Graduating Senior / Int’l Studies; Int’l
Understanding / Bunkyo U
Pomona Coll, Claremont, CA
TAKAGAKI Sayuri
Master’s Student / Grad. Sch./ Global
Communication and Lang.; English Lang.
Teaching Practices / Akita Int’l U
Pacific U, Forest Grove, OR
UENO Eriko
Master’s Student / Grad. Sch./Humanities;
English / Japan Women’s U
Spelman Coll, Atlanta, GA

YAMADA Masayoshi
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch. / Global
Studies; Global Studies / Doshishsa U
U of California, Los Angeles / American
Studies / Rethinking Jazz History: The Roleand Politics of Jazz Fans in post-World
World II United States*List of Japanese Grantees

www.fulbright.jp/scholarship/grantee.html

KATO Akihisa
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./Economics;
Modern Economics / U of Tokyo
U of Pennsylvania / Economic Theory /The analysis of optimal monetary policychanges
KITADA Eri
Doctoral Student / Grad. Sch./ Arts andSci.; Dept./ Area Studies / U of Tokyo
Rutgers U / American Studies /Commemorations for Blacks in post-civilrights America

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 12 | ANNUAL REPORT2016-17 Grantee List (American)
Name/Home Institution
Host Institution/Academic Discipline/
Research Topic

Visiting Lecturer
ANGEE Alejandro
Associate Professor /Dept./Social Sci. /Miami-Dade Coll
Tohoku U /Sociology /Sociology of theUnited States: A critical study of structuraland institutional arrangements in 21st
century America
BRIDGES IV William H.
Assistant Professor /Dept./East Asian
Languages and Literatures /U ofCalifornia, Irvine
Hitotsubashi U /Tsuda Coll / Literature /Cross-cultural education, war holdouts
and the end(s) of war in Japanese fiction
IMBO Samuel Oluoch
Professor / Coll./Liberal Arts; Dept./
Philosophy / Hamline U
U of Tokyo / Japan Women’s U / Political
Philosophy / African American politicalthought: Negotiations of identity
MISLAN David
Assistant Professor / Sch./Int’l Service /American U
Yokohama National U / Yokohama CityU / Tokyo Med & Dental U / International
Relations / Visions of American identityand American foreign relations
THOMA Pamela
Associate Professor /Coll./Arts and Sci.;
Dept./Critical Culture, Gender, and Race
Stds. /Washington State U
U of the Ryukyus / Meio U / American
Literature / Gender and citizenship in
Asian American literature and culture
WISENSALE Steven Kent
Professor /Dept./Human Development
and Family Studs. / U of Connecticut
Yokohama City U / Kyoritsu Women’s
U / Public Administration & Policy / A
comparative analysis of Japanese-U.S.
policies

Lecturer-Researcher
MEARNS John D.
Professor /Coll./Humanities and Social
Sci.; Dept./Psychology / California StateU, Fullerton
U of Tokyo / Clinical Psychology / Mood
regulation, coping and clinical psychology
in Japan

Researcher
ALI Akhtar
Associate Professor / Dept./Biological Sci.
/ U of Tulsa
Okayama U / Biology / Bipartite mycovirus
as a biological control agent for fruit
fungal diseases: a case study towardsustainable agriculture
FROST Dennis J.
Associate Professor / Dept./History; East
Asian Studs. / Kalamazoo Coll
Waseda U /History / The paralympic
movement, sports, and disability inpostwar JapanLETENDRE Gerald K.
Professor and Chair / Coll./Education;
Dept./Educational Policy Studs. /Pennsylvania State U, U Park Campus
Sophia U / International Education / Therole of information and communication
technologies in teacher-initiatedprofessional development in JapanNORTON Terri
Associate Professor / Coll./Enginnering;
Durham Sch./Architectural Engineeringand Construction / U of Nebraska-Lincoln
Tohoku U /Civil Engineering / Disasterrecovery and debris management
following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake
and tsunami

SHEDLOCK Andrew M.
Assistant Professor /Sch./Sci. and Math.;
Dept./Biology /Coll of Charleston
Tokyo Inst of Technology /Biology /Hands across the water: Building aninternational alliance for predictive
environmental genomics of marine turtle
resources in Japan and the United States
WOODRUFF Jonathan D.
Associate Professor /Coll./Natural Sci.;
Dept./Geosciences / U of Massachusetts,
AmherstKyushu U / Environmental Studies /Extreme flooding by typhoons andtsunamis in southwestern Japan: Insightfrom coastal flood deposits

Graduate Research Fellow
BARNDT Jillian R.
Ph.D. Student / History / U of Southern
California
U of Tokyo / Japanese History / Life of
Learning: The Education of Elites in Heianand Kamakura Japan
BERNARD Peter J.
Ph.D. Student /Japanese Literature（EALC）/ Harvard U
Keio U /Japanese Literature /Rural
Japanese Gothic: The Topography ofTerror in Modern Japanese Literature
COOPER Claire E.
Ph.D. Student /East Asian Studies; Indian
Ocean Studies / Princeton U
U of Tokyo/ Japanese History / Picturing
the Foreign: European Material Culture
and Imagery in Early Modern JapanDAVIS Brian R.
Ph.D. Student / Social-Personality
Psychology /City U of New York
Osaka Pref U / Social Psychology /LGBT and mental health in JAPAN:
An exploration of interpersonal andstructural factors
GILLSON Gwendolyn L.
Ph.D. Student / Religious Studies /U of
Iowa
Bukkyo U / Religion & Theology / Women
Creating the Pure Land: Socially Engaged
Buddhism in Japan’s Jodo Sect
GLASNOVICH Ryan S.
Ph.D. Student / History and E. Asian
Languages / Harvard U
Waseda U / Japanese History / Return to
the Sword: Martial Identity of the 19th-C
Transformation of the Japanese Police
GUARNERI Jeffrey C.
Ph.D. Student / History: Modern Japan
Premodern Japan, Modern China / U of
Wisconsin, Madison
Waseda U /Japanese History / Building“Gateways to the World”: Japan’s Ports
and International Engagement, 1895-1945
MCCORMICK Kelly M.
Ph.D. Student / Modern Japanese History;
Visual Culture / U of California, Los
Angeles
U of Tokyo / Japanese History / ReInventing the Japanese Camera:
Technology and Visual Culture inPostwar
Japan
MENDELSON Rebecca
Ph.D. Student / Religious Studies / Duke U
Komazawa U / Religion & Theology/ Democratizing Zen: Reform andInnovation in Modern Japanese Rinzai

SCHULTZ Ryan M.
Ph.D. Student / History / Ohio State U
Sophia U / Asian History / “Mutual
Defense”: The Place of the Manchukuo
Army in the Japanese Empire, 1932-1945
SIMPSON Emily B.
Ph.D. Student / Asian Studies / U of
California, Santa Barbara
Tohoku U / Religion & Theology / Japan’s
Empress Jingu in Medieval Origin Stories
and Women’s Cults
TOOLE Michael
Ph.D. Student / Japanese Literature; Visual
Culture Studies / U of Wisconsin, Madison
National Inst of Japanese Literature/ Japanese Literature / Queer Forms:
Heterodox Writing and Embodiment in
Early Modern Japanese Comicbooks

Fulbright Fellow
BERRY Laura G.
BA Student / Creative Writing andJapanese / Carnegie Mellon U
Hokkaido U / Japanese Literature /Women’s Lives in Japanese Literature
Since the Lost Decade
D’AMICO John C.
BA Student / East Asian Studies / Yale U
Tohoku U / History / Land Reclamation
and Rural Revival in Japan, 1600 to 1868
FRASER Timothy M.
BA Student / Int’l & Global Studies; East
Asian Studies, Geography / Middlebury Coll
Kyushu U / Geography / Regional
Dynamics of Japanese Nuclear Reactor
Towns Post-Fukushima
REEVES Thomas R.
BA Student / Mathematics; Music
Performance / Princeton U
Grad Univ for Advanced Stds / Applied
Mathematics / Robustness of Neutral
Networks
THOMASIAN Nicole M.
BS Student / Neuroscience / Brown U
Osaka U / Neurosciences / The Role of
Cathepsin S in Spinal Cord Injury
YOSHIMURA Charles A.
BA Student / Asian Studies; Japanese
Language / Pitzer Coll
Kobe U / History / Against the Grain:
Japanese Youth and Political Activism

International Education
Administrator
ALGEO Kimberly A.
Assistant Director / Center forInternational Education / Rider U
At Large / International Education
CLAIR Katharine N.
International Student Advisor / Office ofInternational Students & Scholars / Trinity Coll
At Large /International Education
DONAHUE Neil H.
Asst. Provost/ Sr. Assoc.Dean / Provost’s
Office and Honors College; Departmentof Comparative Literature and Language/ Hofstra U
At Large / International Education*List of American Grantees

GANDHI Miloni
Associate Director / Office of Admissions /U of Southern California
At Large / International Education
HENDRIX Rachel E.
Assistant Dean / Office of Equity, Diversity
and International Affairs / U of West
FloridaAt Large / International Education
HOLLAND Jonathan E.
Study Abroad Advisor / Center for
Innovative Teaching and Learning / U ofMemphisAt Large /International Education
SPENCER Brent D.
Director / Center for International
Education; Study Abroad and Exchanges /U of Northern Colorado
At Large / International Education
WACHSMUTH Karen
Associate Director / International
Programs / U of Iowa
At Large / International Education
WEISHAAR Mary K.
Executive Director / International Affairs /Southern Illinois U Edwardsville
At Large / International Education
WOJCIECHOWSKI Monika
Assistant Director / Office of Recruitment
and Admissions / Coll of Staten Island, City
U of New YorkAt Large / International Education

Fulbright Specialist Program
ESPEY David B.
Director / English Writing Program; Dept.
of English / U of Pennsylvania
Osaka U / American Literature
SHELDEN Seth V.
Adjunct Professor / Faculty of Law /Yeshiva U
Toyo U / Law

Fulbright Global Scholar
Award
MEACHAM Brian J.
Associate Professor / Department ofFire Protection Engineering / Worcester
Polytechnic Inst
Tokyo U of Science / Building ResearchInst / MLIT / Engineering / Understanding
and advancing performance-based
building regulatory systems
NEWELL Joshua P.
Assistant Professor / School of Natural
Resources and Environment / U ofMichigan, Ann Arbor
Hokkaido U / Geography / Environmental
governance of global wood commodity
chains: from the forests of Siberia to theapartments of Kanto via the factories ofManchuria
SELIGMAN Adam
Professor / College of Arts and Sciences;
Depatment of Religion / Boston U
Yamaguchi Pref U / Sociology / Livingwith Difference

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

MEWHINNEY Matthew S.
Ph.D. Student / Japanese Literature / U of
California, Berkeley
Waseda U / Japanese Literature / “TheLast of the Literati: Yosa Buson, Ema Saiko,
Masaoka Shiki and Natsume Soseki”
RISTEEN Nicholas M.
Ph.D. Student / Architectural History/
Theory / Princeton U
U of Tokyo /Architectural History /Approaching Disaster: Architecture andEmergency in Extraordinary TimeFULBRIGHT JAPAN | 13 | ANNUAL REPORT

Activity Highlights
Programs for Japanese Grantees
Pre-departure Orientation for 2016 grantees

2017-18 Japanese Selection

grantees was held on June 6, 2016. During the orientation, grantees

selection interviews took place at the Fulbright Japan’s office forPre-departure orientation for departing 2016 Japanese Fulbright
had the opportunity to meet each other, and were briefed regarding
grant and administrative matters.

The documentary screening process started in September, andapproximately one month from mid-October. A total of 12 panels

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

Briefing Sessions for 2017 Japanese Fulbright candidates
Briefing session for the principal candidates for the 2017 Japanese

Fulbright grants was held on December 20, 2016. The candidates
introduced themselves and were briefed on the process to departfor the U.S. as Fulbright grantees.

Send-off Reception for 2016 grantees

A send-off reception for the 2016 Japanese

Fulbright grantees was hosted at the U.S.

Ambassador’s Residence on June 6, 2016.
Over 100 people including selection mem-bers, corporate sponsors, key alumni, andCommission Members attended.

Programs for American Grantees
International Education Administrators (IEA) Program

The 10 American IEAs arrived in Japan on June 12, 2016. This 2-weekprogram consisted of visiting selected government officials, professionals of Japanese international education, various educational institutions located in Tokyo, Kyoto,and Hiroshima, and culturalsites.

2018 Japanese Fulbright Grant Competition

Applications for the 2018 competition started from April 1 and ended

on May 31, 2017. The grant announcement was widely publicized by

Fulbright Japan’s social media, e-mail to alumni, press release, and direct mailings to over 700 universities
nationwide. Applications for the 2018
Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching

Assistant (FLTA) Program started in
May and ended on August 31, 2017.

Fulbright Global Scholars and Fulbright Specialists

Fulbright Japan welcomed its first Fulbright Global Scholars and Fulbright Specialists. Three Fulbright Global Scholars conducted researchin Japan for 1-3 months, and 2 Fulbright Specialists provided guest
lectures and workshops, widened their professional network and furthered institutional linkages between home and host institutions.

Group Orientation

Three Lecturers and one Lecturer/Researcher attended a two-day

orientation on September 13-14, 2016 and six Fulbright Fellows participated in a three-day orientation on September 14-16, 2016. Orientation programs cover topics such as teaching and living in Japan, andhow to make the most of the Fulbright experience.

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 14 | ANNUAL REPORT

Welcome Reception

Mid-Year Conference for Fulbright Fellows

was held at Dai-ichi Hotel Tokyo on September 14, 2016. Stimulating

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

To welcome the newly arrived 2016 American grantees, a reception

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

The Mid-Year Conferences provided an opportunity for Fulbrightchange tips for making the most of their remaining time in Japan.
It was held on
March 15, 2017.

Visit with Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki and Lunch Meetingwith Bloomberg NewsAs an enrichment program for grantees, a session with Ambassa-

dor Fujisaki and a lunch meeting with the Bloomberg editorial staff

were held for American grantees and Japanese principal candidates
on March 16, 2017. At the America-Japan Society Office, Ambassa-

dor Fujisaki discussed current international affairs and the state ofJapan-U.S. relations. At the Bloomberg
Headquarters, the participants werebriefed how information is packaged
into stories and about the challenges
of journalism.

Open-Public Tohoku American Lecture Series

Organized by the Tohoku Association for American Studies, three
Fulbright scholars were invited as guest speakers in spring 2017. The

program has run over 30 years and it has been well received by the
public in Sendai, Tohoku.
Fulbright Scholar

Date

Dennis Frost

The Paralympics and Adapted Sports in the U.S.:
February 18, An Overview and Case Study of Adapted Sports
2017
Programs in Southwest Michigan.

Lecture topic

David Mislan

February 25,
The Foreign Policy of the Trump Administration
2017

William H.
Bridges

The Past Tense and the Future Perfect: Notes
March 4, 2017 from Japan on the Possibilities of Post-racial/
Post-black America

Group Orientation for Spring Arrival Lecturers

Three lecturers arrived for a 5-month teaching appointment frommid-March to mid-August. The group orientation was held on
March 17, and a lecturer who arrived in fall 2016 served as a resource
person.

Other Activity
Office Renovation

The construction of the Secretariat office started in December 2016

space and expense of the rent, 2) to increase grants and security

2017. The decision was made for several reasons: 1) to reduce excess

communication leading to higher productivity.

and was completed during the 2017-18 fiscal year, in September

level of the office, and 3) to create an open atmosphere for improved

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 15 | ANNUAL REPORTEducationUSA

1) Information: Provide accurate and comprehensive information
on higher education in the U.S. through the EducationUSA/
Fulbright Japan’s website, social media, American Center Japan’slibrary and publication of a guidebook.

Since 1964, JUSEC has provided information and advising services
on Japanese and U.S. higher education to the general public.

Since the merger with American Center Japan (ACJ) in April
2016, EducationUSA of Fulbright Japan has assisted in the effort
to pursue the CULCON goal to "double the number of U.S. andJapanese Students studying in each other's country by 2020" by
providing more youth outreach activities and teacher/advisor
training sessions.

This public service continues to provide assistance via the fourmain pillars noted as follows:2) Events/Activities on Study in the U.S.: Organize and/or participate
in various activities such as fairs, group advising, and advisor
training sessions. To promote the Fulbright program and study in

the U.S., Fulbright alumni and other US university representatives
are invited as guest speakers.

3) Individual Advising: Respond to individual inquiries from thepublic.

4) Services to U.S. Higher Education Institutions: Give briefings

on current Japanese student trends and recruiting tips, andopportunities to meet prospective students at Fairs and/or otherSpecial Sessions.

★ Total number of EducationUSA/Fulbright Japan’s users 2016-2017 (including website visits): 384,152
EducationUSA Services
1) Information⃝ Homepage Access : 315,168⃝ Social Media (News Blog Visits) : 54,490
		 (Other SNS such as Facebook, Twitter, LINE, and YouTube are actively used)⃝ Study in the U.S. A: The Official Guide2) Events/Activities⃝ Participants : 13,603
		 (Includes Monthly Group Advising Sessions, Pre-Departure Orientation, AMERICA EXPO,
		 Study Abroad Fairs, Advisors Training Session and Other Outreach Activities)
3) Individual Advising⃝ 834 (By E-mail, Phone, and at the Resource Center)4) Services to U.S. Institutions⃝ Visitors : 57

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 16 | ANNUAL REPORTSpecial Exchange Program
Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for ESD(ESD: Education for Sustainable Development)
The Japan-U.S. Teacher Exchange Program for Education for Sustainable Development(ESD) is bilaterally funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Tech-

nology (MEXT) and the Embassy of the United States in Japan. The eighth iteration of the
program was conducted in 2017 with 24 participants and included a two-week study
tour of ESD in U.S. schools for Japanese teachers and a similar reciprocal tour in Japan for

their U.S. counterparts. All Japanese and American teacher participants convened once ineach country for Joint Conferences, during which they shared “best practices in ESD” andworked together to develop joint ESD curricula to be implemented in their home schools.

Program Outline

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

TIME

PLACE

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

April 23, 2017 – May 5, 2017

Washington, D.C. (Orientation, Site visits)
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (Site visits, Homestay)
San Francisco, California (First Joint Conference)

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

June 21, 2017 – July 2, 2017

Shinjuku, Tokyo (Orientation, Site visits, Second Joint
Conference)
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka (Site visits, Homestay)

List of Newly Developed Collaborative Projects
PROJECT NAMESPROJECT GOALS/AIMS

1 Funghi/Fun Guy Project

Learn natural environment and culture, and ultimately determine the best mushroom for disaster relief

2 Junk AR4T

Use waste to create art

3 LND48

Local Natural Disaster; understand local natural disaster from scientific viewpoints

4 MEAT U.S. Halfway

Share food culture and understand about the environmental impact

5 Protect Our Lives through Comics

Share tools and solutions for world heritage protection and urban tree canopy protection through comics

6 Ocean Ambassadors

Trash-free beach

7 WEATHER TODAY,GONE TOMORROW!

Learn how weather influences daily life

8 The “I” of the Storm

Make connections by visualizing climate change

9 Waste Warriors

Waste management project

Host Cities / Joint Conferences / Participants’ Hometown (in green)
Host City: Raleign-Durham, North Carolina
Host City:
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka

Second Joint Conference: Tokyo

First Joint Conference: San Francisco

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 17 | ANNUAL REPORTFinancial Reports
THE JAPAN-UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL COMMISSIONSTATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
June 30, 2017
(Thousands of yen)

Assets:Cash and cash equivalents

319,743

Prepaid rent expenses

22,451

Contributions receivable

1,012

Other current assets

8,746

Property and equipment

535

Guarantee deposit

		

700		

Total Assets

353,189

Liabilities:

Grants payable in future years

32,862Other current liabilities

14,785

Deferred revenue

75,358

Accrued employee retirement benefits		132,833		

Total Liabilities

255,840

The Program Operation Fund

90,264

		Total Net Assets

97,348		Total Liabilities and Net Assets

353,189

Net Assets:

The Japan-U.S. Educational Exchange Program Fund

7,084

FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 18 | ANNUAL REPORT

THE JAPAN-UNITED STATES EDUCATIONAL COMMISSIONSTATEMENT OF ACTIVITIESYear ended June 30, 2017
(Thousands of yen)
Changes in unrestricted net assets:
Revenues and gains -		Contributions from governments

545,173

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

61,266

		Contributions from Mr. Jameson

4,992

		

Interest income

		

		

		

		
		
		

Contributions from JUSEEPF

Contributions from Mr. Baker

6,732

3,549

Contributions from airlines

16,882Foreign exchange gains, net

5,564

1

Others								16,994

Total revenues and gains

661,159

Expenses -		Grant Programs:			

Grants to Americans

				International education administrators

				Lecturers / Researchers

				

				
				
				

5,901

Researchers

32,71933,564

Graduate research fellows

83,247

Fulbright fellows

21,832

Prior year adjustments(4,563)						

172,701				Researchers

18,027

				Graduate students

165,485

				

Professional Degrees’ Program

23,865			Grants to Japanese

				

				
				

Journalists

9,360

Foreign language teaching assistant13,151

Prior year adjustments(2,864)						
		

227,026

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

			

UNESCO program cost in Japan

29,709			

Other expenses

1,306

			

IIE program cost in U.S.

8,554						

39,570Non-Grant Programs		

Grant related costs for Americans

		

Educational Advising Services

		
		

2,140

Grant related costs for Japanese

4,891

21,035

Alumni-related activities

1,743						

29,810Administrative expenses
					

201,076

Total expenses

670,184

Increase (decrease) in unrestricted net assets(9,025)

Net assets at beginning of year

106,374

Net assets at end of year

97,348FULBRIGHT JAPAN | 19 | ANNUAL REPORT