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Our mission is to work with International Christian University tonurture global citizens who contribute to the well-being of humanity.
ICU is a bilingual (English/Japanese) liberal arts university situatedon a verdant 150 acre campus in the western suburbs of Tokyo, Japan.

VISIONJICUF envisions a community of global citizens who actively contribute to a peacefuland sustainable future for humanity. These global citizens are critical thinkers andeffective communicators, comfortable traversing cultural and national boundaries.
They have a firm ethical compass and a commitment to the common good. They
are inspired by ICU’s Christian heritage and the universal values of peace, justice,equality, freedom and love.

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MESSAGE FROM
THE PRESIDENT

We are pleased to share the Japan ICU Foundation’s 2022 impact report. The
goal of the report is to highlight the people and organizations we worked withand supported over the past year. We view these individuals and institutions aspartners in our mission. They are each in unique ways global citizens actively
contributing towards the well-being of humanity. We hope you enjoy seeing
their photographs and reading their testimonials.
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The report features a story about our efforts to provide scholarship opportunities
for displaced Ukrainian students to study in Japan. In partnership with Pathways
Japan, ICU and 16 other universities, JICUF was able to provide opportunities for
71 Ukrainian students. I had the chance to meet most of the students in December ata reception hosted by the United States Ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel.
It was wonderful to meet the students and learn about their experiences studying
in Japan. They impressed me with their courage and determination during suchadversity. It is our sincere hope that we will be able to utilize the momentum fromthis program to support displaced students from other countries.

JAPAN ICU ANNUAL REPORT2023 is shaping up to be a significant year for JICUF. We are planning to holda trustees meeting on the ICU campus in April and an international conference
focused on refugee higher education at Sophia University in May. Most significantly,
we are exploring the possibility of opening a permanent JICUF office on the ICU
campus. This would be a major step towards cementing our close partnershipwith ICU, and would provide us with an opportunity to work even more closelywith members of the ICU community and other partners in Japan. We look forward
to keeping you informed about this exciting possibility.

Paul Hastings

The world is in dire need of global citizens who possess a deep awareness of theworld, a sense of responsibility towards humanity and the earth, and the will andskillset to participate in solutions to entrenched challenges. We will continue to
do our small part to nurture the global citizens of the future. Thank you to thoseof you who have supported our work, and all the best for a prosperous 2023.

Paul Hastings
President & CEO

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Opening Pathways for Ukrainian Students

NURTURING GLOBAL CITIZENSAfter explosions in Kharkiv, Kyiv, and otherUkrainian cities were reported on February
24, and Russian President Vladimir Putin
declared a “special military operation”
in Ukraine, the world was glued to theirscreens as carnage unfolded over days,
weeks, and eventually months. As of
November 15, 2022, the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
reports that more than 7.8 million Ukrainians
have fled Ukraine to countries acrossEurope, seeking safety and protection.
On February 28, ICU President Shoichiro
Iwakiri issued a statement condemning
the Russian invasion. Noting that ICU
was founded through reflections on thesufferings caused by World War II, he
expressed solidarity with all who seek
peace. On March 1, JICUF President
and CEO Paul Hastings reached out
to the ICU administration to suggest apossible partnership to welcome Ukrainian
students at ICU. Since 2017, JICUF has
been administering the Syrian Scholars
Initiative (SSI), through which we havedeveloped an extensive net work oforganizations working within refugee higher
education. We offered to do research on
what efforts are underway globally to support
Ukrainian students, and to ascertain thefeasibility of supporting students in Japan.

US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel hosted a reception for JUUP students, university representatives and sponsors on December 8, 2022.

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to receiving Ukrainian students at ICU.
Meanwhile, JICUF engaged our close
par tner in SSI, Pathways Japan, todiscuss the possibility of applying theknowledge and expertise we cultivatedthrough SSI to launch an emergency
program to recruit students from Ukraine.

We first set about assessing the need.
Our efforts would have been futile if there
were hardly any students who wanted to
study in Japan.
We were introduced to Mr. Yasunori
Fujisaki, who taught Japanese at the
Ukraine-Japan Center at the National
Technical University of Ukraine from 2017
to 2020. With his extensive network ofJapanese language teachers in Ukraine,
he immediately shared with us a list of his
contacts at major Ukrainian universities
with Japanese language programs. JICUF
emailed all on the list to gauge interest.
A dozen professors responded; most
said that their students would be excitedby such an opportunity and promised todisseminate information. We concluded
that if ICU were to recruit a small numberof students, there would be more thanenough candidates.
On March 22, within a month from theRussian attack on Ukraine, we opened theapplication for Japan-Ukraine University
Pathways (JUUP) at ICU. The eligibility
requirement was that students had someexperience studying Japanese. In the next
two weeks, we received approximately 70
applications, and selected five students:
two from Kyiv, two from Lviv, and one fromDnipro.
Around this time, Pathways Japan and
IC U began rec ei v i n g i n q u i r i e s f ro mother Japanese universities which wereinterested in receiving Ukrainian students
but lacked the experience of recruiting
refugee students from overseas.

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NURTURING GLOBAL CITIZENSWhen JICUF and Pathways Japan hosted
an online information session, 30 institutions
par ticipated. While a few institutions
had already started to recruit Ukrainian
students in shor t-ter m programs on
their own, we stressed the importanceof committing to longer term suppor t.
Through our efforts to support Syrian
students, we have lear ned that it isimperative to ensure that students are notforced back into potentially life-threatening
situations in their home countries after
completing their studies.
Sophia University was the first to collaborate.
In May, as the five students admitted to
ICU gathered in Warsaw, Poland, to prepare
to travel to Japan, Sophia opened its
application and selected ten students.
By early June, 16 additional universities
decided to join JUUP. They entrusted
Pathways Japan and JICUF with recruiting
Ukrainian students and managing every
step of the process from outreach andapplication to selection and travel. Alluniversities were prepared to take atleast two students, and some createdas many as ten scholarships.
A joint press conference on June 6 withthe participation of representatives of 14
universities was reported on by NHK,
Kyodo News, and a host of regional media
outlets. The application opened on June
10, and in two weeks, close to 300
students applied, both from within Ukraine
and surrounding countries.

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2022 IMPACT REPORTNURTURING GLOBAL CITIZENSThe review committee inter viewed
approximately 100 applicants. In total, 60
Ukrainian students were recruited by 14
universities including ICU and Sophia.
A few universities where the sole languageof instruction was Japanese were unable
to recruit students, but decided to join thesecond round of recruitment planned in
the fall.
ICU students were the first to arrive inJapan in May, Sophia students followed
in July, and the rest traveled in late August
to September. It has been a few months
since fall term classes have begun, andaccording to the host universities, thestudents are generally adjusting well.

UNIVERSITIES WHICH JOINED JUUP
Bunkyo Gakuin University
Daito Bunka University
Ferris University
International Christian University
Kansai University
Kansai Gaidai University
Kansai University of International Studies
Keio University
Meiji University
Musashino University
Rikkyo University
Ryukoku University
Soka University
Sophia University
Temple University Japan Campus
Tokiwa University
Tokyo Woman’s Christian University
Waseda University

In October, Pathways and JICUF opened
the second round of applications for eight
JUUP universities which were willing toadmit Ukrainian students in April 2023.
This time, students who were already inJapan and had some Japanese language
training were exclusively targeted. 10
students have successfully been matchedwith five institutions, and will begin theirstudies in the spring.
JICUF, with the help of trustee Kur t
Tong, a former State Department official,repor ted on the success of JUUP to
the US Embassy in Japan. In March,
Ambassador Rahm Emmanuel had
released a statement that as Ambassador
and a grandson of Ukrainian immigrants,
he had the “moral obligation to support
the Ukrainian people and stand up for
freedom and against oppression.”
Ambassador Emmanuel graciously offered
to host a reception to celebrate the success ofthe program at his residence. The gathering
took place on December 8 with Ukrainian
Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsuky,
Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa Hayashi,
Commissioner of the Immigration Service
Agency Hiroshi Kikuchi in attendancealongside the representatives of 18 JUUP
universities and 60 students, as well as
sponsors such as the Nippon Foundation,
Shiseido, and SAP Japan.
Our efforts to bring Ukrainian students to
ICU and other institutions in Japan stemfrom our commitment to suppor ting

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students caught up in humanitarian crises
and helping them continue their education.
ICU was bor n in the after math of adevastating war with the determination toeducate leaders dedicated to international
understanding and cooperation. JICUF
played a central role in raising funds, andwitnessed firsthand the hope that people
had in education and the generosity withwhich they gave. JICUF and ICU would
not exist today without the goodwill andempathy that transcended borders andreligious orientations. JICUF is driven toextend the compassion and support that
it was built upon to the most vulnerable
youths of today.

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NURTURING GLOBAL CITIZENS“NURTURING GLOBAL CITIZENSOur efforts to bring Ukrainian students to ICU and otherinstitutions in Japan stem from our commitment tosupporting students caught up in humanitarian crises
and helping them continue their education.

In 2016, the Syrian crisis was at its height,
and SSI was our first attempt to support
students in dire need. Partnering with the
NPO Japan Association for Refugees(precursor of Pathways Japan), JICUF
presented the concept to ICU. Despitesome initial skepticism and concerns,
together we have recruited seven Syrian
students from Turkey, their first countryof asylum. Through SSI, ICU became thefirst Japanese university to directly recruit
Syrian refugees from overseas. The innovative
nature of the program caught the attentionof UNHCR, and JICUF became immersed
in global efforts to expand educational
opportunities for refugees, specifically“education pathways.” Education pathways
are an avenue for refugee students totravel from the country of asylum to a third
country to pursue education and receive
protection. They do not merely provide
financial support for students to pursue
degrees, but open a path for them to build
sustainable lives in the third country after
graduation. Having joined the Global Task
Force on Third Country Education Pathways
in 2020, JICUF is playing an increasingly
important role in the advocacy for refugee
higher education in Japan and beyond.
When the war in Ukraine began and saw”

the strong interest in the Japanese society
to support the Ukrainian people, there
was almost no question about applying
the knowledge and expertise we gained
through SSI to a program for Ukraine.
What we did not foresee was that somany universities would commit to join
our efforts.

The 60 Ukrainian students who are
studying at JUUP institutions will have along-lasting bond with Japan. The lives ofstudents and staff at each institution havealso been touched.

continue to higher education in Japan. It
serves as a vital bridging program thatenables refugee students to acquireenough Japanese language skills to
succeed in higher education.

JICUF is committed to continuing tosuppor t the five Ukrainian students
and five Syrian students currently at ICU.
This year, we have also decided toprovide funding for the Japanese Language
School Pathways program that Pathways
Japan administers. It is a scholarshipprogram for refugee students to attend
language schools in Japan for two years.
Most students who complete the program

We would like to thank everyone who has
supported our efforts to create opportunities
for Ukrainian students and others facing
humanitarian crises, whether by donating,raising awareness, befriending the students,
or sending us words of encouragement. We
ask for your continued support. We are
excited where our commitment to education
pathways takes us next year.

The Ukrainian students we recently
interviewed for the second round of
applications for JUUP mentioned that theywould like to become interpreters, translators,
teachers, diplomats, and business people.
Almost all mentioned their desire to act
as a bridge between Ukraine and Japan.
Even with the university consortium, weare only able to offer a limited numberof students the opportunity to relocate toand study in Japan. However, this programmarks a watershed moment in our effort
to expand educational opportunities forstudents impacted by humanitariancrises. For the first time, ICU is not alone.
There are partner institutions that sharethe same goal. A network has alreadyemerged among partner institutions toshare best practices and tackle common
problems together.
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CITIZENSNURTURING GLOBAL CITIZENSGRANTEE PROJECT LOCATIONSGRANTSJICUF annually provides $100,000 in funding for grants to ICU faculty, students and alumni.
Applicants propose projects to JICUF that advance our mission and touch on one or more of
the following three themes: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), Peacebuilding and Sustainability.

Japan
USA
Argentina
China
Tanzania
Egypt
Germany
India
Indonesia
Nepal
Spain
Thailand

2022 GRANTEESGRANTEE TYPETOTAL GRANT AMOUNT

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ELIZABETHGAMARRAPHD STUDENT
CHAS C CO NF E R E N C E

14142022 IMPACT REPORT
2022 IMPACT REPORT“This grant enabled me to present and attend China-America Student
Conference (CHASC). This project impacted my ability to cultivate acommunity of future U.S-China-Japan delegates. This project provided
me with the network, knowledge and momentum to bring back to
ICU. I am grateful to JICUF for this wonderful opportunity. ”

ICU HS Teacher/Staff

1

ICU Alumnus/a1

ICU Faculty

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ICU Students

26¥260,000¥1,035,100¥8,051,600¥10,816,000

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LE XUAN CHAN
UNDERGRADUATEINVESTIGATING THE ACOUSTICS OF CODE-SWITCHING
IN MALAYSIAN ENGLISH“The JICUF grant enabled me to carry out
data collection in Malaysia for my senior thesis
research on Malaysian English. The project
was my first time handling a larger scale linguistics
research project as the lead researcher, andI learned a lot from the entire process fromwriting a grant proposal, to planning the logistics
and execution of the data collection, and data
analysis as well. It provided a stepping stone
for me to kickstart my journey in academics,
and the knowledge gained from this project
enabled me to pursue my masters in linguistics
at the National University of Singapore (NUS). “
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2022 STUDENT GRANTEE BREAKDOWN | GENDER BREAKDOWNIKUKO WILLIAMSALUMNAICU RECONCILIATION FORUM: AN EXPLORATION OF ICU’S FOUNDING PEACE-BUILDING MISSION“Thanks to JICUF, we could offer the ICU community an educational program on peace andreconciliation. It deepened my sense of purpose as a member of ICU. I was encouraged tosee the community growing. Students and faculty were also encouraged by the chance toexplore the theme of reconciliation together. I am extremely grateful for this opportunity given
to me and the team to search for creative ways to encourage members of ICU to be excitedabout growing in commitment to work for reconciliation and peace building. “
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Undergraduate April

7

Undergraduate
September

3

Graduate (MA)9

Graduate (PhD)

7¥3,571,632

6

MALE

¥1,338,303

20¥2,010,318

FEMALE

¥3,895,747

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PROJECT TITLE

Alberg, Jeremiah

Professor

The Next Step in ICU Reconciliation Forum: An Exploration of ICU’s Founding
Peace-Building Mission

Alberg, Jeremiah

Professor

Rousseau and Kant: Philosophical, Political, and Aesthetic Relations

Bardot, Sonny

Graduate Student (PhD)

Romance and Dating in Remote Islands of Japan: a Case Study in Tokunoshima

Bhuwan Shankar, Bhatt

Graduate Student (PhD)

Exploring the Experiences of Nepalese College Students with Disabilities

Brown, Bernardo

Associate Professor

Agro-ecological Gardening with Aboriginal Communities in Argentina

Caverly, Daichi

Undergraduate (September)

Adaptation, Sustainability, and Food Sovereignty in Rural Argentina

Chotani, Vindu Mai

Assistant Professor bySpecial Appointment

Peace-building: A Study Tour of Okinawa

Doi, Kosuke

Undergraduate (April)ICU × Noda Village

Gamarra, Elizabeth

Graduate Student (PhD)

CHASC Conference

Hirai, Kirin

Undergraduate (April)

An Exhibition on Comparison between Japan and Spain through Paintings

Ihara, Nao

Undergraduate (April)

Re-repack Study Tour

Iida, Ami

Graduate Student (MA)

Pinat Kids Day Camp

Iinuma, Emika

Undergraduate (April)

ICU Plant-based Project

Ikoma, Natsumi

Professor

Development of Faculty Course on Diversity and Gender/Sexuality

Ito, Rin

Undergraduate (April)

Japan-Israel-Palestine Joint Student Conference

Jourdain, Geraldine

Graduate Student (PhD)

The Well-being and Sense of Community of Rohingya Refugees Living in the Slums of
New Delhi, India

Kamano, Shigeto

Undergraduate (April)

Linguistics Fieldwork about the Prosody of Particle tu in Swahili

Kim, Allen

Senior Associate Professor

JICUF Thailand: Cross-Cultural Communication, Economy, Gastronomy, and SDGs in Bangkok

Kuhara, Minako

ICU HS Teacher/Staff

ICUHS Agri Life: School Farm Project

Mai, Lisi

Graduate Student (PhD)

Communication Infrastructure, Social Media, and Disaster Communication across
Geo-Ethnic Communities

Mori, Katsuhiko

Professor

Online Course Development for the UNU SDG-Universities Platform

Morita, Hiroko

Instructor by ContractualAppointment

SDG-Focused Skill Training Workshop

Nagy, Stephen

Senior Associate Professor

Promoting Internationalism Internship Learning

Ngo, Tran Thuy Tien

Graduate Student (MA)Shedding Light on the Socioeconomic Psychological Conditions of Vietnamese MigrantWorkers in Japan

Oshiro, Runa

Graduate Student (MA)Brewing Okinawan/Uchinaanchu Identities: A Qualitative Analysis of Okinawan Identity
Formation Among Craft Brewers in Okinawa

Ramahalim, Yulianti

Graduate Student (MA)

Exploring Challenges Encountered by Rural Students in Completing Higher Education
via ODE

Saeki, Shiori

Graduate Student (MA)Fieldwork for a Comparative M.A. Thesis on Recycling Policy

Saito, Erika Mischelle

Undergraduate (September)

Effects of American Military Bases in the Okinawan People: Anthropological Field Trip

Sasao, Toshiaki

Professor by Special
Appointment

The First Global Community Psychology Conference in Japan: Charting the Future ofCommunity Psychology in Asia and Beyond (SCRA-Asia)

Spano, Fabio

Graduate Student (MA)

Effects of Game-based Language Teaching on Motivation and Expected Learning Outcomesin a Japanese Junior High School: Evaluation of a Co-designed Framework

Tagawa, Mayu

Graduate Student (PhD)

Research on 19th Century German Music for Organ and Orchestra

Takamatsu, Kana

Senior Associate Professor

Myanmar Crisis and the Continuing Challenge of Peace

Watanabe, Shiho

Undergraduate (April)

Acting Experiences as Buffer Against Mental Health Issues in Japanese High School Students

Williams, Ikuko

Alum (UG - September)

ICU Reconciliation Forum: An Exploration of ICU’s Founding Peace-Building Mission

Willyard, Maya

Undergraduate (September)

Exploring Urban Agriculture through Vending Machines

Yanagii, Shizuka

Graduate Student (MA)Competence Development Project for Community Health Workers in Hawaii

Yassin, Eiman

Graduate Student (PhD)

Exploring OEP Effects on Cognitive, Non-Cognitive and Meta Cognitive Skills of STEM
Students in Egypt

Yoshihashi, Ayumi

Graduate Student (MA)ICU English Quest

Zhang, Anqi

Graduate Student (MA)The Investigation of Chinese and Japanese Government Scholarship Programs for African
Students in Higher Institutions

2022 IMPACT REPORT
2022 IMPACT REPORTBRIAN AYCOCKPHD STUDENTSTATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT“JICUF supported field research for mydoctorate in Fiji. It helped me see theadverse effects of climate change in Fiji
firsthand and provided insights for mydoctoral work. I hope that in some small
way, it has allowed those suffering
to be heard. These grants are hugely
important both for educational purposes
and for their contributions to solving
global issues.”
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Student Community
Service/Volunteering

2

Student Field
Research

19

Student-led Conference/Convenings

4

Student-led Study Tour
/Experiential Learning

1

Faculty-led Study Tour
/Experiential Learning

3

Faculty-led Conference/Convenings

5

Faculty Course
Development

2

Faculty-led Student
Development

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KATSUHIKO MORIPROFESSOR
ONLINE COURSE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE UNU
SDG-UNIVERSITIES PLATFORM“JICUF’s grant enabled me to develop ICU’ssegment of a joint online course in sustainability,
in collaboration with former Japan’s UN Ambassador
Motohide Yoshikawa and former UN Global
Compact board member Toshio Arima, for the
UNU SDG-Universities Platform (SDG-UP).The
project led me to work as director of ICU’s SDGs
Promotion Office within the campus. I have also
been serving as coordinator of SDG-UP’s Educational
Consortium outside the campus. The SDG-UP
online course project involved people from various
universities across Japan including 17 faculty
members who developed the general education
course, “Introduction to the UN Sustainable
Development Goals,” 14 faculty members who
jointly taught the online flipped learning course,and 45 students and educational staff members
who enrolled in the course.”
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BERNARDO BROWNASSOCIATE PROFESSORBI O DI VERSITY AND S USTA I NA B L E
DEVELO PM ENT I N A RG E NTI NA

BHUWAN BHATT SHANKAR“I received a JICUF grant to plan ananthropological fieldwork project inArgentina. I was able to build strong
connections to people and institutionsin the Chaco region. It gave ICU
students a clear sense of the valueof ethnographic work.”

PHD STUDENTEXPLORING THE EXPERIENC ES OF NEPALESE COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIE S“JICUF’s grant enabled me to conduct PhD research in Nepal about disability access andinclusion within higher education. I was able to recruit a research assistant and purchasephone cards. The project has the potential to impact Nepalese colleges by creating amore inclusive and diverse environment. I am extremely grateful to JICUF for assisting
me in gathering data during the pandemic. I hope to finish my doctoral dissertation soon.”
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JULIA YAMAGUCHI2ND YEAR UNDERGRADUATESCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarships have been at the core of the Foundation’s work since its founding. We support
students from all over the world to receive a liberal arts education at ICU. In 2022, weoffered the following scholarships:
Syrian Scholars Initiative (SSI): Fullscholarship (tuition, housing and living
expenses) provided to Syrian students toreceive a four-year undergraduate education
at ICU. Two students are awarded annually.

Study Abroad Scholarship (SAS): $3,500
scholarship provided to three ICU students
participating in an outgoing Exchange
Program at one of ICU’s partner institutions
or an IES/CIEE Study Abroad program.

United States Scholars Initiative (USSI):
Merit-based scholarship covering academic
fees (tuition and facilities) provided to U.S.
citizens to receive a four-year undergraduate
education at ICU. Two students are awarded
annually.

Japan-Ukraine University Pathways (JUUP)
at ICU: Full scholarship (airfare, tuition,
housing and living expenses) provided to
students admitted to ICU who have fled
Ukraine. (Read more about the programin the feature story.)“ICU has been such an invaluable experience,thus far. My courses are engaging and I am
enthralled by the international community I am
fortunate enough to experience every day. My
life at ICU has been, and continues to be, thebest time of my life. I am forever grateful for the
JICUF USSI Scholarship for providing me withthis opportunity to develop myself and my passions
while also having so much fun. Thank you!.”
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LUKE WILSON
4TH YEAR UNDERGRADUATE“Attending ICU has provided me with theopportunity to engage and interact with students
from all over the world while still honing on myJapanese language.”

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United States
Scholars Initiative

6

Syrian Scholars
Initiative

7

Study Abroad
ScholarshipJapan-Ukraine University
Pathways Scholars at ICU
Japan-Ukraine University
Pathways Scholars at
Other Host Institutions

SARA JARI
2ND YEAR UNDERGRADUATE

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570“When I entered ICU and engaged in its diverse
community and majors, I was able to discoverthings about myself that I’ve never noticed. I havenew goals that I never thought were possible.
JICUF and ICU gave me the chance to dream!
After 10 years of war in my country and sufferingfrom being a refugee, JICUF opened the door forme to dream when every other door was sealed.”
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Hong Kong (SAR)

61

2

India

55

2

Indonesia

322

United States

32

2

Pakistan

22

Philippines

18

1

Bangladesh

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Nigeria

10

Poland9South Korea

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JICUF supports a variety of projects each year in addition to grants and scholarships.

D-KAN RENOVATION
Diffendorfer Memorial Hall, commonly known
as D-kan, went through an extensive renovationin 2022. JICUF made a $100,000 contribution
to the renovation, and also created a matching fundprogram, which raised an additional $21,075.
D-kan was designed by Merrell Vories Hitotsuyanagi
and was completed in 1958. It is the main
student center on the ICU campus and is also
home to the Religious Center and an auditorium.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY
The JICUF Undergraduate Research Day(URD) is an event held t wice a year thatprovides fourth year students with an opportunity
to showcase their senior theses. Top students
are nominated to participate from each of ICU’s
31 majors. The students design and present
a poster showing the results of their research.
Before the pandemic, URD was held in person,
but for the past few years it has been held
online. URD is organized by a dedicated groupof faculty and student ambassadors. In 2022, it
was held on February 25 for April students andJune 17 for September students.

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2022 IMPACT REPORTICU GLOBAL YOUTHESSAY COMPETITIONJICUF and ICU held the second annual
ICU Global Youth Essay Competition in
2022. The competition is open to youth
from around the world (excluding Japan;)aged 14-18. Applicants were asked towrite an essay on either the topic
of environmental sustainabiit y or
peac ebui l di ng. We rec ei ved 401
applications from 69 countries, and14 prizes were awarded. The grandprize went to a student from Katowice,
Poland, and the second prize to a
student from Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Malaysia/Ghana/China/Ukraine
Turkey/Nepal/South Africa/Sri Lanka

5 each(40)

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Kenya/Vietnam

4 each(8)

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Kazakhstan/Brazil/Morocco/
Kyrgyzstan/Thailand/Mongolia/Great Britain

3 each(21)

1Cambodia/Ethiopia/Brunei/Georgia/Saudi Arabia/Cyprus/Suriname/Iraq/Tajikistan/Mauritania/Mozambique/Mexico/Australia/Kosovo

2 each(28)

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Botswana/Azerbaijan/Uganda/Cameroon/Maldives/Bulgaria/
Tanzania/Oman/Uzbekistan/Peru/Bhutan/Colombia/Tunisia/
Bosnia and Herzegovina/Taiwan/United Arab Emirates/

1each
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COMMON GOOD GRANT
The Common Good Grant Project is anexperiential learning project JICUF runs inpartnership with the Service-Learning Centerat ICU. Each academic year, ICU students
apply to join the Common Good Grant student
committee, and the committee is tasked withawarding grant funding of ¥1,000,000 to
non-profit and social service organizationsin the local community. Thestudents are responsible
for all aspects of the grants program, including
researching organizations, publicizing theopportunity, creating an application system,
reviewing applications, awarding grants andevaluating the impact of the awarded projects.
Four organizations were awarded grants in 2022.

TOPP OTHMER DISTINGUISHEDPROFESSORSHIP OF SCIENCES

Dr. Hiroaki Kitano

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2022 IMPACT REPORTThe Topp Othmer Distinguished Professorshipof Sciences at ICU was endowed at JICUF by
Donald and Mildred Topp Othmer in 1999. The
current Othmer Professor is Dr. Hiroaki Kitano.
Dr. Kitano is CEO of Sony AI Inc. He graduatedfrom ICU’s College of Liberal Arts in 1984 (physics
major), and became Visiting Researcher at
Carnegie Mellon University in 1988. He received
his Ph.D. in engineering from Kyoto University
in 1991. He is the Founding President of the
RoboCup Federation, a recipient of the Computers
and Thought Award in 1993 and Nature Award
for Creative Mentoring in Science in 2009.
He has served as the president of International
Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence(2009-2011) and has served as a member ofscientific advisory boards for numerous academic
institutions including European Molecular
Biology Laboratory.

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NURTURING GLOBAL CITIZENSNURTURING GLOBAL CITIZENSLIST OF DONORSDONORS JAN-DEC 2022

As a 501(c)(3) public charity, JICUF relies on the generosity of our amazing supporters. This Impact Report includes twolists of donors. The first list includes those who gave between April 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021. The second is donations
received between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Moving forward, we will include the list of donors based on thecalendar year. A big thank you to each of our supporters.

DONORS APRIL-DEC 2021
$10,000+
Atsuko & Akira Fujimoto
Anonymous$2,000~$9,999
Elizabeth Landerholm
Fusae & Yuzuru Nara
Yasuyuki & Judy Owada
Shyanne & Kurt Roeloffs
George & May Wang
Mark & Hitoko Weeks$1,000~$1,999
David Chan
Machi Fukuyama Dilworth
Benjamin & June Duke
Danny HaKoaki Harris
Noriko Iwase
Kazuko & Chad Love
Iqbal Mamdani
Yoshiro Matsuo
Nozomi Michiki Morgan
Atsuko Rasic
Mary & Bruce Rigdon
Timothy Riney
Delores & Jon Roeder
Joel K. Wong
Anonymous$500~$999
Laura Chiu & Shin-Cheng Simon
Lillian K. Hashimoto FongPaul Hastings & Debbie Wissel
Hiroaki Iizawa
Nicholas Kee
Nakako Memon
Yasuko Moyer
Atsushi Nakai
David & Zenora RackhamDavid Richards
David P. L. Sachs
Yasuyo Satoh
Valerie Hoffman Takai
Kurt Tong & Mika Marumoto
Gretchen Yamaguchi
Emma Lee Yu28
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2022 IMPACT REPORT$200~$499
Satomi Bol
Mikiko Davis
Lois Geeslin
David Hart
Steven Houghton
Shoji Kent Ikeda
Junko Murray
Takamitsu & Mitsuko Ito
Tomoko Nakamori Kempf
Helene KeranGene Ko
Richard Mellott
Reiko Mito
Sawa Nakagawa
Ryo Nakamura
Kaori Nishikida
Mieko Peek
Susan Schmidt
George & Etsuko Schulenberg
Motoko Shimizu
Richard Singer
Yuko Sugiyama Lynch
Tomomi Tanikawa
Joanna Tsuyuki
Junichiro Yatsu
Anonymous$100~$199
Mai AbeDonald Anderson
Mutsumi Angevine
Chihae Arafune
Gaius Berg
Regis & Marilyn Birckbichler
L. Keith Brown
Travis Brown, Elizabeth Bryant
Maria Tseng Chen
Edwin Cheng
Yoko Murayama Eide
Joan Ericson
Haruna Fujita
Dorothy Goldman
Thomas & Carol Hastings
Yasuyuki & Donna Horie
Atsuko Hotta
David & Patty Janes
Mitsuhiro & Kaede Kaneda
Doris Kersten
Shizuko Kitagawa
Yoshihisa Kitagawa

Takako Miyazaki
Nancy Mulford
Shani Mutenda
Scott Nagel
Mina Nishimura
Samuel Nakazawa
Robert Okajima
Kiyo Okazaki
Izumi & Michael Osawa-Minevich
Kazumi & Robert Pestka
Kazuya & Elizabeth Sato
Naoki & Evelyn Shimazaki
Harumi Takahashi
Tomoko Takahashi
Yuki Tanemura
Dorothy G. Thomason
Jinx Tong
Rena Tsang
Elizabeth Wilkinson
Yumiko Matsuoka Young~$100
Carl & Marie Bade
Carmen Dagnino
Keita Ebisu
Joseph Erigo
Dorothy Gibbs
Chigusa Hara
Midori Hirai Kunitsugu
Yasuyuki Kamata
Paul Kidder
Morton Kissen
Janet Kunnecke
Nashe Mutenda
James Okumura
Keiko Shimada-Cirnigliaro
Tamaki Takayashiki
Kurt & Leslie Thompson
Hiroko Tsuchiya
Corporations, Organizations& Memorial Funds
Alice Davis Trust
April Manzinger Fund
Community Foundation
for Greater Buffalo
Elaine Sommers Rich Fund
Elrick Williams Memorial Fund
J.U. & Hazel Simmons Scholarship Fund
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation$10,000+
Atsuko & Akira Fujimoto
Anonymous$2,000~$9,999
Violet Kuroki
Fusae & Yuzuru Nara
Yasuyuki & Judy Owada
Shyanne & Kurt Roeloffs
Jinx Tong$1,000~$1,999
Toru Arata
Betty Lamshulin Butz
Cynthia Chang & Brian Scanlan
Laura Chiu & Shin-Cheng Simon
Machi Fukuyama Dilworth
Danny Ha
Noriko Iwase
Kazuko & Chad Love
Yoshiro Matsuo
Delores & Jon Roeder
Masatomo Sakairi
John Coventry Smith
Jr., M. William Steele
Valerie Hoffman Takai
Gretchen Yamaguchi
Yasuhisa Yamamoto
Byung-Yul Yoon
Weimin Yuan
Anonymous$500~$999
Ikue Furui
David Glass
Mutsuko HanadaFred & Eleanor Honaman
Yasuyuki & Donna Horie
Shoji Kent Ikeda
Helene Keran
Yuriko Kikuchi
Akitaka Manabe
Nakako Memon
Toru Miyagawa
Hikari Mokuta
Yasuko Moyer
Cheryl Nesbitt
Mina Nishimura
Tatsuo Nunoshiba
Aya OsawaPeter & Amy PraharDavid & Zenora Rackham
Mary & Bruce Rigdon
Yasuyo Satoh
Susan Schmidt
Sherrod Segraves
Naoko Sugiyama
Toshiaki Taguchi
Roy & Ute Tellini

Kurt Tong & Mika Marumoto
Koichi Ujihara
Junichiro Yatsu
Anonymous (3)$200~$499
Satomi Bol
Kenneth & Eloise Dale
Mikiko Davis
Yoko Murayama Eide
Lois Geeslin
Mark Greenfield
Peter Grilli
David Hart
Emi Ichihashi
Craig Ichinose
Mikiko Ida
Takamitsu & Mitsuko Ito
Rie Kijima
Hiroko Kiyoshi-Teo
Naohiro & Keiko Koshiya
Aya Matsuda
Sawa Nakagawa
Ryo Nakamura
Asako Nakao
Marilynn Nakata
Izumi Nishizawa
Jack Payden-Travers
Chika Sakai
George & Etsuko Schulenberg
Ruka Shimizu
Yuji Shimizu
Yukie Sudo
Yuko Sugiyama Lynch
Masako Suzuki
Sayaka Tamura
Colin Teraoka
Phyllis Trible
Kenichi & Deborah Ujie
Kaede Watanabe
Yoichi Yamato
Anonymous (2)$100~$199
Akiko Abley
Hajime Akiyama
Donald Anderson
Robin K. Avery
Arline Beddow
Regis & Marilyn Birckbichler
Elizabeth Bryant
Barbara Cambridge
Lynn C. Cohee
Camilo Correia
Jenifer Dravillas
Susan Duke
Mizuho Fujii
Yoshinari Fujinuma
Sansei Hamagiwa
Thomas & Carol Hastings
Paul Hintgen

Saneteru & Hisako Hirose
Yumiko Matsuoka Young
Atsuko Hotta
Anonymous (6)Yuta Inokuchi
Yoshie Iseki~$100
Masahiko Ishizuka
Kaori Adachi
Anna Kanbe
Carmen Dagnino
Stephen R. Katayama
Mark Flanigan
Tomoko Nakamori Kempf
Ayako Fujii
Doris Kersten
Hiroki Gomi
Yoko Kimura
Barbara Goodrich Clark
Shizuko Kitagawa
Hirofumi Hamamura
Utari Kitaoka
Ayako Ishikawa
Weston Konishi
Mayuko Kawai
Keiko Koshiya
Paul Kidder
Shinobu Kusakabe
Yoko Kitahara
Robert Hing Keung Kwan
Yutaka Kono
Nao Machishima
Mika Kono
Atsuko Masada
Yoshihiro Matsunaka
Lafayette Matthews
Yumiko Morita
III
Yasuha Muroi
Marvin & Mary Cender Miller Satoshi Nakaishi
Hiromi Mishina
Tsuyoshi Ohyama
Takako Miyazaki
Hitomi Ouchi
Makoto Mizuguchi
Kazumi & Robert Pestka
Hiroko Morita Lou
Mitsu Tachibana
Nancy Mulford
Tomoko Takahashi
Takumi Nakamura
Tamiki Takayashiki
Koji Nakano
Jiro Takei
Francis Nguyen
Yukiko Yamauchi
Shozo Noda
Toshinori Yasuda
Daigo Noma
Takanori Yoshimoto
Hiromi Odaira
Megumi Yoshinaga
Kiyo Okazaki
Junna Yoshioka
Nasuka Okumura
Anonymous (4)Mieko Peek
Stanley Reed
Corporations, Organizations
Carol Reis
& Memorial Funds
John Runde
Adobe
Kazuya & Elizabeth Sato
April Manzinger Fund
Lona Sato
Blackbaud Giving Fund
Hiroshi Satoda
Community Foundation for
Motoko Shimizu
Greater Buffalo
Kazuko Shimizu
Cooper-Oxy Settlement Fund
Keiji Shimizu
Elrick Williams Memorial Fund
Sachiko Shimizu
Gail H. & Michael J
Sayaka Sumazaki
Marcus Fund, J.P.
Makiko Suzuki
Morgan Chase Foundation
Shin Takahashi
Matching Gift & Volunteer Grants
Junko Terada
J.U. & Hazel SimmonsKurt & Leslie Thompson
Scholarship FundHiroko Tsuchiya
Joan Uht
Takamasa Urio
Amy Oda Uyemura
Yoshiko Vratanina
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Kazue Watlington
Don Wheeler
Cathy Wood
Aya Yabe-Duruz
Fumi Yanagihara

THANK YOU

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NURTURING GLOBAL CITIZENSJICUF Staff
Paul Hastings, President & CEO
Aki Takada, Vice President
Fernando Rojas, Program Manager
Luke Palermo, Program Associate
JICUF Trustees
David Janes, Chair
Machi Dilworth, Secretary
Danny Ha, Treasurer
Mitsuhiro Kaneda (From April 2022)
Kenji Kushida
Fusae Nara (From April 2022)
Katherine Tegtmeyer Pak
Susan Schmidt
Masako Shinn
Kurt Tong
Takeshi Ueshima (Until March 2022)
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Kira Taylor, Communications Intern
Rika Asakura, Communications Intern
Ryota Nakanishi, Photography Intern (Until June 2022)
Daiki Murakoshi, Photography Intern (From November 2022)
Hinata Saito, Photography Intern (From November 2022)
Donation Information
If you would like to make a donationby check, please mail it to:
475 Riverside Drive,
Suite 439 New York, NY 10115

475 Riverside Drive, Suite 439
New York, NY 10115

JICUF is a 501(c)(3) organization anddonations to JICUF are tax-deductible.

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