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The Foundation's deadline for Fall 2008 letters of inquiry is July 15, 2008.

The Foundation awarded Mr. Tadashi Yamamoto with its third Distinguished Service Award. link here

The Foundation presented Mr. Yohei Sasakawa with a Resolution at its Board Meeting in April 2008. link here

The Foundation announces grants awarded in April 2008. link here

Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees
Standing from left to right: Mr. Takeo Takuma, Vice President, US-Japan Foundation; Mr. Masakazu Soko Izumi (deceased, February 2003), Vice Chairman, Urasenke Foundation; Mr. Yusuke Saraya (Board Secretary), President, Saraya Co., Ltd.; Mr. Yotaro Kobayashi, Chairman, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.; Honorable William E. Frenzel, Guest Scholar, The Brookings Institution; Mr. Jiro Ushio, Chairman & CEO, Ushio, Inc.; Professor Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University; Dr. John Brademas, President Emeritus, New York University; Mr. T. Timothy Ryan, Jr., Managing Director, JP Morgan and Co., Inc.

Sitting from left to right: Dr. George R. Packard, President, US-Japan Foundation; Mr. Shinji Fukukawa (Vice Chairman), Senior Advisor, Dentsu Inc.; Honorable Thomas S. Foley, Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP; Honorable Robin C. Duke, Former US Ambassador to Norway; Mr. Thomas S. Johnson (Chairman), Chairman & CEO, Greenpoint Bank; Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, President, Nippon Foundation

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