GRANTS AWARDED

Education
AYUSA International - To support a project to selectively recruit ten high school students for an academic year of study and service in Japan. San Francisco, CA. $94,646

Hiroshima University - To support a project to continue development of Hiroshima University's Global Partnership Schools Center that will promote school-to-school relationships in the U.S. and Japan. Hiroshima, Japan. ¥ 6,050,000

Japan-America Society of Washington, DC - To support the fourteenth year of a national language competition and supporting regional competitions for high school students studying Japanese. Washington, DC. $50,000

Simmons College - To support the first year of a three-year teacher-professional development program that will introduce Boston Public middle school teachers to the study of Japan. Boston, MA. $75,000

Communications/Public Opinion
Japan Spciety - To support an intensive fellowship program for American media professionals, allowing them to reside, study and work for six weeks in Japan, focused on a research topic of their choice. New York, NY. $110,000

U.S. - Japan Policy Studies
Massachussetts Institute of Technology - To support a symposium titled Globalization and the Future of the National Economy, to be held in Tokyo on January 18, 2006, that will create a dialogue between Japanese and U.S. business leaders on the effect of globalization on corporate decisions. Cambridge, MA. $10,560

Pacific Forum CSIS - To support a focused policy dialogue on U.S.-Japan-China relations that will draw attention to the long-term strategic goals of the three countries, and how current policy positions and pronouncements - on all three sides - impact the realization of those goals. Honolulu, HI. $75,140

The Japan Association for Diplomatic History - To support a project to develop a comprehensive textbook on the history of U.S.-Japan relations. Kobe, Japan. ¥ 5,509,000