GRANTS AWARDED

Education
Anacortes School District - To support the third year of a three-year program of Japanese language instruction at Island View Elementary School in Anacortes, WA. Anacortes, WA. $2,091.94

Japan-America Society of Washington, DC - To support the fourteenth year of a national Japanese language and culture competition for high school students (Japan Bowl). Washington, DC. $50,000

Nanzan University - To support the third year of the Nagoya American Studies Summer Seminars, which aim to enhance mutual understanding between Americans and Japanese. Nagoya, Japan. $35,000

New Heights Academy - To support the development of a Japanese language resource Library at New Heights Academy. New York, NY. $15,000

Temple University Japan - To support the third year of a three-year US study tour for Japanese high school teachers, including lectures, historical tours, and follow-up workshops that will focus on American Studies. Tokyo, Japan. ¥ 4,775,000

The Mountain Institute - To support the second year of a three-year project to develop new and innovative middle to high school level curricula that use the virtual climb of each mountain as the central study themes to introduce American and Japanese students to the history, culture, geography, and environmental issues of each other's countries. Washington, DC. $80,000

University of Pennsylvania - To support the second year of a three-year program to prepare educators to teach about contemporary Japan in the Greater Philadelphia Region. Philadelphia, PA. $74,082

Communications/Public Opinion
Mansfield Foundation - To support the second year of a two-year project to enhance the Asian Opinion Poll Database, an online reference tool for researchers in the United State to monitor and access public opinion trends in Japan and other Asian nations. Washington, DC. $10,000

National Bureau of Asian Research - To support the continuation of monthly analyses of Japanese publications by Ms. Fumiko Halloran on the Japan-US Discussion Forum. Seattle, WA. $15,000

Whitfield Manjiro Friendship Society - To support the development of a media room and creation of DVDs about Manjiro in conjunction with the opening of the Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship House. Fairhaven, MA. $25,000

WNYC Radio - To support a special focus on Japan for WNYC Radio's nationally broadcast program, Studio 360. New York, NY. $75,000

New York Buddhist Church - To support the reconstruction and renovation of the hondo (main hall) and in honor of T.K. Nakagaki's efforts to help Americans understand Japanese Buddhism. New York, NY. $500

U.S. - Japan Policy Studies
Council on Foreign Relations - To support the third year of a three-year project to explore the prospects and potential for a new regional security architecture in the Asia-Pacific Region. New York, NY. $70,000

Institute for International Policy Studies - To support the second year of a three-year series of comprehensive studies of what the Japan-US Alliance toward 2020 should be. Tokyo, Japan. ¥ 6,720,000

International University of Japan - To support the second year of a two-year project to research and produce a comprehensive and updated book on the US foreign policy decision making process. Niigata, Japan. ¥ 2,506,460

Social Science Research Council - To support the first year of a two-year project of Track II talks with North Korea and other six-party members. New York, NY. $80,000