United States-japan Foundation

HUMAN SECURITY FORUM

SUPPORTING SINGLE MOTHERS AND CHILDREN IN KESENNUMA, HARD-HIT AREAS. NEW IT EMPOWERMENT MODEL TO DISRUPT THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AFFECTED BY TSUNAMI AND COVID-19. THROUGH BOTH BOTTOM-UP AND TOP-DOWN APPROACHES TO CHILDREN, SCHOOLS, THE MUNICIPALITY, AND THE COMMUNITY, HSF WILL CREATE A SYSTEM THAT WILL INCREASE CHILDREN'S SELF-ESTEEM AND ENABLE THEM TO LEAD THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES IN A RURAL AREA THAT WAS SEVERELY AFFECTED BY TSUNAMI, WHERE POVERTY RATES ARE HIGH AND CHILDREN FACE MANY CHALLENGES. AS THE BOTTOM-UP APPROACH TO CHILDREN AND THE COMMUNITY, THIS PROJECT WILL OPEN A CHILDREN'S HOUSE IN THE MOST CONVENIENTLY LOCATED AREA OF KESENNUMA, WHERE CHILDREN AGED 10-13 CAN STUDY INDEPENDENTLY AFTER SCHOOL ON WEEKDAYS, AND WHERE ADULTS ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THEIR HOMEWORK FOR INSTANCE. WE WILL ADAPT THE YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SOLUTIONS (YES) APPROACH DEVELOPED BY RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TO THE CHILDREN'S HOUSE IN KESENNUMA. YES IS BASED ON THE EMPOWERMENT THEO

909 WOODS DR - YPSILANTI - MI 48197 • 2022

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - YEAR 2

TO SUPPORT AN ACADEMIC RESEARCH TO ADDRESS DYNAMIC DISASTER SCENARIOS IN 3 MEGACITIES TO ENHANCE URBAN RESILIENCE VIA DATA ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION OF HAZARDS/HUMAN RESPONSES TO BE SHARED WITH FIRST RESPONDERS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

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COMMUNITY PARTNERS DR LUCY JONES CENTER - YEAR 2

TO SUPPORT A MULTICULTURAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN MUSICIANS AND SCIENTISTS TO CREATE MUSIC THAT WILL INSPIRE LISTENERS TO TAKE ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

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JAPAN SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS ALTJAPAN CO LTD

I AIM TO CREATE A PILOT EPISODE OF A VISUAL SERIALIZATION OF MY BOOK PURE INVENTION: HOW JAPAN MADE THE MODERN WORLD (CROWN, 2021) THE BOOK CHRONICLED HOW JAPAN "GOT TO THE FUTURE" AHEAD OF THE WORLD, DISRUPTING LOCAL MARKETS WITH FANTASY-DELIVERING PRODUCTS THAT TURNED OUT TO BE TOOLS FOR MODERN SURVIVAL.

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KYOTO UNIVERSITY & UNIVERSITY OF CO BOULDER

OUR PROPOSAL IS TO FIRST CONDUCT A SURVEY IN 13 NANKAI-TONANKAI EARTHQUAKE VULNERABLE JAPANESE PREFECTURES, BOTH MUNICIPALITIES AND PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENTS, TO ASSESS WHETHER ANY PLANNING HAS BEEN INITIATED TO ADDRESS RESPONSE NEEDS IF AN EARTHQUAKE ADVISORY IS RECEIVED FROM THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY. BASED ON THE SURVEY, WE WILL ASSESS THE NEEDS FOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT,AND GENERATE MODEL PLANS BASED ON BEST PRACTICES.

1819 L ST NW STE 200 - WASHINGTON - DC 20036 • 2022

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY

HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL REPRODUCTION, COMBINED WITH TRADITIONAL FRAMING AND DISPLAY TECHNIQUES, HAVE OPENED A FASCINATING SET OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACCESS TO, PRESERVATION OF AND RETURN OF IMPORTANT TRADITIONAL JAPANESE ART.

615 WEST 131ST STREET 6TH FLOOR MC - NEW YORK - NY 100277922 • 2022

ASIAN ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION OF SAN FRANCISCO

YOSHIDA HODAKA: JAPANESE MODERN PRINTS (WORKING TITLE) (DECEMBER 16, 2022-MAY 1, 2023), AN EXHIBITION CURATED BY ASIAN ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO (AAM) CURATOR YUKI MORISHIMA, WILL EXPLORE THE ART OF YOSHIDA HODAKA (1926-1995), A PIONEER AND LEADER OF POSTWAR JAPANESE PRINTMAKING KNOWN FOR HIS SURREAL, MYTHICAL, AND ABSTRACT PRINTS.

PO BOX 56785 - NEW ORLEANS - LA 701566785 • 2022

JAPAN SOCIETY - YEAR 2

JAPAN SOCIETY (JS) PROPOSES LONG-TERM, MULTI-YEAR PARTNERSHIPS WITH PRE-SELECTED NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THROUGH THE JAPAN SOCIETY SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP (JSSP) PROGRAM, PARTNER SCHOOLS WILL CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN A SLATE OF PROGRAMS IN LANGUAGE, ARTS, CULTURE AND HISTORY, ALL FREE OF CHARGE AT JAPAN SOCIETY'S LANDMARKED BUILDING.

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WOMEN'S NET KOBE (5000000 JPY)

IN COLLABORATION WITH NPO KOBE STUDENT YOUTH CENTER, WHICH SUPPORTS BETTER LIVES FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS STUDYING IN JAPAN WNK IS FUND RAISING TO BUILD A "WOMEN'S HOUSE" IN KOBE TO HOUSE SOME 40 FAMILIES WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM SUCH CASES, WHO HAVE NO SAFE SPACES AND WITHOUT FUNDING OR GUARANTORS TO SECURE HOUSING ON THEIR OWN, AS WELL AS 15 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WHO HAVE NO PERMANENT HOME.

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CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS

THIS RESEARCH PROJECT WILL EXAMINE AMERICAN PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF JAPAN AND THE US-JAPAN ALLIANCE AS PART OF THE COUNCIL'S 2023 AND 2024 CHICAGO COUNCIL SURVEYS, INVESTIGATE THE VIEWS OF FOREIGN POLICY OPINION LEADERS ON THE US-JAPAN ALLIANCE AS PART OF THE COUNCIL'S 2024 OPINION LEADERS SURVEY, AND COMPARE AMERICAN AND JAPANESE PUBLIC OPINION ON THE US-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP AND THE TWO NATIONS' REGIONAL AND GLOBAL ROLES AS PART OF A JOINT RESEARCH PROJECT WITH THE JAPAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (JIIA).

1000 NORTH ALMEDA STREETSUITE 240 - LOS ANGELES - CA 90012 • 2022