The purpose of this program is to encourage scholarly study of Japan by disciplinary specialists such as political scientists, economists, geographers, musicologists, historians, anthropologists, linguists, and scientists, by providing financial support to organizers of panels at annual conventions of national scholarly organizations to bring Japan expers (of any nationality) and Japanese scholars to participate in […]

It supports research on the modern Japanese society and political economy, Japan’s international relations, and US-Japan relations. The program also encourages innovative research that puts these subjects in wider regional and global contexts and is comparative and contemporary in nature. Research should contribute to scholarly knowledge or to the general public’s understanding of issues of […]