Sasakawa USA is proud to announce sponsorship of its first Congressional Fellow through the American Political Science Association’s Congressional Fellowship Program, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious Congressional fellowship.
Spanning one year, the Sasakawa USA Congressional Fellowship provides a unique opportunity for recipients to serve in a Congressional office and gain hands-on experience in the U.S. legislative process. Beginning in September 2015, the Fellow will participate in a two-month course on Congress and foreign policy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. The course will be followed by a month-long orientation in November and assignment as a full-time legislative aide in a Congressional office from December 2015 to August 2016.
Meet our 2015-2016 Congressional Fellow, Mr. Yushi “Alex” Saito, an Associate at the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management in Japan.
Alex was born in Madrid to a Spanish father and Japanese mother. His family lived in Madrid for five years then moved to Osaka, Japan, where Alex attended school. After graduating from Doshisha University in 2008, he started his professional career as an M&A Advisor at Daiwa Securities, then moved to SMBC Nikko, another major Japanese securities firm.
In 2013, he left the investment banking business to enroll in the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management (MIGM). Established in 1979 by Konosuke Matsushita, the founder of Panasonic Corporation, MIGM’s mission is to help shape the future of Japan, especially in the political field. Since joining MIGM, Alex has conducted several studies and activities on policies aimed at fostering a better Japan. Alex wants to devote himself to improving Japan and hopes to accomplish his goal by serving his country in politics.
The 2016-2017 Congressional Fellowship Application process will begin in April 2016. Those interested in an application or finding out more about next year’s Fellowship may email Jessy Santana at jsantana@spfusa.org.
Pacific Forum CSIS and the Tokyo-based Sasakawa Peace Foundation established the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) Fellowship Program to nurture the next generation of leaders from Japan and the United States who are committed to broadening and strengthening the two countries’ alliance. Emerging and established experts under the age of 40 from all sectors are invited to apply.
Founded in 1997, the International Affairs Fellowship in Japan (IAF-J), sponsored by Hitachi, Ltd., seeks to strengthen mutual understanding and cooperation between the rising generations of leaders in the United States and Japan. The program provides a selected group of mid-career U.S. citizens the opportunity to expand their professional horizons by spending a period of research or other professional activity in Japan. Fellows are drawn from academia, business, government, media, NGOs, and think tanks. In cooperation with CFR, the program’s sponsor, Hitachi, Ltd., assists fellows in finding suitable host organizations in Japan.
The East-West Center accepts applications from scholars and analysts who wish to undertake policy-relevant research and writing on issues of key relevance to the U.S.-Japan partnership, including diplomatic, politico-security, economic, social and international fields. We especially welcome applicants specializing on Japan’s economy or U.S.-Japan collaborative economic ties.
With the goals of further strengthening the fundamentals of international research into Japan and deepening international understanding of Japan through researchers’ activities, the Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research Fellowship invites leading international researchers of the Japanese language, Japanese language education, Japanese literature and Japanese culture to Japan to conduct residential research.
This program provides support to outstanding scholars in the field by offering the opportunity to conduct research in Japan.
JIRCAS, through international collaborative research, one of the schemes of its main activities, aims to provide scientific solutions to the various problems confronting the countries in the developing regions of the world, particularly in the areas of agriculture, forestry and fisheries. In line with this scheme, JIRCAS launched the JIRCAS Visiting Research Fellowship Programin 1992. Since then, every year, JIRCAS invites promising researchers from research organizations in developing countries to conduct research work under the supervision of JIRCAS researchers.
This program is designed to enable Japanese researchers to invite their foreign colleagues to Japan to participate in cooperative work and other academic activities. Researchers of all countries having diplomatic relations with Japan are eligible. Applications are submitted by the inviting researchers who wish to host foreign researchers in Japan.
The Mansfield Fellowship Program includes a seven-week homestay and intensive Japanese language program in Ishikawa Prefecture and ten months of professional placements in Tokyo. During the year in Japan, Fellows will develop an in-depth understanding of the Government of Japan (GOJ) and its policymaking process and establish relationships with their counterparts in GOJ and the business, professional and academic communities. After completing the program, the Fellows are required to serve at least two additional years in the federal government, where it is anticipated they will continue to work on projects involving Japan issues.
The Keizai Koho center (Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affiars) in cooeration with the National Association of Japan-America Societies (NAJAS) will organize a ten day summer fellowship to Japan for educators from the U.S. and Canada. The Fellowship allows teachers to learn first hand about contemporary Japanese society and enhance their classroom teaching of global perspectives.
The Fellowship Program for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan is a joint activity of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Awards support research on modern Japanese society and political economy, Japan’s international relations, and U.S.-Japan relations. The program 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 concern to Japan and the United States. Appropriate disciplines for the research include anthropology, economics, geography, history, international relations, linguistics, political science, psychology, public administration, and sociology. Awards usually result in articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly resources.
The Abe Fellowship Program encourages international multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern. The program fosters the development of a new generation of researchers interested in policy-relevant topics and willing to become key members of a bilateral and global research network. In partnership with the SSRC, the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) established the Abe Fellowship Program as its flagship program in 1991. The Abe Fellowship Program now includes three core elements: the Abe Fellowship, the Abe Fellowship for Journalists, and the CGP-SSRC Policy Forum.
The UNESCO/Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowships Programme (UNESCO/Japan Young Researchers’ Fellowship Programme) funded under the Japanese Funds-in-Trust for the capacity-building of Human Resources will aim, in particular, to impact on capacity-building and research activities in the following areas: Envoronment (with particular emphasis on water sciences); Intercultural Dialogue; Information and Communication Technologies; and Peaceful Conflict Resolution.
The objective of the fellowship is to provide opportunities for advanced education and research in the field of ocean affairs and the law of the sea, and related disciplines including marine science in support of management frameworks, to Government officials and other mid-level professionals from developing States, so that they may obtain the necessary knowledge to assist their countries to formulate comprehensive ocean policy and to implement the legal regime set out in UNCLOS and related instruments.
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