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Scholar Program

Starting in FY2017, USJI introduced a scholar program to develop young researchers who could contribute to enhance U.S.-Japan relationship in the future. Under this program, USJI supported the research activities of young researchers, one selected from each USJI affiliated university, in the U.S.

This program was financially supported by Sojitz Foundation.

1. 2019

Fan Yanfen
Graduate School of Letters Ph.D. Student at Kyoto University
Term:November/21/2019 to December/18/2019
Research Theme:US-Japan Relations During Ikeda-Sato Administration and Southeast Asian Development -Focusing on Countries in tne Mekong Region-
Yuzuka Kashiwagi
Graduate School of Economics, Ph.D. candidate at Waseda University
Term:February/20/2020 to March/11/2020
Research Theme:Microeconometric Analysis of the Impact of Natural Disasters on Economic Activities
Tomoki Kiyoshima
Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Policy
Science at Ritsumeikan University
Term:January/30/2020 to March/27/2020
Research Theme:The role of Japan and Korea Lobby to the U.S. in the process of Issue Making
Takahiro Takano
Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, Doctoral Program in Education at Tsukuba University
Term:February/26/2020 to March/23/2020
Research Theme:Training Policies for “Social Justice”-oriented School Teachers and School Admimistrators in U.S.:Focusing on the Support Network System of School Districts, University, Professional Association and NPO.
Keisuke Yasukochi
Doctoral Program, Institute for Cultural History, Graduate School of Letters at Doshisya University
Term:February/20/2020 to March/13/2020
Research Theme:Trumpism and the Tradition of White Supremacy in America: the Creation of Whiteness in Antebellum America

2. 2018

Choi JungHoon
Asia-Japan Research Institute at Ritsumeikan University
Term: September/1/2018 to March/31/2019
Research Theme: An Analysis on the Perceptions and Foreign Policies of Japan, R.o.K, and the U.S. under the Kim Jong Un Regime
Junko Kondo
Graduate school of Global Environmental Studies at Kyoto University
Term: October/22/2018 to November/12/2018
Research Theme: Improving the paradigm of Place-Based Sustainability Education in Japan
Issei Suzuki
Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies at University of Tsukuba
Term:February/21/2019 to March/18/2019
Research Theme: Fundamental Structure of Library Management in the United States: Focusing on the Mechanism of the Library Boards and the Its Actual State of Activities
Yanjie Luo
Graduate School of Economics at Keio University
Term:March/8/2019 to April/10/2019
Research Theme:Airbnb pricing and neighborhood characteristics in San Francisco
Yuko Suyama
Doctoral Program in International Relations in Graduate School of Global Studies at Sophia University
Term:February/1/2019 to February/29/2019
Research Theme:The Influence of “Atoms for peace” of the President Eisenhower on the U.S., Japan and Germany
Yuma Osaki
Graduate School of Law (Politics) at Doshisha University
Term:March/15/2019 to April/7/2019
Research Theme:The International Trading System in the Trump Era: Bilateralism vs. Multilateralism

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