| Grantee | American Political Science Association |
|---|---|
| Grant Amount | $53,787.80 |
| Project Title | Civically Engaged Research for Critical Issues in Society (Year 1) |
| Outline | This three year project aims to advance civically engaged research on critical issues in our societies through scholarly exchange, professional development, and community engagement. The American Political Science Association (APSA) and the Japanese Political Science Association (JPSA) propose to invite up to 20 junior scholars (graduate students, postdocs, and pre-tenure faculty) from American and Japanese universities to attend a series of thematic Working Group sessions at their annual meetings (APSA in 2024, JPSA in 2025, APSA in 2026). Each 3-day workshop will include closed sessions for a core group of scholars, interactive meetings with members of local civil society organizations, and public sessions open to community, scholarly, and professional audiences. |
| State | WDC |
| Grantee | Japan Center for International Exchange |
|---|---|
| Grant Amount | $89,799.01 |
| Project Title | US-Japan Program on Healthy and Resilient Aging |
| Outline | This three year project aims to advance civically engaged research on critical issues in our societies through scholarly exchange, professional development, and This one year project aims to strengthen and expand the US-Japan networks of organizations and experts working on the issue of aging. JCIE-USA will organize a delegation of 5-6 Japanese leaders from various sectors on aging. They will travel first to Washington DC to have two days of meetings that focus primarily on national-level policies and practices, as well as DC-specific meetings. This will be followed by three days in Columbus, Ohio, where participants from a related project that brought a delegation from the US to Japan, will introduce their work and the work of other key organizations in their region. The goal is to inspire new ideas and solutions to support healthy and resilient aging in communities across the US and Japan through discussions about existing efforts, challenges, and opportunities. |
| State | NY |
| Grantee | Northeastern Illinois University Foundation |
|---|---|
| Grant Amount | $87,368.60 |
| Project Title | Building Democratic Resilience: The Role of the US and Japan (Year 1) |
| Outline | This 2-year project aims to examine democratic regression globally, categorize cases, analyze factors, and formulate policy recommendations for the U.S. and Japan. Using a comparative research design, it creates a typology ranging from institutional erosion to electoral manipulation. |
| State | IL |
| Grantee | Asian Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh |
|---|---|
| Grant Amount | $83,655.00 |
| Project Title | Low Fertility and Depopulation: Discourse and Dialogue in the United States and Japan (Year 1) |
| Outline | The project proposes to look at low fertility and depopulation from a bottom-up perspective (versus a top-down policy perspective). The topics to be examined are: (Year 1) actual access to and availability of reproductive health services (e.g. contraception, sex education, abortion) in Japan, (Year 2) Work-life balance in U.S. and how it has been adopted and adapted in Japan, looking at correlations between work-life balance and depopulation, (Year 3) how depopulation is discussed and framed (global competition, immigration, and budgetary strains of aging society) and what present day Japan and East Asia more broadly may mean for U.S. and other countries. They would also like to look at France – highest fertility rate in the EU. |
| State | PA |