The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation

The U.S.-Japan Network for the Future brings Japan specialists into the policy making community to support bilateral relations across a range of sectors and issue areas.

The Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program sends U.S. federal government employees to Japan for a year of placements in the Japanese government, strengthening and sustaining U.S.-Japan relations across the government.

Since the Fukushima disaster of 2011, the Mansfield Foundation has advanced policy discussions on bilateral and multilateral nuclear energy concerns.

The Rule of Law in Asia-East Asian Economic Integration Program promotes robust and efficient trade relationships with Japan, Vietnam, and other regional partners.

The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Thomas S. Foley Legislative Exchange is a new public-private partnership building relationships among American, Japanese, and Korean elected officials.  In May 2016 the Foley Exchange brought seven members of Japan’s National Diet and four members of Korea’s National Assembly to Washington for bilateral and trilateral meetings.

The U.S.-Japan Space Forum (USJSF) , a standing committee of American and Japanese space policy experts and officials, meets twice yearly to examine critical developments and opportunities for bilateral and multilateral space-related activities.  In March 2016 USJSF members discussed their recommendations with members of the Seattle space community at the National Bureau of Asian Research.

The Mansfield-PhRMA Research Scholars Program brings eight young researchers from Japan’s pharmaceutical sector to the United States each year to learn about U.S. translational research, healthcare policy, pharmaceutical research, and regulatory practices. The first group of researchers visited Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and Boston in September 2013.