U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Cohort 6: Applications Now Open
The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) are pleased to announce the recruitment of a new group of participants for the “U.S.-Japan Network for the Future” program. This program was launched in 2009 to...
GRIPS-Mansfield Foundation Online Seminar: “What everyone needs to know about Intellectual Property Law”
Speaker: Fred Carl (Mansfield Fellow), Attorney Advisor – Trademarks, Tm Classification Policy & Practice, United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce Moderator: Jun SUZUKI, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies...
26th Class of Mansfield Fellows Announced
NEWS RELEASE June 4, 2021 (Washington, DC) The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation is pleased to announce the twenty-sixth class of Mansfield Fellows, ten federal employees who will be working and living in Japan in 2022-2023. Congress established the Mike Mansfield...
Remembering Walter Mondale (1928-2021)
The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation mourns the loss of Vice President Walter Mondale, who passed away yesterday at the age of 93. A revered public servant who held the offices of Senator, Vice President, and U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Mondale was also a strong...
President Biden, Prime Minister Suga Discuss Mike Mansfield’s Legacy
On April 16, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga visited Washington, DC for a summit with President Joe Biden. Their discussion covered a range of issues in the U.S.-Japan relationship, including security, trade, and people-to-people relations. President Biden made...
Webinar: Views on American Democracy from the Indo-Pacific
The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation proudly hosted "Views on American Democracy from the Indo-Pacific,” an ambassadorial round table event with Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae from Japan, Ambassador Chan Heng Chee from Singapore, and Ambassador Nongnuth Phetcharatana...
Mansfield Leaders Participate in Televised U.S.-Korea Dialogue
On March 5th, 2021, Mansfield President and CEO Frank Jannuzi and Distinguished Fellow Joseph Yun joined Arirang TV for a special virtual dialogue on U.S.-Korea cooperation. The televised program, titled "South Korea - U.S. Relations: Build Back Better," featured...
The Mansfield Foundation Mourns Desaix Anderson (1936-2021)
The Mansfield Foundation was sad to learn that former Board Chair L. Desaix Anderson passed away in New York on February 11, just one day shy of his 85th birthday. The Mansfield Foundation extends its sincere condolences to Desaix’s sisters Florie and Elizabeth and...
Updated: Recruitment Open for the Second Cohort of the Mansfield-Luce Asia Scholars Network
Update from September 24, 2021: Due to the ongoing international travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19 and difficulties in planning travels, the Foundation decided to extend the application deadline again. With the developments on the vaccine rollout and slow but...
Mansfield Figures Participate in GWU Korea Policy Forum
On December 9, Mansfield Foundation President and CEO Frank Jannuzi and Distinguished Fellow Joseph Yun joined a panel discussion hosted by The George Washington Institute for Korean Studies alongside the East Asian Resource Center, U.S.-China Policy Institute. Titled...