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23rd Class of Mansfield Fellows in Tokyo

In August, the twenty-third class of Mike Mansfield Fellows participated in orientation activities in Tokyo, prior to beginning their placements within the Japanese government. On Monday, August 27, the nine participants met with representatives of the National...

Twenty-Third Group of Mansfield Fellows Begins Year in Japan

Last week the twenty-third group of Mansfield Fellows arrived in Japan to begin the year-long Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program. The new Fellows began the program with orientation meetings at the International House of Japan in Tokyo, which has been home to the...

Mansfield Fellowship News

On May 16, Mansfield Fellow Stephen Ching presented an overview of “The U.S. Defense Industrial Base: Continued Importance, Current Challenges, and Potential Implications for Japan” to an audience of more than fifty business leaders, government officials, policy...

GRIPS-Mansfield Foundation Seminar on the U.S. Defense Industrial Base

On May 16, Mansfield Fellow Stephen Ching (U.S. Department of State) discussed “The U.S. Defense Industrial Base: Continued Importance, Current Challenges, and Potential Implications for Japan” at a Tokyo seminar jointly organized by the Mansfield Foundation and the...