FULBRIGHT PROGRAM IN JAPAN

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program
designed to promote mutual understanding between the peoples of the U.S. and Japan.

Grants to Americans

For Scholars and Professionals

For Graduate Students and Graduating Seniors

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HIGHLIGHTS

(Feb. 16, 2024) A video message from Fulbright alumna Her Excellency KAMIKAWA Yoko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
Japan-U.S. Fulbright Program 70th Anniversary Ceremony
2025 American Fulbright Grantee List
Call for Japanese universities hosting U.S. Fulbright Lecturer(s)

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Fulbright Japan in Numbers

OVER 160countries
Fulbright Program
OVER 6,700
Fulbrighters to the U.S. (1952-2024)
OVER 3,000
Fulbrighters to Japan (1952-2024)
6Nobel Laureates
Nobel Laureates
(4 Japanese Fulbrighters,
2 American Fulbrighters to Japan)
OVER 150Presidents
of Japanese Universities have been Fulbrighters (1952-2024)

My Fulbright Story

Impacts and Learnings from the Fulbright Experience

No.63
Finding Balance: A STEM Scholar's Transformative Journey Through Japan
Connie Chang-Chien
2023
Fulbright Fellow Program
Affiliation in Japan: Nagoya University
No.62
How Teaching American Law in Japan Turned Into a Transformative Experience
Faith Litvack
2023
Lecturing Program​
Affiliation in Japan: Yokohama National University and Kyoritsu Women's University
No.61
Nine Deeply Fulfilling Months: Discovering the Value of Global Collaboration
Nomura Nao
2023
Research Program (JP)
U.S. Affiliation: University of Massachusetts, Boston
No.60
From Statistics to Haiku: A Transformative Fulbright Experience in Japan
Charles Smith
2023
Lecturing/Research Program​
Affiliation in Japan: Osaka University
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