April 28, 2016
Mansfield Fellow Visits Miyagi Prefecture
MFP No. 20 Fellow Daniel Benson (United States Marine Corps) has spent the last few weeks working in the office of Itsunori Onodera, a member of Japan’s House of Representatives and former Minister of Defense. Last week he had an opportunity to join Representative Onodera in a visit to his district in Miyagi Prefecture, ...READ MORE »
April 28, 2016
MFP No. 20 Fellows Visit Toyota and Panasonic
Earlier this month the twentieth group of Mansfield Fellows learned more about the history and operations of two of Japan’s leading companies during visits to Toyota’s Nagoya facilities and Panasonic Center Tokyo. In Nagoya, the Fellows saw new Toyota vehicles and technologies at the Toyota Kaikan Museum before touring the Motomachi ...READ MORE »
April 21, 2016
Mansfield Fellow Visits Nuclear Power Plant
Last week, MFP No. 20 Fellow Mahmoud Jardaneh (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission) participated in a site visit to Ohma Nuclear Power Plant in Aomori Prefecture as part of his placement at Toshiba Corporation. Ohma is one of two nuclear power plants that were under construction at the time of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear ...READ MORE »
April 21, 2016
Mansfield Fellow Joins NASA Colleagues for Tokyo Meetings
Last week incoming MFP No. 21 Fellow Michael Fletcher (NASA) and colleagues from NASA traveled to Tokyo for meetings with representatives of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and others interested in NASA’s aeronautics research and management activities. The trip gave Mr. Fletcher an opportunity to visit some of the ...READ MORE »
April 14, 2016
Mansfield Fellow Helps Welcome CBC Delegation
MFP No. 20 Fellow Darrell Rico Doss helped welcome a Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) delegation to Japan last month, providing the members of Congress and their staff with a brief “Introduction to Japan” upon their arrival. Among other issues, Mr. Doss addressed the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Japan-China-ROK relations, the Japanese economy, the history ...READ MORE »
April 7, 2016
Alumni Fellow Participates in Tokyo Workshops
Alumni Mansfield Fellow Yukiko Ellis recently returned from the third in a series of three Tokyo workshops hosted jointly by the Statistics Bureau of Japan (SBJ) and Hosei University/Japan Statistical Research Institute (HU/JSRI). Ms. Ellis participated in the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program as a representative of the United States Census Bureau from 2002-2004. ...READ MORE »
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