June 28, 2018
Members of the twenty-second group of Mansfield Fellows concluded their Fellowship year in Japan with a June 25 debriefing and farewell event at the National Personnel Authority (NPA). Each Fellow made a ten-minute presentation in Japanese about their Fellowship year and answered questions from officials from NPA, which plays a critical role in securing the Fellows’ placements in ...READ MORE »
June 21, 2018
U.S. Forces on Okinawa. This week Mansfield Fellow Patricia Sloss (U.S. Department of Defense) discussed “The U.S. Forces Presence and Controversy on Okinawa” at the 45th Platform for International Policy Dialogue, hosted by the Network for Public Private Partnership Crossover in Tokyo. Ms. Sloss explained the history of Okinawa, why there are so many disputes over U.S. military bases ...READ MORE »
June 14, 2018
Mansfield Fellows in Japan. Mansfield Fellow Sarah Watson’s final placement presented a unique opportunity to contrast U.S. and Japanese approaches to technical cooperation with developing countries. As part of her placement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), last month Ms. Watson travelled to Sri Lanka with colleagues from JICA’s Global Environmental Division. Over several days in Colombo ...READ MORE »
June 7, 2018
Mansfield Fellow Chip Taylor is concluding his Fellowship year with two placements at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). During the month of May Mr. Taylor was placed in the flight research unit at Chofu Aerospace Center, JAXA’s major research and development base. The flight research unit conducts flight tests to research aviation and space-related technologies. During his ...READ MORE »
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