November 15, 2018 Last week, the current class of Mansfield Fellows visited Kagoshima Prefecture in southern Japan, organized by Japan’s National Personnel Authority. The three-day study tour included visits to the Chiran Peace Museum (chronicling the end of World War II) and the Museum of the Meiji Restoration (celebrating the region’s influence on Japan’s political change 150 years ago), as well ...READ MORE »
November 2, 2018 MFP No. 23 Fellow Captain Laura Marshall (U.S. Air Force) was placed in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology’s Space Development & Utilization Division in September, where she learned how MEXT is helping Japan prepare for challenges in the increasingly contested space domain. Following her four weeks with the ministry, Laura wrote about ...READ MORE »
November 1, 2018
On October 30, four MFP No. 23 Fellows—Jake Cadwell, Richard Banh, Michele Tempel, and Heather Ward—participated in “Next Generation Leadership Shaping the Future of the Asia Pacific,” a joint session of the Asia Pacific Young Leaders Program and Asia 21.
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November 1, 2018
Current Mansfield Fellow Ian Morrison was invited to the The 11th Global Earth Observation System of Systems Asian Pacific Symposium (GEOSS AP) that was held in Kyoto from 24th to 26th October 2018, by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT). The Symposium, was attended by 163 participants ...READ MORE »
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