September 26, 2019 On September 24, Alumni Fellow Michael Luke Deckard (MFP 22) visited the Mansfield Foundation at the International House of Japan in Tokyo to meet with current Mansfield Fellows. Lieutenant Colonel Deckard, now the Japan Country Director at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, explained his current duties in the context of the United States Indo-Pacific Strategy and how ...READ MORE »
September 26, 2019
Branden Turnbough (MFP 24) observes an emergency response exercise at Iruma Air Base
Current Mansfield Fellow Branden Turnbough had the opportunity to visit Iruma Air Base this month and observe an emergency response exercise. The drill coordinated responses to a theoretical earthquake in the Tokyo area, and included prefectural government disaster management teams (Ishikawa and Saitama), ...READ MORE »
September 5, 2019
The MFP 24 Fellows with Foundation President & CEO Frank Jannuzi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo.
The twenty-fourth class of Mansfield Fellows continues to build relationships between the governments of Japan and the United States. Last week, the ten federal employees from this year’s class gathered at a reception hosted by Japan’s Ministry ...READ MORE »
September 5, 2019 Michele Tempel (MFP 23) wrote about her placement with Japan’s National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) in the institute’s latest magazine. Captain Tempel completed her Fellowship year this summer, and focused on Japan’s environmental policy development and implementation. In the article (available online in Japanese), the Air Force officer talks ...READ MORE »
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