On September 1, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), and the National Personnel Authority (NPA) held a welcome reception for the 26th class of Mansfield Fellows at Iikura House in Tokyo.
At the reception, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, who was involved in establishing the Mansfield Fellowship Program while working in the office of U.S. ...READ MORE »
NEWS RELEASE August 9, 2022 (Washington, DC) The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation is pleased to announce the twenty-seventh class of Mansfield Fellows, ten federal employees who will be working and living in Japan in 2023-2024. The Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program was established by Congress in 1994 to build a corps of U.S. government officials with substantial Japan expertise. This group will join ...READ MORE »
The 25th Class of Mansfield Fellows arrived in Japan on July 1, 2021, following a one-year delay due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Ahead of their deployments, each fellow was asked to briefly introduce themself and their goals for their fellowship year. Ms. Marla Borkson General Attorney (Tax), IRS Office of Chief Counsel, Department of Treasury In my current position as a tax ...READ MORE »
NEWS RELEASE June 4, 2021 (Washington, DC) The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation is pleased to announce the twenty-sixth class of Mansfield Fellows, ten federal employees who will be working and living in Japan in 2022-2023. Congress established the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program in 1994 to build a corps of U.S. government officials with substantial Japan expertise. Earlier this year, President Joseph ...READ MORE »
Updated April 16, 2021 (Washington, DC) The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation is pleased to announce the twenty-fifth class of Mansfield Fellows, federal employees who will be working and living in Japan in 2020-2021. The Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program was established by Congress in 1994 to build a corps of U.S. government officials with substantial Japan ...READ MORE »
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 »
August 29, 2019
MFP 24 Fellows meet with Mansfield Foundation Vice President Ben Self (far left) in Tokyo as they prepare for ten months of placements within the Japanese government.
This week marked the first week back in Tokyo for the twenty-fourth class of Mansfield Fellows. The ten federal employees in this year’s class met with the Ministry ...READ MORE »
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