June 13, 2019
Gabriel Mahns (MFP 23) discusses air infrastructure and international aviation policy in Fukushima Prefecture.
Last month, Mansfield Fellow Gabriel Mahns was featured in Fukushima Minyu Shimbun during his visit to Minamisoma. Mahns spoke about air infrastructure and international aviation policy to a group of nearly fifty people representing local businesses. Mahns delivered a similar talk on June 4 ...READ MORE »
May 30, 2019
Mansfield Fellow Ian Morrison delivers a seminar at Tohoku University.
On May 23, Fellow Ian Morrison (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) spoke at Tohoku University on natural disasters in the United States and Japan, how they are monitored, and how they are covered. Morisson’s seminar was hosted by the U.S. Consulate in Sapporo. ...READ MORE »
May 30, 2019
Tony Nakanishi (right) at the Fukushima Dai-ichi site
Mansfield Fellow Tony Nakanishi (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) recently completed his placement at the National Diet. Last month, he accompanied two senior members of the House of Representatives, Eisuke Mori and Shinji Inoue, to the site of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. The site tour provided ...READ MORE »
May 16, 2019
Mansfield Fellows and staff with JR Central officers in Tokyo
On May 14, the 23rd Class of Mike Mansfield Fellows participated in a tour of JR Central’s Shinkansen General Control Center in Tokyo. The group included Richard Banh, Logan Barlow, Charles Cadwell, Gabriel Mahns, Ian Morrison, Michele Tempel, and Heather Ward, along with Tokyo Office staff, and was joined ...READ MORE »
May 3, 2019
From left: Howard Stone (MFP 19), Professor Tadashi Anno, Professor Kazuhiro Maeshima, and Professor Daisaku Higashi of Sophia University
Alumni Fellow Howard Stone (MFP 19) recently met with three professors from Tokyo’s Sophia University while they were visiting Washington, DC. Howard completed a placement at Sophia during his Fellowship year and has maintained ...READ MORE »
May 3, 2019
MFP 23 Fellows learn about Toyota’s design and assembly process at the company’s Motomachi Plant.
The twenty-third class of Mike Mansfield Fellows made their way to Nagoya and Osaka last month, where they were hosted by Corporate Friends of Mansfield Toyota and Panasonic. The companies have been long-time partners with the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation and the Fellowship. ...READ MORE »
April 11, 2019
Left to Right: Takayuki Kawai, (Head, Strategic Planning and Industrial Promotion Div., JAXA); Michael Fletcher (MFP 21), Hiroyuki Iwamoto (Director, Business Development and Industrial Relations Dept., JAXA); Hiroshi Nakayama (Associate Senior Administrator, Strategic Planning and Industrial Promotion Div., JAXA)
Drawing on his Fellowship experience, Michael Fletcher (MFP 21) recently helped organize a workshop at NASA’s Ames Research Center in ...READ MORE »
April 11, 2019
Last week, the 23rd class of Mansfield Fellows visited Fleet Activities Yokosuka for a tour of the naval base. Captain Jeffrey Kim, an Alumni Fellow (MFP 20) and commander of the base, met with MFP 23 to discuss the role of the U.S.-Japan security alliance, and how his experience with the Fellowship Program has helped him in his ...READ MORE »
April 11, 2019
On March 28, the Mansfield Foundation hosted the first in a new series of round table discussions among Alumni Fellows of the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program and representatives from the Embassy of Japan. Minister Takeshi Komoto, seconded from Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), was joined by colleagues from the embassy’s ...READ MORE »
March 28, 2019
On March 22, Mansfield Fellow Ian Morrison spoke at a seminar co-hosted by the Mansfield Foundation and the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS). At the event, titled “How Increased Natural Disasters are Forcing Weather Agencies to Evolve,” Mr. Morrison drew from his 15 years of experience with the U.S. National ...READ MORE »
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