Grant Activities

US-Japan Women Leaders Dialogue 2022: Analysis and Report

With the theme of “Exploring Policies for Empowering Women and Creating a More Equitable Society," the findings and outcomes of three online dialogues held in spring 2022, involving about 40 female leaders from industry, government, and academia in the United States and Japan, were analyzed and summarized as policy recommendations for US-Japan cooperation in achieving gender equality. This final report, Moving the Needle on Gender Equity through US-Japan Collaboration, is available on the JCIE website along with a Japanese language Executive Summary.

Comparative Study of Cultural Heritage Management at the World Archaeological Congress (WAC)

A round table (hybrid format) at the July 2022 WAC Prague Congress encouraged extensive discussion on the role of community-engaged archaeology in cultural heritage management. A panel and video exhibition highlighted a specific example in Japan, the Urajiri Shell Mound, in Minami-soma City, Fukushima Prefecture, which has seen coordinated efforts to promote its development as an historic site since the Great East Japan Earthquake. The round table was followed by four surveys that explored the possibility of developing heritage trails in Japan, as a means to disseminate information overseas.