Mutual Understanding
We build trust through person-to-person dialogue across countries, cultures and fields.
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FULBRIGHT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN
Knowledge across borders.
Understanding across generations.
Connecting alumni across generations, regions and disciplines—and returning the knowledge and relationships built through international education to society.
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OUR PURPOSE
Education becomes more powerful when its value is shared.
The Fulbright experience creates knowledge, perspective and lasting human connections.
FAAJ brings them into public life and carries mutual understanding between Japan and the United States forward.
Knowledge in Service
We return knowledge and experience gained abroad to education, research and society.
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We carry the spirit and experience of GARIOA and Fulbright forward to future generations.
Learn more →A LEGACY OF EXCHANGE
People and knowledge,
connected since the postwar years.
From the GARIOA program beginning in 1949 and the launch of Fulbright exchange in Japan in 1952 to the present day, FAAJ’s work stands on more than seven decades of educational exchange.
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1949GARIOA study begins
1952Fulbright exchange begins in Japan
1982Nationwide alumni network
2013Present FAAJ structure begins
202270 years of Japan–U.S. exchange
RECENT ACTIVITIES
Opening knowledge. Building connection.
2026FULBRIGHT REUNION
2026 Fulbright Reunion
FAAJ held its General Meeting, lecture and reception at Kojunsha Club. Kaoru Nemoto spoke on “The 70th Anniversary of Japan’s Admission to the United Nations: The UN in an Age of Division and Expectations for Japan.”
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2026ONLINE SEMINAR
Empowering Girls through Citizen Cooperation
Akiko Imai (Harvard University, 2004) spoke about the Sakura Girls Secondary School initiative in Tanzania in a public online seminar co-hosted with the Japan–United States Educational Exchange Promotion Foundation.
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2025HOSPITALITY TOUR
Hospitality Tour with U.S. Grantees
Approximately ten U.S. grantees joined alumni for visits to Seiko House Ginza, the clock tower and Seiko Museum, followed by an informal gathering at Beer Hall Lion Ginza.
Read the report →FULBRIGHT EXCHANGE
Japan–U.S. exchange in numbers.
Program-wide figures recorded on the Association’s prior official website; these are not FAAJ membership totals.
1,000approx.GARIOA participants
7,700approx.Japanese participants since 1952
8,700approx.Total including GARIOA
500+Foundation scholars supported
Figures inherited from the prior official FAAJ website.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Strengthening the network for a changing world.
President Akio Naito sets out a commitment to younger generations, a stronger international alumni network and sustainable association management.
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Mutual understanding remains essential.
“The spirit of mutual understanding and international exchange fostered by the Fulbright Program will become even more important in the years ahead.”
Akio Naito, President →NEWS & RECORD
Recent moments in the FAAJ community.
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