Welcome to the Japan America Society of Pennsylvania (JASP) web site.

The Japan America Society of Pennsylvania is the region's premiere organization for educational, business and arts activities related to Japan and Japanese-American relations.

Our members and partners include the leading businesses, universities and organizations in the Western Pennsylvania region. JOIN the JASP today and be a part of the region's dynamic global community.

Keizai Koho Fellowship Tour

Since 1980, the Keizai Koho Center (Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs) in cooperation with the National Association of Japan-America Societies (NAJAS) has sponsored a Fellowship tour to Japan for educators in the U.S. and Canada. The Fellowship allows teachers to learn first hand about contemporary Japanese society and enhance their classroom teaching of global perspectives.

Applications for the KKC Educator Fellowship are
due February 12, 2010!

Click here for details!

Ex-envoy: Japan ties essential

The "fundamental friendship" between Japan and the United States should remain intact despite changes in leadership for both countries, former Ambassador Howard H. Baker Jr. told members of the Japan America Society of Pennsylvania on November 9, 2009.

Baker, a former Republican senator from Tennessee, served as ambassador to Japan from 2001-05. He spoke for 20 minutes to about 250 people gathered for the society's annual dinner.

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