About this Event

The Next Era of U.S.-Japan Relations: Leadership for a Changing Global Order

For over 80 years, U.S.–Japan relations have been supported not only by security and trade agreements, but by think tanks, foundations, exchange programs, and civic institutions. Today, this infrastructure faces consequential pressures that are often under the radar: challenges facing exchange and academic programs, constrained nonprofit funding, generational leadership transitions, and a global order in flux. This off-the-record talk asks a fundamental question: Who will sustain the next era of U.S.–Japan relations?

About the Speaker

David Janes is Vice President, North America, International House of Japan and concurrently Executive Director, American Friends of the International House of Japan. With over 25 years in non-profit and educational leadership, David has held executive roles at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Global Citizens Initiative, and the United States-Japan Foundation. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from The New School for Social Research, an M.A. in International Affairs from The Fletcher School, an M.A. in Asian Religions from the University of Hawai‘i, and a B.A. in Religion from the University of Mary Washington and was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar at Doshisha University. David serves on the boards of the Japan Society of Boston, the United States-Japan Bridging Foundation, Kobe College Corporation-Japan Education Exchange, LEX Language Project, and EngageAsia and is a Fellow of the U.S.-Japan Leadership Program (USJLP), the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future, and the British-American Project (BAP).

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