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1940's
1946
Fulbright Program established
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1949
Government and Relief in Occupied Areas (GARIOA) program is launched in Japan
1950's
1950
Toshiko Yamane photographed by Ken Domon
©Private Collection
(Tottori City Historical Museum Deposit)
Toshiko Yamane, Japan's first female diplomat, studied abroad at the University of Vermont as a GARIOA Scholar
1951
The Governments of Japan and the U.S. sign an agreement to establish an educational exchange program between the two countries with funding from the U.S. Government
1952
GARIOA Program last group/Fulbrighters First Group(The GARIOA Program continued in Okinawa until 1972, administered separately)
1952 Kansas Orientation
1952 Hikawamaru
1952
1952
Mamoru Hosaka, a pioneer in computer application design and the first Japanese to win the IEEE Computer Pioneer Award, studied abroad at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as the first student of the Fulbright Program
1950
Toshiko Yamane photographed by Ken Domon
©Private Collection
(Tottori City Historical Museum Deposit)
Toshiko Yamane, Japan's first female diplomat, studied abroad at the University of Vermont as a GARIOA Scholar
1952
Mamoru Hosaka, a pioneer in computer application design and the first Japanese to win the IEEE Computer Pioneer Award, studied abroad at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as the first student of the Fulbright Program
1970's
1979
Yasushi Akashi completed graduate school at the University of Virginia in 1955 as a Fulbright Scholar and became the first Japanese person to serve on the United Nations staff, being appointed Under-Secretary-General
1979
25th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program in Japan
1979
New Japan-U.S. Agreement on Educational and Cultural Exchange signed; Government of Japan agrees to share costs for the Fulbright Program
1979
Yasushi Akashi completed graduate school at the University of Virginia in 1955 as a Fulbright Scholar and became the first Japanese person to serve on the United Nations staff, being appointed Under-Secretary-General
1980's
1982
30th Anniversary of the Japan-U.S. Fulbright Program The GARIOA/Fulbright Alumni Association of Japan established in all regions of Japan and foundation of GARIOA/Fulbright Alumni Association of Japan Board of Directors
30th Anniversary of the Japan-U.S. Fulbright Program
1982 First Japan-U.S. Fulbright Charity Golf Tournament
1986
Japan-United States Educational Exchange Promotion Foundation (Fulbright Foundation) established to institutionalize Alumni fundraising
1987
Susumu Tonegawa studied abroad as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California in 1963 and won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1987
Susumu Tonegawa studied abroad as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California in 1963 and won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1990's
1992
40th Anniversary of the Japan-U.S. Fulbright Program
1997 U.S. grantees visiting Sumo stable
2000's
2002
50th Anniversary of the Japan-U.S. Fulbright Program
50th Anniversary of the Japan-U.S. Fulbright Program
2002
Masatoshi Koshiba studied abroad at the University of Rochester as a Fulbright Scholar in 1953 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics
2005
J. William Fulbright Centennial Celebration
2008
Osamu Shimomura studied abroad at Princeton University as a Fulbright Scholar in 1960 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Invited to the New York Institute for Advanced Studies in Theatre Arts under the Fulbright Lecturing Program in 1964, Akiyo Tomoeda, a Noh performer, was granted individual recognition as an Important Intangible Cultural Asset (Living National Treasure)
2002
Masatoshi Koshiba studied abroad at the University of Rochester as a Fulbright Scholar in 1953 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics
2008
Osamu Shimomura studied abroad at Princeton University as a Fulbright Scholar in 1960 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Invited to the New York Institute for Advanced Studies in Theatre Arts under the Fulbright Lecturing Program in 1964, Akiyo Tomoeda, a Noh performer, was granted individual recognition as an Important Intangible Cultural Asset (Living National Treasure)
2010's
2010
Ei-ichi Negishi studied abroad at the University of Pennsylvania as a Fulbright Scholar in 1960 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
2012
60th Anniversary of the Japan-U.S. Fulbright Program
2013
Fulbright Alumni Association of Japan established (National Board of Directors of the GARIOA Fulbright Alumni Association and the Tokyo Fulbright Association combined)
2014
FLTA Conference
2010
Ei-ichi Negishi studied abroad at the University of Pennsylvania as a Fulbright Scholar in 1960 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
2020's
2021
Fulbright-Mikitani Memorial Grant established (awarded to five to six Japanese Fulbright graduate students each year for three years starting from 2021-2023)
