Japan America Student Conference

Each year, a group of students from universities in the United States and Japan spend four weeks living, traveling, and studying together.

The delegates collaborate with leaders in business, academia, and government on contemporary social, economic, and political issues that face the U.S., Japan and the world.

In 1934, a small group of Japanese university students concerned about the deteriorating relations between the United States and Japan initiated the first JASC in Tokyo.

During this time, they engage in academic round-table discussions, cultural and social events, lectures and panel presentations, field trips, and community service activities.

More importantly, the bonds that form as a result of the 72 students living and working together will offer the basis for lifelong friendships that further strengthen the ties between Japan and the United States.

In recent years the conference has attempted to include discussions of the rise of China as a major power in Asia by holding trilateral forums with Chinese students.

Additionally, a new Korea-America Student Conference has been established to improve ties between the United States and its regional ally South Korea.