International: FY2024 U.S. Embassy Tokyo: Mission Japan

Sponsor: Department of State, U.S. EMBASSY Tokyo
Funding Opportunity Title: FY2024 U.S. Embassy Tokyo: Mission Japan Media Study Tour for Japanese Journalists on Trilateral Security Cooperation
Key words: Japan, Korea, media, journalism

Agency Deadline: 05/15/2024
Funding available: maximum of $85,000 per award
Period of performance: 24 months
Program background: Following the historic August 2023 Trilateral Leaders’ Summit hosted by President Biden at Camp David, the United States, Japan, and Republic of Korea inaugurated “a new era of trilateral partnership,” and committed to strengthening trilateral security cooperation through enhanced trilateral defense exercises, improved information sharing, and increased cooperation on ballistic missile defense, including against DPRK missile threats.
Program Objectives: To better understand how the trilateral relationship is making strides, print journalists based across Japan will learn firsthand through a five-day media study tour on trilateral security cooperation with travel to Tokyo and Seoul (including the DMZ). They will engage with policymakers and experts from all three nations to gain a deeper understanding of how this enhanced cooperation is occurring and the significance that it plays to the region. The Japan-based journalists will also have an opportunity to meet and network with ROK journalist counterparts, forging important regional connections and facilitating networking connections among media professionals.

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