Kansai Keizai Doyukai Program
Forecasted
Kansai Keizai Doyukai Program supports fellows’ research and an annual U.S.–Japan symposium to examine shared political, economic, and social concerns involving Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.
Funder: John F. Kennedy School of Government
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Annual fellowship application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Partnership funding supports fellow placements, research, and an annual symposium; fellowship residence lasts one year
Summary: Supports fellows’ research and an annual U.S.–Japan symposium on issues of joint interest concerning Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.
Description
The Kansai Keizai Doyukai Program at Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government (M-RCBG) supports research, fellow placements, and an annual one-day symposium in Cambridge. The partnership began with a 1999 agreement between CBG and the Kansai Keizai Doyukai, a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization comprising leading corporations in Japan’s Osaka region. Its members believe corporate managers should engage with political, economic, and social issues.
Fellows spend one year in residence at M-RCBG conducting research. Their work has addressed energy sector restructuring, project management in the global economy, enterprise risk management for utilities, Japan’s energy policy after Fukushima, natural gas markets, carbon-reducing energy investments, and globalization’s effects on human resource development. The fellowships and symposium examine critical issues shared by the Doyukai and the center concerning Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.
