Trump administrationUS-Japan effort saves Mansfield fellowship from Trump budget cut
PM contender Hayashi was architect of federal worker program that trains US bureaucrats
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, who is running for the Liberal Democratic Party leadership race, is known as the architect of the Mansfield Fellowship Program. © Reuters
KEN MORIYASU
September 24, 2025 22:10 JST
WASHINGTON -- The Mansfield Fellowship Program -- a two-year training course designed to build a corps of U.S. federal government employees with proficiency in the Japanese language and firsthand knowledge of Japan -- has survived a State Department budget cut, Nikkei Asia has learned.