Interning with the Japan-America Society of Washington DC is a great opportunity to gain skills, experience, and contacts in the world of US-Japan culture exchange and policy.
During your internship you will have the opportunity to interact with American and Japanese members of the cultural, business, and policy communities, and gain hands-on experience managing the Society’s programs and events! An internship with JASWDC will help you develop skills that will assist in your future career, and will connect you with mentors in the US-Japan community to help guide you on your journey.
Internships with the Society are available to a limited number of undergraduate and graduate students as well as recent graduates each throughout the year. Internships are unpaid positions. Depending on the university’s internship program, credit is sometimes offered. Interns must pledge to work a minimum of three full days a week for a period of no less than eight weeks.
In all internship applications we look for:
According to JASWDC Bylaws, all active trustees must be individual members of the Society. Therefore, active trustees who are not otherwise members through a corporate membership are requested to enroll/renew their individual membership by way of “registering” and rendering payment through this once-annual campaign, covering the July ’24-August ’25 fiscal year. We recommend that BOT members enroll/renew at the Tsutsuji ($250) or Kiku ($1500) levels. However, payments are welcome at all levels of individual membership, and the Society will be pleased to extend membership benefits upon request, at the membership level commensurate with the contribution.
Non-trustees (such as honorary and emeritus positions, advisers, and counselors) are invited to participate in this campaign, but participation is not otherwise required.
Please enroll by clicking the “Register” link on this page, then choose your level of membership.
Join the JASWDC Haiku Group!
led by haiku poet and author, Abigail Friedman
Experience the beauty of haiku and hone your haiku-writing skills at the Japan-America Society of Washington DC Haiku Group!
This haiku group, or kukai, provides a platform for writers of haiku to come together and develop their craft in a fun, friendly atmosphere. Following a format similar to that of Japanese haiku groups, participants will bring to the session three haiku poems in English that they have written beforehand. The group then shares each haiku anonymously around the room without critique. Following this, each participant will select their favorites among all they have read on that day. As for the rest, come to the group to find out!
Led by esteemed haiku poet and author Abigail Friedman, the group meets once every two months. More details on how a kukai functions will be explained at the group itself.
The group will meet at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, located at 901 G St. NW, Washington, DC 20001:
Date: Saturday, July 19th, 2025
Time: 2:30 – 4:30 pm (EST) Location: 401-E Conference Room, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
Schedule and requirements:
Number of Haiku: Bring three English-language haiku you have composed SCHEDULE:
2:30-3:30 pm: Anonymous sharing of haiku
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm: break
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm: Abigail will discuss her recently published haiku book, The Azaleas Are Silent.
**It is important that participants arrive on time, as the meeting will begin promptly and involves participation from the entire group**
Japanese Home Cooking with Table for Two and the Japan-America Societies of Washington DC, Boston, Colorado, Georgia, Houston, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Colorado, and JETAA.
Japanese summers are known for being steamy (mushiatsui)! But people forget the humidity as soon as they get into their summer yukata and enjoy the street food at their local festivals, or matsuri. Join our July Ouchigohan cooking session as we make these popular matsuri dishes: yakisoba (fried noodles), takoyaki (grilled octopus fritters), and refreshing strawberry kakigori (shaved ice). We'll provide you with some great hacks, as well as the work-arounds you need, if you don't have the specialized cooking equipment.
Once registered you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link and recipe card.
JAS Members can enter their Society-provided code at checkout for a discounted rate. JASWDC members can use code “wdc” to save $5
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