Supporting the Center for Japanese Studies
at the University of Michigan

We encourage you to make donations to the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies (CJS). A gift is the most significant way you can help secure the University of Michigan's position as a leader in the field of Japanese Studies. Your gift will support a wide range of CJS activities, including academic programs, research, public events, outreach, and publications.

Outright gifts may be made to CJS in a variety of ways and are deductible as allowed by law. CJS accepts cash, checks, or credit cards; matching gifts (please send the appropriate paperwork from the matching agency with your gift); and securities (stock gifts). We ask you to complete this form, and send your gift to CJS, University of Michigan, 1080 South University, Suite 3640, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106.

If you are interested in working with your financial advisors to make a planned gift to the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies, please visit the Office of Development's website. The University of Michigan works with donors and their financial advisors to design a trust or bequest.

Why Give to CJS?

The University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), is one of the nation's foremost institutes for interdisciplinary research and training on Japan. Founded in 1947, CJS is the oldest interdisciplinary center in the United States devoted exclusively to Japanese Studies. CJS's outstanding faculty of more than 45 area specialists come from varying humanities departments, social science departments, and professional schools. The Center offers an interdisciplinary M.A. program and joint M.A./M.B.A. and M.A./J.D. programs. Together with the University of Michigan’s Center for Chinese Studies and the Korean Studies Program, CJS is part of the East Asia National Resource Center supported by the Department of Education’s Title VI grant program, and serves the community through public events and outreach.

For years, CJS has been supplementing federal and university funding by gifts and endowments. Because federal appropriations to support area studies centers are always at risk, CJS must find ways to assure its financial security independent of federal support. Your gift will help the Center with this effort and ensure the high quality of its programs.

For more information on the various ways you can support the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies, contact:

Yuri Fukazawa
Administrator
Center for Japanese Studies
yurif@umich.edu
734.936.7621