Tokyo Metropolitan University | Fulbright Scholar Program

Non-U.S. Scholars

Each year roughly 850 faculty and professionals from around the world receive Fulbright Scholar awards for advanced research and university lecturing in the United States. Individual awards are available to scholars from over 100 countries.

Non-U.S. Scholars

U.S. Institutions

U.S. Higher Education institutions are instrumental to the success of the Fulbright mission. They are key allies in advancing the goal of sharing knowledge across communities, promoting mutual understanding across nations and improving lives around the world.

U.S. Institutions

Country

Japan

City

Tokyo

U.S. Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institution	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Henry Smith II	Cornell University	Tokyo Metropolitan University	History	Japan	1976-1977	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Chester Eisinger	Purdue University	Aoyama Gakuin University , Tokyo Metropolitan University	Literature	Japan	1970-1971	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Robert Smith	Cornell University	Tokyo Metropolitan University , University of Kyushu	Anthropology	Japan	1962-1963	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Kenneth Kurihara	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	Tokyo Metropolitan University	Economics	Japan	1964-1965	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Jitsuichi Masuoka	Fisk University	Tokyo Metropolitan University	Social Sciences	Japan	1959-1960	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Elisa Konofagou	Columbia University	Tokyo Metropolitan University , Sorbonne University , Sorbonne University	Acoustics	Japan,France	2024-2025	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Thomas Wilkinson	University of Massachusetts, Amherst	Tokyo Metropolitan University	Sociology	Japan	1964-1965	Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Visiting Grantees

Name	Home Institution	Host Institutions	Discipline	Program Country	Academic Years	Program
Yoshiko Tomishima	Tokyo Metropolitan University	Harvard University	Literature	Japan	1996-1997	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Tokue Shibata	Tokyo Metropolitan University	Grinnell College	Economics	Japan	1967-1968	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Keishi Shiono	Tokyo Metropolitan University	University of Southern California , University of Southern California	Engineering	Japan	1986-1987	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Yoshio Terasawa	Tokyo Metropolitan University	Yale University	Language	Japan	1966-1967	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Manabu Wagatsuma	Tokyo Metropolitan University	Harvard University	Law	Japan	2010-2011	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Heizo Nakajima	Tokyo Metropolitan University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Linguistics	Japan	1988-1989	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Nozomu Kawamura	Tokyo Metropolitan University	Maryville College	Sociology	Japan	1986-1987	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Mari Nakahara	Tokyo Metropolitan University	Columbia University	Anthropology	Japan	1996-1997	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program
Sanae Nakatani	Tokyo Metropolitan University	University of Southern California	Area Studies	Japan	2025-2026	Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program