Interactive Data Hub Design

The National Association of Japan-America Societies (NAJAS) received funding to launch an interactive website which will serve as an information hub to encourage United States-Japan collaboration. The project is an expanded, interactive version of The NAJAS-99, a printed volume of organizations driving the U.S.-Japan partnership.

NAJAS needs help structuring the interactive hub, defining requirements, and selecting the optimal IT designer(s).

USJF CEO Jacob Schlesinger said of the project: We love this idea. It's exactly along the lines of what we think is needed to create a more coherent framework for a fragmented ecosystem, and to better position these organizations to work together for social impact in the U.S. and Japan.

The National Association of Japan-America Societies (NAJAS) received funding to launch this interactive website which will serve as an information hub to encourage United States-Japan collaboration. The International House of Japan (IHJ) and the American Friends of the International House of Japan (AFIHJ) will contribute their networks and intellectual firepower to the project.Our network of 41 independent non-profit organizations is positioned to bring together a wide range of entities in the U.S. Japan space, and what we at NAJAS envision as an interactive Japanhands website will exponentially increase coordination and partnerships. The community has long sought this type of tool, as reflected in our stakeholders’ testimonials on behalf of the print directory (https://us-japan.org/Beyond-NAJAS,) noted NAJAS President Wylegala.
As an entity with transpacific reach that was co-founded by J.D. Rockefeller 3rd and Shigeharu Matsumoto in the post-war period, we are so excited to engage with NAJAS to bring this project to life, noted Dr. David Janes, Vice President, North America, and Executive Director of the American Friends of the International House of Japan (AFIHJ).