The application period for the spring 2025 session is now open, from Nov. 15 - Dec. 31, 2024.
Spring 2025 course dates: February 17 - June 30, 2025
Follow SPICE on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and join our email list to receive announcements for the next application period.
The Stanford University Scholars Program for Japanese High School Students or “Stanford e-Japan” is a distance-learning course sponsored by the Yanai Tadashi Foundation and the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE). Stanford e-Japan enrolls exceptional high school students currently residing in Japan to engage in an intensive study of U.S. society and culture. The course underscores the importance of U.S.–Japan relations. Ambassadors, top scholars, and experts throughout the United States provide web-based lectures and engage students in live discussion sessions or “virtual classes.” The course is offered in English.
The web-based lectures include historical topics such as the importance of the U.S.–Japan relationship, contemporary topics such as Silicon Valley and entrepreneurship, high schools in the United States, and other topics of interest to Japanese students.
Students will participate in approximately 10-12 “virtual classes” via the Internet. The “virtual classes” will be offered 2–3 times a month on Saturday afternoons (1 - 2:30 PM Japan time). Students should expect to allot 3–4 hours per week to complete the lectures, discussions, readings, and assignments. Since this is a distance-learning course, however, students will be able to structure most of the work around their individual schedules. The application period for the spring 2025 session will be from the Nov. 15 - Dec. 31, 2024. The spring 2025 session will take place from mid-February through June 30, 2025.
The course will culminate in an independent research project. Final research projects will be printed in journal format, and students will also be required to lead one presentation on U.S. society at their schools or in their local communities.
Although intensive, Stanford e-Japan will equip Japanese students with a rare degree of expertise about U.S. society and culture and U.S.–Japan relations that may have a significant impact on their choices of study and future careers.
NOTE: Due to the large number applications, we encourage all recommenders to submit their recommendations through the online application process. Emailing them directly to the Program Manager will delay processing of all applications as well as students’ notification of acceptance into the program.
Stanford E-Japan
The application period for the spring 2025 session is now open, from Nov. 15 - Dec. 31, 2024.
Spring 2025 course dates: February 17 - June 30, 2025
Follow SPICE on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and join our email list to receive announcements for the next application period.
The Stanford University Scholars Program for Japanese High School Students or “Stanford e-Japan” is a distance-learning course sponsored by the Yanai Tadashi Foundation and the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE). Stanford e-Japan enrolls exceptional high school students currently residing in Japan to engage in an intensive study of U.S. society and culture. The course underscores the importance of U.S.–Japan relations. Ambassadors, top scholars, and experts throughout the United States provide web-based lectures and engage students in live discussion sessions or “virtual classes.” The course is offered in English.
The web-based lectures include historical topics such as the importance of the U.S.–Japan relationship, contemporary topics such as Silicon Valley and entrepreneurship, high schools in the United States, and other topics of interest to Japanese students.
Students will participate in approximately 10-12 “virtual classes” via the Internet. The “virtual classes” will be offered 2–3 times a month on Saturday afternoons (1 - 2:30 PM Japan time). Students should expect to allot 3–4 hours per week to complete the lectures, discussions, readings, and assignments. Since this is a distance-learning course, however, students will be able to structure most of the work around their individual schedules. The application period for the spring 2025 session will be from the Nov. 15 - Dec. 31, 2024. The spring 2025 session will take place from mid-February through June 30, 2025.
The course will culminate in an independent research project. Final research projects will be printed in journal format, and students will also be required to lead one presentation on U.S. society at their schools or in their local communities.
Although intensive, Stanford e-Japan will equip Japanese students with a rare degree of expertise about U.S. society and culture and U.S.–Japan relations that may have a significant impact on their choices of study and future careers.
NOTE: Due to the large number applications, we encourage all recommenders to submit their recommendations through the online application process. Emailing them directly to the Program Manager will delay processing of all applications as well as students’ notification of acceptance into the program.