Welcome to the Japan Outreach Initiative Web Site! Beyond NAFTA's borders, Japan ranks as the United States' number one trading partner. Despite this fact, many of us in the United States have little knowledge and awareness of Japan, its culture and significance and contributions to the United States and the rest of the world. To address this issue, The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) and The Laurasian Institution (TLI) are pleased to introduce the Japan Outreach Initiative. This program offers a grassroots opportunity to develop such understanding by dispatching a small contingent of Japanese individuals-coordinators-to volunteer in American communities.