Baker-Kanagawa US-Japan Study Foundation

The Baker-Kanagawa U.S. – Japan Study Foundation was a private “Foundation” organized in the United States with its principal administrative office in Midland, Michigan. George Robert (Bob) Baker and Chihiro Kanagawa were the driving forces behind the Foundation’s Establishment. The Foundation’s mission was to provide financial grants to qualified universities and colleges for fellowships, scholarships and educational funds for students from Japan studying in the United States and United States students studying in Japan. The intent was to further the awareness, understanding and appreciation of the United States and Japanese economic systems for students from Japan and the United States. A corollary purpose was the development and expansion of positive foreign relations between the participating people of the United States and Japan.