The National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with the U.S. Japan Friendship Commission:

The U.S/Japan Creative Artists' Program will provide support for up to fiveoutstanding contemporary or traditional artists from the United States to spend athree-month residency in Japan.

Eligible applicants are architects, choreographers, composers, creative writers, designers, media artists, playwrights, visual artists, or solo theater artists who work with original material (including puppeteers, storytellers and performance artists). Multidisciplinary artists and artistic directors of theater or dance companies are also eligible.
Selected artists will receive: A grant award in the amount of $20,000 to cover housing, living, and professional expenses and up to $2,000 for round trip transportation for the artist.

The next deadline for this program is March 1, 2012 for residencies in 2013. Additional information, including guidelines and the application, can be found at
CreativeArtistsProgram

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