Devoted to improving understanding and facilitating conversations between the people and governments of the United States and Asia.

The need for the US-Asia Institute (USAI) was realized by co-founders Joji Konoshima and Esther G. Kee following the first national gathering of representatives from Asian communities at the White House in 1978. As a non-profit, non-governmental organization, USAI aims to create channels of dialogue to promote understanding between the people and government of the United States with those of 15 Asian countries: Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the People’s Republic of China, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.


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Highlights from our annual Lunar New Year Celebration:

Letter from Vice President Kamala Harris for the US-Asia Institute


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