The Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund (JFMF) Teacher Program was established to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Fulbright Program — a U.S. government-initiated project created in 1946 to foster mutual understanding through exchanges of university students, faculty and researchers.

While the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program is no longer active, U.S. teachers still have the opportunity to participate in fully-funded, short-term study tours of Japan through the Japan-US Teacher Exchange Program for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).