Long ago, I was honored to receive a Creative Arts Exchange Fellowship from the Japan-United States Friendship Commission with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. This involved extensive language and cultural training followed by a year in Japan as the guest of the Bunkacho, Japan’s Cultural Agency, based at the International House of Japan in Tokyo. While there I had the opportunity to travel widely visiting national cultural treasures throughout Japan. I experienced immersion in Japanese culture and society, researched many ancient gardens, sacred shrines and temples, plus had the privilege to interact and exchange ideas with top professionals in business, arts and government, even act as a consultant for embassies, consulates and summarizing what actually happened.  private individuals plus present my ideas to a broad public audience. As early pioneers of what would become a highly successful international exchange program there was keen interest as to what impact such an effort would have on the individual as well as the broader community. To honor the 25^th anniversary of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission Creative Arts Fellowship program I recently submitted a ‘progress’ report, covering my activities over the past two decades. This report and the response from the Commission follows:.