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2010 Activities
Sept. 25–Oct. 8, 2010 - US-Japan Young Political Leaders Exchange Program—27th US Delegation to Japan
September 22, 2010 - Japan pledges $800 million to Global Fund at UN MDG Summit
September 1, 2010 - Universal Coverage in the 21st Century: Redefining Japan's Health System
August 3–4, 2010 - Jakarta Workshop and Roundtable on "Strengthening Nongovernmental Contributions to Regional Security Cooperation"
July 31–August 6, 2010 -2010 Toshiba Youth Conference for a Sustainable Future
June 29, 2010 - 2010 Tiffany Foundation Awardees Announced
June 2010 - “The US-Japan Alliance: Beyond Futenma”—June 2010 issue of East Asia Insights
June 2010 - New Dialogue and Research Monitor —Report tracking Asia Pacific security dialogues
May 2010 - Release of JCIE PublicationGetting the Triangle Straight: Managing China-Japan-US Relations
May 14, 2010 - JCIE/UN Seminar on Health and Human Security (May 15)
May 2, 2010 - FGFJ News: Japan Raises 2010 Global Fund Contribution by Approx. 25%
March 27–28, 2010 - The Impact of Changing US Policy on the Emerging East Asia Community—Asia Pacific Agenda Project (APAP) workshop in Honolulu
February 2010 - “The US-Japan Alliance: Beyond Futenma”—February 2010 issue of East Asia Insights
February 13–20, 2010 - 21st US Congressional Staff Delegation to Japan
January 2010 - American Chamber of Commerce in Japan names Tadashi Yamamoto "Person of the Year"
January 18–19, 2010 - Tokyo Workshop on "Strengthening Nongovernmental Contributions to Regional Security Cooperation"
January 2010 - "An Absent Japan: Why Human Networks are More Critical than Ever"—Gaiko Forum
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2009 Activities
November 29–30 - Asia Pacific Agenda Project (APAP) Seoul Forum—Workshop on “The Impact of Changing US Policy on the Emerging East Asia Community”
November 11, 2009 - "Obama's Visit to Japan"—Article by Tadashi Yamamoto on the MacArthur Foundation's Asia Security Initiative blog
November 7–20, 2009 - US-Japan Young Political Leaders Exchange Program—26th US delegation to Japan
November 4, 2009 - Luncheon with President George W. Bush—Former President Bush gave a special address as part of a Tokyo seminar on Korea-Japan relations co-sponsored with the Seoul Forum
October 14, 2009 - Roundtable “The Future of the North Korea Question and Prospects for Regional Security”—Joint roundtable with the Council on Foreign Relations
September, 2009 - "Japan under the DPJ"—September 2009 issue of East Asia Insights
July 31–August 7, 2009 - 2009 Toshiba Youth Conference for a Sustainable Future
July 2009 - "The North Korea Nuclear Crisis: Five Guiding Principles"—July 2009 issue of East Asia Insights
June 26, 2009 - Tiffany Foundation Award winners announced
June 12, 2009 - “US-Japan Intellectual Exchange: Global Health Cooperation as a Strategy to Cut through the Stagnation”— Yomiuri Shimbun article by Tadashi Yamamoto
May 14, 2009 - "Warped Perception of US Really Must Change"—Asahi Shimbun oped by Hitoshi Tanaka
April 17–18, 2009 - Working Group on Challenges in Global Health and Japan's Contributions—Dissemination seminar in Nairobi, Kenya
April 2009 - "A New Vision for the US-Japan Alliance"—April 2009 issue of East Asia Insights
March 18, 2009 - Congressional Roundtable: "The Congress, the Diet, and New Opportunities for US-Japan Partnership"—Roundtable with five Congressional members on reinvigorating US-Japan policy dialogue.
March 17 & 19, 2009 - Working Group on Challenges in Global Health and Japan's Contributions—Dissemination seminars in Washington DC
March 12 –13, 2009 - Honolulu Workshop: Managing China-Japan-US Relations and Strengthening Trilateral Cooperation
January 27, 2009 - Working Group on Challenges in Global Health and Japan's Contributions—Dissemination seminar in Bangkok, Thailand
January 15, 2009 - The Lancet features the Takemi Working Group Report
January 9–11, 2009 - Workshop & Study Program: An Enhanced Agenda for US-Japan Partnership
A core group of young intellectual leaders convened in Tokyo and Shimoda for a final workshop as part of a project that explores the role of US-Japan bilateral cooperation in a variety of fields. Co-sponsored by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership
January 2009 - Working
Group on Challenges in Global Health and Japan's Contribution Final Report—Global Action for Health System Strengthening: Policy Recommendations to the G8
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2008 Activities
December 2008 - "Getting China Policy Right"
November issue of East Asia Insights from Hitoshi Tanaka, JCIE senior fellow and former deputy foreign minister. PDF [101kb]
November 8–21 - 25th American Delegation Visit of the US-Japan Young Political Leaders Exchange Program
Emerging political leaders from the US visited Japan on a study trip cosponsored by the American Council for Young Political Leaders.
November 2008 - Civil Society Monitor
JCIE interviews one of Japan's most prominent NGO leaders, Sumie Ishii of JOICFP, about the progress of Japan's NGOs in light of the July G8 Summit.
November 3–4 - International Conference on Global Action for Health System Strengthening (November 3-4)
As part of JCIE's project on Challenges in Global Health, key health leaders from around the world convened in Tokyo for a follow up conference to the 2008 Toyako G8 Summit.
October 2008 - "Revisiting the North Korea Issue"
October issue of East Asia Insights from Hitoshi Tanaka, JCIE senior fellow and former deputy foreign minister. PDF [96k]
September 2008 - "The Crisis of Global Governance and the Rise of East Asia"
September issue of East Asia Insights from Hitoshi Tanaka, JCIE senior fellow and former deputy foreign minister. PDF [138k]
August 23–30, 2008 - US Congressional Staff Delegation to Japan
July 9, 2008 - "G8 Leaders Welcome Framework for Action on Global Health—'Takemi Working Group's' Presence Felt"
Sankei Shimbun article (pdf - unofficial translation)
July 5, 2008 - "Human Security Approach for Global Health"
The Lancet article by Keizo Takemi, et. al.
July 2008 - "Prospects for Japan's Domestic Politics and Implications for Its Foreign Policy"
July issue of East Asia Insights from Hitoshi Tanaka, JCIE senior fellow and former deputy foreign minister. PDF [96k]
June 29–30 - Beijing Workshop on "Managing China-Japan-US Relations"
June 28, 2008 - First Tiffany Foundation Award
The first annual Tiffany Foundation Award for the Preservation of Japanese Traditional Arts and Culture in Contemporary Japanese Society was presented to two organizations doing exemplary work to revitalize Japan's cultural heritage.
May 23-24, 2008 - From Okinawa to Toyako: Dealing with Communicable Diseases as Global Human Security Threats
Friends of the Global Fund, Japan conference on how the world can respond more effectively to the spread of communicable diseases in developing countries.
May 23, 2008 - "Global Health, Human Security, and Japan's Contributions"
Working Group on Challenges in Health and Japan's Contribution Final Report
(pdf)
May 2008 - "A Japanese Perspective on the China Question"
May issue of East Asia Insights from Hitoshi Tanaka, JCIE senior fellow and former deputy foreign minister. PDF [91k]
April 2008 - Publication of East Asia at a Crossroads Leading policy experts from inside and outside East Asia analyze the dynamics of regional community building and propose ways of moving forward to enhance regional peace and prosperity.
2007 Activities
December 2007 - Tiffany & Co. Foundation Award Established
JCIE and the Tiffany & Co. Foundation announced the establishment of the Tiffany Foundation Award for the Preservation of Japanese Traditional Arts and Culture in Contemporary Society.
December 2007 - 2008 SEEDCap Japan Grantees Announced
With the support of Voyager Management, LLC, four exemplary Japanese nonprofit organizations were awarded grants to carry out innovative and entrepreneurial projects that respond to pressing social needs.
November 2007 - "A
Japanese Perspective on US Policy toward East Asia "
November issue of East Asia Insights from Hitoshi Tanaka, JCIE senior
fellow and former deputy foreign minister. PDF [84k]
October 2007 - "Japanese
Foreign Policy under Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda "
October issue of East Asia Insights from Hitoshi Tanaka, JCIE
senior fellow and former deputy foreign minister. PDF [84k]
October 15-16 - Managing China-Japan-US Relations and Strengthening Trilateral Cooperation—Tokyo Workshop
August 2007 - Civil Society Monitor No. 12 PDF [280k]
In an interviewm JCIE spotlights the founders of Japan's national campaign for the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) and their advocacy campaign, Hottokenai Sekai no Mazushisa ("Don't let it be - world poverty"). Other articles cover trends in corporate giving and reform of the nonprofit legal system.
August 1, 2007 - "Japan's Problems Require Bipartisan Solutions "
Financial Times article by JCIE Senior Fellow Hitoshi Tanaka
2006 Activities
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