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Events & Activities

JCIE/UN Seminar on Health and Human Security (May 14)

FGFJ News: Japan Raises 2010 Global Fund Contribution by Approx. 25% (May 2)

The Impact of Changing US Policy on the Emerging East Asia Community (March 27–28)—Asia Pacific Agenda Project (APAP) workshop in Honolulu

21st US Congressional Staff Delegation to Japan (February 13–20, 2010)

American Chamber of Commerce in Japan names Tadashi Yamamoto "Person of the Year" (February)

Tokyo Workshop on "Strengthening Nongovernmental Contributions to Regional Security Cooperation" (January 18–19)

Asia Pacific Agenda Project (APAP) Seoul Forum (November 29–30)—Workshop on “The Impact of Changing US Policy on the Emerging East Asia Community"

US-Japan Young Political Leaders Exchange Program (November 7–20)—26th US delegation to Japan

Luncheon with President George W. Bush (November 4)—Former President Bush gave a special address as part of a Tokyo seminar on Korea-Japan relations co-sponsored with the Seoul Forum

Roundtable “The Future of the North Korea Question and Prospects for Regional Security” (October 14)—Joint roundtable in Tokyo with the Council on Foreign Relations

US-Japan Parliamentary Exchange Program (September 23)—JCIE arranged a DC visit program for Internal Affairs Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi, including sessions with Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), private sector IT experts, and Asia specialists

Facilitating US-Japan Philanthropy

2009 Toshiba Youth Conference for a Sustainable Future (July 31–August 7)
Tiffany Foundation Award winners announced (June 26)
2009 SeedCap grants awarded to innovative nonprofi ts

Working Group on Challenges in Global Health and Japan's Contributions

Dissemination seminars—Nairobi (April 17–18); Washington DC (March 17 & 19); Bangkok, Thailand (January 27)
Working Group Final Report—Global Action for Health System Strengthening: Policy Recommendations to the G8
The Lancet features the Takemi Working Group Report (January 15)

JCIE in the Media

"An Absent Japan: Why Human Networks are More Critical than Ever"—Gaiko Forum (January 2010)

"Obama's Visit to Japan"—Article by Tadashi Yamamoto on the MacArthur Foundation's Asia Security Initiative blog (November 11, 2009)

“US-Japan Intellectual Exchange: Global Health Cooperation as a Strategy to Cut through the Stagnation”—Yomiuri Shimbun article by Tadashi Yamamoto (June 12, 2009)

"Warped Perception of US Really Must Change"—Asahi Shimbun oped by Hitoshi Tanaka (May 14, 2009)

"G8 Leaders Welcome Framework for Action on Global Health: 'Takemi Working Group’s' Presence Felt"—Sankei Shimbun article (June 12, 2008)

Noteworthy Newsletters & Publications

Newsletters

East Asia Insights
May 2010—“The US-Japan Alliance: Beyond Futenma”

Civil Society Monitor
November 2008 issue highlighting recent trends and developments in Japan's civil society PDF [280k]

Dialogue & Research Monitor
An inventory of multilateral meetings on Asia Pacific issues with a searchable database of all volumes dating back to 1998.

Publications

Getting the Triangle Straight: Managing China-Japan-US Relations
In this volume, three leading experts from China, Japan, and the United States are joined by nine younger, emerging scholars to analyze the relationship among the three countries and offer recommendations for better managing the volatile dynamics of trilateral relations.

Global Action for Health System Strengthening: Policy Recommendations to the G8
The final report of the Working Group on Challenges in Global Health and Japan's Contributions.
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 while strengthening East Asia’s capacity to meet its growing global responsibilities. An Asia Pacific Agenda Project publication, East Asia at a Crossroads was born out of APAP's 12th forum in Bali, which took place on November 27–28, 2006.

Building Resilience: Human Security Approaches to AIDS in Africa and Asia
Building Resilience examines development projects that deal with AIDS from various angles to analyze potential for human security approaches to help respond to the challenges of AIDS.