Isao Kano Takes the Helm of JCIE/Japan
JCIE/Japan is pleased to announce that Mr. Isao Kano has been appointed as the organization’s new President and CEO, effective April 1, 2023. Mr. Kano brings a wealth of international management experience to JCIE. He enjoyed a four-decade-long career at Mitsubishi Corporation, during which he was posted to seven locations around the world, focusing on mineral […]
Defending Universal Values in the Indo-Pacific—The Roles of Japan and the G7 Summit
JCIE hosted a public symposium in the lead up to Japan hosting the G7 Summit in Hiroshima to deepen discussions on the role Japan should fulfill in defending universal values and a rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific
Interviews from the Sunnylands Initiative Retreat
At the second meeting of the Sunnylands Initiative on Enhancing Democratic Partnership in the Indo-Pacific region in Japan, select participants shared their thoughts on key issues concerning democracy in the region in a series of short video clips.
Second Sunnylands Initiative Retreat Hosted in Japan
Responding to the urgent need to address the threats to democracy in the Indo-Pacific region and around the world, JCIE convened the second meeting of the Sunnylands Initiative on Enhancing Democratic Partnership in the Indo-Pacific (Sunnylands Initiative) on August 1-3, 2022 in Tokyo and Odawara, Japan
Global Health Diet Roundtable | Vaccine Diplomacy and Japan: What Is Needed Now?
On April 5, JCIE hosted its 6th Global Health Diet Roundtable, which was held online and attended by seven Diet members across multiple parties. Speakers discussed the current status of COVID-19 vaccine development around the world, background information on the vaccine development delays in Japan, and issues in the global COVID-19 response that Japan should address.
The Role of Civil Society and the Next Generation for the Future of Democracy
JCIE’s Democracy for the Future Program will be hosting an online international conference to explore the role of civil society and the next generation for the future of democracy. Register to attend via zoom
WEBINAR | Promoting the Development and Transfer of Technology to Improve the Lives of Older Adults
JCIE and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) will co-host a webinar on community-based integrated care.
JCIE Marks One-Year Anniversary as the Japan Partner of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO
JCIE began partnering with the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO to accept donations to support the WHO and other international organizations in the fight against the global pandemic.
Japan-US Dialogue | Harnessing New Technologies to Battle COVID-19
The Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA) and the Consulate General of Japan in New York co-hosted a special webinar featuring Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, the recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The event started with special remarks from Hon. Yasutoshi Nishimura, the Minister of State in charge of Japan’s COVID-19 response. Dr. Yamanaka […]
Korea-Japan Forum | 13th Meeting
Forty-one political leaders, business executives, scholars, and public intellectuals gathered from August 29 to 31 for the 13th Korea-Japan Forum on Jeju Island, Korea, to discuss political trends in Japan and Korea, bilateral history issues, Korea-Japan cooperation on East Asia community building, and measures to promote greater exchange between the two countries.