Books & Reports
JCIE publishes nonpartisan analyses based on our research and dialogues programs. Many of our publications are available for download at no charge, while others are available via our partner distributor and major online booksellers. Click on each title for further information. For inquiries about permissions or bulk purchases, please contact JCIE.
JCIE Publications | JCIE at 50—Pioneering US-Japan Political Exchange
Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE)
2020
This report, compiled as part of JCIE’s commemoration of its 50th anniversary, is intended to serve as a record of US-Japan political and parliamentary exchange and offer JCIE’s perspective on how that exchange has impacted US-Japan relations.
Japan’s Global Health Diplomacy in the Post-COVID Era—The Paradigm Shift Needed on ODA and Related Policies
Special Commission on Japan’s Strategy on Development Assistance for Health
November 2020
A report from a high-level commission organized by JCIE, the Special Commission on Japan’s Strategy on Development Assistance for Health (DAH), calls for the Japanese government to better coordinate and strategize its health ODA by creating a centralized “control tower” and to double funding for glo…
JCIE Publications | Hopes and Challenges for the Global Financing Facility: Toward the Realization of the SDGs
Prepared by Shiori Nagatani, Tomoko Yoshida, Tomoko Suzuki, and James Gannon
2020
With the goal of fostering the understanding of the GFF among people involved in global health and developmental assistance in Japan, JCIE conducted…
AHWIN Papers | Responding to the Needs of Older Persons During a Pandemic
Prepared by Kim Gould Ashizawa and Stephen McHugh
June 2020
The inaugural AHWIN Paper draws on an online panel discussion that explored what policy lessons can be learned from the experiences of the United States, Japan, and Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic to improve our ability to protect our older populations.
We Need to Do Better–Perspectives on the Global Response to COVID-19
An Interview with Dr. Ariel Pablos-Méndez
June 25, 2020
A noted figure in the global health community, Ariel Pablos-Méndez led USAID’s health programming during the 2014–2016 Ebola crisis as assistant administrator for global health, and he has been on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response while practicing at a New York City hospital, Columbia Universi…
Survey of Japanese Legislators: Attitudes on ODA and Global Health
Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE)
June 2020
A JCIE survey of Japanese legislators finds that 80 percent of the 92 respondents favor steps to increase Japan’s official development assistance (ODA), with most prioritizing funding for health programs and education, followed by water & sanitation projects and humanitarian assistance.