United States
ACTIVITIES
Announcing JCIE's 2023 US Congressional Staff Exchange
October 9–October 15, 2023 | Tokyo and Hiroshima
The 2023 US Congressional Staff Exchange Program will give 7 Congressional Staff the opportunity to travel Japan, where they will meet with Japanese leaders across politics, media, and academia.
2023 Japanese Women Leaders Delegation to the US
September 11–15 | Washington DC
JCIE is bringing a delegation of six Japanese women leaders from political and business sectors to Washington DC to participate in a weeklong series of activities to explore issues related to US-Japan…
ROUNDTABLE | A Discussion on the Kanagawa Healthcare New Frontier, Age-Friendly Communities,and Public-Private Engagement to Achieve the SDGs
July 18, 2023 | New York City
As part of our new US-Japan Program on Healthy and Resilient Aging, JCIE hosted a discussion between Kanagawa Governor Yuji Kuroiwa and a group of experts in the fields of global health, aging, and su…
2023 US-Japan Healthy and Resilient Aging Exchange
May 21–27, 2023 | Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture
JCIE brought community leaders from Columbus, Ohio—a leader in age-friendly community-building in the United States—to meet with counterparts in Tokyo and in various age-friendly cities in Kanagawa Pr…
FGFJ Arranges Global Fund Director Peter Sands Visit to Japan ahead of the G7 Summit
March 17, 2023 | Tokyo
The Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (The Global Fund), Peter Sands, visited Japan on March 1-2, 2023, and FGFJ helped arrange meetings with global health…
Trilateral Commission | 2023 Plenary Meeting
March 10–12, 2023 | New Delhi, India
The Trilateral Commission held its 2023 meeting in India, New Delhi —the first meeting to take place in India—drawing hundreds of leaders from around the globe to promote dialogue on key issues facing…
Hiroshima G7 Global Health Task Force Dialogue Series
February 1–10, 2023 | Online
In 2023, Japan will host the G7 Summit in Hiroshima. JCIE has established a Hiroshima G7 Global Health Task Force to make recommendations to the Japanese government on the G7 agenda for global health….
2023 US Young Political Leaders 50th Anniversary Delegation to Japan
January 21–28, 2023 | Tokyo, Nagano
Celebrating 50 years of partnership between JCIE and the American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL), a delegation of 5 US Young Political Leaders traveled to Japan to meet with a variety of p…
ROUNDTABLE | Discussion with US Congressional Staff on Priorities of the 118th Congress
December 15, 2022 | Washington DC
JCIE/USA hosted a luncheon discussion with alumni of our US-Japan Congressional Staff Exchange Program, to share their thoughts on what to expect from the 118th Congress following the 2022 midterm ele…
Hiroshima G7 Global Health Taskforce Roundtable Discussion
November 30, 2022 | Washington DC
In 2023, Japan will host the G7 Summit in Hiroshima. JCIE has established a Hiroshima G7 Global Health Task Force to make recommendations to the Japanese government on the G7 agenda for global health….
Trilateral Commission | 2022 Asia Pacific Group Regional Meeting
November 20, 2022 | Tokyo
The Asia Pacific Group of the Trilateral Commission held its annual regional meeting in Tokyo, gathering leaders from around the globe to promote dialogue on key issues facing the international commun…
2022 US Congressional Staff Delegation
October 10–October 16, 2022 | Tokyo and Okinawa
The 2022 US Congressional Staff Exchange Program will give 8 Congressional Staff to Japan, where they will meet with Japanese leaders across politics, media, and academia.
4th US-Japan Global Health Dialogue
June 17, 2022 | Washington DC
The 4th US-Japan Global Health Dialogue brought together over 50 American and Japanese senior government officials, legislators, health experts, and leaders from international organizations to discuss…
Trilateral Commission | 2022 Plenary Meeting
June 10–12, 2022 | Washington DC
The Trilateral Commission held its 2022 meeting in Washington DC—the first in-person plenary since the pandemic began—drawing hundreds of leaders from around the globe to promote dialogue on key issue…
Trilateral Commission | 2021 Meetings—Virtual Conversations
December 31, 2021 | Online
The Trilateral Commission’s regional and plenary meetings have been postponed, but virtual conversations have been held and are available to the public on the Commission website.
PUBLICATIONS
Beware the US-Japan Alliance China Gap
August 2023
Amid the intensifying rivalry between the United States and China, Japan finds itself in an increasingly delicate situation, caught between its security guarantor and its leading economic partner. As…
The China Challenge and US-Japan Relations under Fumio Kishida
December 2021
Japan’s new Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, passed his first test and guided the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to victory in the Lower House election on October 31, less than one month after he…
Deepening US-Japan Strategic Cooperation on China and the Indo-Pacific
June 2021
The new Biden administration has emphasized the importance of cooperation with East Asian allies to uphold a stable, rules-based regional order, while at the same time seeking a tough and united appro…
The Biden Administration’s Chance to Get Asia Policy Right—A View from Japan
February 2021
The Biden administration faces complex challenges in maintaining peace, stability and prosperity while restoring multilateral diplomacy with East Asia. Overcoming these obstacles will require special…
Navigating China Relations and the US-Japan Alliance
October 2020
In January 2020, the United States and Japan marked the 60th anniversary of the revised US-Japan Security Treaty. Steps to strengthen this relationship, which should not be taken for granted, include…
Five Steps to Bolster the US-Japan Alliance
March 2020
In January 2020, the United States and Japan marked the 60th anniversary of the revised US-Japan Security Treaty. Steps to strengthen this relationship, which should not be taken for granted, include…
The Crisis of US Credibility in East Asia
October 2019
The decision by the US Congress to open an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over his pressuring of Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden has brought renewed attention t…
Regaining Momentum on North Korea Negotiations: One Year on from the Singapore Summit
Hitoshi Tanaka, Senior Fellow, JCIE
June 2019
The international community is now at a crossroads with North Korea. The lack of progress at the Hanoi Summit raises the risk that the opportunity created by the Singapore Summit may be squandered. Ho…
Managing the US-China Strategic Rivalry
Hitoshi Tanaka, Senior Fellow, JCIE
December 2018
The intensification of US-China tensions risks undermining regional stability in Asia Pacific. This cannot be resolved simply by ending the current trade war, and disengagement and decoupling is not a…
How a Small Dairy Store from Ohio Became One of the Biggest Names in the Japanese Convenience Store Industry
Adrian Ma
September 5, 2018
Japan and the United States have a long history of not only economic competition, but also cultural exchange. In the U.S., for instance, sushi and anime are popular. And the Japanese long ago adopted…
Engaging North Korea after the Singapore Summit
Hitoshi Tanaka, Senior Fellow, JCIE
July 2018
On June 12, US President Donald Trump and North Korean Workers’ Party Chairman Kim Jong-un met for a historic US-DPRK summit. While the vagueness of their final statement left many skeptical of the re…
Confronting Uncertainty in East Asia
Hitoshi Tanaka, Senior Fellow, JCIE
March 2018
From a Japanese perspective, the defining characteristic of East Asia’s regional order today appears to be the high degree of uncertainty that prevails about what might come next. Geopolitical uncerta…
Five Factors That Could Lead to War with North Korea
Hitoshi Tanaka, Senior Fellow, JCIE
September 2017
What are the five factors that could lead to war with North Korea? They include the domestic turmoil in both political systems and the fact that differences between American and North Korean political…
Trump, Abe Talk Trade, Security
Interview with James Gannon
February 10, 2017
In an interview with Fred Katayama of Reuters, James Gannon offers insight to the changing relationship between President Trump and Prime Minister Abe, the impact of a bilateral free trade agreement,…
How to Manage Geopolitical Instability in East Asia
Hitoshi Tanaka, Senior Fellow, JCIE
February 2017
This issue discusses the concern surrounding Trump’s anti-globalization sentiment and the surge of populism associated with it, and how these developments may throw the international liberal economic…