FGFJ Event on “Inclusive Health Systems” on the Sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly

Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ), Friends of the Global Fight (US), Friends of the Global Fund, Europe, and Fund for the Global Fund held an event on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly’s High-Level Meetings on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPR), Universal Health Coverage (UHC), and Tuberculosis (TB). The high-level discussion addressed the importance […]
2023 Japanese Women Leaders Delegation to the US

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 relations and women’s empowerment.
US Congressional Staff Exchange | 2023 Delegation

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.
UPCOMING (Nov 8) | Building Climate-Resilient & Sustainable Health Systems through US-Japan Leadership

JCIE/USA is organizing a panel discussion at the US-Japan Council’s 2023 Annual Conference to explore how the US and Japan are addressing the relationship between climate change and human health.
ROUNDTABLE | Discussion with Governor Kuroiwa on Kanagawa’s Aging and Healthcare Policy

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 sustainable development.
JCIE Staff Conduct Site Visit to Aging-Related Organizations in South Korea

Members of the aging program team from JCIE traveled to South Korea for a series of site visits and meetings in Busan and the rural province of Hadong, where the team learned how the rapid declining birthrate and aging population in South Korea has become a social issue of the highest priority, and witnessed how the government, welfare facilities, and civic groups are actively addressing this issue.
Hiroshima G7 Task Force: Recommendations for Promoting Global Solidarity Towards a More Resilient Health System

JCIE co-hosted a special webinar with Pandemic Action Network (PAN), and the University of Tokyo’s Institute for Future Initiatives to discuss JCIE’s Hiroshima G7 Global Health Task Force recommendations for Japan’s G7 global health agenda.
The US and Japan as G7 Champions of Health and Democracy

In this op-ed published in the Diplomat ahead of the 2023 G7 Summit in Hiroshima, JCIE/USA Executive Director Kazuyo Kato and Ambassador (ret.) Mark Lagon, Chief Policy Officer at Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, call for more deliberate US-Japan collaboration in the areas of global health and democratic norms to underpin the two countries’ mutual commitment to uphold human dignity.
Inaugural US-Japan Healthy and Resilient Aging Exchange

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 Prefecture to share best practices and insights into the shared challenge of better coping with aging populations.
Hiroshima G7 Global Health Task Force Recommendations for the G7 Meetings in Japan

This report, available in both English and Japanese, outlines the Task Force for Promoting Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Regulatory Harmonization in Asia’s strategy recommendations for a COVID-19 emergency response.