Global Health Press Tour Program

In 2013, the Abe administration launched its Strategy on Global Health Diplomacy to promote efforts to achieve universal healthcare. JCIE’s Global Health and Human Security outreach program is offering the media opportunities to cover the state of healthcare in developing countries and allows journalists to report on the effects that investments in healthcare have on a country’s development.

G7 2016 Global Health Working Group

As host of the G7 Summit in 2016, Japan has the unique opportunity to set the tone for how global health priorities will be addressed in the summit agenda and help articulate how they will be formulated within the post-development framework. In order to capitalize on this opportunity and the growing momentum surrounding UHC as an increasingly important global priority, JCIE, in partnership with the University of Tokyo, has organized a Global Health Working Group (GHWG) to formulate policy proposals that will guide talks on global health.

Rediscovering Common Bonds among Japan, China, and Korea Program

By working together with the young generation that will serve as tomorrow’s leaders, this project seeks to rediscover the bonds between Japan, China, and Korea and to explore their potential role in the 21st century.

Strategic Assistance | Asia Pacific Stability and Disaster Relief

A joint research program between the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and JCIE that explored how the United States and Japan can elevate humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) operations to be a key component of their combined regional security strategy.

ASEAN-Japan Strategic Partnership and Regional Community Building

This project aimed to study the role and contributions of ASEAN-Japan Partnership in promoting regional community building in Southeast Asia and East Asia, as well as in contributing to global governance. It explored the framework of Japan-ASEAN partnership in ASEAN, Japan’s role in promoting the integration of ASEAN and Japan, and ways in which Japan-ASEAN cooperation can contribute to the creation of an East Asian community.

Japan–World Bank Partnership Program on Universal Health Coverage

A Japan–World Bank Partnership Program on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has been launched to examine lessons from Japan’s health system. The goal of the program, which focuses on financing and human resources, is to explore how these lessons can be applied to other countries that are trying to develop systems of universal health coverage.

Multicultural Power Project

In 2012, JCIE conducted the “Multicultural Power Project,” which entailed a survey on the topic of “foreign residents and local communities” in Japan. In this study, foreign residents active within their local community were interviewed, their societal roles analyzed, and the way in which Japanese society should treat foreign residents was examined.

The Vacuum of Political Leadership in Japan and its Future Trajectory

JCIE convened a team of emerging leaders—individuals with a scholarly grounding but also real world experience in national politics and policymaking—to explore the future trajectory of political leadership and its implications for foreign policy, especially US–Japan relations.

The Impact of Changing US Policy on the Emerging East Asia Community

This research project explores shifts in the US role in the region under new political leadership and what impact this will have on East Asia community building and regional cooperation in key areas where East Asia is increasingly striving to work together.

Reinvigorating US-Japan Policy Dialogue and Discussion in a Time of Political Change

During the last decade there has been increasing concern about the state of US-Japan policy dialogue and exchange. To address these concerns, JCIE launched this study in January 2009 to examine the state of policy dialogue between both countries and assess the nongovernmental linkages that have facilitated contact between political leaders and policy experts in each country.