Sustained and Strategic Investments Needed for US-Japan Collaboration
This piece by JCIE executive director Kazuyo Kato and board member Susan Berresford highlights the need to continue investing in promoting intellectual exchange between Japan and the US to foster a new generation of leaders who can maintain the strength of the US-Japan alliance.
COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund | The Significance of Private Donations in the Global COVID-19 Response
JCIE held a virtual meeting to deepen the understanding of COVID-19’s global impact and the important role the WHO plays in the global response. The discussion featured Naoko Yamamoto, assistant director-general of UHC and health systems at the World Health Organization (WHO), and Masataka Uo, CEO of the Japan Fundraising Association, with JCIE’s Satoko Itoh as a moderator.
Second Round of Grants for the COVID-19 Joint Philanthropic Initiative with JWLI
JCIE is workingwith the Japanese Women’s Leadership Initiative and the Fish Family Foundation to facilitate small grants to 7 organizations in Japan to help them respond to the needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO
JCIE has teamed up with the UN Foundation and the WHO Foundation as the Japan partner of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO. This fund enables Japanese companies, organizations, and individuals to donate to support the work of the WHO, CEPI, UNICEF, WFP, and other international organizations in their fight against the pandemic.
JCIE Partners with Japan Women’s Leadership Initiative on COVID-19 Joint Philanthropic Initiative
JCIE is workingwith the Japanese Women’s Leadership Initiative and the Fish Family Foundation to facilitate small grants to 7 organizations in Japan to help them respond to the needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
JWLI-JCIE/USA COVID-19 Joint Philanthropic Initiative
JCIE has partnered with the Japanese Women’s Leadership Initiative and the Fish Family Foundation to facilitate small grants to nonprofit organizations in Japan to help them respond to the needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
JCIE Publication | Supporting Disaster Survivors in Japan
This report highlights Kamaishi City Social Welfare Council, Kodomo no Empowerment Iwate, Kurashi no Supporters, and SakuraNet, four nonprofit organizations that received $2.8 million in United Way Worldwide Funding.
US-Japan Philanthropy Initiative
Through the US-Japan Philanthropy Initiative, JCIE/USA helps facilitate charitable giving from donors in one country to innovative organizations in the other that are working to improve society and/or strengthen international relations.
JCIE Publications | Getting International Disaster Philanthropy Right: Lessons from Japan’s 2011 Tsunami
This report looks closely at the US’s philanthropic response to Japan’s March 2011 tsunami, drawing lessons on what can be done in future responses to overseas disasters, especially in other developed countries.
Japan Earthquake Fifth Anniversary: U.S. Response Overwhelming
Individuals and organizations from the U.S. have given $746.1 million to support Japan’s recovery from its “triple disaster,” JCIE announced on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis that struck the coastline of the Tohoku region March 11, 2011.