The American counterpart of one of Japan's leading international affairs organizations, the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA) fosters dialogue and cooperation between Japan, the United States, and other countries around the world.
JCIE co-hosted a range of events surrounding the 5th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) to highlight the need for global cooperation on health.
- MAY 31—International Symposium on "Investing in Health: The Key to Economic Development in Africa"
- MAY 31—FGFJ Diet Task Force roundtable with Senegalese Health Minister Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Global Fund head Mark Dybul, and former UNAIDS head Peter Piot
- JUNE 1—Akie Abe, First Lady of Japan, and Penehupifo Pohamba, First Lady of Namibia host "Let's Talk about AIDS: Africa and Japan's Shared Challenges"
- JUNE 2—Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori join JCIE's High-Level Panel on Accelerating the Global Fight Against Infectious Diseases
- JUNE 2—High-Level Reception on Malaria and the Development Agenda featuring UN Secretary–General Ban Ki–moon, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, and WHO Head Margaret Chan
Senegalese Health Minister Awa Marie Coll-Seck, former UNAIDS head Peter Piot, and GF head Mark Dybul
Diet Task Force members Toshiko Abe, Ichiro Aisawa, and Motohisa Furukawa
Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, GF head Mark Dybul & Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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Monthly Lecture Series: Keys to Economic Growth in Africa: Global Health (Tokyo)- FGFJ congratulates Peter Piot on winning the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize awarded by the Japanese government (March 13)
- New Global Fund Executive Director Makes First Visit to Japan (March 11-12)
- FGFJ Diet Task Force
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JCIE Periodicals
JCIE Publications & Reports
Moving Beyond East Asia's Confrontational Postures (June 2013)
Hitoshi Tanaka offers recommendations to assist in moving East Asia beyond its current confrontational postures … (Read more)
A Growing Force: Civil Society's Role in Asian Regional Security
Authors from around the Asia Pacific examine the growing role of NGOs in five areas—piracy, disaster relief, human trafficking, health, and climate change.
JCIE in the News
James Gannon, Reviving Community: The Difficult Practice of Prioritizing Social Capital in Disaster Responses
Risks, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy (Volume 4, Issue 1; April 24, 2013)
Toshihiro Menju, 外国人住民の力いかそう [Leverage the power of foreign citizens in Japan] Asahi Shimbun (Japanese only; April 6)
Read of the Week: 'US Giving for Japan Disaster Exceeds $710 Million'
Philantopic (March 23)
Donations from US Citizens to Disaster-Hit Japan Reach $712 mil
Mainichi Shimbun (March 11)
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