About JCIE/Japan
Founded in 1970, the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) is one of Japan’s leading nonprofit, nonpartisan foreign affairs institutes. It organizes legislative exchanges and policy research and dialogues that bring together key figures from diverse sectors of society, both in Japan and overseas. Based in Tokyo, JCIE operates in close partnership with its American counterpart, JCIE/USA in New York, with the aim of strengthening Japan’s international relations, helping tackle global issues, and promoting a more diverse Japanese society.
Spanning a wide range of topics, JCIE’s programs cover foreign relations and security, global health and human security, gender and diversity, civil society, and cross-border movements of people. Multisectoral policy dialogues and research programs have had a substantial impact on the discourse and policies in those fields, while political exchange programs have touched the lives of many legislators, political leaders, and policymakers around the world.
Our Priorities
Strengthening Japan’s Foreign Relations
Contributing on Global Issues
Promoting a More Diverse Society
Staff
ISAO KANO | President & Chief Executive Officer
SATOKO ITOH | Managing Director & Chief Program Officer
MIKA TAKAHASHI | Executive Secretary
HIFUMI TAJIMA | Chief Program Officer
TOMOKO SUZUKI | Chief Program Officer
HYEJIN LEE | Chief Program Officer
DAI FUNAKI | Senior Program Officer
MOMOKO ABE | Program Officer
KANA KANEKO | Program Officer
HIROMI KAWANO | Program Officer
SHIGEKO KONDO | Program Officer