APPLICATIONS OPEN: 2026 US Congressional Staff Exchange Program and Japan Study Tour
JCIE is now accepting applications for our 2024 US Congressional Staff Exchange Program to select a bipartisan group of up to Congressional staffers who will participate in a week-long study tour in Japan.
JCIE USA Launches US Congressional Staff Exchange Alumni Interview Series
JCIE USA is excited to launch a new interview series featuring alumni of our US Congressional Staff Exchange Program. Since 1982, this program has taken bipartisan delegations of up-and-coming staffers on Capitol Hill to Japan each year, providing them with opportunities to deepen their understanding about Japan and US-Japan relations through a weeklong study tour in the country […]
US Congressional Staff Exchange Alumni Interview with Jon Carter
JCIE USA is excited to launch a new interview series featuring alumni of our US Congressional Staff Exchange Program. Our second interview is with Jon Carter, an alumnus of our 2024 US Congressional Staff Exchange delegation.
US Congressional Staff Exchange Alumni Interview with Steven Clark
JCIE USA is excited to launch a new interview series featuring alumni of our US Congressional Staff Exchange Program. Our first interview is with Steven Clark, an alumnus of our 2023 US Congressional Staff Exchange.
US Congressional Staff Exchange | 2024 Delegation
The 2024 US Congressional Staff Exchange Program gave 7 Congressional staffers the chance to travel Japan, where they met with Japanese leaders across politics, media, and academia.
US Congressional Staff Exchange | 2025 Delegation
The 2025 US Congressional Staff Exchange Program gave 6 Congressional staffers the chance to travel Japan, where they met with Japanese leaders across politics, media, and academia.
ROUNDTABLE | Discussion with US Congressional Staff on Priorities of the 118th Congress
JCIE/USA hosted a luncheon discussion with alumni of our US-Japan Congressional Staff Exchange Program, to share their thoughts on what to expect from the 118th Congress following the 2022 midterm elections. The session was joined by Japanese business representatives, academics, and those from DC-based think-tanks.
US Congressional Staff Exchange | 2013 Delegation
The 2013 US Congressional Staff Exchange Program brought the 22nd delegation of US Congressional Staff to Japan, where they met and engaged in discussions with corporate and nonprofit sector leaders, government officials, and diplomats.
US Congressional Staff Exchange | 2022 Delegation
The 2022 US Congressional Staff Exchange Program took 8 Congressional Staffers to Japan, where they met with Japanese leaders across politics, media, and academia.
US Congressional Staff Exchange
JCIE established the US Congressional Staff Exchange Program in 1982 in recognition of the vital role Congressional staff play in policymaking. The one-week program provides senior Congressional staffers with the opportunity to meet Japanese legislators and policymakers and give them a sense of the Japanese policymaking process as well as political, economic, and societal trends.