JCIE USA’s 50th Anniversary Celebration featuring Professor Gerald L. Curtis: Defining a Path Forward for US-Japan Relations in Turbulent Times
JCIE USA will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its efforts to strengthen US-Japan relations with a conversation featuring Professor Gerald L. Curtis, moderated by Jake Schlesinger with Charles E. Morrison as a discussant. The discussion will seek to define a path forward for US-Japan relations, including the roles that lawmakers, corporations, NGOs, and others can play during challenging times.
Exploration of a Potential ASEAN-Japan Health Dialogue
JCIE and the Nagasaki University Graduate School of Planetary Health DrPH Program examined the possibility of establishing a multistakeholder dialogue platform that brings together governments, researchers, civil society, and the private sector to promote the co-creation of solutions to common health challenges between Japan and ASEAN. The discussion focused on a survey that was commissioned on what themes should be prioritized in cooperation between Japan and ASEAN on health issues.
Roundtable with Japanese Diet Members on Sustaining Health Programs for Infectious Diseases in Africa
Ahead of the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), FGFJ convened a roundtable with Japanese Diet members on “Fighting the Good Fight: Sustaining Health Programs for Infectious Diseases in Africa.” The meeting welcomed Bill Gates (Gates Foundation), Dr. Abdoulaye Djimdé (5th Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize Laureate), Peter Sands (Global Fund), and others.
Bipartisan Group of US Congress Members Introduce Resolution Recognizing Launch of Japanese Diet “Caucus for Universal Values in the Indo-Pacific”
On August 15, a bipartisan group of US Congress Members, led by Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX), introduced a resolution recognizing and commending the launch of a new “Caucus for Universal Values in the Indo-Pacific” in the Japanese Diet, as well as JCIE’s work through its Democracy for the Future Program
FGFJ TICAD9 Thematic Event | Sustainable Health Financing in Africa: From Commitments to Action
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE)/Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) co-organized a thematic event titled “Sustainable Health Financing in Africa: from Commitments to Action” on the occasion of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), held in Yokohama in August.
WEBINAR | Post-TICAD9 and Pre-G20 Summit Briefing on Japan-Africa Partnership
The Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE USA) hosted a webinar on October 22 with four distinguished speakers to provide Japanese, US, and African perspectives on Japan-Africa partnership. The discussion addressed how a “win-win” partnership can be strengthened through private sector investments and in alignment with the United States. It was also an opportunity to reflect on the outcomes of Japan’s leadership at the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in August as well as expectations for the G20 summit in November as South Africa prepares to hand over its presidency to the United States.
JCIE USA’s Executive Director, Kazuyo Kato, Receives the John & Hiroko Malott Leadership Award
JCIE USA’s Executive Director, Kazuyo Kato, received the 2025 John & Hiroko Malott Leadership Award on October 11 at the 39th US-Japan Capital Gala hosted by the Japan-America Society of Washington DC.
Japan-Korea Forum | 19th Meeting
On August 24-26, 2011, the Japan-Korea Forum was held in Seoul. Approximately 40 leaders from the political, nonprofit, academic, media, and corporate sectors gathered to discuss a variety of topics, including socio-political developments in both countries, the changing economic environment in Northeast Asia and the future of Korea-Japan economic cooperation, and regional security issues.
Japan-Korea Forum | 20th Meeting
On December 20-22, 2012, the Japan-Korea Forum took place in Tokyo. Approximately 40 leaders from the political, nonprofit, academic, media, and corporate sectors gathered to discuss a variety of topics, including socio-political developments in both countries, the changing economic environment in Northeast Asia and the future of Korea-Japan economic cooperation, and regional security issues.
Japan-Korea Forum | 23rd Meeting
The 23rd Japan-Korea Forum was held in Seoul on December 27–29, 2015, convening 50 participants from both countries. As this year marks the 50th anniversary of the normalization of Korea-Japan relations as well as the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, discussion about how to deepen Korea-Japan relations over the next half-century featured prominently in each session.