JCIE in the Media
Explore English-language articles written by or featuring JCIE staff and senior fellows, coverage of JCIE events, and stories written by JCIE’s US-Japan Journalism Fellows. For Japanese language articles click here.
93,000 People Voluntarily Left Japan for North Korea After World War II. Or Did They?
Julie Makinen | Los Angeles Times
August 24, 2016
In April 1960, not yet finished with high school, 17-year-old Eiko Kawasaki boarded a Soviet ship called the Kryl’ion in the Japanese port of Niigata and set sail on the journey of a lifetime, to a pl…
Beyond Slurpees: Many Japanese Mini-Marts Now Cater To Elders
Ina Jaffe | NPR
August 23, 2016
In Japanese cities, space is at a premium. So convenience stores that cram everything from Kleenex to rice balls into a few square yards are everywhere. But they’re not just a place for Slurpees and s…
Japanese City Takes Community Approach To Dealing With Dementia
Ina Jaffe | NPR
August 23, 2016
No government plan can keep people with dementia from wandering. But health officials in Japan hope there eventually will be entire communities prepared to help keep them safe, if and when they do. Th…
How Japan Is Dealing With Impacts Of Supporting The Oldest Population In The World
Ina Jaffe | NPR
August 21, 2016
Japan has the oldest population in the world. Nearly 27 percent of the people there are 65 or older. NPR’s Ina Jaffe shares her stories on how Japan is changing as its population grows older.
Japan in Transition: Economic Realities Mean Japan Must Confront its Reluctance to Accept Immigrants
Toshihiro Menju (JCIE) is interviewed by John Shmuel | Financial Post
August 17, 2016
Japan is currently home to the world’s most rapidly aging population, while declining birth rates and low immigration mean Japan is expected to lose a million people a year in the coming decades. Depo…
Flush, then Fill Up: Japan Taps Sewage to Fuel Hydrogen-Powered Cars
Julie Makinen | Los Angeles Times
July 31, 2016
When Mutsuro Yuji, chief of the central sewage plant in Fukuoka, first heard about the idea of making hydrogen from biogas — the combination of methane and carbon dioxide produced by the breakdown of…