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.
Secrets of "Three Brothers" of South Korea, China, Japan
Yoshibumi Wakamiya | Dong-a Ilbo
November 12, 2015
By Yoshibumi Wakamiya You probably do not know that there is the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS) in Korea. Although it is rarely known in Japan or China, it is an international organization j…
Come on Japan, Get with the Program
Sally Herships | Marketplace
September 21, 2015
Founding a startup today has become the stuff of TV and movies around the world. But in Japan today, founding a tech company is not what you might call super popular. Silicon Valley appreciates a goo…
Rebel Without a Country
Isaac Stone Fish | Foreign Policy
August 31, 2015
Rebel Pepper, China’s most notorious political cartoonist, fled his native land for Japan. But life in exile is tougher than he expected.
In Japan, Foreigners Increasingly Fill Workforce Gaps
Lisa Du | Wall Street Journal
August 30, 2015
By Lisa Du Non-Japanese are taking a bigger role in powering Japan’s economy as a labor shortage impels the country to overcome its long-standing resistance to foreign workers. With hundreds of thousa…
How Japan Pushes Coal on the World
Darius Dixon | POLITICO
August 12, 2015
While the U.S. backs away from its dirtiest power source, its closest ally in Asia is building, selling and financing coal plants worldwide.
Etiquette and Rituals Rule in Japan's Business Culture
Sally Herships | Marketplace
August 11, 2015
At a dinner meeting in Tokyo recently, two Japanese professors, Ryo Sahashi and Satoru Mori, arrived and sat down at their booth. Even though it meant one of them would shortly have to get up to make…