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.
Japan's Friendship with the US Remains Unshakable
Koji Tomita | The Hill
March 11, 2021
This opinion piece was written by Ambassador Koji Tomita, who references a 2016 JCIE survey on US givings in the Great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami disaster response.
US-Japan Cooperation on COVID-19 with James Gannon
| The Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asia Studies: Asia in Washington Podcast
January 28, 2021
Jim Gannon, Executive Director of JCIE/USA, discusses Japan’s COVID-19 response and the expanding potential of the US-Japan cooperation in this episode of the Edwin O. Reischauer Center’s “Asia in Was…
Global Health Needs US-Japan Partnership
James Gannon | Council on Foreign Relations: Asia Unbound
December 18, 2020
Jim Gannon, Executive Director of JCIE/USA, calls for greater US-Japan partnership on pandemic response and global health in this piece for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Asia Unbound blog, pointin…
FGFJ x GLOBE+ Interview Series | Surviving TB & COVID – What a South African Doctor Has to Tell the World
| Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) x Asahi GLOBE+
December 10, 2020
This interview features Zolelwa Sifumba, a young medical doctor from South Africa who has survived MDR-TB and COVID-19. In it, she shares more about her experiences with communicable diseases and her…
FGFJ x GLOBE+ Interview Series | A Transgender Woman and HIV Activist Who Realized Her Dreams
| Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) x Asahi GLOBE+
November 10, 2020
This interview tells the story of Erika Castellanos, a transgender woman living with HIV who has struggled for survival and acceptance, and now works as an advocate for trans, gender diverse and inter…
Japan May Allow Immigration of Hong Kong Financial Sector, Specialized Workers
Palash Gosh | International Business Times
June 12, 2020
Article on Japan potentially allowing immigration of Hong Kong financial sector workers. Features quotes from Toshihiro Menju, Managing Director and Chief Program Officer at JCIE