Expanding Support for Democratic Governance
» Programs
2018–Present
In 2021–2022, JCIE began a new nine-month project, “Japan’s Democracy: Lessons and Reflections.” The project created a platform for Japanese scholars, political and opinion leaders, and the broader Japanese public to reflect on Japan’s own experience in building a democratic society in the post-WWII era.
CURRENT INITIATIVES
PROGRAM NEWS
Diet Roundtable | Policy Dialogue for Advancing LGBT Rights and Equality in Japan
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Diet Roundtable | Defending Universal Values in the Indo-Pacific Region: Japan's Role Post-Hiroshima Summit
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Expert–Diet Member Delegation to the United States to Discuss US-Japan Cooperation on Democracy Support
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Research Team
CHAIR
YUKIO TAKASU, Former UN Undersecretary-General for Management; former Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations
CO-DIRECTORS
MAIKO ICHIHARA, Professor, Graduate School of Law, School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University
RYO SAHASHI, Associate Professor of International Politics, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo; JCIE Research Fellow
MEMBERS
TAKAKO HIKOTANI, Professor, International Centre, Gakushuin University
HIROAKI SHIGA, Professor, Faculty of International Social Sciences, Division of International Social Sciences, Yokohama National University
KAORI SHOJI, Professor, Department of Political Studies, Gakushuin University
HARUKATA TAKENAKA, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
KIMITOSHI YABUKI, Attorney at Law, Yabuki Law Offices
JCIE/JAPAN
ISAO KANO, President & CEO
HIDEKO KATSUMATA, Executive Director & COO
RYO TAINAKA, Program Officer and Administrative Officer
SHIGEKO KONDO, Program Associate
JCIE/USA
KAZUYO KATO, Executive Director
STEPHEN McHUGH, Associate Program Office