1st Tokyo Youth Democracy Forum

JCIE hosted its first “Tokyo Youth Democracy Forum” bringing together youth working on democracy-issues from across the Indo-Pacific to discuss “Democracy and the Digital Frontier”

JCIE USA Hosts Meetings with Yasuhisa Shiozaki on Global Health and US-Japan Relations

JCIE USA hosted a series of events with Hon. Yasuhisa Shiozaki, chair of JCIE’s Executive Committee on Global Health & Human Security and Japan’s former Minister of Health, Labour & Welfare, to Washington DC and New York on the occasion of his visit during the 79th UN General Assembly.

JCIE USA Welcomes Hale and Saidel to Board

JCIE USA is pleased to announce two new members of our Board of Trustees as of October 1, 2024, Ms. Lyric Hughes Hale and Mr. Andrew Saidel. JCIE USA Chair Peggy Blumenthal welcomed them, explaining, “We are excited to have both Lyric and Andy join the JCIE/USA Board.  Andy spent many years in Japan and has a […]

ROUNDTABLE | The LDP Leadership Race & Implications for US-Japan Relations

JCIE/USA hosted a luncheon discussion on the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) leadership race and its implications for US-Japan relations ahead of the upcoming US presidential election. The featured speaker was Mr. Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Japan’s Former Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. The session was joined by Japanese business reps, academics, and those from DC-based think tanks.

Diet Policy Dialogue Program | 2024 Diet Delegation to Indonesia

JCIE organized a bipartisan Diet delegation to Indonesia on July 22–June 25, 2024, as part of its Democracy for the Future program.

Winners of 2024 Healthy Aging Prize for Asian Innovation Announced

The winners of the 2024 Healthy Aging Prize for Asian Innovation have been announced!

Executive Committee on Global Health and Human Security

The Executive Committee on Global Health and Human Security is a unique public-private platform that facilitates the Japanese government’s policymaking on global health and public-private collaboration in that field.

TICAD Ministerial Meeting Thematic Event | Global Health Financing to Achieve UHC

The Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) and Save the Children Japan organized the final thematic event, “Global Health Financing to Achieve Universal Health Coverage UHC in Africa: How to Promote Partnerships to Maximize Results” on the sidelines of the TICAD9 ministerial meeting.

Diet Women’s Study Group

In 2019, as part of its program on Empowering Women Leaders, JCIE launched a nonpartisan Diet study group to deepen women legislators’ understanding of critical policy challenges. In the initial year, 13 Diet members, chaired by Representative Seiko Noda, are meeting seven times through March 2020, once every month or two, for discussions with leading experts from Japan and abroad.

Reflections on the 2023 G7’s Global Health Commitments

Hiroshima G7 global health task force follow-up initiative

This webinar is a kick-off for the Hiroshima G7 Global Health Follow-up Initiative, and aims to reflect on the 2023 G7 communique and past G7 commitments.