JCIE Publications | Philanthropy and Reconciliation

This study reflects upon the efforts of both American and Japanese civil societies to rebuild the US-Japan relationship in the postwar period, in hopes to understand the past and find a way to improve post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation in the future.
FGFJ | Beijing Conference: East Asian Regional Cooperation in the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

More than 100 government, business, NGO, and philanthropic leaders gathered in Beijing, China, for a major conference on July 10-11, 2006. This conference was designed to build upon the English and Chinese publication of Fighting a Rising Tide: The Response to AIDS in East Asia, and included many of the experts who began cooperating with one another through the study that culminated in this book.
JCIE Publications | Japan’s Response to the Spread of HIV/AIDS

This survey report, commissioned by the Open Society Institute (OSI), discusses how various actors in the public and private sectors in Japan have been addressing the domestic and global spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
JCIE Publications | Human Security in the United Nations

This field study was conducted on five human security projects in order to propose common elements that should be included in human security projects on the ground, as well as to highlight the design and implementation challenges.
Civil Society Monitor | Law to Promote Specified Nonprofit Activities

An unofficial translation of the law, with major changes indicated.
Civil Society Monitor | Issue 9

• New Fundraising Initiatives Seek to Bolster Growth of Nonprofit Sector
• Weak Funding Environment Sparks Local-Level Efforts to Support NPOs
• Initial Report on Public Interest Corporation Reforms Stirs Further Debate
Civil Society Monitor | Issue 8

• New Legal Reform Efforts Receive Mixed Welcome
• Amendments to the NPO Law and Tax Bill Bring Increased Flexibility to Nonprofits
• Proposed Reforms Affecting Public Interest Corporations Spark Heated Debate
Civil Society Monitor | Issue 7

• Local Initiatives Support Nonprofit Organizations and Activities in Japan
• Japan Association of Charitable Organizations Launches New Project
Civil Society Monitor | Issue 6

• New Tax Bill Gives Partial Victory to NPOs
• Law Amending in Part the Special Tax Measures Law
Civil Society Monitor | Issue 13

• G8 Mobilization Reflects Progress of Japan’s NGOs
• Key Civil Society Initiatives Targeting the 2008 G8 Summit
• A New Era in Corporate Philanthropy
• Recent Developments in Japanese Civil Society
• Inaugural Tiffany Foundation Award Honors Enterprising Nonprofits