JCIE Publications | Road to ASEAN-10: Japanese Perspectives on Economic Integration

These essays, written by seven Japanese economists and political scientists, analyze the long-term prospects of the ASEAN-10 economies and their relations with major trading partners.

JCIE Publications | The Rise of China and a Changing East Asian Order

Senior international relations experts examine a wide range of topics including China’s changing role in Asia and its impact on regional community building, domestic dynamics related to China’s political and economic development, and to China’s influence on regional security.

JCIE Publications | Policymaking in Japan

This volume offers the perspective of six politicians from the Liberal Democratic, Democratic, and New Komeito Party, providing representation of a new generation of politicians in Japan attempting to design a new architecture for policymaking.

Seminar on Health and Human Security

On May 14, 2010, more than 130 UN officials, health experts, NGO leaders, and policy analysts took part in a major seminar in New York exploring human security approaches to global health.

JCIE Publications | Guidance for Governance: Comparing Alternative Sources of Public Policy Advice

In this volume, international experts offer a comparative assessment of the state of policy advice from such alternative sources as independent “scholarly” think tanks, interest and advocacy centers, blue-ribbon commissions, and legislative support organizations.

FGFJ | Symposium: “From Okinawa to Toyako: Dealing with Communicable Diseases as Global Human Security Threats”

On May 23-24, 2008, more than 150, NGO, business, and philanthropic leaders from around the world met in Tokyo for a major JCIE/FGFJ conference to explore how the world can respond more effectively to the spread of communicable diseases in developing countries.

East Asia Insights | The North Korea Nuclear Crisis: Five Guiding Principles

This edition of East Asia Insights analyzes five guiding principles for approaching the North Korea nuclear crisis; these include recognizing North Korea as a nuclear state, policy consistency among the five nations, and a negotiated settlement.

New Shimoda Conference

On February 22, the New Shimoda Conference convened top leaders from Japan and the United States in Tokyo to discuss how to strengthen Japan-US relations at a crucial point in our bilateral relations. Participants consisted of senior figures and promising, emerging leaders from politics, business, and the policy community.

JCIE Publications | Community Building in Asia Pacific: Dialogue in Okinawa

This volume reports on the fourth forum of the Asia Pacific Agenda Project, which presented a unique opportunity for dialogue between leading intellectuals of the region and Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi.

Diet Women’s Study Group | 4th Meeting

The Study Group discussed the issues of migration and refugees with a leading expert from a Japanese NPO.