JCIE Publication | A UHC Approach to Harmonizing Asian Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Regulations
The recommendations of JCIE’s Task Force for Promoting Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Regulatory Harmonization in Asia examines specific areas Japan should tackle in order to promote regulatory harmonization and establish infrastructure for clinical development in Asia.
JCIE Publication | Report from Special Commission on Development Assistance for Health Calls for New ODA Approach
A report from a high-level commission organized by JCIE calls for the Japanese government to better coordinate and strategize its health ODA by creating a centralized “control tower” and to double funding for global health.
JCIE Publications | ASEM in its Tenth Year
This final research report evaluating the ASEM process and exploring future possibilities was presented to the ASEM Senior Officials’ Meeting in March 2006.
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.
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.
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.
Survey of Japanese Legislators: Attitudes on ODA and Global Health
A JCIE survey of Japanese legislators finds that 80 percent of the 92 respondents favor steps to increase Japan’s official development assistance (ODA), with most prioritizing funding for health programs and education, followed by water & sanitation projects and humanitarian assistance.
JCIE Publications | JCIE at 50—Pioneering US-Japan Political Exchange
This report, compiled as part of JCIE’s commemoration of its 50th anniversary, is intended to serve as a record of US-Japan political and parliamentary exchange and offer JCIE’s perspective on how that exchange has impacted US-Japan relations.