JCIE Publications | China-Japan-US Relations: Meeting New Challenges
In this volume, leading policy experts from each of the three countries review the underlying challenges confronting the development of this vital China-Japan-US triangle.
JCIE Publications | Human Security Challenges of AIDS and Communicable Disease in Asia—Exploring Effective Regional and Global Response
This report presents key themes that emerged from the conference in Tokyo, and documents the intensive discussions between the panelists and participants.
East Asia Insights | East Asia Community Building: Toward an “East Asia Security Forum”
This issue recommends the creation of an “East Asia Security Forum” in order to enhance cooperation between states in a wider range of areas would greatly facilitate the realization of a more cooperative, comprehensive, and stable regional community.
East Asia Insights | Defining Normalcy: The Future Course of Japan’s Foreign Policy
This issue addresses the widespread misconceptions of what is “normal” for Japan, and the future of Japanese foreign policy, which aims to reconcile the need for leaders to actively pursue the national interest in a transforming global context with recognition of normative and legal constraints.
East Asia Insights | Prospects for Japan’s Domestic Politics and Implications for Its Foreign Policy
Hitoshi Tanaka explores the potential impact of a change in government. How will events play out in Japan after the July 2007 election, and what kind of regional and global role will Japan be able to undertake as Japan adopts a more proactive leadership role in East Asia?
East Asia Insights | Reinvigorating US-Japan Relations
This issue discusses the perception gap underlying US-Japan relations, which has put the relationship in crisis in the 50 years since the revised US-Japan Security Treaty was signed.
East Asia Insights | Bridging Asia and the Pacific: Japan’s Role in Reinforcing the US Pivot
This issue discusses the Obama administration’s strategy in Asia Pacific, and the importance that this strategy is developed in close collaboration with its closest ally in the region, Japan.
End of an Era: Yamamoto, Top ‘America Hand’ Dies at 76
Tadashi Yamamoto, who brushed shoulders with everyone from Henry A. Kissinger to David Rockefeller as he worked to strengthen ties between the U.S. and Japan, died Sunday at the age of 76. He was a leading member of the generation of “wise men” who rose to prominence, working to maintain friendly relations between the two allies during periods of trade tension.
Health and Human Security
By Susan Hubbard and Keiko Watanabe
The 1994 Human Development Report introduced the idea of human security to the world stage. Since then, several countries—most notably Canada and Japan—have made attempts to integrate the concept into the international policy architecture.
Japan as a Champion of Human Security
By Tomoko Suzuki
For over a decade, Japan has been a vocal champion of the human security approach. This paper looks back to its genesis and how the human security approach persisted as a pillar of Japan’s foreign policy in spite of recent political turmoil characterized by rapid changes in leadership at the highest level of government.