1st General Meeting for the Humanitarian Aid to Marginalized Immigrants (HAMIS) Project
The first General Meeting of the Humanitarian Aid for Marginalized Immigrants (HAMIS) took place, a project launched by JCIE in partnership with the Japan Platform (JPF) to provide grants utilizing funds held in dormant bank accounts in Japan. Eight chosen organizations met to exchange information and to promote cooperation and collaboration in their work to support foreign residents living in Japan.
3rd Networking Conference of the Diverse Roots, Inclusive Society Initiative
JCIE held its third networking conference as a part of the Supporting Youths of Diverse Roots and an Inclusive Society Program, where participants discussed the theme of “Income Generation of Internal and External Resources.”
Lunchtime Webinars for the Supporting Youths of Diverse Roots and an Inclusive Society Initiative
JCIE conducted a series of lunchtime webinars as a part of the Supporting Youths of Diverse Roots and an Inclusive Society Program with the aim of deepening cooperation and understanding of the issues facing youths of foreign roots living in Japan. The two lunch webinars were held with respective themes of educational support and professional support.
Trilateral Commission Special Global Meeting on Global Capitalism in Transition
The Trilateral Commission launched the Task Force on “Global Capitalism in Transition” in April 2021, consisting of 30 experts and Commission members from the three regions, and conducted a series of meetings by the Task Force members.
Global Fund’s Dr. Osamu Kunii Addresses the FGFJ Diet Task Force and Advisory Board in Joint Meeting
In September 2021, FGFJ organized a series of online and in-person meetings for Dr. Osamu (Sam) Kunii, Head of the Strategy, Investment and Impact for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), who spoke with Diet members, ministry officials, researchers, and business and NGO leaders in Japan to discuss the impact […]
3rd GFF Seminar | The GFF’s Impact on the Ground—Case of the Nutrition Project in Cambodia
JCIE launched the GFF Seminar series in 2020 as part of its efforts to deepen understanding of how the Japanese government, NGOs, and others can coordinate more effectively with the GFF in order to strengthen maternal and child health and expand universal health coverage in the world’s most vulnerable countries.
Tadashi Yamamoto Memorial Seminar | Japan’s Political Change and the US-Japan Alliance
The inaugural Tadashi Yamamoto Memorial Seminar, co-organized by the Council on Foreign Relations and JCIE, convened over 50 Asia experts to discuss the challenges that have kept Japanese politicians from projecting strong political leadership, their impact on foreign affairs, and the prospects for change under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
International Conference on Universal Health Coverage in the New Development Era: Toward Building Resilient and Sustainable Health Systems
Approximately 300 leaders from around the globe—political leaders, heads of international organizations, NGO leaders, scholars, and other experts in the fields of global health and development—converged in Tokyo for a major conference on the topic of universal health coverage (UHC).
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.
Next Steps on UHC—Moving Forward from the G20 and HLM-UHC
JCIE, in cooperation with the UN Foundation, convened a small, high-level roundtable of global health experts and policymakers on the morning after the UN High-Level Meeting on UHC to discuss what the next steps should be to turn the commitments in recent forums into concrete action, maintain momentum in advancing UHC in low- and middle-income countries, and encourage Japan and other countries to continue to lead on the UHC agenda.
