The Impact of Changing US Policy on the Emerging East Asia Community
This research project explores shifts in the US role in the region under new political leadership and what impact this will have on East Asia community building and regional cooperation in key areas where East Asia is increasingly striving to work together.
Asia Pacific Security Outlook (APSO)
From 1997 to 2005, JCIE sponsored the Asia Pacific Security Outlook (APSO), an annual research project on regional security issues that produced a publication of the same name. The APSO project monitored changing perceptions of countries in the region in regard to their security environment, national defense issues, and contributions to regional and global security.
Vision of Asia Pacific in the 21st Century
This multinational research project brought together a team of young scholars to examine the significant mid-term and long-term challenges facing the Asia Pacific region. The project began with a general assessment of the broad cultural changes affecting the region, and moved on to an examination of specific issues most important to building a peaceful, prosperous, and just region for the 21st century.
Humanitarian Aid for Marginalized Immigrants (HAMIS)
In partnership with the Japan Platform (JPF), JCIE has launched a project to provide grants utilizing funds held in dormant bank accounts in Japan. Humanitarian Aid for Marginalized Immigrants (HAMIS), will provide financial support to organizations that provides humanitarian assistance and support self-reliance among foreign residents in Japan.
Japan-EU Grassroots Exchange Project for Community & Local International Cooperation
JAPAN-EU GRASSROOTS EXCHANGE PROJECT FOR COMMUNITY & LOCAL INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 2005 The Japan-EU Grassroots Exchange Project for Community and Local International Cooperation was held in July 2005. This program was carried out as one of the Japan-EU People-to-People Exchange Year programs, and was intended to deepen understanding of grassroots international cooperation activities and to explore […]
A50 Caravan
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty, which formally brought World War II to a close, JCIE’s offices in Tokyo and New York, along with the National Association of Japan-America Societies (NAJAS) in Washington DC, organized an A50 Caravan. The Caravan featured 15 teams, each consisting of three Japanese participants who represented different generations and a broad spectrum of professions and backgrounds.
International Comparative Study on Governance and Civil Society
An international team of researchers was assembled to compare the diverse dimensions of the intricate relationship between civil society and governance in eight countries around the world, with the goal of futher stimulating debate in Japan and in other countries on the changing role of civil society.
Prime Minister’s Commission on Japan’s Goals in the 21st Century
In 1999, JCIE served as the secretariat for the Prime Minister’s Commission on Japan’s Goals in the 21st Century. As secretariat, JCIE organized a consultation visit to Washington DC in 1999 for a small group of Commission members and arranged meetings with foreign policy experts, government officials, scholars, and journalists to discuss domestic trends and policy issues in the United States.
Revitalizing Regional Exchanges between the United States and Japan: Examples of Sister-City Exchanges
With the goal of revitalizing sister-city exchanges between Japan and the United States, this project sought to identify ways to overcome the issues that have led to the stagnation of many of these exchanges and to explore appropriate models for sister-city exchange in the twenty-first century.
Ten Years of Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)
On the occasion of ASEM’s tenth anniversary, the Foreign Ministries of Finland and Japan sponsored a research project, “ASEM’s Role in Enhancing Asia-Europe Cooperation: Ten Years of Achievements and Future Challenges,” to evaluate the ASEM process and explore future possibilities.