We Need to Do Better–Perspectives on the Global Response to COVID-19: An Interview with Dr. Ariel Pablos-Méndez
This interview with JCIE/USA Board Member and Columbia University Medical Center Professor Dr. Ariel Pablos-Méndez highlights responses to the COVID-19 pandemic around the world, and where we should go from here.
Event Report | Japan-US Dialogue on Harnessing New Technologies to Battle COVID-19
Report on an online dialogue featuring Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, the recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. This was designed to share lessons from Japan’s relatively successful COVID-19 response and explore possible areas of US-Japan collaboration in battling the epidemic.
Japan’s Democracy: Lessons and Reflections | Concluding Paper
This report serves as the concluding paper for a project on “Japan’s Democracy: Lessons and Reflections” and was written by the project lead, Dr. Harukata Takenaka, to summarize the key points that emerged out of the prior three discussions.
East Asia Insights | Five Myths about Dealing with North Korea: A Japanese Perspective
This issue discusses the validity of the oft-heard critiques of the February Joint Statement, which was created after North Korea conducted a series of missile tests in July, in addition to its first-ever nuclear weapons test in October.
East Asia Insights | Beware the US-Japan Alliance China Gap
Amid the intensifying rivalry between the United States and China, Japan finds itself in an increasingly
delicate situation, caught between its security guarantor and its leading economic partner. As a staunch
ally of the United States, Japan is committed to reinforcing the alliance framework to deter unilateral
changes to the status quo and uphold regional stability.
JCIE Publications | The Asian Crisis and Human Security
This publication provides the speeches, background papers, and synopses of presentations and discussions from a dialogue carried out in response to Japan’s then-foreign minister Obuchi Keizo’s suggestion for “an intellectual dialogue on building Asia’s tomorrow.”
JCIE Publications | Half Empty or Half Full?
This book details the proceedings of private, intensive bilateral discussions and deliberations between Japanese and Europeans in the “Hakone” Conferences.
FGFJ Publications | Launching a Pandemic Financing Facility: Three Proposals & Their Implications for the Global Fund
This Friends of the Global Fund, Japan publication documents proposed reforms to financing facilities for the Global Fund, with JCIE Senior Fellow Jim discussing the significance of these proposals for the Global Fund.
JCIE Publications | New Shimoda Conference: Revitalizing Japan-US Strategic Partnership for a Changing World
This conference report details the ideas of the participants of the New Shimoda Conference. Their findings include reflections on the evolvement of the US-Japan relationship since 1967 and the United States’ role in ensuring a bilateral relationship.
JCIE Publications | The Pacific Community Concept: A Select Annotated Bibliography
The bibliography includes journal articles, conference papers, pamphlets, books, and newsletters, which demonstrate the broad interest in the concept of a Pacific community.