Civil Society Monitor | Issue 14
• Can Japan Welcome Immigrants? A Shrinking Population Spurs a Growing Debate
JCIE Publications | Changing Values in Asia: Their Impact on Governance and Development
This volume highlights regional variances in Asian values and beliefs; it examines how socioeconomic change affects basic values and styles of domestic governance, what values are being contested within societies in the region, and how these contestations affect foreign relations.
JCIE Publications | Challenges for China-Japan-US Cooperation
This book, a collection of eight essays, consider what is necessary to build a cooperative trilateral relationship between China, Japan, and the United States, and what Japan in particular can do in the context of this triangle.
JCIE Publications | Beyond 2015: ASEAN-Japan Strategic Partnership for Democracy, Peace, and Prosperity in Southeast Asia
This report, based on the study conducted to reexamine and redefine the strategic value of ASEAN-Japan cooperation, offers recommendations for such cooperation and integration among ASEAN countries.
JCIE Publications | Navigating Change: ASEAN-Japan Strategic Partnership in East Asia and in Global Governance
In preparation for the Japan-ASEAN Ministerial meetings, Navigating Change proposes ways in which strategic partnerships between ASEAN and Japan can help to create a more stable East Asia, as well as support more effective global governance.
JCIE Publications | ASEAN-Japan Cooperation: A Foundation for East Asian Community
Experts from around Asia Pacific assess the importance of enhancing the ASEAN-Japan relationship as a step toward building a greater East Asian regional community, and review the history and current status of the bilateral relationship and propose ways in which it can be strengthened.
Civil Society Monitor | Special Edition (March 2012)
US Giving in Response to Japan’s March 11 Disaster Tops $630 Million
JCIE Publications | Strengthening US-Japan NGO Partnerships on Humanitarian Responses
This two-year study assesses the effectiveness of Japanese NGOs’ international partnerships in the response to the 3/11 disaster. Based on interviews with key figures from Japanese and Western NGOS, donors, and governments, JCIE proposes nine measures to strengthen US-Japan NGO partnerships.
JET Program 25th Anniversary Commemorative Symposium Commemorative Address: “A Triumph of Soft Power”
JCIE/USA Executive Director James Gannon offered his thoughts on the 25th anniversary of Japan’s JET Program to bring native English speakers to Japan as teachers. He recounted his memories of his own experience on the program and described the lasting legacy that the program has had in terms of US-Japan relations.
East Asia Insights | Futenma: Diplomatic Mess or Strategic Opportunity?
This issue discusses the need to resolve the Futenma dispute and transform this diplomatic mess into an opportunity to consolidate and strengthen the US-Japan alliance.