East Asia Insights | Five Steps to Bolster the US-Japan Alliance

In January 2020, the United States and Japan marked the 60th anniversary of the revised US-Japan Security Treaty. Steps to strengthen this relationship, which should not be taken for granted, include expanding Japan’s defense budget and reinvigorating multilateral forums.

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 | 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.

APAP | Tokyo Forum 2004

The 9th APAP Forum was held in Tokyo on the theme of “Toward East Asian Community Building: New Challenges of Regional Cooperation and Partnership.”

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.

East Asia Insights | The US-Japan Alliance: Beyond Futenma

This issue discusses the need to reassess the US-Japan alliance to ensure that it is equipped to face the challenges of the 21st century.

Global Health and Human Security | Press Tour to Myanmar

On June 29 to July 5, 2014, JCIE organized a press tour that brought a delegation of journalists from Japan to several locations in Myanmar to examine the country’s development through the lens of the country’s healthcare system as part of JCIE’s Global Health and Human Security Program.

JCIE Publication | A UHC Approach to Harmonizing Asian Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Regulations

The recommendations of JCIE’s Task Force for Promoting Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Regulatory Harmonization in Asia examines specific areas Japan should tackle in order to promote regulatory harmonization and establish infrastructure for clinical development in Asia.

JCIE Publications | ASEM in its Tenth Year

This final research report evaluating the ASEM process and exploring future possibilities was presented to the ASEM Senior Officials’ Meeting in March 2006.