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.
Healthy and Active Aging
A look at the critical impact of aging on Japanese and other societies. JCIE is promoting dialogue, exchange, and research to understand the implications of aging societies worldwide and to share best practices to ensure that Japan and others can enjoy healthy longevity.
Healthy and Active Aging in Asia
A look at the critical impact of aging on Japanese and other societies. Rapid population aging is one of the key challenges faced not only by Japan but by an increasing number of ASEAN and East Asian countries. JCIE’s new program on Healthy and Active Aging in Asia aims to contribute to the promotion of bilateral and regional cooperation on aging-related challenges in Asia.
Korea-Japan Forum
The Korea-Japan Forum was initiated in 1993, when South Korean President Kim Young-sam and Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa called for the formation of a new, forward-looking relationship between the two countries. Since then, the forum has taken place annually and is held alternately in Korea and Japan, bringing together about 50 policy experts, government officials, legislators, journalists, business executives, and civil society leaders from the two countries.
An Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia’s Tomorrow
In a May 1998 speech, the late Keizo Obuchi expressed his concern for the human toll that economic crisis was taking in East Asia, calling for the mobilization of intellectual resources to respond to these consequences. His initiative resulted in the creation of An Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia’s Tomorrow, launched by JCIE in collaboration with the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS).
ASEAN-Japan Dialogue
In 1977, JCIE initiated the ASEAN-Japan Dialogue to address salient issues in the ASEAN-Japan bilateral relationship. The project was organized in six phases over the period of fifteen years, and the subjects under study included the roles of trade and investment in the development of ASEAN countries, ASEAN-Japan mutual perceptions, and the concept of a Pacific community.
ASEAN-Japan Strategic Partnership and Regional Community Building
This project aimed to study the role and contributions of ASEAN-Japan Partnership in promoting regional community building in Southeast Asia and East Asia, as well as in contributing to global governance. It explored the framework of Japan-ASEAN partnership in ASEAN, Japan’s role in promoting the integration of ASEAN and Japan, and ways in which Japan-ASEAN cooperation can contribute to the creation of an East Asian community.
ASEAN-Japan Cooperation in East Asia Community Building
2003 marked several important anniversaries for the ASEAN-Japan relationship and was designated as the “ASEAN-Japan Exchange Year.” In order to explore ways to strengthen the ASEAN-Japan partnership as a step toward building an East Asian regional community, JCIE held two workshops in 2003 on the theme of “ASEAN-Japan Cooperation in East Asia Community Building”.
The New Security Agenda
In 1996 JCIE commissioned 12 scholars to survey and assess current thinking, policy, and research concerning security issues including international terrorism, ethnic strife, and overpopulation in 11 key countries and regions. The resulting report represents the first global survey of its kind covering the new security challenges.
Values, Governance, and International Relations
In April 1997, as part of the Asia Pacific Agenda Project (APAP), JCIE launched a multinational research project on the topic of “Values, Governance, and International Relations”, which aimed to examine the interrelations of changing political values and domestic governance with the foreign policy behavior and international relations of countries in the Asia Pacific region.