2025 Women Leaders Delegation to Japan

The US-Japan Women Leaders Dialogue brought a bipartisan duo of state legislators to Japan for briefings and roundtables on US-Japan trade and security ties and on women’s empowerment in politics and business in Japan.

JCIE USA Hosts Meetings with Yasuhisa Shiozaki on Global Health and US-Japan Relations

JCIE USA hosted a series of events with Hon. Yasuhisa Shiozaki, chair of JCIE’s Executive Committee on Global Health & Human Security and Japan’s former Minister of Health, Labour & Welfare, to Washington DC and New York on the occasion of his visit during the 79th UN General Assembly.

ROUNDTABLE | The LDP Leadership Race & Implications for US-Japan Relations

JCIE/USA hosted a luncheon discussion on the Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) leadership race and its implications for US-Japan relations ahead of the upcoming US presidential election. The featured speaker was Mr. Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Japan’s Former Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. The session was joined by Japanese business reps, academics, and those from DC-based think tanks.

Implications of Demographic Transition: An ASEAN–Japan–US Dialogue on Security, Innovation, and Regional Cooperation in an Aging Asia

On December 16, JCIE USA hosted a virtual ASEAN–Japan–US dialogue featuring experts from Japan, the United States and Thailand to discuss security, innovation, and regional cooperation in an aging Asia.

Rethinking Japan’s Strategy Amid US Foreign Aid Reductions

JCIE and Peace Winds America co-hosted an event bringing together members of Japan’s Diet, the media, and civil society organizations to discuss a report on “America’s Foreign Aid Retrenchment: Implications for US–Japan Cooperation.”

Roundtable with Francis Fukuyama: Japan’s Role in Leading the Defense of Universal Values

Japanese Diet members met with Francis Fukuyama and discussed how democracy can be protected at a time when populism is spreading globally.

JCIE USA’s 50th Anniversary Celebration featuring Professor Gerald L. Curtis: Defining a Path Forward for US-Japan Relations in Turbulent Times

JCIE USA will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its efforts to strengthen US-Japan relations with a conversation featuring Professor Gerald L. Curtis, moderated by Jake Schlesinger with Charles E. Morrison as a discussant. The discussion will seek to define a path forward for US-Japan relations, including the roles that lawmakers, corporations, NGOs, and others can play during challenging times.

Roundtable with Japanese Diet Members on Sustaining Health Programs for Infectious Diseases in Africa

Ahead of the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), FGFJ convened a roundtable with Japanese Diet members on “Fighting the Good Fight: Sustaining Health Programs for Infectious Diseases in Africa.” The meeting welcomed Bill Gates (Gates Foundation), Dr. Abdoulaye Djimdé (5th Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize Laureate), Peter Sands (Global Fund), and others.

Bipartisan Group of US Congress Members Introduce Resolution Recognizing Launch of Japanese Diet “Caucus for Universal Values in the Indo-Pacific”

On August 15, a bipartisan group of US Congress Members, led by Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX), introduced a resolution recognizing and commending the launch of a new “Caucus for Universal Values in the Indo-Pacific” in the Japanese Diet, as well as JCIE’s work through its Democracy for the Future Program

FGFJ TICAD9 Thematic Event | Sustainable Health Financing in Africa: From Commitments to Action

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE)/Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) co-organized a thematic event titled “Sustainable Health Financing in Africa: from Commitments to Action” on the occasion of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), held in Yokohama in August.