JCIE Publications | The Survey Reports on Japan-Related Regional Activities in the United States (Vol. II)
This publication discusses the US-Japan exchanges in 24 U.S. states, including information on: historical background, economic relations with Japan, educational programs and exchanges, state and municipal exchange activity, cultural events and exchanges, and attitudes towards Japan.
JCIE Publications | Parallel Politics: Economic Policymaking in Japan and the United States
This book, which stemmed from an eighteen-month seminar of Japanese and American scholars, examines Japanese and American political institutions and stresses the similarities in economic policymaking in the two countries.
JCIE Publications | Challenges and Opportunities in US-Japan Relations
This report focuses on the Japan-US relationship in a changing international environment.
JCIE Publications | Supplemental Report of the Japan–United States Economic Relations Group
This supplemental report discusses the comments of the US and Japanese governments and the private sectors to the January 1981 report, reviews some important issues in the two countries’ economic relationship, and makes additional recommendations.
JCIE Publications | Japan-United States Economic Relations Group/Background Papers
This volume is a compilation of background papers prepared for the Japan–US Economic Relations Group, which made two reports to the president of the United States and the prime minister of Japan on factors affecting the two countries’ long-term bilateral economic relationship.
2022 Japanese Young Political Leaders Virtual Exchange

The 2022 US-Japan Young Political Leaders Exchange Program was held virtually, allowing the 31st Japanese delegation to explore US-Japanese relations and build global relationships.
Japan Exasperated by Trump’s Trade Policies
As US farmers suffer under high tariffs, Japanese officials are in no rush to cut a new trade deal with the United States.
Japan Alone Cannot Guard or Sustain Peace
When one speaks of turmoil on the Korean Peninsula, it’s usually in reference to North Korea, not South Korea. But Itsunori Onodera, who stepped down as Japan’s defense minister in September 2014, has some concerns with Seoul’s “provocative” actions toward Pyongyang.
President Trump? Among U.S. Allies, Japan May be One of the Most Anxious About That Idea
By Julie Makinen
Is Japan gaga for Donald Trump? That was the impression created by a spellbinding YouTube video that went viral last week. Despite the video’s popularity, the reality is that perhaps no U.S. ally is as anxious and befuddled about the prospect of a President Trump as Japan.
Abe’s Window of Time for Amending Japan’s Pacifist Constitution Narrows
Wall Street Journal’s Byron Tau examines Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push to amend the country’s pacifist constitution and the political realities he’s facing.