The Role of Philanthropy in Postwar US-Japan Relations | 2002 Pocantico Workshop
On the weekend of October 12–13, 2002, JCIE held a workshop outside New York City at the Pocantico Conference Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. The 23 participants, a number of whom were active in US-Japan philanthropy during the period of the study, shared their views regarding the motivations of grantmakers, the influence of the cold war and anticommunist sentiment on Japan-related grantmaking, the relationship between the government and foundations, and the impact of American philanthropy on Japan’s intellectual community and the US-Japan relationship.
Symposium on Universal Coverage in the 21st Century: Redefining Japan’s Health System
In partnership with renowned international medical journal, the Lancet, and the Asahi Shimbun, one of Japan’s leading newspapers, JCIE organized an international symposium on September 1, 2010, to explore the issue of universal coverage in aging societies like Japan, and to discuss preliminary findings of analysis on Japan’s health system.
Strategic Assistance: Disaster Relief and Asia-Pacific Stability | Workshop III
The third workshop provided the project research team the opportunity to engage with key constituencies within the US., Japanese, and international HA/DR communities, present tentative recommendations designed to enhance US-Japan cooperation and coordination on HA/DR, and move toward operationalizing the Strategic Assistance concept.
Strategic Assistance: Disaster Relief and Asia-Pacific Stability | Workshop II
This second workshop was designed to solicit input regarding the region’s likely reaction to the proposed US-Japan Strategic Assistance concept from leaders in the United States, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, India, Australia, the Philippines, Myanmar, and Thailand, and to assess the regional perceptions of the current and future threat to regional stability that is posed by major disasters.
Strategic Assistance: Disaster Relief and Asia-Pacific Stability | Workshop I
A Washington DC workshop held as part of the Strategic Assistance Project, a collaborative research project of the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and JCIE, discussed how to develop an alliance-based approach to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) operations in South and Southeast Asia by engaging and incorporating military, government, and NGO leadership from the United States and Japan.
Russia-Japan Policy Dialogue | 5th Meeting
The Fifth Russia-Japan Policy Dialogue was held in Kanagawa, Japan, on June 12–14, 2003, to explore the bilateral relationship in the context of recent domestic developments as well as changes in the regional and international environments.
Russia-Japan Policy Dialogue | 6th Meeting
he 6th Russia-Japan Policy Dialogue was held in Moscow, Russia, on June 28-29, 2004, to discuss the prospects for bilateral cooperation in the changing Asian context.
Russia-Japan Policy Dialogue | Moscow Seminar
JCIE, in cooperation with the Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences, held a seminar in Moscow on June 30, 1997, on the theme of “Japan-Russian Relations in Asia Pacific.” The seminar consisted of four sessions focusing on Japan-Russia relations in a regional context, economic issues, security issues, and regional cooperation.
Russia-Japan Policy Dialogue | 4th Meeting
The Fourth Russia-Japan Policy Dialogue was held in Chiba, Japan, on November 7-9, 2002, to explore the bilateral relationship in the context of the long-term changes underway in the Asia Pacific region, particularly China’s emergence as a regional power.
Russia-Japan Policy Dialogue | 3rd Meeting
JCIE held its Third Russia-Japan Policy Dialogue on October 13-14, 2001, in Tokyo, where four Russian and six Japanese opinion leaders met to exchange views on a variety of issues. Meetings were also arranged for the Russian participants with a number of Japanese Diet members before and after the workshop so they could discuss politics and foreign relations, including the antiterrorism legislation under consideration in the Die