JCIE USA Briefing & Discussion on Japanese Politics: “Japan’s Upper House Election: Key Takeaways”
JCIE USA hosted a private discussion on Japan’s Upper House Elections with three experts from Japan and the United States. In addition to providing an overview of the results in terms of voter turnout, political parties, and women’s political participation, the discussion identified key factors that came into play and the implications for Japan’s future political leadership and US-Japan relations.
Africa-Japan Common Vision on Health—Recommendations for TICAD9
Toward the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) to be held in Yokohama in August 2025, JCIE launched a project to define the future direction of Africa-Japan partnership in the health sector beyond 2030, and propose a common vision which can be shared among public and private stakeholders in Africa and Japan.
US Congressional Staff Exchange | 2025 Delegation
The 2025 US Congressional Staff Exchange Program gave 6 Congressional staffers the chance to travel Japan, where they met with Japanese leaders across politics, media, and academia.
ROUNDTABLE | Discussion with US Congressional Staff on Priorities of the 118th Congress
JCIE/USA hosted a luncheon discussion with alumni of our US-Japan Congressional Staff Exchange Program, to share their thoughts on what to expect from the 118th Congress following the 2022 midterm elections. The session was joined by Japanese business representatives, academics, and those from DC-based think-tanks.
EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE | Japan’s Economic Security Legislation and Implications for Japan and US-Japan Relations
JCIE/USA hosted an online discussion to examine US and Japanese approaches to ensuring economic security as part of its Executive Roundtable series. The hour-long discussion took place in the context of Japan’s new legislation to bolster its economic security and amidst heightened tension over the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which was causing tremendous global insecurity.
EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE | Japan’s General Election Results
On November 3, the inaugural session of JCIE/USA’s Executive Roundtable series was held online. The session featured two experts who dicussed the implications of Japan’s recent election, including the outlook for Japan’s political leadership and foreign affairs under newly elected Prime Minister Kishida
JCIE/USA Executive Seminar | The Congressional Agenda
On December 6, two alumni of JCIE’s Congressional Staff Exchange program participated in JCIE/USA Roundtables in New York. The two senior Congressional staff—one Republican and one Democrat—spoke about a range of trade issues before the US Congress, what further legislation we are likely to see in the coming year, and what this means for US-Japan relations.
JCIE/USA Executive Seminar | Post–Midterm Outlook for US Political & Economic Relations
Two top experts on US-Japan relations— Columbia University Professor Gerald Curtis and the Wall Street Journal’s Jacob Schlesinger—assessed the Democratic victory in the midterm elections and the prospects for the next two years of the Trump administration’s Asia policy.
JCIE/USA Executive Seminar | Congressional Agenda & US-Japan Relations in the 116th Congress
Two Congressional staffers, alumni of a JCIE/USA delegation to Japan, spoke to a gathering of business leaders and other experts in New York at a JCIE/USA executive seminar.
Tanaka Juku Seminar Series
In 2006, JCIE launched the JCIE Tanaka Juku, an annual three-month series of intensive evening seminars for about 20 young political leaders, corporate executives, journalists, and emerging intellectual leaders under the tutorage of Hitoshi Tanaka, JCIE senior fellow and former deputy minister for foreign affairs.