Asia Pacific Regional Meeting on Innovative Partnerships for Health: Regional Solutions, Regional Opportunities

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) organized—in collaboration with the Japan Institute for Global Health and the Pacific Health Summit—a high-level meeting in Tokyo on October 24, 2011, to explore the role of innovative partnerships in improving health in Asia Pacific.

Korea-Japan Forum | 21st Meeting

The Korea-Japan Forum was initiated in November 1993 during a summit meeting between South Korean President Kim Young-sam and Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa where they 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.

Korea-Japan Forum | 22nd Meeting

The 22nd Korea-Japan Forum, co-organized by JCIE and the Korea Foundation, concluded on Saturday, August 9th, with the issuance of a joint statement that calls for the creation of a “new win-win relationship” that would promote peace and prosperity in the two countries and the region.

Rediscovering Common Bonds | Opening up Future Possibilities through Stage and Video

On November 24, 2014, the first seminar in the Rediscovering Common Bonds among Japan, China, and Korea series was held under the theme “Opening up Future Possibilities through Stage and Video.” The seminar invited the participation of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean artists and college students who have had experience working collaboratively to produce theatrical works and films.

Rediscovering Common Bonds | Interacting Cultures

Can a shared love of manga, anime, and cosplay help draw neighbors in Northeast Asia closer together? What mutual influences can be found in today’s popular culture in China, Japan, and Korea? These questions were the focus of the third seminar in JCIE’s Rediscovering Common Bonds among Japan, China, and Korea series.

Trilateral Commission | 2017 Asia Pacific Group Regional Meeting

The Asia Pacific Group of the Trilateral Commission held its annual regional meeting in Tokyo, gathering more than 70 members, guests, fellows, and invited speakers.

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.

Korea-Japan Forum | 24th Meeting

The 24th Korea-Japan Forum was held in Tokyo on August 24–26, 2016, convening 50 participants from both countries. Discussions were held on “Japan-Korea grassroots/citizen exchange,” “Japanese and Korean foreign policy and security policy,” “Japan-Korea economic cooperation in the context of current international conditions,” and “what strategic interests do Japan and Korea share?”