JCIE Publications | Becoming Strategic Partners: Lessons for NGOs and Government Agencies from the American Experience

This report examines how strategic partnerships between NGOs and the US Government operate and why they emerged, drawing lessons on how Japanese NGOs might develop similar partnerships and build the foundations for deeper US-Japan cooperation on development.
Backgrounder: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s US Visit

This background brief addresses pressing issues in US-Japan relations in preparation for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Boston and Washington DC, where he became the first Japanese prime minister to address a joint session of Congress.
Insights| Strengthening the Triangle: China-Japan-US Rapprochement

In this translation, included in JCIE’s Global Thinknet Insights, University of Tokyo professor Akihiko Tanaka discusses the importance and status of China-Japan-US trilateral relations, and how to best strengthen these ties.
Insights | New Frameworks for Northeast Asian Security: Bilateral Alliances and Multilateral Unofficial Talks

This Global Thinknet Insights publication gives an overview of National Defense Academy Professor Masashi Nishihara’s stance on how to improve security approaches to Northeast Asia.
Insights | Japan after the Cold War

This piece, by Kobe University Professor Makoto Iokibe and translated for JCIE’s Global Thinknet Insights, examines the state of Japanese affairs following the Cold War and offers suggestions for tasks concerning security, economy, and domestic politics.
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 | A Report on US-Japan Intellectual Exchange

This final report by the US-Japan Intellectual Exchange Study Group of the National Institute for Research Advancement discusses the international symposium held in Tokyo in February 1991, on the theme “Challenges and Opportunities of US-Japan Exchange in the New Era.”
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.