The Role of Philanthropy in Postwar US-Japan Relations | International House Workshop
A second workshop was held on November 19, 2002, at the International House in Tokyo, Japan. Forty participants gathered at the daylong meeting to discuss the experiences of Japanese grantees in their dealings with American foundations as well as the role of US philanthropy in helping rebuild intellectual ties between Japan and the United States.
The Role of Philanthropy in Postwar US-Japan Relations | 2003 Tokyo Workshop
A fourth workshop was held on July 12–13, 2003, at JCIE’s offices in Tokyo. The project team gathered to discuss the drafts and outlines of the results of their research on the various aspects of philanthropic involvement in the US-Japan relationship during the period of 1945–1975. The discussions focused on strategies for the final phase of archival research, interviews, and writing.
The Role of Philanthropy in Postwar US-Japan Relations | 2003 Cambridge Workshop
On March 8-9, 2003, a small group of experts gathered for a third workshop in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to focus on the role of US philanthropy in promoting Japanese studies in the United States and American studies in Japan.
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.
Reinvigorating US-Japan Policy Dialogue and Discussion in a Time of Political Change
JCIE’s study on Reinvigorating US-Japan Policy Dialogue and Discussion in a Time of Political Change examined the state of policy dialogue between Japan and the United States and nongovernmental linkages that have facilitated contact between political leaders and policy experts in each country. Based on this research, JCIE released an English report in December 2010.
Rediscovering Common Bonds | Talking with America about China-Japan-Korea Relations
The eighth seminar in this series brought together Gerald Curtis, one of America’s leading experts on Japanese politics and diplomacy and on US-Japan relations, as well as other experts to explore America’s relationship to trilateral China-Japan-Korea ties.
Welcome Reception in Honor of Leaders from the National Diet of Japan
A coalition of US-Japan groups headed by JCIE and the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation hosted a reception at the US Capitol to welcome 11 visiting Diet members to Washington. The gathering attracted about 150 leading figures in US-Japan relations.
US-Japan Young Political Leaders Exchange | March 2018 US Delegation to Japan
A bipartisan delegation of six local-level legislators and political leaders from the US visited Tokyo, Sagamihara, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi Prefecture for meetings with policy experts, policymakers, business and NGO leaders, and others.
US-Japan Young Political Leaders Exchange | December 2018 US Delegation to Japan
The 2018 US-Japan Young Political Leaders Exchange Program brought US state and local officials to Tokyo, Gunma, and Fukuoka to meet with Diet members, prefectural and local-level officials, policy experts, and NGO leaders.
US-Japan Young Political Leaders Exchange | 2019 US Delegation to Japan
A bipartisan delegation of six state and local-level US political leaders visited Tokyo, Kochi Prefecture, and Aichi Prefecture for a series of meetings and roundtables with a variety of policymakers, business leaders, and local-level politicians under JCIE’s US-Japan Young Political Leaders Exchange program.