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Spotlight: Political Leadership in Japan and US-Japan Relations
- Washington DC visit program for US-Japan Parliamentary Exchange Program
Inaugural Tadashi Yamamoto Memorial Seminar (Council on Foreign Relations, May 2)
- "Japan's Political Change and the US-Japan Alliance," featuring JCIE's study on "Political Leadership in Japan and its Future Trajectory"
25th Japanese Delegation of the US-Japan Young Political Leaders Exchange (April 27 - May 10)
Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ)
Monthly Lecture Series: Keys to Economic Growth in Africa: Global Health (Tokyo)- FGFJ congratulates Peter Piot on winning the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize awarded by the Japanese government (March 13)
- New Global Fund Executive Director Makes First Visit to Japan (March 11-12)
- FGFJ Diet Task Force
Friends of the
Global Fund, Japan
Trilateral Commission
A Reset for East Asia: Managing Risks Under New Leadership (March 2013)
Japan faces multiple tricky challenges in East Asia today, and resetting regional relations requires careful management of these issues … (Read more)
A Growing Force: Civil Society's Role in Asian Regional Security
Authors from around the Asia Pacific examine the growing role of NGOs in five areas—piracy, disaster relief, human trafficking, health, and climate change.
James Gannon, Reviving Community: The Difficult Practice of Prioritizing Social Capital in Disaster Responses
Risks, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy (Volume 4, Issue 1; April 24, 2013)
Toshihiro Menju, 外国人住民の力いかそう [Leverage the power of foreign citizens in Japan] Asahi Shimbun (Japanese only; April 6)
Read of the Week: 'US Giving for Japan Disaster Exceeds $710 Million'
Philantopic (March 23, 2013)
Donations from US Citizens to Disaster-Hit Japan Reach $712 mil
Mainichi Shimbun (March 11, 2013)