Philanthropy in Japan and Asia

Since the 1970s, JCIE has been on the cutting edge of activities to promote philanthropy in Japan and Asia, for example, establishing and operating Japan's first charitable trust based on general fundraising, the Asian Community Trust (ACT), and carrying out various studies, dialogues, and exchanges. JCIE also facilitates various philanthropic programs for corporations, foundations and from Japan and abroad.

• Civil Society Monitor (1996-present)
• Cooperation with the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium (APPC) (1994-present)
• The Role of Philanthropy in Postwar U.S.-Japan Relations (2002-2006)
• Facilitation of JACO Study Mission on American Philanthropy (2002)
• International Comparative Study on Governance and Civil Society (1998-2001)
• Corporate-NGO Partnership Project (1997-1999)
• Governance and Civil Society in Japan (1997-1999)
• Study and Survey on Developing Nongovernmental Underpinnings of the Emerging Asia-Pacific Regional Community (1993-1994)

• "US-Japan Intellectual Exchange: The Relationship between Government and Private Foundations," Makoto Iokibe in Philanthropy and Reconciliation: Rebuilding Postwar US-Japan Relations, 2006 [pdf 692kb]
• "Slump in Corporate Giving Continues," Civil Society Monitor, August, 2007 [pdf 280kb]
• "A New Era in Corporate Philanthropy," Civil Society Monitor, August, 2007 [pdf 280kb]
• "The Role of Philanthropy in Postwar US-Japan Relations, 1945-1975: An Overview," Tadashi Yamamoto in Philanthropy and Reconciliation: Rebuilding Postwar US-Japan Relations, 2006 [pdf 379kb]
• "The Evolving Role of American Foundations in Japan: An Institutional Perspective," Kimberly Gould Ashizawa in Philanthropy and Reconciliation: Rebuilding Postwar US-Japan Relations, 2006 [pdf 615kb]
• "Weak Giving Hampers Work of Japan's AIDS Groups," Civil Society Monitor, October, 2005 [pdf 178kb]
• "Interim Report on Public Interest Corporation Reforms Stirs Further Debate," Civil Society Monitor, June, 2004 [pdf 156kb]
• "Interim Report on Public Interest Corporation Reforms Stirs Further Debate" (Civil Society Monitor, Issue 9, June 2004)
• "New Fundraising Initiatives Seek to Bolster Growth of Nonprofit Sector" (Civil Society Monitor, Issue 9, June 2004)
• "Funding Challenges Facing Japan's Nonprofit Sector" (GrassNet, Issue 17, 10/30/03)
• "Japan's Civil Society Development: A Step Behind" (GrassNet, Issue 16, 9/26/03)
• "Breaking the State Monopoly on Public Affairs," Hideki Kato in Governance for a New Century: Japanese Challenges, American Experience, ed. Thomas E. Mann and Takeshi Sasaki, 2003 [132k pdf]
• "Local Initiatives Support Nonprofit Organizations and Activities in Japan" (Civil Society Monitor, Issue 7, Feb. 2002)
• "Japan Association of Charitable Organizations Launches New Project" (Civil Society Monitor, Issue 7, Feb. 2002)
• "Corporate-NGO Partnerships: Learning from Case Studies," Tadashi Yamamoto in Corporate-NGO Partnership in Asia-Pacific, 1999 [pdf 190kb]
• "Levi Strauss Donor Advised Fund in Japan," Hideko Katsumata and Susan Hubbard in Corporate-NGO Partnership in Asia-Pacific, 1999 [pdf 146kb]
• "The NPO Law and Civil Society's New Phase of Development" (Civil Society Monitor, Issue 5, Sept. 1999)
• "Japan's Civil Society An Historical Overview," Makoto Iokibe in Deciding the Public Good: Governance and Civil Society in Japan, ed. Tadashi Yamamoto, 1999 [216k pdf]
• "Emergence of Japan's Civil Society and its Future Challenges," Tadashi Yamamoto in Deciding the Public Good: Governance and Civil Society in Japan, ed. Tadashi Yamamoto, 1999 [220k pdf]

• Philanthropy and Reconciliation: Rebuilding Postwar US-Japan Relations, Yamamoto Tadashi, Iriye Akira, and Iokibe Makoto, editors, 2006
• The Third Force: The Rise of Transnational Civil Society, Ann M. Florini, editor, 2000
• Corporate-NGO Partnership in Asia-Pacific, Tadashi Yamamoto and Kim Gould Ashizawa, editors, 1999
• Deciding the Public Good: Governance and Civil Society in Japan, Tadashi Yamamoto, editor, 1999
• Governance and Civil Society in a Global Age, Tadashi Yamamoto and Kim Gould Ashizawa, editors, 1998

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