James Gannon, Executive Director, JCIE / USA

Jim Gannon joined JCIE/USA in 2001, and he oversees a wide range of programs designed to strengthen the underpinnings of US-Japan relations and encourage deeper international cooperation in responding to regional and global challenges. Previously, he conducted research with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and taught English in rural Japanese middle schools as part of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme.

Mr. Gannon received a BA from the University of Notre Dame, conducted graduate research at Ehime University in Japan, and has a master's degree from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He is also a fellow with the US-Japan Network for the Future, operated by the Mike and Maureen Mansfield Foundation, and he has written about US-Japan relations, Asia's evolving regional order, and international affairs for a wide range of English and Japanese-language publications.

Select Publications

• "Forging US–Japan Civil Society Cooperation Out of the 3/11 Disaster," The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, Japan Moves Forward (2012)


• "A New Framework for US–Japan Development Cooperation" [pdf 608kb], An Enhanced Agenda for US–Japan Partnership—Working Papers (2011)


• "A Triumph of Soft Power," Keynote Address to the JET Program 25th Anniversary Commemorative Symposium (September 2011)


• "Engaging in Asia: The Evolving US Approach to Regional Community Building" [pdf 224kb], A Pacific Nation: Perspectives on the US Role in an East Asia Community (2011)


• “East Asia at a Crossroads” (with Tadashi Yamamoto) [pdf 296kb], East Asia at a Crossroads (2008)


• “Promoting the Study of the United States in Japan,” Philanthropy and Reconciliation: Rebuilding Postwar U.S.-Japan Relations (2006)


• "Beikoku keijo shushi mondai — Hado randingu no kikensei (In Danger of a Hard Landing? – America's Current Account Deficit)" in Kaigai Toyushi (Overseas Investment), (2001, with Moriyuki Aida)