The Japan Institute of International Affairs (abbreviated as JIIA,
Japanese
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: 日本国際問題研究所 ''nihon kokusai mondai kenkyūjo'') is a foreign policy and security
think-tank
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in
Japan
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. It was established in December 1959. It was modelled on the
Royal Institute of International Affairs
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(Chatham House) and other institutions. Japan's Prime Minister
Shigeru Yoshida
(22 September 1878 – 20 October 1967) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1954. Yoshida was one of the longest-serving Japanese prime ministers, and is the third-long ...
was the first chair of JIIA. Its current chairman is
Kenichiro Sasae, the former head of
the Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the United States of America.
According to both ''
Foreign Affairs
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'' magazine and the Think Tanks & Civil Societies Program at the
Lauder Institute
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of the
University of Pennsylvania
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, JIIA is Japan's top think tank, and ranked number 1 in the ranking of Top Think Tanks in Asia: China, India, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.
JIIA is a private, nonpartisan policy think-tank that examines Japan's foreign policies and makes proposals to the Japanese government. It has published over a hundred books. It also publishes ''
Kokusai Mondai'', a monthly Japanese language magazine on foreign affairs.
It used to be affiliated with
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
JIIA regularly organizes forums, symposiums and international conferences where Japanese and international experts discuss and debate Japan's foreign policy and world affairs.
JIIA also conducts research projects on foreign policy issues related to the Asia Pacific region, Northeast Asia, Americas, Europe, Russia & CIS, Middle East & Africa, Security and Globalization.
References
External links
Official Website of JIIA(English)
Think tanks based in Japan
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