Tadashi Yamamoto CBE (March 11, 1936 – April 15, 2012) was one of Japan's leading internationalists and a pioneering proponent of efforts to strengthen nongovernmental ties between Japan and the United States[1] as well as between Japan and other countries. Yamamoto championed the view that civilian diplomacy and person-to-person exchanges conducted by nongovernmental organizations had a critical role to play in international relations.[2] He was the founder and longtime president of the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) a foreign policy think tank established in 1970 which promotes bilateral relations and exchanges between nongovernmental organizations. Yamamoto also helped to found the Shimoda Conference in 1967, a private sector forum for the discussion of bilateral issues between American and Japanese policymakers and policy experts.[3] The Wall Street Journal has called him "an ardent champion of the U.S.-Japan alliance."[4][5]
Yamamoto served as the President of the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) from 1970 until his death in 2012.[6] As head of the JCIE, Yamamoto simultaneously served as director for a number of forums, including the German-Japan Forum, the UK-Japan 21st Century Group, the Korea-Japan Forum, the Trilateral Commission Pacific Asia Group, and the Friends of the Global Fund, Japan, which works to promote the goals of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria throughout Asia.[6]
In addition to the Shimoda Conference and the JCIE, Yamamoto also founded the Korea-Japan Forum, the U.S.-Japan Parliamentary Exchange Program, and the Trilateral Commission.[1]
- ^ a b "Tadashi Yamamoto, pioneer of international exchange, dies at 76". Asahi Shimbun. 2012-04-16. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ^ Sunohara, Tsuyoshi (May 18, 2007). "A Missionary for 'Civilian Diplomacy'". Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ "Yamamoto, booster of Japan-U.S. relations, dies at 76". Kyodo. Japan Times. 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ^ Feigenbaum, Evan A. (2012-04-17). "Remembering Tadashi Yamamoto". Council of Foreign Relations – Asia Unbound. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ^ Warnock, Eleanor (2012-04-16). "End of an Era: Yamamoto, Top 'America Hand' Dies at 76". Wall Street Journal – Japan Real Time. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
- ^ a b "Tadashi Yamamoto, President". Japan Center for International Exchange. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
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