The AFJ conducts research into diplomacy, national security policy and political trends in Asia-Pacific nations in particular Japan, the United States and China.Our aim is to link these activities to policy proposal. In order to do this, we run research projects and organize international meetings through a network which includes governments, political assemblies, political parties and other think tanks. We also implement various other research and survey projects in response to the request of our members. In recent years, we have mainly addressed the following themes:

• National Security Developments in North-East Asia and Japan-US Relations
• Exploring a Japanese-style National Strategy
• US National Security Strategy and the Japan-US Alliance
• Possibilities for Japan-US Policy Coordination
• Comparative Research into Policy-making Process in Japan, the US and China
• US-China Relations: The Political Context of US Policies on China
• US National Security: Focusing on the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR)
• Research into the US Department of Homeland Security
• The Current Structure of Political Power in the US
• US Conservatism and Grassroots Politics
• Conservative Movements in the US
• Safety, Public Order and Freedom in the US
• US Political Funding
• Possibilities for an Asian Economic Block
• Succeeding As an Intellectual Property-based Nation　　　　　Others