This 12-day East-West Center program is a dialogue, travel and exchange program for journalists from Japan and the United States. The program sends six to seven Japanese journalists to the United States and six to seven U.S. journalists to Japan to meet with government and business leaders, academics, non-governmental organizations and other members of the community. The program provides participating journalists with the opportunity to enhance their understanding of the political, security, economic, cultural and social issues of each country through the lens of a timely theme.