The Eurasia Information Network project invited a group of Russia experts from the United States to come to Japan from November 10 through 13, 2009, for discussions with Japanese experts about Russia and the international environment pertaining to Russia.

The Tokyo Foundation organized a dialogue with the US German Marshall Fund titled “What Does Japan Think?” in Tokyo in December 2009 with the aim of promoting mutual understanding among Japan, the United States, and Europe. Western journalists and others were invited to Japan to exchange views with Japanese opinion leaders and to deepen their understanding of the shifts taking place in Japan following last year’s change of government. Financial Times associate editor Philip Stephens wrote the following article after returning from his visit.

Who is buying up Japan's forests? Foreign-owned businesses hoping to exploit their water resources, according to one theory. Whatever the forces behind this disturbing trend, the government currently lacks the tools to identify them, let alone control them. To help remedy the situation, the Tokyo Foundation has drawn up recommendations for systemic and regulatory reform to allow for sensible monitoring and management of Japan's precious watershed forests.