"Political Corruption and Scandals in Japan"

Speaker:

Steven Reed, Professor of Modern Government, Emeritus, Chuo University.

Moderator:

Susan Pharr, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Senior Adviser, Executive Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

"Public Broadcasting in the Age of Fake News: Can NHK, NPR, or the BBC Save Democracy?"

Speaker:

Henry Laurence, Associate Professor of Government and Asian Studies, Bowdoin College.

Moderator:

Susan Pharr, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Senior Adviser, Executive Committee, Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

"China, the U.S., and East Asia's Maritime Disputes"

Speakers:

Admiral Dennis Blair, Chairman of the Board and Distinguished Senior Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA; U.S. Director of National Intelligence (2009-10); Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command (1999-2002).

Taylor Fravel, Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Moderator:

Susan Pharr, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Senior Adviser, Executive Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

Associates' Panel: "Japan and Asia's Response to a Rising China"

"India's Evolving Role in the US-Japan Alliance"
Speaker: Victor Teo, The University of Hong Kong.

"The Role of Domestic Laws on China's Foreign Policies on the Sea"
Speaker: Yuji Maruo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"China's Exchange Rate Policy and Japan-China Economic Relations"
Speaker: Makoto Hojo, Ministry of Finance.

Discussant:

Thomas Berger, Professor of International Relations, Boston University.

Moderator:

Susan Pharr, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Senior Adviser, Executive Committee, Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Schcolar. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

Associates' Panel: "New Opportunities and Challenges in the Japanese Economy"

"Diversity and Inclusion in 'Japan Inc': Women and Foreign Workers in Japanese Multinationals"
Speaker: Hilary Holbrow, Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations.

"Energy Utilization after the Paris Agreement"
Speaker: Toshio Kurumura, Tokyo Gas Company, Ltd.

"Establishing a Legal Framework for the Sharing Economy"
Speaker: Aya Miyai, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry.

Discussant:

William Grimes, Professor of International Relations and Political Science; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University.

Moderator:

Susan Pharr, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Senior Adviser, Executive Committee, Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Schcolar. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

Associates' Panel: "Evolving State-Society Relations in Japan and the U.S."

"Social Movements against Domestic Violence in Japan"
Speaker: Kanoko Kamata, Community Organizing Japan.

"Public-Private Collaboration in Cybersecurity"
Speaker: Shoichi Ito, National Police Agency.

"Americans' Changing Collective Memory about the Decision to Use Nuclear Weapons in 1945"
Speaker: Daisuke Kawakami, Yomiuri Shimbun.

Discussant:

Mary Alice Haddad, Professor of Government and Chair, College of East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University.

Moderator:

Susan Pharr, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Senior Adviser, Executive Committee, Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Schcolar. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

"Marketcraft: How Governments Make Markets Work"

Speaker:

Steven Vogel, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley.

Moderator:

Susan Pharr, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Senior Adviser, Executive Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Discussant:

Peter Hall, Senior Adviser, Executive Committee; Faculty Associate. Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

Please note: This event has been cancelled.

"Democracy through Strength: Asia's Development and Democratization"

Speaker:

Dan Slater, Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professor of Emerging Democracies; Director, Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, University of Michigan.

Moderator:

Susan Pharr, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Senior Adviser, Executive Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

"Who Judges? Designing Jury Systems in Japan, East Asia, and Europe"

Speaker:

Rieko Kage, Visiting Senior Fellow, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Tokyo.

Moderator:

Susan Pharr, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Senior Adviser, Executive Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Discussant:

Yasunori Sone, Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

"Recovering Agency: The Politics of Reconstruction in Post-Tsunami Tohoku"

Speaker:

Andrew Littlejohn, Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. PhD, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University.

Discussant:

Daniel Aldrich, Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Director, Masters Program in Security and Resilience, Northeastern University.

Moderator:

Susan Pharr, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Senior Adviser, Executive Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

"The Idea of Class in Modern Japan"

Speaker:

Louise Young, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Moderator:

Andrew Gordon, Executive Committee; Faculty Associate. Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

"Geographies of Justice: Japan, Germany, and the Allied War Crimes Program"

Speaker:

Franziska Seraphim, Associate Professor of History; Director of Asian Studies, Boston College.

Moderator:

Susan Pharr, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Senior Adviser, Executive Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

"The Changing Security Landscape on the Korean Peninsula: Implications for Tokyo, Beijing, and Washington"

Speaker:

John Park, Director, the Korea Working Group; Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.

Moderator:

Susan Pharr, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Senior Adviser, Executive Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

"The Impact of Disruptive Technologies on Employment: Implications for an Aging Japan"

Speaker:

Atsushi Seike, Edwin O. Reischauer Visiting Professor of Japanese Studies, Harvard University; Executive Advisor for Academic Affairs and Professor of Labor Economics, Keio University.

Discussant:

Mary Brinton, Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Initiative on Gender Inequality. Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.

Moderator:

Mark Ramseyer, Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies, Harvard Law School.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

"Is Demography Destiny? Japan in Comparative Perspective"

Speakers:

Mary Brinton, Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Initiative on Gender Inequality. Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.

Yoshio Higuchi, Professor, Department of Business and Commerce, Keio University.

Margarita Estevez-Abe, Visiting Senior Fellow, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Associate Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.

Paul Chang, Faculty Associate. Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

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