Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar

Date: 

Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

"Japan’s Search for Security"

Speakers:

“New Threats and Comprehensive National Security in US-Japan Relations"

Haruo Iguchi, Nagoya University.

“Governance and Competition in the Northern Sea Route"

Miri Iizuka, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

“Why Does the US Engage a Rising China?"

Ken Usui, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Discussant:

Thomas Berger, Associate Professor of International Relations, Boston University.

Contact:

William Nehring
wnehring@wcfia.harvard.edu

Moderator:

Susan Pharr, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Executive Committee; Faculty Associate (on leave spring 2015); Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.