"Advancing Women in Japanese Politics: Breaking Through the Barriers"

Speaker:

Mari Miura, Professor of Political Science, Sophia University.

Discussant:

Daniel Smith, Faculty Associate. Associate Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

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"Shinzo Abe Scorecard: How's He Faring after Five Years?"

Speakers:

Tobias Harris, Vice President, Teneo Intelligence.

Andrew Oros, Director of International Studies and Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Washington College.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

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"Transformation of Familialist States in Italy, Japan, Korea, and Spain"

Speaker:

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.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
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"Japan's Trade Strategy in an Age of Rising Protectionism"

Speaker:

Yoichi Suzuki, Ambassador to Kansai, and Ambassador for International Affairs, Government of Japan.

Discussant:

Christina Davis, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
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"Permeable Policymaking: Foreign Firms, Cross-National Coalitions, and Varieties of Sectoral Liberalization in Japan"

Speaker:

Kristi Govella, Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Assistant Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
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"Japan's Imperial Household and Abdication: The Contemporary Controversy in Historical Perspective"

Speaker:

Ken Ruoff, Professor of History; Director of the Center for Japanese Studies, Portland State University.

Discussant:

Andrew Gordon, Executive Committee; Faculty Associate. Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University; Victor and William Fung Acting Director, Harvard University Asia Center (2016-2017).

Contact:

Jenni Ting
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"Why the Fishhead Faces Left and Other Tales: Learning from Food Workers in Japan"

Speaker:

Merry White, Professor of Anthropology, Boston University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
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"Sino-Japanese Relations: What Went Wrong after 1992"

Speaker:

Ezra Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
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"The National Security Paradigm in Japan's Space Policy"

Speaker:

Saadia Pekkanen, Job and Gertrud Tamaki Professor, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
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"Can the US-Japan Alliance Meet the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century?"

Speakers:

Daniel Russel, Diplomat in Residence and Senior Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute; former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

Joseph Nye, Faculty Associate. Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
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Panel: "US-Alliances and East Asia's Security Threats"

Speakers:

"Threat Perceptions and Alliance Risks: Evidence from Japan's Parliamentary Discourse"
Azusa Katagiri, Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. PhD, Department of Political Science, Stanford University.

"US Extended Nuclear Deterrence in Japan and South Korea"
Ryo Kiyomiya, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Asahi Shimbun.

"US Allies' Responses to the Rise of China"
Hiroaki Sakamoto, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).

Discussant:

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

Contact:

Jenni Ting
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Panel: "A New Era of US-Japan Energy and Security Cooperation"

Speakers:

"US Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with Japan and Korea: A Comparative Analysis"
Hidefumi Nogami, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Asahi Shimbun.

"Lifting the US Oil Export Ban: A Perspective from Japan"
Takeshi Ujiie, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Tokyo Gas Company.

"Industrial and Technological Dimensions of US-Japan Security Cooperation"
Issei Akahori, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Keidanren.

Discussant:

Daniel Aldrich, Professor of Political Science and Director, Security and Resilience Program, Northeastern University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
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Panel: "Japan's Economic Reform Agenda"

Speakers:

"Labor Migration and Bilateral Agreements in East Asia"
Rie Niida, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Ministry of Justice.

"Agricultural Trade Negotiations and Domestic Adjustments: Cases of Sugar and Beef"
Do Ozaki, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF).

"Japan's Labor Market Reforms in Comparative Perspective"
Hideya Sakyu, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

Contact:

Jenni Ting
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Associates' Panel: "Cooperation and Rivalry in the Global Political Economy"

Speakers:

"Public-Private Cooperation in Japan-ASEAN Economic Relations"
Nobuhiro Hemmi, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting.

"US Money Market Fund (MMF) Reform after the Global Financial Crisis"
Kozue Meguro, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Ministry of Finance.

"Genome Editing in the US, European Union, and Japan"
Sho Funakoshi, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Yomiuri Shimbun.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
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"Fukushima Revitalization: TEPCO's Responsibility and Local Community Development"

Speakers:

Yoshiyuki Ishizaki, Executive Vice President, Deputy General Manager of Nuclear Power & Plant Siting Division; General Manager of Fukushima Division, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings.

Daniel Aldrich, Professor of Political Science; Director, Security and Resilience Program, Northeastern University.

Contact:

Jenni Ting
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