Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar

2020 Oct 19

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar (via Zoom)

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

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"Family Law in a Family Nation: Custody, Conflicts, and Activism in Contemporary Japan"

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Speaker:

Allison Alexy, Assistant Professor of Modern Japanese Culture, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures; Department of Women’s Studies, University of Michigan.

Moderator: 

Merry White, Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Boston University.

Contact:

Emma Duncan
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2020 Oct 14

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar (via Zoom)

8:30am to 9:30am

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"Japan’s Response to COVID-19"

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Panelists:

Keizo Takemi, Member, House of Councillors of the National Diet of Japan. Former State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan. Former Senior Vice Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan.

Margarita Estevez-Abe, Associate Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Syracuse University.

Aya Goto, Professor of Health Information and Epidemiology, Center for Integrated Science and Humanities, Fukushima Medical University.

Moderator: 

Michael Reich, Director, Takemi Program in International Health; Taro Takemi Research Professor of International Health Policy, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Contact:

Emma Duncan
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Special Series on Japanese Economic Statecraft. Co-sponsored by the Takemi Program in International Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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2020 Oct 05

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar (via Zoom)

12:00pm to 1:00pm

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"Panel: 'Civil Society and Policy Advocacy in Contemporary East Asia'"

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Panelists:

“Effective Advocacy: Lessons from Japan’s Environmentalists”

Mary Alice Haddad, John E. Andrus Professor of Government; Professor of Environmental Studies; Director, Office of Faculty and Career Development; Chair and Professor of East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University.  

“Community Organizing and the Reform of Japan’s Sex Crime Law in 2017”

Kanoko Kamata, Co-founder and former Executive Director, Community Organizing Japan. PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of Pittsburgh.

Moderator:

Susan Pharr, Faculty Associate. Senior Advisor, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Harvard University.

Contact:

Emma Duncan
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2020 Sep 28

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar (via Zoom)

12:00pm to 1:00pm

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"Learning From Japan's Criminal Justice Success"

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Speaker:

John Haley, William R. Orthwein Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law; Visiting Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law.

Moderator:

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

Contact:

Emma Duncan
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2020 Sep 21

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar (via Zoom)

12:00pm to 1:00pm

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“Japan and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance criteria): The Road Ahead”

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Speaker:

Keiko Honda, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Adjunct Senior Research Scholar of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. Former Chief Executive Officer, Multilateral Guarantee Agency (MIGA).

Moderator:

Christina Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Professor of Government; and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.

Contact:

Emma Duncan
eduncan@wcfia.harvard.edu

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2020 Sep 14

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar (via Zoom)

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

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"The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election: Politics, Economics, and Strategy”

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Speaker:

Glen S. Fukushima, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Former Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan and China; Former President, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan.

Moderator:

Christina Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Executive Committee; Faculty Associate (on leave 2020-2021). Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Emma Duncan
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2020 Jul 30

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar (via Zoom)

8:00am to 9:15am

Location: 

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"Alumni Panel (webinar), 'U.S.-Japan Relations in the COVID19 Era'"

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Speakers:

"U.S.-China Competition in the COVID-19 Era: Views from Japan"

Hiroyuki Akita (2006-07), Foreign Affairs and National Security Commentator, Nihon Keizai Shimbun.

"New Challenges in International Trade and Investment"

Mireya Solís (2000-01)Director, Center for East Asia Policy Studies; Phillip Knight Chair in Japan Studies, Brookings Institution.

"Stakeholder Capitalism in the Midst of COVID-19"

Yoshihisa Masaki (2005-06)Director, Social Communications Bureau, Keidanren (Japan Business Federation).

"Exploring New Frontiers of U.S.-Japan Economic Cooperation in the COVID-19 Era"

Noriyuki Shikata (2019-20), Assistant Minister/Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).

Moderator:

Christina Davis (2001-02)Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Executive Committee; Faculty Associate. Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact: 

Emma Duncan
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2020 Apr 28

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar (via Zoom)

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

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Associates' Panel: "Environmental and Economic Imperatives of Advanced Capitalism"

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Speakers:

"Japan's Renewable Energy Policy Changes from 1970s to 2011"

Rie Watanabe, Academic Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Associate Professor, School of International Politics, Economics and Communications, Aoyama Gakuin University.

"International Cooperation to Reduce Marine Plastic Waste"

Kuniaki Iwatani, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Deputy Director, Material Industries Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Government of Japan.

"Regional Financial Institutions and Local Economic Revitalization in Japan" 

Kenji Haramura, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Director, Office of Liaison and Financial Inspection of the Local Finance Bureaus, Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan.

Discussant:

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

Moderator: 

Christina Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Executive Committee; Faculty Associate. Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact: 

Emma Duncan
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2020 Apr 21

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar (via Zoom)

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

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"Economic Consequences of the COVID-19 for Japan and the World"

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Speaker:

Takatoshi Ito, Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of Public and International Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University.

Moderator:

Christina Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Executive Committee; Faculty Associate. Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact:

Emma Duncan
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2020 Apr 14

CANCELLED: Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

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

PLEASE NOTE: This 4/14 event has been cancelled.

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Speaker:

Amy Catalinac, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, New York University.

Moderator:

Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Professor of Government; Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.   ...

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2020 Apr 28

CANCELLED: Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

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

"Japan and ESG Investment: The Road Ahead"

PLEASE NOTE: This 4/28 event has been cancelled.

Speaker:

Keiko Honda, CEO and Executive Vice President (2013-19), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group; Adjunct Professor and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University.

Moderator:

Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Professor of Government; Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.   

Contact:

Emma Duncan
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2020 Apr 21

CANCELLED: Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

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

PLEASE NOTE: This 4/21 event has been cancelled.

"American Trade Policy Towards Asia: The 1980s and Now"

Speaker:

Glen Fukushima, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress.

Moderator:

Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Professor of Government; Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.    

Contact:

Emma Duncan
eduncan@wcfia.harvard.edu

2020 Apr 07

CANCELLED: Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

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

PLEASE NOTE: This 4/7 event has been cancelled.

Panel: “Japan-U.S. Security Treaty as 60: Cost Sharing and New Security Threats" 

Speakers:

Eric Heginbotham, Principal Research Scientist, Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Sadamasa Oue, Associate, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Executive Advisor, Mitsui & Co, Ltd.; Lt. Gen. (retired), Japan Air Self-Defense Force.

Moderator: 

Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Professor of Government; Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University. 

Contact:

Emma Duncan
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2020 Mar 24

CANCELLED: Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

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

PLEASE NOTE: This 3/24 event has been cancelled.

“A Living Laboratory: Japan in American Social Thought"

Speaker:

Amy Borovoy, Professor of East Asian Studies, Department of East Asian Studies, Princeton University.

Moderator:

Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Professor of Government; Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.

Contact:

Emma Duncan
eduncan@wcfia.harvard.edu

2020 Mar 31

CANCELLED: Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

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

PLEASE NOTE: This 3/31 event has been cancelled.

"The Diffusion of Technological Change and Energy Efficiency: The Case of Televisions"

Speaker:

Tomomichi Amano, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Marketing Unit, Harvard Business School.

Moderator:

Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Professor of Government; Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.

Contact:

Emma Duncan
eduncan@wcfia.harvard.edu

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