Associates' Panel: "New Dimensions of U.S. Alliance Coordination in East Asia"

Speakers:

Chikako Kawakatsu Ueki, Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University.

Kento Hara, Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations. Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan.

Takayuki Sugimoto, Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations. Advisor, IHI Corporation; Vice Admiral, ret., Japan Maritime Self Defense Force; Senior Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center.

Discussant:

Thomas Berger, Professor of International Relations, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies; Director, BU Center for the Study of Asia, Boston University

Moderator:

Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

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Associates' Panel: "International Conflicts over Globalization"

Speakers:

Sayaka Kume, Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations. Supervisory Valuation Specialist, National Valuation Center, Ministry of Finance, Japan.

Sayumi Miyano, Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on US-Japan Relations. PhD, Department of Politics, Princeton University.

Ryuta Ueda, Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations. Deputy Director, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan.

Discussant:

William Grimes, Professor of International Relations, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University.

Moderator:

Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

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Associates' Panel: "Contemporary Challenges of Post-Industrial Economies"

Speakers:

Kenya Amano, Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on US-Japan Relations. PhD, Department of Political Science, University of Washington.

Takeshi Hieda, Visiting Scholar, Program on US-Japan Relations. Professor of Comparative Politics, Graduate School of Law, Osaka Metropolitan University.

Hiroki Taya, Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations. Government Official, Counter International Terrorism Division, National Police Agency.

Tomohiro Ueda, Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations. Project Manager, Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting, LLC.

Discussant:

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

Moderator:

Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

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"TBA"

Speaker:

Alexander Zahlten, Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.

Moderator:

Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

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"Japan’s 'Predistribution' Solution for Inequality"

Speaker:

Steven Vogel, Professor of Political Science and Political Economy; Il Han New Professor of Asian Studies; Director, Political Economy Program, University of California, Berkeley.

Moderator:

Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

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"The Contest for Japan's Economic Future: Entrepreneurs vs. Corporate Giants"

Speaker:

Richard Katz, Special Correspondent for Weekly Toyo Keizai; Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.

Moderator:

Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

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"Universal Human Rights and the Nation-State: Japan in Global Perspective"

Speaker:

Kiyoteru Tsutsui, Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor and Senior Fellow in Japanese Studies, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center; Director, Japan Program, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Professor of Sociology, Stanford University.

Moderator: 

Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

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Joseph Nye, "A Life in the American Century"

Speaker:

Joseph Nye, Faculty Associate (emeritus). Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus, Harvard Kennedy School.

Moderator: 

Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

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"China's Economic Development Model: Implications for US-Japan Relations"

Speaker:

Craig Allen, President, US-China Business Council.

Moderator: 

Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

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"The Indo-Pacific as Japan’s 21st Century Grand Strategy"

Speaker:

Saori Katada, Professor of International Relations; Director, Center for International Studies, University of Southern California.

Moderator: 

Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

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"Liberalization of Agricultural Trade and Food Security in Japan"

Yutaka Arai, Commissioner, Consumer Affairs Agency.

Moderator:

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

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"US-Japan Cooperation and the Future of the Indo-Pacific: A Conversation with Ambassador Koji Tomita"

Speaker:

Ambassador Koji Tomita, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America.

Moderator:

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

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"Ōmi Merchants in the Colonial World of Retail: The Case of Minakai"

Speaker:

Jun Uchida, Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of History, Stanford University.

Moderator: 

Andrew Gordon, Faculty Associate (on leave spring 2024). Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University.

Contact:

Megan Hodge
mhodge@wcfia.harvard.edu

Attendance Information:

This is a hybrid event. Please visit the Program on US-Japan Relations website for more information about how to attend.

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"Japan, China, and Global Economic Orders”

Speakers:

Tsuyoshi Kawase, Visiting Scholar, Program on US-Japan Relations. Professor, Faculty of Law, Sophia University.

Ji Miao, Visiting Scholar, Program on US-Japan Relations. Associate Professor; Senior Research Fellow, China Foreign Affairs University.

Masako Suginohara, Visiting Scholar, Program on US-Japan Relations (fall 2023). Professor, Graduate School of Global and Intercultural Studies, Ferris University.

Moderator:

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

Discussant:

Kristin Vekasi, Associate Professor, School of Policy & International Affairs, University of Maine.

Contact:

Megan Hodge
mhodge@wcfia.harvard.edu

Attendance Information:

This is a hybrid event. Please visit the Program on US-Japan Relations website for more information about how to attend.

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"Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia"

Speaker:

Gary Bass, William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace and War, Princeton University.... Read more about Program on US-Japan Relations Seminar (Hybrid)