GOVERNANCE OF CONTEMPORARY JAPAN. 12/1, 9:30am-5:30pm, Lunch, Tokyo, Japan. Sponsor: Institute of Social Science (ISS). Speakers: Akira Suehiro, Director, ISS; Kenji Hirashima, ISS; Margarita Estevez-Abe
, Syracuse University, USA; Hiroko Takeda
, University of Sheffield, UK; Iwao Sato, ISS; Mari Osawa, ISS; Wataru Tanaka, ISS; Yupana Wiwattanakantang, National University of Singapore; Masaki Nakabayashi, ISS; Roland Czada, University of Osnabruck, Germany; Kasian Tejapira, Thammasat University, Thailand; Colin Picker
, University of New South Wales, Australia; Junji Nakagawa, ISS; Kaoru Iokibe, ISS. Location: University of Tokyo.
A BETTER PATH TO PEACE: DYNAMIC COLLABORATION BETWEEN PEACEKEEPING AND PEACE BUILDING. 12/1, 10:00am- 5:00pm, Tokyo, Japan. Sponsor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Speakers: Ms.Sadako Ogata, President of Japan International Cooperation Agency; Dr. Mutrif Siddig Ali Alnimeiri, State Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Republic of the Sudan; Mr. Ouch Borith, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Cambodia; Mr. Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, UN. Location: United Nations University.
SECURITY COOPERATION AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN ASIA. 12/3, 9:00am-7:00pm, Lunch, Tokyo, Japan. Sponsor: Waseda University Global COE Program. Speakers: Kaoru Kamata, President of Waseda University; Satoshi Amako, Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS), Waseda University; Hatsue Shinohara, Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS), Waseda University; Alastair Iain Johnston, Professor, Harvard University; Chikako Kawakatsu Ueki, Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS), Waseda University; Kang Choi, professor and Director-General for American Studies at the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Wang Yizhou, Professor, School of International Studies, Beijing University; Benjamin Schreer, Senior Lecturer, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University; Rumi Aoyama, Professor, The Research Institute of Current Chinese Affairs, School of Education, Waseda University; Takashi Terada, Professor of International Relations at Organization for Asian Studies, Waseda University; Rizal Sukma, executive director, CSIS. Location: International Conference Center, Waseda University.
The US-Japan Research Institute (USJI) is a collaboration between Japanese industry and five major Japanese universities to better understand the policy environment in Washington as well as provide Japan-originated research to the Washington community....
ABE?S FOREIGN POLICY: PRAGMATIC REALISM OR EMOTIONAL NATIONALISM? 2/25, 12:30-1:45pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Sigur Center, George Washington University. Speaker: Kazuhiko Togo, Professor and Director of the Institute for World Affairs, Kyoto Sangyo...
U.S. STRATEGY IN THE PACIFIC. 9/7, 2011, 2:00-3:00 pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: CSIS Southeast Asia Program. Speakers: Kurt M. Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Ernie Bower Senior Advisor and Director, Southeast...
LOW FERTILITY IN JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND TAIWAN: ECONOMIC AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS. 12/3, 12:30-2:00 pm, lunch, Washington, DC. Sponsor: East West Center in Washington and Stimson Center. Speaker: Dr. Michael Sutton, Northeast Asia Visiting Fellow, East-West...
This month, Tokyo is hosting a number of interesting talks in English: POLITICS AS USUAL? 6/16, Noon-2:00pm, Tokyo. Sponsor: British Chamber of Commerce in Japan. Speakers: Alison Airey, Kreab Gavin Anderson Japan?s Public Affairs Practice; Michael...