Social Sciences
ALGAE FOR BIOFUELS - COLD WATER, INLAND IN PONDS OR IN THE LAB. 2/23, 10:00-11:30am , Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI). Speakers: Tony Haymet, Professor and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor at Scripps Oceanography UCSD; Peter Wilson, Professor at University of Tasmania and University of California San Diego; Yoshihiro Shiraiwa, Professor & Provost at Faculty of Life & Environmental Science and the University of Tsukuba.
CHALLENGES AGAINST POVERTY, MALNUTRITION AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2/23, 2:00-3:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI). Speakers: David Sack, Professor affiliated with the Department of International Health and at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Harunor Rashid, PhD candidate of the Clinical Science Program at the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science at the University of Tsukuba; Yukiko Wagatsuma, Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at University of Tsukuba.
JAPAN'S SECURITY POLICY AND THE JAPAN-U.S. ALLIANCE. 2/23, 6:00-7:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI). Speaker: Isao Miyaoka, Professor at the Faculty of Law at Keio University. Students Only.
JAPAN'S CHANGING SECURITY POLICY AND THE JAPAN-U.S. ALLIANCE. 2/24. 3:00-4:30, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI). Speakers: Mike Mochizuki, Japan-US Relations Professor at GWU Elliott School; Isao Miyaoka, Professor at the Faculty of Law at Keio University; Andrew Oros, Director of International Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Washington College.
CAN THE ASEAN COUNTRIES AVOID THE MIDDLE INCOME TRAP, AND HOW IS THAT RELEVANT FOR THE US AND JAPAN. 2/24, 6:00-7:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI). Speaker: Junichi Mori, Professor and Vice President for international Relations of Kyoto University. Students Only.
CHINA'S XI JINPING ADMINISTRATION: AN ASSESSMENT OF ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES. 2/26, 10:00-11:30am, Washington, DC. Sponsors: U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI); East-West Center. Speakers: Masako Egawa, Chair of the U.S.-Japan Research Institute, Executive Vice President of the University of Tokyo; Ellen Frost, Adjunct Senior Fellow at EWC in Washington; Akio Takahara, Professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo; Nathaniel Ahrens, Director of China Affairs at the University of Maryland , Senior Associate of the Hills Program on Governance at CSIS; Susan Lawrence, Specialist in Asian Affairs, Congressional Research Service (CRS).
THE U.S. REBALANCE: TPP?S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROLES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC. 2/27, 10:00am-Noon, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI); Wilson Center. Speakers: Shihoko Goto, Senior Associate for Northeast Asia of the Asia Program at Wilson Center; Takashi Terada, Operating Advisor at USJI, Professor at Doshisha University; Tami Overby, Senior Vice President, Asia, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
BUILDING THE TOMODACHI GENERATION: ENGAGING U.S. AND JAPANESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SOCIAL PROBLEM-SOLVING. 2/27, 10:00am-12:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsors: U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI); U.S.-Japan Council; The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars. Judges: Katsuichi Uchida, President of the U.S.-Japan Research Institute; Christopher Joseph Cook, Chief Compliance Officer of Keel Point Advisors.
WHY EAST ASIA CANNOT BE LIKE EUROPE? REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND POWER POLITICS. 3/3, 6:00-7:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI). Speaker: Takashi Terada, Operating Advisor at USJI, Professor at Doshisha University. Students Only.
- Japan Week In Washington, Febuary 24-28, 2014
ATOMS FOR DREAM: HOLDING THE AMERICAN UMBRELLA IN THE ATOMIC DRIVING RAIN. 2/24, 10:00-11:30am, Washington, DC. Sponsor: US-Japan Research Institute (USJI). Speakers: Masako Egawa, Executive Vice President, University of Tokyo; Shunya Yoshimi, Vice President,...
- Us-japan Research Institute Week
US-Japan Research Institute (USJI) holds an annual week of programs on Japan featuring speakers from the Institutes associated universities in Japan. The Institute's mission is to produce practical research results based on a sound academic...
- Japan Week In Washington
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...
- Japan Week Continues
THE OKINAWA QUESTION: REGIONAL SECURITY, THE US-JAPAN ALLIANCE, AND FUTENMA. 9/19, 9:30am-4:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsors: Sigur Center, GWU and Nansei Shoto Industrial Advancement. Speakers: Robert Sutter (George Washington University); Michael Swaine...
- Japan Week In Washington
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...
Social Sciences
Japan Policy Week with the US-Japan Research Institute
Twice a year, the Japanese university-supported US-Japan Research Institute holds a series of policy programs in Washington, DC. The first Japan Week will be held February 23-March 3.
CHALLENGES AGAINST POVERTY, MALNUTRITION AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2/23, 2:00-3:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI). Speakers: David Sack, Professor affiliated with the Department of International Health and at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Harunor Rashid, PhD candidate of the Clinical Science Program at the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science at the University of Tsukuba; Yukiko Wagatsuma, Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at University of Tsukuba.
JAPAN'S SECURITY POLICY AND THE JAPAN-U.S. ALLIANCE. 2/23, 6:00-7:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI). Speaker: Isao Miyaoka, Professor at the Faculty of Law at Keio University. Students Only.
JAPAN'S CHANGING SECURITY POLICY AND THE JAPAN-U.S. ALLIANCE. 2/24. 3:00-4:30, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI). Speakers: Mike Mochizuki, Japan-US Relations Professor at GWU Elliott School; Isao Miyaoka, Professor at the Faculty of Law at Keio University; Andrew Oros, Director of International Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Washington College.
CAN THE ASEAN COUNTRIES AVOID THE MIDDLE INCOME TRAP, AND HOW IS THAT RELEVANT FOR THE US AND JAPAN. 2/24, 6:00-7:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI). Speaker: Junichi Mori, Professor and Vice President for international Relations of Kyoto University. Students Only.
CHINA'S XI JINPING ADMINISTRATION: AN ASSESSMENT OF ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES. 2/26, 10:00-11:30am, Washington, DC. Sponsors: U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI); East-West Center. Speakers: Masako Egawa, Chair of the U.S.-Japan Research Institute, Executive Vice President of the University of Tokyo; Ellen Frost, Adjunct Senior Fellow at EWC in Washington; Akio Takahara, Professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo; Nathaniel Ahrens, Director of China Affairs at the University of Maryland , Senior Associate of the Hills Program on Governance at CSIS; Susan Lawrence, Specialist in Asian Affairs, Congressional Research Service (CRS).
THE U.S. REBALANCE: TPP?S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROLES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC. 2/27, 10:00am-Noon, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI); Wilson Center. Speakers: Shihoko Goto, Senior Associate for Northeast Asia of the Asia Program at Wilson Center; Takashi Terada, Operating Advisor at USJI, Professor at Doshisha University; Tami Overby, Senior Vice President, Asia, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
BUILDING THE TOMODACHI GENERATION: ENGAGING U.S. AND JAPANESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN SOCIAL PROBLEM-SOLVING. 2/27, 10:00am-12:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsors: U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI); U.S.-Japan Council; The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars. Judges: Katsuichi Uchida, President of the U.S.-Japan Research Institute; Christopher Joseph Cook, Chief Compliance Officer of Keel Point Advisors.
WHY EAST ASIA CANNOT BE LIKE EUROPE? REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND POWER POLITICS. 3/3, 6:00-7:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI). Speaker: Takashi Terada, Operating Advisor at USJI, Professor at Doshisha University. Students Only.
- Japan Week In Washington, Febuary 24-28, 2014
ATOMS FOR DREAM: HOLDING THE AMERICAN UMBRELLA IN THE ATOMIC DRIVING RAIN. 2/24, 10:00-11:30am, Washington, DC. Sponsor: US-Japan Research Institute (USJI). Speakers: Masako Egawa, Executive Vice President, University of Tokyo; Shunya Yoshimi, Vice President,...
- Us-japan Research Institute Week
US-Japan Research Institute (USJI) holds an annual week of programs on Japan featuring speakers from the Institutes associated universities in Japan. The Institute's mission is to produce practical research results based on a sound academic...
- Japan Week In Washington
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...
- Japan Week Continues
THE OKINAWA QUESTION: REGIONAL SECURITY, THE US-JAPAN ALLIANCE, AND FUTENMA. 9/19, 9:30am-4:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsors: Sigur Center, GWU and Nansei Shoto Industrial Advancement. Speakers: Robert Sutter (George Washington University); Michael Swaine...
- Japan Week In Washington
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...