Social Sciences
CHERRY BLOSSOMS AND EARTHQUAKES: THE STATE OF U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS. 3/8, 11:00-Noon, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Heritage Foundation Asian Studies. Speaker: Amb. Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador of Japan to the United States.
JAPAN-U.S. SECURITY RELATIONSHIP AFTER MARCH 11. 3/8, 9:00-10:30am, Washington, DC. Sponsor: US-Japan Research Institute (USJI) and Waseda University Organization for Japan-US Studies (WOJUSS). Speakers: Katsuichi Uchida, President, USJI / Vice President, Professor, Waseda University; Moderator: Shotaro Yachi, Visiting Professor, Waseda University; James P. Zumwalt, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Japan and Korea Affairs, U.S. Department of State; J.D. Crouch II, President, QinetiQ North America?s Technology Solutions Group; Tomohiko Taniguchi, Special Guest Professor, Keio University.
JAPAN'S MARCH 11 DISASTER: ONE YEAR LATER. 3/9, 10:00am-Noon. Washington, DC. Sponsor: Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies. Speakers: Marc Knapper, Director, Office of Japanese Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Rust Deming, SAIS Japan Studies Faculty.
REMEMBERING 3/11 THROUGH THE EYES OF STUDENTS FROM JAPAN. 3/9, 9:15-1:00pm, lunch, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Sigur Center, Japanese American Student Union, and Organization of Asian Studies, GWU. Speakers; Michael Green, Senior Adviser and Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Edward Lincoln, Professor, GWU; Mike Mochizuki, Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Elliott School; Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, GWU.
RISK MANAGEMENT -FROM NATURAL DISASTER TO ECONOMY. 3/9, 9:00-8:00pm, Lunch, Reception, Washington, DC. Sponsor: US-Japan Research Institute (USJI) and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Speakers: H.E. Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador, Japan to the United States; Hirotaka Sugawara, Director, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Washington Office; Akito Arima, Chancellor, Musashi Gakuen / Former Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) / Former President, University of Tokyo; Frank N. von Hippel, Professor, Princeton University; Yoshimitsu Okada, President, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention; Ross S. Stein, U.S. Geological Survey (USGC); Hiroyuki Fujiwara, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED); Richard A. Meserve, President, the Carnegie Institution; Richard Garwin, Fellow Emeritus, IBM; Otsura Niwa, Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University; Takatoshi Ito, Professor, The University of Tokyo; Junichi Mori, Vice Chair, USJI / Vice President, Professor, Kyoto University; Etsuro Shioji , Professor, Hitotsubashi University; Martin Neil Baily, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Akihiko Tanaka, Chair, USJI / Vice President, Professor, University of Tokyo.
DISASTER RESPONSE, RECOVERY, AND THE FUTURE OF JAPAN-UNITED STATES RELATIONS ONE YEAR AFTER THE GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE. 3/9, 1:30-2:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Brookings Institution, CNAPS. Speakers: Introduction, Strobe Talbott, President, The Brookings Institution; Moderator, Richard C. Bush, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution; Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America, Embassy of Japan; Major General Mark A. Brilakis, Assistant Deputy Commandant (Programs), Programs & Resources Department, United States Marine Corps.
JAPAN?S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS ONE YEAR AFTER 3/11. 3/12, 9:30-11:30am, Washington, DC. Sponsor: CSIS Simon Chair and Japan Chair. Speakers: Welcome by Dr. Michael J. Green, Senior Advisor and Japan Chair, CSIS; Introductory Remarks, Matthew Goodman (Moderator), William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS; Dr. Arthur J. Alexander, Adjunct Professor, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University ; Sumio Ohtsuji, Senior Vice President and Chief Coordinating Officer, Toyota Motor North America, Inc.; Kiyoaki Aburaki, U.S. Representative, Keidanren, Visiting Fellow, Japan Chair, CSIS; David Pumphrey, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS.
ONE YEAR LATER: JAPAN AFTER CATASTROPHE. 3/12, 1:30-2:45pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: AEI. Speakers: Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki, Embassy of Japan; Rust Deming, School of Advanced International Studies; Marc Knapper, U.S. Department of State; Sheila Smith, Council on Foreign Relations; Moderator: Michael Auslin, AEI.
- Us-japan Research Institute Week In Washington September 9th To 15th
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....
- 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 Thursday
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE POLICY FORMULATION PROCESS IN JAPAN AND US PARLIAMENTS: ROLES OF THE CABINET, CONGRESSIONAL STAFF, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, LOBBYISTS, PARLIAMENTARIANS, AND THINK TANKS. 11/3, 10:30am-Noon, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S.-Japan...
- Us-japan Research Institute Washington Week
photo courtesy Andrew MoyerThe US-Japan Research Institute, a consortium of five major Japanese universities, holds its annual Japan Week in Washington starting on Friday, February 4th. The programs will be held February 4-11 at a variety of locations...
Social Sciences
Let's talk disaster 3.11
CHERRY BLOSSOMS AND EARTHQUAKES: THE STATE OF U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS. 3/8, 11:00-Noon, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Heritage Foundation Asian Studies. Speaker: Amb. Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador of Japan to the United States.
JAPAN-U.S. SECURITY RELATIONSHIP AFTER MARCH 11. 3/8, 9:00-10:30am, Washington, DC. Sponsor: US-Japan Research Institute (USJI) and Waseda University Organization for Japan-US Studies (WOJUSS). Speakers: Katsuichi Uchida, President, USJI / Vice President, Professor, Waseda University; Moderator: Shotaro Yachi, Visiting Professor, Waseda University; James P. Zumwalt, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Japan and Korea Affairs, U.S. Department of State; J.D. Crouch II, President, QinetiQ North America?s Technology Solutions Group; Tomohiko Taniguchi, Special Guest Professor, Keio University.
JAPAN'S MARCH 11 DISASTER: ONE YEAR LATER. 3/9, 10:00am-Noon. Washington, DC. Sponsor: Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies. Speakers: Marc Knapper, Director, Office of Japanese Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Rust Deming, SAIS Japan Studies Faculty.
REMEMBERING 3/11 THROUGH THE EYES OF STUDENTS FROM JAPAN. 3/9, 9:15-1:00pm, lunch, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Sigur Center, Japanese American Student Union, and Organization of Asian Studies, GWU. Speakers; Michael Green, Senior Adviser and Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Edward Lincoln, Professor, GWU; Mike Mochizuki, Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Elliott School; Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, GWU.
RISK MANAGEMENT -FROM NATURAL DISASTER TO ECONOMY. 3/9, 9:00-8:00pm, Lunch, Reception, Washington, DC. Sponsor: US-Japan Research Institute (USJI) and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Speakers: H.E. Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador, Japan to the United States; Hirotaka Sugawara, Director, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Washington Office; Akito Arima, Chancellor, Musashi Gakuen / Former Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) / Former President, University of Tokyo; Frank N. von Hippel, Professor, Princeton University; Yoshimitsu Okada, President, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention; Ross S. Stein, U.S. Geological Survey (USGC); Hiroyuki Fujiwara, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED); Richard A. Meserve, President, the Carnegie Institution; Richard Garwin, Fellow Emeritus, IBM; Otsura Niwa, Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University; Takatoshi Ito, Professor, The University of Tokyo; Junichi Mori, Vice Chair, USJI / Vice President, Professor, Kyoto University; Etsuro Shioji , Professor, Hitotsubashi University; Martin Neil Baily, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Akihiko Tanaka, Chair, USJI / Vice President, Professor, University of Tokyo.
DISASTER RESPONSE, RECOVERY, AND THE FUTURE OF JAPAN-UNITED STATES RELATIONS ONE YEAR AFTER THE GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE. 3/9, 1:30-2:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Brookings Institution, CNAPS. Speakers: Introduction, Strobe Talbott, President, The Brookings Institution; Moderator, Richard C. Bush, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution; Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America, Embassy of Japan; Major General Mark A. Brilakis, Assistant Deputy Commandant (Programs), Programs & Resources Department, United States Marine Corps.
JAPAN?S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS ONE YEAR AFTER 3/11. 3/12, 9:30-11:30am, Washington, DC. Sponsor: CSIS Simon Chair and Japan Chair. Speakers: Welcome by Dr. Michael J. Green, Senior Advisor and Japan Chair, CSIS; Introductory Remarks, Matthew Goodman (Moderator), William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS; Dr. Arthur J. Alexander, Adjunct Professor, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University ; Sumio Ohtsuji, Senior Vice President and Chief Coordinating Officer, Toyota Motor North America, Inc.; Kiyoaki Aburaki, U.S. Representative, Keidanren, Visiting Fellow, Japan Chair, CSIS; David Pumphrey, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS.
ONE YEAR LATER: JAPAN AFTER CATASTROPHE. 3/12, 1:30-2:45pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: AEI. Speakers: Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki, Embassy of Japan; Rust Deming, School of Advanced International Studies; Marc Knapper, U.S. Department of State; Sheila Smith, Council on Foreign Relations; Moderator: Michael Auslin, AEI.
- Us-japan Research Institute Week In Washington September 9th To 15th
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....
- 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 Thursday
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE POLICY FORMULATION PROCESS IN JAPAN AND US PARLIAMENTS: ROLES OF THE CABINET, CONGRESSIONAL STAFF, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, LOBBYISTS, PARLIAMENTARIANS, AND THINK TANKS. 11/3, 10:30am-Noon, Washington, DC. Sponsor: U.S.-Japan...
- Us-japan Research Institute Washington Week
photo courtesy Andrew MoyerThe US-Japan Research Institute, a consortium of five major Japanese universities, holds its annual Japan Week in Washington starting on Friday, February 4th. The programs will be held February 4-11 at a variety of locations...