Junko Kato (University of Tokyo), "The Politics of Tax Increase in Comparative Perspective: Abe Government and the Value-Added Tax (VAT)"

Date and Time

November 27, 2018
12:30PM - 02:00PM EST

Location

Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Junko Kato
Professor of Political Science, University of Tokyo   Moderator: Susan Pharr
Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University.   This seminar series is supported by a grant from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP).   Co-sponsored by the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School   Special Series on The Future of Democracy in Japan and Asia