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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Symposium / Japan in the Age of Disruption: Domestic and Global Policy Challenges
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SUMMARY:Symposium / Japan in the Age of Disruption: Domestic and Global Policy Challenges
DESCRIPTION:<p id="threads_view_D0174C5DS4D-1771969944.416549-1772050838.734659">All panels are chaired by <a href="https://cldavis.scholars.harvard.edu/"><strong>Christina L. Davis</strong></a>, <span>Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government; and Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>10:00-11:15 am: "Geopolitics of Alliances and International Institutions"</h2><ul><li>"U.S.-Japan Defense Cooperation, 1951-1978: A Reassessment"<br><a href="https://us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/people/mayumi-itayama"><strong>Mayumi Itayama</strong></a><br>Visiting Scholar, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Economics, Kokushikan University</li><li>"The Strategic Intent behind China’s Nuclear Buildup"<br><a href="https://us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/people/kuniharu-kakihara"><strong>Kuniharu Kakihara</strong></a><br>Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Fellow, Harvard University Asia Center; Retired Lieutenant General, Japan Air Self-Defense Force</li><li>"Shackling the Major Powers: Bilateral Trade Effects in International Institutions"<br><a href="https://us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/people/tomoko-takahashi"><strong>Tomoko Takahashi</strong></a><br>Visiting Scholar, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Assistant Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University</li><li><strong>Discussant: </strong><a href="https://www.bu.edu/pardeeschool/profile/thomas-berger/"><strong>Thomas Berger</strong></a><br>Professor of International Relations, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>11:30 am-12:45 pm: "Innovations in Law and Business"</h2><ul><li>"Improving Deliberative Collaboration among Professional and Lay Judges in Japan’s Saiban-in Trials: Practical Lessons from U.S. Jury Instructions"<br><a href="https://us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/people/mayu-kannari"><strong>Mayu Kannari</strong></a><br>Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Judge, Chiba District Court, Japan</li><li>"Bridging Entrepreneurship Education Between the US and Japan"<br><a href="https://us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/people/yoshiatsu-murata"><strong>Yoshiatsu Murata</strong></a><br>Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Chief Real Estate Analyst, Sasayama</li><li>"Translating Transparency: Institutional Pathways of ESG Disclosure in the U.S., the UK, Germany, and Japan "<br><a href="https://us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/people/nobukazu-nakazawa"><strong>Nobukazu Nakazawa</strong></a><br>Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Managing Director, Human Resources Development, Development Bank of Japan</li><li><strong>Discussant: </strong><a href="https://cssh.northeastern.edu/faculty/daniel-aldrich/"><strong>Daniel Aldrich</strong></a><br>Dean's Professor of Resilience, Director, MS Resilience Studies Program, Northeastern University</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>2:00-3:15 pm: "Trade, Supply Chains, and Economic Security"</h2><ul><li>"The Global Impact of Economic Policy Changes through the Supply Chain"<br><a href="https://us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/people/taiji-furusawa"><strong>Taiji Furusawa</strong></a><br>Visiting Scholar, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Professor, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo</li><li>"Materials Industries in the Global Supply Chain: Industrial Policy and Economic Security"<br><a href="https://us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/people/toshiki-kita"><strong>Toshiki Kita</strong></a><br>Associate Principal Deputy Director, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan</li><li>"Unveiling the Utilization Structure of the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement"<br><a href="https://us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/people/fumiharu-ito"><strong>Fumiharu Ito&nbsp;</strong></a><br>Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Deputy Director, Ministry of Finance, Japan</li><li><strong>Discussant: </strong><a href="https://www.bu.edu/pardeeschool/profile/william-w-grimes/"><strong>William Grimes</strong></a><br>Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University<br>&nbsp;</li></ul><h2>3:30 pm-4:30 pm: "Political Economy of Energy Transitions"</h2><ul><li>"Entangled Fishermen: The Decline of the Fishing Industry and the Rise of Anti-Nuclear Social Movements in Japan"<br><a href="https://us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/people/toshiaki-yoshida"><strong>Toshiaki Yoshida</strong></a><br>Japan Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University; PhD, Department of Political Science, Northeastern University</li><li>"Regulation or Markets? Divergent Paths of Clean Energy Transitions in California and Texas"<br><a href="https://us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/people/yutaka-yamaguchi"><strong>Yutaka Yamaguchi</strong></a><br>Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University; Broadcast journalist, TV-Asahi</li><li><strong>Discussant: </strong><a href="https://mahaddad.wescreates.wesleyan.edu/facultypage/"><strong>Mary Alice Haddad</strong></a><br>John E. Andrus Professor of Government, Professor of East Asian Studies, and Professor of Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>Co-sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School Japan Caucus and the Harvard Undergraduate Japan Policy Network (HUJPN).</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="3153988d-4b34-42b7-86f9-8bad332f1be3">&nbsp;</drupal-media><p>Image credit: <a href="https://japan.kantei.go.jp/104/actions/202510/28yokosuka.html"><span>Official Website of the Prime Minister’s Office of Japan</span></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p>
LOCATION:Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St. and online via Zoom (registration required).
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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