Past Events

2020 Oct 19

Allison Alexy (University of Michigan) and Merry White (Boston University), "Family Law in a Family Nation: Custody, Conflicts, and Activism in Contemporary Japan"

12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location:
Online Only
Allison Alexy
Assistant Professor of Modern Japanese Culture, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures; Department of Women’s Studies, University of Michigan

Moderator: Merry White
Professor of Anthropology, Boston University

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2020 Oct 15

JPOSS: Diana Stanescu (Harvard), "Agents or Advisers? Bureaucratic Structure and the Politics of Trade Protectionism" (Practice Job Talk)

8:00pm to 9:00pm
Location:
Online Only
U.S. EDT: October 15 (Thu), 8 – 9 pm

JST: October 16 (Fri), 9 – 10 am

Presenter: Diana Stanescu (Harvard).

Note: This event requires registration in advance, in order to receive the meeting link & password.

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2020 Oct 14

Panel: Keizo Takemi (House of Councillors), Margarita Estévez-Abe (Syracuse University), Aya Goto (Fukushima Medical University), Michael Reich (Harvard Chan School of Public Health), "Japan’s Response to COVID-19"

8:30am to 9:30am
Location:
Online Only
Keizo Takemi
Member, House of Councillors of the National Diet of Japan; Former State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Japan; Former Senior Vice Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan

Margarita Estévez-Abe
Associate Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Syracuse University

Aya Goto
Professor of Health Information and Epidemiology, Center for Integrated Science and Humanities, Fukushima Medical University

Moderator: Michael Reich
Director, Takemi Program in International Health; Taro Takemi Research Professor of International Health Policy, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Special Series on Japanese Economic Statecraft. Co-sponsored by the Takemi Program in International Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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2020 Oct 05

Panel: Mary Alice Haddad (Wesleyan), Kanoko Kamata (University of Pittsburgh), Susan Pharr (Harvard) "Civil Society and Policy Advocacy in Contemporary East Asia"

12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location:
Online Only
"Effective Advocacy: Lessons from East Asia’s Environmentalists"

Mary Alice Haddad
John E. Andrus Professor of Government; Professor of Environmental Studies; Director, Office of Faculty and Career Development; Chair and Professor of East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University

"Community Organizing and the Reform of Japan’s Sex Crime Law in 2017"

Kanoko Kamata
Co-founder and former Executive Director, Community Organizing Japan; Ph.D. student in Sociology, University of Pittsburgh

Moderator: Susan Pharr
Senior Advisor, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Harvard University... Read more about Panel: Mary Alice Haddad (Wesleyan), Kanoko Kamata (University of Pittsburgh), Susan Pharr (Harvard) "Civil Society and Policy Advocacy in Contemporary East Asia"
2020 Oct 01

JPOSS: Fan Lu (Queen’s University) & Gento Kato (Nazarbayev University), “Can University Education Cultivate Immigrant Integration? The Case of Local Enfranchisement for Foreign Residents in Japan”

8:00pm to 9:00pm
Location:
Online Only
U.S. EDT: October 1 (Thu), 8 – 9 pm

JST: October 2 (Fri), 9 – 10 am

Presenters: Fan Lu (Queen’s University), Gento Kato (Nazarbayev University).

Discussants: Rieko Kage (University of Tokyo), ...
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2020 Sep 28

John Haley (University of Washington), "Learning From Japan's Criminal Justice Success"

12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location:
Online Only
John Haley
William R. Orthwein Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Law; Visiting Professor of Law, University of Washington, School of Law

Moderator: Mark Ramseyer
Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies, Harvard Law School

Co-sponsored by the East Asian Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School and the Program in Criminal Justice Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.

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2020 Sep 21

Keiko Honda (Columbia University), "Japan and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance criteria): The Road Ahead"

12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location:
Online Only
Keiko Honda
Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Adjunct Senior Research Scholar of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Former Chief Executive Officer, Multilateral Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

Moderator: Christina Davis
Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Professor of Government; and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

Special Series on Japanese Economic Statecraft

Co-sponsored by the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard University.

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2020 Sep 17

JPOSS: "How to Frame Japan-Related Research for Publications and the Job Market"

8:00pm to 9:00pm
Location:
Online Only
U.S. EDT: 8 – 9 pm, September 17 (Thursday)

JST: 9 – 10 am, September 18 (Friday)

Amy Catalinac (NYU)
Charles Crabtree (Dartmouth)
Christina Davis (Harvard)
Yusaku Horiuchi (Dartmouth)
Phillip Y. Lipscy (University of Toronto)
Frances McCall Rosenbluth (Yale)
Daniel M. Smith (Harvard)

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2020 Sep 14

Glen S. Fukushima (Center for American Progress), "The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election: Politics, Economics, and Strategy"

12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location:
Online Only
Glen S. Fukushima
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Former Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan and China; Former President, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan

Moderator: Christina Davis
Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Professor of Government; and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

Special Series on Japanese Economic Statecraft

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2020 Aug 13

JPOSS: Trevor Incerti (Yale) & Hikaru Yamagishi (Yale), “Do Firms Benefit from the Revolving Door? Evidence from Japan”

8:00pm to 9:00pm
Location:
Online Only
U.S. EDT: 8 – 9 pm, August 13 (Thursday)

JST: 9 – 10 am, August 14 (Friday)

Presenters: Trevor Incerti (Yale University), Hikaru Yamagishi (Yale University).

Discussants: Hye Young You (NYU), Yuhua Wang (...
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Past Events

Allison Alexy (University of Michigan) and Merry White (Boston University), "Family Law in a Family Nation: Custody, Conflicts, and Activism in Contemporary Japan"

Location:

JPOSS: Diana Stanescu (Harvard), "Agents or Advisers? Bureaucratic Structure and the Politics of Trade Protectionism" (Practice Job Talk)

Location:

Panel: Keizo Takemi (House of Councillors), Margarita Estévez-Abe (Syracuse University), Aya Goto (Fukushima Medical University), Michael Reich (Harvard Chan School of Public Health), "Japan’s Response to COVID-19"

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Panel: Mary Alice Haddad (Wesleyan), Kanoko Kamata (University of Pittsburgh), Susan Pharr (Harvard) "Civil Society and Policy Advocacy in Contemporary East Asia"

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"Effective Advocacy: Lessons from East Asia’s Environmentalists"

"Community Organizing and the Reform of Japan’s Sex Crime Law in 2017"

JPOSS: Fan Lu (Queen’s University) & Gento Kato (Nazarbayev University), “Can University Education Cultivate Immigrant Integration? The Case of Local Enfranchisement for Foreign Residents in Japan”

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John Haley (University of Washington), "Learning From Japan's Criminal Justice Success"

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Keiko Honda (Columbia University), "Japan and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance criteria): The Road Ahead"

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JPOSS: "How to Frame Japan-Related Research for Publications and the Job Market"

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Glen S. Fukushima (Center for American Progress), "The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election: Politics, Economics, and Strategy"

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JPOSS: Trevor Incerti (Yale) & Hikaru Yamagishi (Yale), “Do Firms Benefit from the Revolving Door? Evidence from Japan”

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