Past Events

2018 Apr 17

Henry Laurence (Bowdoin), Public Broadcasting in the Age of Fake News: Can NHK, NPR or the BBC Save Democracy?

12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Henry Laurence
Associate Professor of Government and Asian Studies, Bowdoin College

Moderator: Susan Pharr
Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University

Co-sponsored by Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies

Special Series on the Future of Democracy in Japan and Asia

This seminar series is supported by a grant from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP)
2018 Apr 10

Associates' Panel: Hilary Holbrow (Harvard University); Toshio Kurumura (Tokyo Gas Company, Ltd.); Aya Miyai (METI); New Opportunities and Challenges in the Japanese Economy

12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
"Diversity and Inclusion in 'Japan Inc': Women and Foreign Workers in Japanese Multinationals"
Hilary Holbrow
Postdoctoral Fellow, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University

"Energy Utilization after the Paris Agreement"
Toshio Kurumura
Tokyo Gas Company, Ltd.

"Establishing a Legal Framework for the Sharing Economy"
Aya Miyai
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

Discussant: William Grimes
Professor of International Relations and Political Science, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University

Moderator: Susan Pharr
Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University
2018 Apr 06

Matthew Marr (Florida International University), Neighborhoods of Refuge: Supportive Housing, Gentrificatio, and Ontological Security in Tokyo's San'ya and Osaka's Kamagasaki

4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location:
Porte Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
Matthew Marr
Associate Professor of Sociology, Florida International University

Moderator: Mary Brinton
Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Harvard University

Reischauer Institute Japan Forum Presentation

Sponsored by Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies; co-sponsored by Weatherhead Center Program on U.S.-Japan Relations
2018 Apr 06

Associates' Panel: Kanoko Kamata (Community Organizing Japan); Shoichi Ito (National Police Agency); Daisuke Kawakami (Yomiuri Shimbun); Evolving State-Society Relations in Japan and the U.S.

12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Porte Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
"Social Movements against Domestic Violence in Japan"
Kanoko Kamata
Community Organizing Japan

"Public-Private Collaboration in Cybersecurity"
Shoichi Ito
National Police Agency

"Americans' Changing Collective Memory about the Decision to Use Nuclear Weapons in 1945"
Daisuke Kawakami
Yomiuri Shimbun

Discussant: Mary Alice Haddad
Professor of Government and Chair, College of East Asian Studies, Wesleyan University

Moderator: Susan Pharr
Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University
2018 Apr 05

Alexis Dudden (University of Connecticut), “Korea and a Japan Divided”

4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location:
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
Alexis Dudden
Professor of History, University of Connecticut
Chair: Carter Eckert
Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History, Harvard University

Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Sponsored by the Korea Institute; co-sponsored by the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
2018 Mar 27

Dennis Blair (Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA) and Taylor Fravel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), China, the U.S., and East Asia’s Maritime Disputes

12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Admiral Dennis Blair
Chairman of the Board and Distinguished Senior Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA; U.S. Director of National Intelligence (2009-10); Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command (1999-2002)

Taylor Fravel
Acting Director, Center for International Studies (CIS), and Associate Professor of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Moderator: Susan Pharr
Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University

Co-sponsored by Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Asia Center; International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Special Series on the Future of East Asia

This seminar series is supported by a grant from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP)
2018 Mar 20

CANCELLED: Dan Slater (University of Michigan), Democracy through Strength: Asia’s Development and Democratization

12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Dan Slater
Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professor of Emerging Democracies and Director, Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, University of Michigan

Moderator: Susan Pharr
Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University

Co-sponsored by Harvard University Asia Center; Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School

Special Series on the Future of Democracy in Japan and Asia

This seminar series is supported by a grant from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP)
2018 Mar 06

Rieko Kage (University of Tokyo), Who Judges? Designing Jury Systems in Japan, East Asia, and Europe

12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Rieko Kage
Visiting Senior Fellow, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Tokyo

Discussant: Yasunori Sone
Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University

Moderator: Susan Pharr
Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University

Co-sponsored by Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies; Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; East Asian Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School

Special Series on the Changing Face of Japan

This seminar series is supported by a grant from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP)
2018 Feb 27

Louise Young (University of Wisconsin – Madison), The Idea of Class in Modern Japan

12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Louise Young
Professor of History, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Moderator: Andrew Gordon
Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University

Co-sponsored by Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies

Special Series on the Changing Face of Japan

This seminar series is supported by a grant from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP)
2018 Feb 20

Franziska Seraphim (Boston College), Geographies of Justice: Japan, Germany, and the Allied War Crimes Program

12:30am to 2:00pm
Location:
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Franziska Seraphim
Associate Professor of History and Director of Asian Studies, Boston College

Moderator: Susan Pharr
Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University

Co-sponsored by Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies; Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies

Past Events

Henry Laurence (Bowdoin), Public Broadcasting in the Age of Fake News: Can NHK, NPR or the BBC Save Democracy?

Location:

Associates' Panel: Hilary Holbrow (Harvard University); Toshio Kurumura (Tokyo Gas Company, Ltd.); Aya Miyai (METI); New Opportunities and Challenges in the Japanese Economy

Location:

Matthew Marr (Florida International University), Neighborhoods of Refuge: Supportive Housing, Gentrificatio, and Ontological Security in Tokyo's San'ya and Osaka's Kamagasaki

Location:

Associates' Panel: Kanoko Kamata (Community Organizing Japan); Shoichi Ito (National Police Agency); Daisuke Kawakami (Yomiuri Shimbun); Evolving State-Society Relations in Japan and the U.S.

Location:

Alexis Dudden (University of Connecticut), “Korea and a Japan Divided”

Location:

Dennis Blair (Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA) and Taylor Fravel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), China, the U.S., and East Asia’s Maritime Disputes

Location:

CANCELLED: Dan Slater (University of Michigan), Democracy through Strength: Asia’s Development and Democratization

Location:

Rieko Kage (University of Tokyo), Who Judges? Designing Jury Systems in Japan, East Asia, and Europe

Location:

Louise Young (University of Wisconsin – Madison), The Idea of Class in Modern Japan

Location:

Franziska Seraphim (Boston College), Geographies of Justice: Japan, Germany, and the Allied War Crimes Program

Location:

Pages

Past seminars (audio):

Harvard University

Past seminars (video):

33829d54a53d311ea378df7eace0e878

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations

1980–2017 | 61 Kirkland Street | Cambridge, MA 02138