2024 Mar 27 Film Screening: Soup and Ideology (2021, 117 minutes), followed by discussion in-person with Director YONGHI YANG 4:30pm to 7:00pm Location: Tsai Auditorium (S010), Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St. Discussion with film director Yong-hi Yang to follow. Chair:... Read more about Film Screening: Soup and Ideology (2021, 117 minutes), followed by discussion in-person with Director YONGHI YANG
2024 Mar 25 Steven Vogel, "Japan’s 'Predistribution' Solution for Inequality" 12:00pm to 1:00pm Location: Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom) Steven VogelProfessor of Political Science and Political Economy; Il Han New Professor of Asian... Read more about Steven Vogel, "Japan’s 'Predistribution' Solution for Inequality"
2024 Mar 18 Richard Katz, "The Contest for Japan's Economic Future: Entrepreneurs vs. Corporate Giants" 12:00pm to 1:00pm Location: Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom) Richard KatzSpecial Correspondent for Weekly Toyo Keizai; Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Moderator: ... Read more about Richard Katz, "The Contest for Japan's Economic Future: Entrepreneurs vs. Corporate Giants"
2024 Feb 26 Kiyoteru Tsutsui, "Universal Human Rights and the Nation-State: Japan in Global Perspective" 12:00pm to 1:00pm Location: Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom) Kiyoteru TsutsuiHenri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor and Senior Fellow in... Read more about Kiyoteru Tsutsui, "Universal Human Rights and the Nation-State: Japan in Global Perspective"
2024 Feb 23 Mary C. Brinton, "How Japan Got It Wrong: Reflections on Gender Inequality and the Low Birth Rate" 4:00pm to 5:30pm Location: Kang Room (S050), Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St. Mary C. BrintonReischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Harvard University ... Read more about Mary C. Brinton, "How Japan Got It Wrong: Reflections on Gender Inequality and the Low Birth Rate"
2024 Feb 12 Craig Allen, "China's Economic Development Model: Implications for US-Japan Relations" 12:00pm to 1:00pm Location: Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom) Craig AllenPresident, US-China Business Council Moderator: ... Read more about Craig Allen, "China's Economic Development Model: Implications for US-Japan Relations"
2024 Feb 05 Joseph Nye, "A Life in the American Century" 12:00pm to 1:00pm Location: Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom) Joseph NyeUniversity Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus, Harvard University ... Read more about Joseph Nye, "A Life in the American Century"
2024 Jan 29 Saori Katada, "The Indo-Pacific as Japan’s 21st Century Grand Strategy" 12:00pm to 1:00pm Location: Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom) Saori KatadaProfessor of International Relations; Director, Center for International Studies,... Read more about Saori Katada, "The Indo-Pacific as Japan’s 21st Century Grand Strategy"
2023 Dec 11 Jun Uchida, “Ōmi Merchants in the Colonial World of Retail: The Case of Minakai” 12:00pm to 1:00pm Location: Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom) Jun UchidaProfessor and Vice-Chair, Department of History, Stanford University ... Read more about Jun Uchida, “Ōmi Merchants in the Colonial World of Retail: The Case of Minakai”
2023 Dec 04 Associates' Panel, "Japan, China, and Global Economic Orders" 12:00pm to 1:15pm Location: Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Bldg., 1737 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom) "The Political Economy of Investment Screening in Japan"Masako Suginohara... Read more about Associates' Panel, "Japan, China, and Global Economic Orders"