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2019 Mar 26

David Leheny (Waseda University), “Empire of Hope: The Sentimental Politics of Japanese Decline”

12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
David Leheny
Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University

Moderator: Christina Davis
Acting Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations (Spring 2019); Professor of Government and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

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

This seminar series is supported by a grant from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP)
Special Series on the Future of Democracy in Japan and Asia
2019 Apr 02

Phillip Lipscy (Stanford University), "From Leader to Laggard: Japanese Energy and Climate Change Policy."

12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Phillip Lipscy

Assistant Professor of Political Science; The Thomas Rohlen Center Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University

Moderator: Christina Davis

Acting Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations (Spring 2019); Professor of Government and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

Co-sponsored by the The Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
2019 Apr 09

Panel: "Democracy, Civic Engagement, and the Rule of Law", Yeonju Lee (Harvard), Kanoko Kamata (Community Organizing Japan), Akiko Kojima (Ministry of Finance)

12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
“Democracy without Redistribution: Perceived Inequality and Preferences for Redistribution”

Yeonju Lee
Postdoctoral Fellow, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University

“Civic Lawmaking - Case of Sex Crime Reform in Japan”
Kanoko Kamata
Community Organizing Japan

“LGBTQ Rights in Japan: Strategies for Social Change”

Akiko Kojima
Ministry of Finance

Discussant: Daniel Aldrich
Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Director, Masters Program in Security and Resilience
2019 Apr 16

Naomi Hirose (Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.), “The Future of Fukushima”

12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street
Naomi Hirose
Executive Vice Chairman (Fukushima Affairs), and President, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Holdings, Inc. (2012-17)

Moderator: Andrew Gordon

Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University; and Acting Director (2018-2019), Harvard-Yenching Institute

Co-sponsored by the The Environment and Natural Resources Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
2019 Apr 23

Tristan Ivory (University of Missouri), "Insider Out: Foreign-Born Women's Labor Force Participation in Japan, Sweden, and the U.S."

12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Tristan Ivory

Assistant Professor of Black Studies and Sociology, University of Missouri

Moderator: Mary Brinton
Director, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies; Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
2019 Apr 26

Panel: “Trade and Investment in U.S.-Japan Relations”, Remy Magnier-Watanabe (University of Tsukuba), Naoya Okada (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), Kazuhide Ishiwaka (Ministry of Finance)

12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Lee Gathering Room (S030), CGIS South Building, 1730, Cambridge Street
“Outward Japanese Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S.: A Knowledge Management Perspective”

Remy Magnier-Watanabe

University of Tsukuba

“Japan’s Intellectual Property and International Trade"

Naoya Okada

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

“Management and Sale of Government-Owned Shares in Japanese and U.S. Financial Markets”

Kazuhide Ishiwaka

Ministry of Finance

Discussant: Henry Laurence

Associate Professor of Government and Asian Studies, Bowdoin College

Moderator: Christina Davis

Acting Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations (Spring 2019); Professor of Government and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
2019 Apr 30

Amy Searight (CSIS), Title TBA

12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Amy Searight

Senior Adviser and Director, Southeast Asia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Moderator: Christina Davis

Acting Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations (Spring 2019); Professor of Government and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
2019 May 02

Panel: “Political Parties, Bureaucracy, and Public Policy”, Daniel Koss (Academia Sinica), Diana Stanescu (Harvard & Princeton), Shimpei Sunaga (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)

12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street
Title TBA

Daniel Koss

Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.

"Bureaucratic Structure and the Politics of Protection: The Case of Japan"

Diana M. Stanescu

Harvard and Princeton University

“TPP, Agriculture, and U.S.-Japan Trade Negotiations”

Shimpei Sunaga

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Discussant: Bill Grimes

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

Moderator: Christina Davis

Acting Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations (Spring 2019); Professor of Government and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

Seminars

David Leheny (Waseda University), “Empire of Hope: The Sentimental Politics of Japanese Decline”

Location:

Phillip Lipscy (Stanford University), "From Leader to Laggard: Japanese Energy and Climate Change Policy."

Location:

Panel: "Democracy, Civic Engagement, and the Rule of Law", Yeonju Lee (Harvard), Kanoko Kamata (Community Organizing Japan), Akiko Kojima (Ministry of Finance)

Location:

Naomi Hirose (Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.), “The Future of Fukushima”

Location:

Tristan Ivory (University of Missouri), "Insider Out: Foreign-Born Women's Labor Force Participation in Japan, Sweden, and the U.S."

Location:

Panel: “Trade and Investment in U.S.-Japan Relations”, Remy Magnier-Watanabe (University of Tsukuba), Naoya Okada (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), Kazuhide Ishiwaka (Ministry of Finance)

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Amy Searight (CSIS), Title TBA

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Panel: “Political Parties, Bureaucracy, and Public Policy”, Daniel Koss (Academia Sinica), Diana Stanescu (Harvard & Princeton), Shimpei Sunaga (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)

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