Symposium: Mary Brinton (Harvard University), Yoshio Higuchi (Keio University), Margarita Estevez-Abe (Syracuse University), Paul Chang (Harvard University); Is Demography Destiny? Japan in Comparative Perspective.

“Japan’s Demographic Dilemma: A Comparative Perspective”
Mary Brinton
Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Harvard University

"How Changes in the Japanese Labor Market Shape Marriage and Fertility Decisions"
Yoshio Higuchi
Professor, Department of Business and Commerce, Keio University

“International Marriages and Families in East Asia: Lessons from a Survey of Filipina Wives in Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei”
Margarita Estevez-Abe
Visiting Senior Fellow, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Associate Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University

“Alternative Solutions to the Demographic Crisis: The Case of South Korea”
Paul Chang
Associate Professor of Sociology, Harvard 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 the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies; Korea Institute; the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Japan Society of Boston

This symposium is supported by a grant from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP)