Roundtable Series on Japan
Director: Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies
July 1, 2011 - Present
The Roundtable Series on Japan is an ongoing series that provides a forum for leading U.S. and Japanese experts to analyze Japan's domestic and foreign policy. Of particular interest is the analysis of U.S.-Japan policy cooperation in a fluid Asia-Pacific region.
This series is made possible in part by the generosity of the following corporate and foundation sponsors: US-Japan Foundation, Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Mitsubishi International Corporation, Sony Corporation of America, Toyota Motor North America, and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ.
Meetings
Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with Yukio Okamoto
Speaker:
Yukio Okamoto, President, Okamoto Associates, Inc.Presider:
Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with Ryozo Kato
Speakers:
Ryozo Kato, Former Ambassador of Japan to the United States, Raymond Greene, Director, Economic Policy Office Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of StatePresider:
Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
A Conversation with Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
Speaker:
Joseph S. Nye Jr., University Distinguished Service Professor, Kennedy School, Harvard UniversityPresider:
Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Roundtable Meeting
Political Leadership in Japan and U.S.-Japan Relations
Speakers:
Jun Saito, Chief Executive Officer, Logos Education Group, Yuka Uchida, Former Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International CenterPresider:
Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
Update on Japan's Foreign Policy
Speakers:
Hideki Asari, Japan Institute of International Affairs, Tsutomu Kikuchi, Japan Institute of International Affairs, Taisaku Ikeshima, Japan Institute of International Affairs, Toshihiro Nakayama, Japan Institute of International Affairs, Asuka Matsumoto, Japan Institute of International AffairsPresider:
Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
What Do Japan’s “New Politics” Mean for U.S. Alliance Management?
Speaker:
J. Thomas Schieffer, Former U.S. Ambassador to JapanPresider:
Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
Roundtable Meeting
What Do Japan’s “New Politics” Mean for U.S. Alliance Management?
Speaker:
Kurt M. Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of StatePresider:
Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign RelationsThis meeting is not for attribution.
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CFR Experts Guide
The Council on Foreign Relations' David Rockefeller Studies Program—CFR's "think tank"—is home to more than seventy full-time, adjunct, and visiting scholars and practitioners (called "fellows"). Their expertise covers the world's major regions as well as the critical issues shaping today's global agenda.
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