Roundtable Series on Where is Japan Heading? Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy Choices

Director: Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies
September 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011

Meetings

Roundtable Meeting

A Conversation with Ambassador John V. Roos

Speaker:

The Honorable John V. Roos, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the United States in Japan

Presider:

Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations
June 7, 2011

This meeting is not for attribution.

Roundtable Meeting

Japan’s Disaster and the Civic Responses

Speaker:

Yuka Uchida, Formerly of International Division, Democratic Party of Japan

Presider:

Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations
April 13, 2011

This meeting is not for attribution.

Roundtable Meeting

Japan’s Role in Rebuilding Afghanistan: A Conversation with Sadako Ogata

Speaker:

Sadako Ogata, Japan International Cooperation Agency

Presider:

Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations
April 7, 2011

This meeting is not for attribution.

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Roundtable Meeting

Long Term Effects of the Tohoku-Pacific Earthquake and Implications for U.S.-Japan Relations

Introductory Speaker:

Ichiro Fujisaki, Embassy of Japan

Panelists:

Akira Chiba, Embassy of Japan, Charles Lake, AFLAC Japan, William F. Martin, Washington Policy and Analysis, Inc., Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations

Moderator:

J. Thomas Schieffer, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP
April 4, 2011

This meeting is not for attribution.

Roundtable Meeting

Japan’s Future Maritime Challenges and U.S.-Japan Cooperation

Speaker:

Keiichi Kuno, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force

Presider:

Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations
March 21, 2011

This meeting is not for attribution.

Roundtable Meeting

A Conversation with Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi

Speaker:

Kazuhiro Haraguchi, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan

Presider:

Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations
May 3, 2010

This meeting is not for attribution.

Roundtable Meeting

A Conversation with Hiroshi Yamada

Speaker:

The Honorable Hiroshi Yamada, Mayor, Suginami District, Tokyo Prefecture

Presider:

Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations
March 29, 2010

This meeting is not for attribution.

Roundtable Meeting

A Conversation with Shigefumi Matsuzawa and Hirokazu Nakaima

Speakers:

Shigefumi Matsuzawa, Kanagawa Prefectural Government, Hirokazu Nakaima, Okinawa Prefectural Government

Presider:

Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations
November 5, 2009

This meeting is not for attribution.

Roundtable Meeting

A Conversation with Koichiro Matsuura

Speaker:

Koichiro Matsuura, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Presider:

Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations
October 29, 2009

This meeting is not for attribution.

Roundtable Meeting

A Conversation with Masamitsu Sakurai

Speaker:

Masamitsu Sakurai, Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) and Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Presider:

Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations
April 10, 2009

This meeting is not for attribution.

Roundtable Meeting

Japan’s Grand Strategy

Speaker:

Takashi Inoguchi, Chuo University

Presider:

Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations
March 10, 2009

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Roundtable Meeting

New Directions in Japan’s Defense Thinking

Speaker:

Lieutenant General Noboru Yamaguchi (Ret.), Japan Ground Self Defense Force

Presider:

Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations
February 27, 2009

This meeting is not for attribution.

Roundtable Meeting

A Conversation with Gerald L. Curtis

Speaker:

Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University

Presider:

Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
September 25, 2008

This meeting is not for attribution.