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
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
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
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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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
Roundtable Meeting
Japan’s Grand Strategy
Speaker: Takashi Inoguchi, Chuo University
Presider: Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations
March 10, 2009
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
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
Saudi Arabia on the Edge
American Force
The Struggle for Egypt
