The United States and Japan at 50: Resilience and Renewal

Director: Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies
October 8, 2010 - October 8, 2010

This workshop was cosponsored by Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Asahi-Shimbun. It took place in Washington, DC.

Widely acclaimed as the most respected and credible source of news in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region, the Asahi Shimbun is one of Japan's oldest and largest national newspapers, with a daily circulation of over eight million. Based in Tokyo, its overseas network includes five general bureaus covering America from Washington DC, Europe from London, the Middle East from Cairo, Asia from Bangkok, and China from Beijing, with an additional bureau newly opened in Havana, Cuba, in 2007. It has a presence in about 30 locations worldwide with 53 correspondents. The company has a news website, Asahi.com.

This event has also been made possible by the generosity of the following corporate sponsors of CFR's Japan program: Canon USA, Mitsui & Company, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Mitsubishi International Corporation, Sony Corporation of America, and Toyota Motor North America.

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Meetings

Conference Panel Session

The United States and Japan at 50: Where We Are Today

Panelists:

Yoshihide Soeya, Director, Institute of East Asian Studies, and Professor of Political Science, Keio University, Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Yoichi Kato, National Security Correspondent, The Asahi Shimbun
October 8, 2010

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Conference Panel Session

The United States and Japan Looking Forward: New Opportunities, New Synergies, New Challenges

Panelists:

Hiroshi Mikitani, Chairman and CEO, Rakuten, Inc., Fumihiko Yoshida, Editorial Writer, The Asahi Shimbun and Lecturer, Princeton University, Sebastian Mallaby, Director, Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, and Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider:

Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
October 8, 2010

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Conference Panel Session

The United States and Japan at 50: Keynote Address

Speaker:

Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
October 8, 2010

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Conference Panel Session

The United States and Japan at 50: Remarks by Yoichi Funabashi

Speaker:

Yoichi Funabashi, Editor-in-Chief, The Asahi Shimbun

Presider:

Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
October 8, 2010

This meeting is not for attribution.