Japan: One Year Later

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Speaker

Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Moderators

Vice President, National Program and Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations

CFR's Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Sheila A. Smith, discusses the political and economic state of Japan one year after the earthquake and tsunami, as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.

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