Symposium on the U.S.-Japan Partnership: Session One: Global Transformations and the U.S.-Japan Partnership

Monday, December 1, 2008

This session was part of the CFR Symposium on the U.S.-Japan Partnership: An Agenda for Change, cosponsored with the Asahi Shimbun.

Watch experts discuss the relations between the United States and Japan and how the world's two biggest economies can work together on global challenges such as the rise of China, climate change, energy security, and the current financial crisis.

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