Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar (via Zoom)

Date and Time

April 28, 2020
12:30PM - 02:00PM EDT

Location

Online Only

Associates' Panel: "Environmental and Economic Imperatives of Advanced Capitalism"

Attend this event via Zoom (advance registration required)

Speakers:

"Japan's Renewable Energy Policy Changes from 1970s to 2011"

Rie Watanabe, Academic Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Associate Professor, School of International Politics, Economics and Communications, Aoyama Gakuin University.

"International Cooperation to Reduce Marine Plastic Waste"

Kuniaki Iwatani, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Deputy Director, Material Industries Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Government of Japan.

"Regional Financial Institutions and Local Economic Revitalization in Japan" 

Kenji Haramura, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Director, Office of Liaison and Financial Inspection of the Local Finance Bureaus, Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan.

Discussant:

William Grimes, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies; Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University.

Moderator: 

Christina Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Executive Committee; Faculty Associate. Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Professor of Government, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact: 

Emma Duncan
eduncan@wcfia.harvard.edu

This event is online only. Please click the "Read More" link for full instructions on how to attend this seminar.

Remote Access Information:

To register:

https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUofuqsrjspGdNo0fGZZ3EXyc3eZYjqhsVK

Please note: This event requires registration in advance in order to receive the meeting link and password.

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