Program on US-Japan Relations Seminar

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Date and Time

November 16, 2026
12:00PM - 01:00PM EST

Location

CGIS Knafel, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

Governing Technology in an Age of Geopolitical Risk: Economic Security and Public Contestation in Japan

Speaker

  • Kristin Vekasi, Mansfield Chair of Japan and Indo-Pacific Affairs, University of Montana.

Moderator

  • Christina Davis, Director, Program on US-Japan Relations; Executive Committee; Faculty Associate. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Contact

Max Calleo
mcalleo@wcfia.harvard.edu

This seminar is part of the Special Series on Technology, Society, and Geopolitics, co-sponsored by the Japan Foundation.

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