Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar

Date and Time

May 3, 2016
12:30PM - 02:00PM EDT

Location

CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Porte Room (S250)

Panel: "Prospects for Japan's Economic Revival"

Speakers:

"Security Fears, Bureaucratic Rivalry, and Foreign Labor Admission in East Asia"

Konrad Kalicki, Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University.

"The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Rules for Intellectual Property Rights"

Aki Fukuyama, Asahi Shimbun.

"Demographic Change and Welfare State Reform in Advanced Economies"

Keiichiro Ueda, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI).

Discussant:

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

Contact:

Jenni Ting
wting@wcfia.harvard.edu

Moderator:

Susan PharrDirector, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Senior Adviser, Executive Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Harvard University.

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