BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar PRODID:-//Harvard events data//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_805266_0 SUMMARY:Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar DESCRIPTION:

Panel: The Efficiency of Japanese Capitalism

"The Impact of Shareholder Activism on Japanese Firms"
Yasuhiro Arikawa
Academic Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University, and Associate Professor, Graduate School of Finance, Accounting and Law, Waseda University .

"Lessons from the Financial Crisis in the United States and Japan"
Hidenori Higuchi
Research Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University, and Ministry of Finance.

"Energy Networks and Energy Efficiency in the U.S. and Japan"
Jun Ishikawa
Research Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University, and Tokyo Gas Company
Discussant:
Henry Laurence,
Associate Professor of Government and East Asian Studies, and Director, Asian Studies Program, Bowdoin College.

Speakers:

Yasuhiro Arikawa, Academic Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Associate Professor, Graduate School of Finance, Accounting and Law, Waseda University, Tokyo.

Hidenori Higuchi, Associate, Program on U.S-Japan Relations. Director, Chugoku Local Finance Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan.

Jun Ishikawa, Associate, Program on U.S-Japan Relations. Manager, Sales Marketing Department, Housing Development Division, Tokyo Gas Company.

Chair:

Henry C. W. Laurence, Director, Asian Studies Program, Associate Professor of Government and Asian Studies, Bowdoin College.

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