Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar

Date and Time

March 10, 2011
12:30PM - 02:00PM EST

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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