Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar

Date and Time

April 9, 2013
12:30PM - 02:00PM EDT

Panel: Debating Japan’s Economic Policy Challenges

“International Convergence of Financial Regulatory Systems”
Yoshiaki Ando

“Energy Security in Post-3.11 Japan: Insights from Evidence in US States”
Shusaku Kichise

“Food Self-Sufficiency and Agricultural Policy in Japan”Makoto Yoshida

Discussant:
William W. Grimes

Speakers:

William W. Grimes, Chair, Professor, Department of International Relations, Boston University.

Shusaku Kichise, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Deputy Director, Policy Planning Division, Electricity and Gas Industry Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Trade, Economy and Industry.

Makoto Yoshida, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Director, National Forest Planning Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tokyo.

Yoshiaki Ando, Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Director, Supervision Division, Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation of Japan, Tokyo, Ministry of Finance.

Chair:

Susan J. Pharr, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Executive Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

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