#  Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar 

 



####  calendar\_today 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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