Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar

Date and Time

May 8, 2012
12:30PM - 02:00PM EDT

Panel: U.S.-Japan Alliance and Northeast Asian Security

"Toward a New Era in Japan–South Korea Relations" Junya NishinoHarvard-Yenching Institute Keio Exchange Scholar, and Associate Professor of Political Science, Keio University.

"U.S.-Japan Alliance and Rising Chinese Naval Power"Hideshi Futori
Research Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University."The Role of the SDF in Strengthening the U.S.-Japan Alliance"Kimitoshi SugiyamaResearch Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University, and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF).Discussant: Thomas U. Berger
Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Boston University.

Speakers:

Hideshi Futori, Associate, Program on U.S-Japan Relations. Former Chief of Staff in the office of Akihisa Nagashima, a House of Representatives member (Democratic Party of Japan) and former Parliamentary Vice Minister of Defense.

Kimitoshi Sugiyama, Associate, Program on U.S.–Japan Relations. Lieutenant Colonel, Japan Air Self Defense Force, Ministry of Defense of Japan.

Junya Nishino, Harvard-Yenching Institute Keio Exchange Scholar, and Associate Professor of Political Science, Keio University.

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