Program on US-Japan Relations Seminar

This seminar is open to the public.

The Program on US-Japan Relations holds a hybrid seminar series that is open to the University community and the general public. Speakers include leading faculty and experts from Harvard and other universities in the United States, Japan, and elsewhere who have made significant contributions to the Program's research areas. Seminars feature a discussion period and are attended on average by roughly seventy participants from Harvard and the greater Boston-Cambridge community, as well as a global online audience.

Unless otherwise indicated, all seminars take place online from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. on Mondays, and are moderated by Christina Davis, director of the Program on US-Japan Relations and Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics.

Contact

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Moderator

Christina L. Davis

Director, Program on US-Japan Relations; Executive Committee; Faculty Associate.
Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Research interests: Politics of international trade; foreign policy of East Asia and Japan; and geopolitics and international organizations.

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Upcoming Seminars

Program on US-Japan Relations Seminar

September 28, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
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CGIS Knafel, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

Japan Decides: The 2026 General Election and What Comes Next

Speaker: Daniel Smith, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania.

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