Program on US-Japan Relations Seminar

Japan Decides: The 2026 General Election and What Comes Next Speaker Daniel Smith, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania. Moderator Christina Davis, Director, Program on US-Japan Relations; Executive Committee; Faculty...

Trump, Takaichi and the Geopolitics of Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific Speaker Kenneth Weinstein, Japan Chair, Hudson Institute. Moderator Christina Davis, Director, Program on US-Japan Relations; Executive Committee; Faculty Associate. Edwin O. Reischauer...

Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate Speaker Dani Rodrik, Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Business and Government. Ford Foundation Professor of...

The Islands and the Stars: A History of Japan’s Space Programs Speaker Subodhana Wijeyeratne, Assistant Professor of History, Purdue University. Moderator Andrew Gordon, Faculty Associate (on leave fall 2025). Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of...

Japanese Approaches to the Computational Image Speaker Paul Roquet, Associate Professor of Media Studies and Japan Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Moderator Alexander Zahlten, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard...

Japan in the Age of Disruption: Domestic and Global Policy Challenges For a full list of panels and speakers, please visit the symposium website. This event is organized by the Program on US-Japan Relations and cosponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School...

Please note: This event has been canceled. The Geopolitics of U.S. Export Controls: Lessons from the Cold War Speaker Jennifer Lind, Associate Professor of Government, Dartmouth College. Moderator Christina Davis, Director, Program on US-Japan Relations...

Deeply Responsible Business and Japan Speaker Geoffrey Jones, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Harvard Business School. Moderator Christina Davis, Director, Program on US-Japan Relations; Executive Committee; Faculty Associate. Edwin O...

PLEASE NOTE: Due to inclement weather, this event will be held online only over Zoom. Please register in order to attend the event virtually. Behind the Screen: Mining Pasts of the Nintendo Gameboy Speaker Sakura Christmas, Associate Professor of History...

How Geopolitics Shape Policy Preferences of Firms: Experimental Evidence from Japan Speaker Megumi Naoi, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego. Moderator Christina Davis, Director, Program on US-Japan Relations...