Business and Policy Views of Changing U.S.-Japan Relations
12:20 Welcoming Remarks
John Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS
Hiromichi Iwasa, Chairman and CEO, Mitsui Fudosan
12:30 A Dialogue on U.S.-Japan Relations
Yasuo Fukuda, Former Prime Minister of Japan
Senator Thomas A. Daschle, Founder and CEO, The Daschle Group
John Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS
Moderator :
Michael J. Green, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS ; Director of Asian Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
13:30 Break
13:45 Panel One: U.S.-Japan Economic Relations
Wendy Cutler, Senior Vice President, Asia Society Policy Institute
Charles Freeman, Senior Vice President for Asia, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Shigeru Hayakawa, Vice Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation
Kazumasa Kusaka, Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; Chairman and CEO, Japan Economic Foundation
Moderator :
Matthew P. Goodman, Senior Vice President; William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy and Senior Adviser for Asian Economics, CSIS
15:00 Panel Two: Diplomacy and Security Cooperation
Masanori Nishi, Former Administrative Vice Minister of Defense
Sheila Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council for Foreign Relations
Moderator :
Michael J. Green, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS ; Director of Asian Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
16:15 Adjourn
Reception to Follow on 2nd Floor Terrace.
This event is made possible by support from Keidanren.
