Strategic Japan draws on the newest research from Japanese scholars to inform the policy debate in Washington. This year, the CSIS Japan Chair has invited four scholars to examine Japan’s leadership role in international and regional institutions and avenues for U.S.-Japan cooperation in the future.
2:00 - 2:05 Opening Remarks
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
2:05 - 2:55 Panel I: Japan’s Leadership Role in Regional Institutions
Tomotaka Shoji
Head, America, Europe, and Russia Division, Regional Studies Department, National Institute for Defense Studies
Mie Oba
Professor, Tokyo University of Science
Comment
Amy Searight
Senior Adviser and Director, Southeast Asia Program, 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
2:55 - 3:10 Break
3:10 - 4:00 Panel II: Japan’s Leadership Role in Global Institutions
Sara Konoe
Professor, Kansai University
Miki Honda
Professor, Hosei University
Comment
Stephanie Segal
Senior Fellow, Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS
Moderator
Matthew Goodman
Senior Vice President; Simon Chair in Political Economy and Senior Adviser for Asian Economics, CSIS
4:00 Adjourn
