Pacific Forum CSIS Conference: "The Japan-U.S. Alliance at Fifty"
January 11, 2010
WASHINGTON, January 11, 2010 – The Pacific Forum/Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a day-long conference on the Japan-U.S. alliance. The conference will feature top experts and former Japanese and U.S. government officials speaking on two topics: First, “The Challenges Facing the New DPJ Government,” and second, “The Japan-U.S. Alliance: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?” Following the two discussions, all of the speakers from both panels will take part in a media availability.
WHEN/WHERE: Friday, January 15, 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Willard Intercontinental Hotel
Lower Level Ballroom
1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Please find the full conference agenda below:
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Discussion 1: The Challenges Facing the New DPJ Government
Moderator:
Ralph Cossa, President, Pacific Forum CSIS
Speakers:
Hideki Kato, Chairman, Tokyo Foundation
Lt. Gen. Noboru Yamaguchi, Professor, National Defense Academy of Japan
Tsuneo “Nabe” Watanabe, Director of Foreign and Security Policy Research, Tokyo Foundation
2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Discussion 2: The Japan-U.S. Alliance at Fifty – Where Have We Been?
Where are We Heading?
Moderator:
Ralph Cossa, President, Pacific Forum CSIS
Speakers:
William Perry, former U.S. Secretary of Defense
Richard Armitage, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
Yukio Okamoto, former Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan
Shinichi Kitaoka, Professor of Political Science, Tokyo University.
Each speaker will answer questions after their remarks.
5:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Press Briefing
The press briefing will feature all of the conference speakers, who will be available to members of the media for questions. This will take place in the Nest Room on the Mezzanine Level of the Willard Intercontinental Hotel.
Credentialed members of the press who would like to attend must RSVP to Michael Messina at mike@pacforum.org, or call (206) 947-0353.
This conference is made possible by a generous grant from the Tokyo Foundation.
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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, non-profit organization founded in 1962 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. It seeks to advance global security and prosperity by providing strategic insights and policy solutions to decisionmakers.
Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Pacific Forum CSIS is a nonprofit, private, foreign policy research institute that operates as the Asia Pacific arm of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1975, the thrust of the Forum's work is to help stimulate cooperative policies in the Asia Pacific region through debate and analyses undertaken with the region's leaders in the academic, government, and corporate arenas. The Forum's programs encompass current and emerging political, security, economic, and business issues. The Forum collaborates with an extensive network of research institutes around the Pacific Rim, drawing on Asian perspectives and disseminating its projects' findings and recommendations to opinion leaders, governments, and publics through an active outreach program. The Pacific Forum CSIS office is located in the Pauahi Tower in downtown Honolulu, and on the web at www.pacforum.org.
