CSIS Launches Task Force to address U.S.-Japan Cooperation after the March 11 Earthquake
April 11, 2011
Washington, April 11, 2011—The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative, “Partnership for Recovery and a Stronger Future: Task Force on U.S.-Japan Cooperation after 3/11” in collaboration with Japan Business Federation (Keidanren). The Partnership for Recovery and a Stronger Future will assemble senior experts from business and civil society to remap a path towards recovery from Japan’s March 11 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters and craft an agenda for U.S.-Japan cooperation to that end. The Partnership for Recovery and a Stronger Future will work in concert with Keidanren to produce a blueprint for joint action.
Chaired by James McNerney, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Boeing Company, the Partnership for Recovery and a Stronger Future will focus on areas where the United States and Japan can work together to help with recovery and reconstruction and build a better future including disaster relief and prevention; macroeconomics and financing reconstruction; energy; civil society; health; and alliance coordination.
“The people of Japan have experienced a tragic loss of life and livelihood but are responding with inspiring courage and perseverance,” said Mr. McNerney. “Through the Partnership for Recovery and a Stronger Future, we will work together on recommendations that will enable the long-term economic recovery of Japan in the context of a strengthened U.S.-Japan alliance.”
“I welcome the leadership of James McNerney and this important effort,” said CSIS President and CEO John J. Hamre. “I look forward to working with all of my American and Japanese colleagues and share their confidence in Japan’s ability to rebuild and establish a road map for a strong future in the wake of this unprecedented crisis.”
Keidanren Chairman Hiromasa Yonekura stressed, “This joint effort is another example of the strong friendship and partnership between the U.S. and Japan.”
Michael J. Green, Senior Adviser and Japan Chair at CSIS, and Kiyoaki Aburaki, U.S. Representative of Keidanren, will direct the task force.
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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. CSIS seeks to advance global security and prosperity by providing strategic insights and policy solutions to decisionmakers.
Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) is Japan’s leading business organization and aims to achieve sound development of the Japanese and world economies.
H. Andrew Schwartz
CSIS
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