The University of Tokyo's Motoshige Ito moderates a panel on economics, trade, and technology featuring Yoshimasa Hayashi, former Japanese Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy; Hiroshi Komiyama of the University of Tokyo; Charles Vest of MIT, and Ambassador Ira Shapiro of Greenberg Traurig.
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Richard Danzig addresses the U.S. and Japanese delegations on the common values that serve as the foundation of the alliance between the United States and Japan on day two of our conference.
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CNAS President John Nagl and Nippon Foundation Chairman Yohei Sasakawa open the two-day conference 150 Years of Amity and 50 Years of Alliance with remarks on the enduring alliance between the United States and Japan.
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Keio University Vice President Naoyuki Agawa moderates a panel on the current status of the U.S-Japan alliance and prospects for the future featuring Kazuya Sakamoto of Osaka University; Yoichi Funabashi, Editor-in-Chief of the Asahi Shimbun; Richard Armitage, former Deputy Secretary of State; and Joseph Nye of Harvard University.
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The keynote addresses of the first day of the conference on the U.S.-Japan alliance are delivered by Akihisa Nagashima, Japanese Parliamentary Vice Minister of Defense; and Michael Schiffer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia.
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Keio University Vice President Naoyuki Agawa reprises his role as moderator for the second session of the first day of the conference on the U.S.-Japan alliance. The second panel focuses on the history of the alliance and featured Akira Iriye of Harvard University, Makoto Iokibe of the National Defense Academy of Japan, Ronald Spector of George Washington University, and James Przystup of National Defense University.
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