Transcript of the opening remarks from the Tuesday, August 17th Event "The Next Phase in America's Relationship with Iraq" hosted by Nathaniel C. Fick, and featuring Michael Corbin and Dr. Colin Kahl.
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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.
| more |The Japan Institute for International Affairs' Ambassador Yukio Satoh moderates a discussion of the global issues that affect the bilateral U.S.-Japan relationship. The panel featured Nobushige Takamizawa of Japan's Ministry of Defense, Koji Murata of Doshisha University, Patrick Cronin of CNAS, and Michael Green of CSIS.
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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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The Honorable Goshi Hosono, Acting Secretary General of the Democratic Party of Japan, offers remarks at the closing dinner of the two-day conference, “150 Years of Amity & 50 Years of Alliance: Adopting an Enhanced Agenda for the U.S.-Japan Partnership.”

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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CNAS President John Nagl presents Brian Burton as the fourth Bacevich Fellow, a fellowship created in the memory of 1st Lieutenant Andrew Bacevich, son of Boston University Professor Andrew Bacevich.
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