THE VACUUM OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN JAPAN AND ITS FUTURE TRAJECTORY
» Programs
2012–2016
JAMES GANNON, Executive Director, JCIE/USA
YUICHI HOSOYA, Professor, Keio University
SATORU MORI, Professor, Hosei University
TAKAO OCHI, Member, House of Representatives
RYO SAHASHI, Research Fellow, JCIE; Associate Professor, Kanagawa University
JUN SAITO, CEO, Logos Education; former Member, House of Representatives
HARUKATA TAKENAKA, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
YUKA UCHIDA, former political secretary to the Foreign Minister of Japan; Senior Policy Advisor, Fleishman Hillard Japan
May 2, 2013 | JCIE/Council on Foreign Relations joint seminar on “Japan’s Political Change and the US-Japan Alliance” |
April 30–May 3, 2013 | Washington DC study trip |
April 29–April 30, 2013 | New York City study trip |
February 7, 2013 | Paperwriters Workshop |
November 22, 2012 | Roundtable with Satoshi Machidori (Professor, Kyoto University) |
September 26, 2012 | JCIE/Council on Foreign Relations joint roundtable |
September 25, 2012 | JCIE/US Association of Former Members of Congress joint seminar for congressional staff |
September 25–27, 2012 | Washington DC study trip |
August 30, 2012 | Paperwriters Workshop |
August 30, 2012 | Roundtable with Hitoshi Tanaka (Senior Fellow, JCIE; Chairman, Japan Research Institute; former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs) |
July 27, 2012 | Seminar with Katsuyuki Yakushiji (Professor, Toyo University; former chief political news editor, Asahi Shimbun) |
June 14, 2012 | Study team workshop on domestic politics |
May 21, 2012 | Seminar with Shinichi Kitaoka (Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies; former Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations) |
April 25, 2012 | Seminar with Gerald Curtis (Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University |
February 29, 2012 | Study team workshop |
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US-Japan Parliamentary Exchange | 2013 Diet Delegation to the US
The 2013 US-Japan Parliamentary Exchange Program brought the 26th delegation of Japanese Diet members, accompanied by four of Japan’s most promising younger policy experts, to the United States, where they met and engaged in discussions with government officials, political analysts, and foreign policy experts.
Tadashi Yamamoto Memorial Seminar | Japan’s Political Change and the US-Japan Alliance
The inaugural Tadashi Yamamoto Memorial Seminar, co-organized by the Council on Foreign Relations and JCIE, convened over 50 Asia experts to discuss the challenges that have kept Japanese politicians from projecting strong political leadership, their impact on foreign affairs, and the prospects for change under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The Vacuum of Political Leadership in Japan and its Future Trajectory | Congressional Staff Seminar
As part of a JCIE research project on Japanese political leadership, on September 25, 2012, JCIE and the US Association of Former Members of Congress’s Japan Study Group co-hosted a panel discussion for US Congressional staffers and others on the frequent turmoil that has characterized Japanese politics in recent years and made it difficult for Japanese prime ministers to project strong leadership.