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Commemorative Symposium for The 50th Anniversary of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty

U.S.-Japan Relationship after Fifty Years

While confusion deepens on the situation of the security treaties of Japan, the year 2010 brings the 50th year since the conclusion of the revised Japan-U.S. Security Treaty. This symposium gathers together a group of U.S.–Japan relationship researchers from both nations to share their perspectives on the trends of the two nations’ bond, including how it is viewed by other Asian nations.

Friday, May 28, 2010　13:20-17:30 （Open 12:30）

Venue　Okuma Auditorium, Waseda University
Address 1-104, Totsuka-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Supported by ：

Keio University, Kyoto University, Ritsumeikan University, The University of Tokyo, Waseda University

Admission FREE, Simultaneous interpretation provided

Program

　Mc: Monte Cassim, Professor, Ritsumeikan University

　13:20 pm 　Speech from the chair: Katsuhiko Shirai
                                                                      The chair of USJI
                                                                      President, Waseda University

　                  　Congratulatory Speech: James P. Zumwalt
                                                                      Deputy Chief of Mission, the U.S. Embassy in Japan

                                                                 　 Tamotsu Tokunaga
                                                                      Director General of the Higher Education Bureau,
                                                                      Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

　13:40 pm 　Keynote Speech: Michael H. Armacost
                                                                      Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow , Stanford University
                                                                      Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan

　14:20 pm 　Panel Discussion:

　　Moderator: Akihiko Tanaka, Professor, The University of Tokyo

　　Panels:
　　　Michael H. Armacost, Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow, Stanford University
                                                 Former U.S.Ambassador to Japan　

　　　Patrick M. Cronin, Senior Advisor & Senior Director of the Asia Program,
                                          Center for a New American Security

　　　Yoshimasa Hayashi, Member, House of Councillors,
                                               Acting Chairman, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party
                                               Former Defense Minister

　　　Akihisa Nagashima, Member, House of Representatives, Democratic Party of Japan
                                              Parliamentary Secretary for Defense

　　　Hiroshi Nakanishi, Professor, Kyoto University

　　　Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

　　　Chikako Ueki, Professor, Waseda University

　　　Shunji Yanai, Judge of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea
                                 Former Japan Ambassador to U.S.

　　Q&A session

　17:20 pm 　Closing Remarks: Naoyuki Agawa, Professor, Keio University

Sponsored by ：

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., Canon Inc., Central Japan Railway Company, East Japan Railway Company, Komatsu Ltd., Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nippon Oil Corporation, Nippon Steel Corporation, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Nomura Holdings, Inc., Panasonic Corporation, Ricoh Company, Ltd., Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Corporation, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd., The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Ltd., The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc., Toray Industries, Inc., Toyota Motor Corporation

Cooperation from ：

The Asahi Shimbun Company, The Mainichi Newspapers, The Yomiuri Shimbun, Nikkei Inc., K.K. Kyodo News, Jiji Press Ltd., Fujisankei Communications Group, Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, TV Asahi Corporation, TV Tokyo Corporation