ANDERSON, Stephen J. Mr.
b. 1957, US citizen 

Commercial Attache

U.S. Embassy, Beijing

PSC 461, Box 50
FPO AP 96521-0002

TEL: (86) 10-8529-6655 ext. 811
FAX: (86) 10-8529-6558
E-MAIL: Stephen.Anderson@mail.doc.gov

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS

government-business relations; high tech industries; savings rate; telecommunications industry; trade relations
• COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION AND MEDIA

Japanese information databases; libraries, information centers; media and politics
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT, AND DEFENSE

domestic politics, elections; foreign policy and international relations; US-Pacific Rim negotiations; US policy affecting Japan-US relations; China-US relations
• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Internet access in Asia

Commercial Officer, China and Japan, 1998- present; Research Professor, International University of Japan, Center for Global Communications (GLOCOM), 1994-97; Visiting Lecturer, University of Virginia, 1993-94; Visiting Scholar, Yokohama National University, 1992-93; Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988-92; Academic Associate, CFIA Program on US-Japan Relations, Harvard University, 1987-88; Consultant and Editor, National Institute for Research Advancement (Japan), 1983-87.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

"Can Japan Lead? APEC Summit Tests the Rich Man of Asia," ACCJ Journal (November, 1995); "Databases in Japan; Business, Government and Overseas Access," PTC '94 (Pacific Telecommunications Conference, 1994); "Japan: The End of One-Party Dominance," Current History (December, 1993); Welfare Policy and Politics in Japan: Beyond the Developmental State (Paragon House Press, 1993).