Terasaki Professor of Japanese Studies

UCLA

University of California, Los Angeles
6265 Bunche Hall
Los Angeles, California90095-1473

TEL: (310) 825-4601
FAX: (310) 206-9630
E-MAIL: ron@ramorse.com

Also from 2001:
President
Annapolis International
145 Island View Drive
Annapolis, MD 21401

TEL: (410) 224-4117
FAX: (410) 266-7961

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• ART, ART HISTORY, LITERATURE AND PERFORMING ARTS
  folklore studies
• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  automotive industry; business administration and management; competitive strategy; corporate culture; corporate philanthropy; defense industry; foreign direct investment in Japan; general economics; government bureaucracy; government-business relations; high tech industries; industrial and manufacturing competitiveness; international trade; philanthropic foundations; public relations; services; sogo shosha (general trading firms); telecommunications industry; trade relations; US competitiveness
• GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
  business and environment; environment and development
• HISTORY
  social history
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  antitrust and competition policy; cultural and trade impediments; economic relations; elections; environmental policy; foreign policy and international relations; industrial policy; international economic policy; Japanese lobby in Washington, DC; non-government organization (NGO) activities; political change and domestic conflict; political culture; political economy; political ideology; political institutions; political participation, public opinion; public policy; science policy; social and political change; strategic alliance; technology policy; trade policy; US policy affecting Japan-US relations
• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  defense technology; energy technology; research and development; technological change; technology competition and cooperation; technology transfer
• SOCIETY, CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY
  contemporary society; interpersonal relations; Japanese intellectuals; Japanese perceptions of the US; popular culture; population and demography; psychology and social psychology; racial and psychological aspects of US-Japan relations; social trends in trade issues; technology and social change; US perceptions of Japan

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Adjunct Professor, International Business, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1993-present; Visiting Fellow, East-West Center, 1993; Visiting Scholar, Institute for Posts and Telecommunications Policy, 1992; Executive Vice President, Economic Strategy Institute, 1990-91; Development Officer, Library of Congress, 1988-90; Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1981-88; Strategic Assessments, US Department of Energy, 1980-81; Japan Analyst, US Department of State, 1977-80; Trade Team, US Department of Defense, 1974-77.

IN JAPAN: 1996-2001 Professor, Reitaku University; 1964-67 - study, employment; 1971-73 - dissertation research; repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

A Self-Help Approach to Reviving Japan (co-author, Hiroike Gakuen Press, 1999, in Japanese); The Theory and Practice of American Politics Today (Reitaku University Press, 1999, in Japanese); Japan: Sinking Sun in the 21st Century (co-author, Kosaido Press, 1998, in Japanese); DATA: Where it Is and How to Get It (Coleman/Morse Associates, 1992); Inside Japanese Support (The Taft Group, 1991); Getting America Ready for Japanese Science and Technology (University Press of America, 1986); US-Japan Energy Relations (Westview Press, 1984).