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150 years of Trade, Commerce and Cultural
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The Third Annual State of the US- Japan
Business Relationship Symposium
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November 4, 2003 |
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Application Due: |
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Location: |
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The National Press Club, Washington, DC |
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Business, Public Affairs |
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Contact: |
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National Association of Japan-America
Societies
Tel: 202-783-4550
Email: contact@us-japan.org |
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Symposium
Overview |
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Symposium
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This year marks the 150th anniversary of the beginning of formal
diplomatic relations between Japan and the United States. To commemorate
this anniversary, the annual NAJAS symposium on US-Japan Relations
focuses on several aspects of that remarkable relationship: defense,
the US and Japanese economies, foreign direct investment and corporate
citizenship.
The Annual Symposium was initiated by NAJAS in 2000 to pull together
several organizations and experts from the public and private sectors
focused on the bilateral relationship to inform a broader audience
on current bilateral issues and to emphasize the continued importance
and interdependence of the US and Japanese economies. This year's
Symposium looks back on this relationship, examines the present
and looks to the future of cooperation between Japan and the US
as global leaders.
Background:
It would have been hard to imagine 150 years ago, when Commodore
Matthew Perry sailed into Tokyo Bay, that Japan and the US would
someday become the two largest free economies in the world; that
the two countries would go to war and then support each other in
peacekeeping; that each culture would have a significant impact
on the other; that American (fast) food would dominate the urban
landscape in Tokyo and that sushi would be sold in American ballparks
and train stations; that an American would become a sumo champion
and a Japanese would star in the 2003 World Series. Trade and commerce
have played a critical role in the myriad cross-cultural exchanges
that have occured over the last 150 years.
The symposium is sponsored by the National Association of Japan-America
Societies and its member societies across the US and Canada, and
it is held in cooperation with the Japan-America Society of Washington
DC and the US-Japan Business Council, which marks its own 40th anniversary
this year.
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| Dr. William Farrell, NAJAS Chairman and
Chairman, Dynamic Strategies, Asia |
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| Hon. Thomas Foley, Former Ambassador to
Japan and Chairman, Trilateral Commission |
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| Min. Tadamichi Yamamoto, Minister for Political
Affairs, Embassy of Japan |
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| Dr. James Auer Director, Center for US-Japan
Studies and Cooperation, Vanderbilt University |
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| Ms. Wendy Cutler, Assistant US Trade Representative
for Notheast Asian Affairs |
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| Dr. Edward Lincoln, Senior Fellow, Council
on Foreign Relations |
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| Mr. Charles Lake, II President, AFLAC Japan
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| Mr. Masao James Toyama, Vice President,
International Public Affairs, Sony Electronics Inc. |
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| Mr. Donald Westmore, Director, American
Chamber of Commerce in Japan |
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| Dr. James Abegglen, Chairman, Asia Advisory
Services |
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Symposium Agenda |
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| 8:00am |
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Welcoming Remarks by Dr. William R. Farrell, Chairman, National
Association of Japan-America Societies and Chairman, Dynamic
Strategies Asia |
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Keynote Remarks by Hon. Thomas S. Foley, former Ambassador
to Japan (1997-2001), Speaker of the House (1989-1995) and currently
Chairman of the North American Group of the Trilateral Commission
and is with the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld |
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"Strengthening Foreign and Defense Policy Cooperation"
Minister Tadamichi Yamamoto, Political Affairs, Embassy of Japan
Dr. James E. Auer, Director, Center for US-Japan Studies and
Cooperation, Vanderbilt University and former Special Assistant
for Japan, Office of the Secretary of Defense |
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| 10:10am |
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Coffee Break |
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"Trade, Investment and Economic Growth"
Ms. Wendy Cutler, Assistant US Trade Representative for Northeast
Asian Affairs
Dr. Edward Lincoln, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
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"Foreign Investment and Corporate Citizenship"
Mr. Charles Lake II, President AFLAC Japan
Mr. Masao James Toyama, Vice President, International Public
Affairs, Sony Electronics Inc.
Mr. Donald Westmore, Director, American Chamber of Commerce
in Japan |
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| 1:10pm |
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"The Japanese Economy: Reports of its Demise are Greatly
Exaggerated"
Dr. James C. Abegglen, Chairman, Asia Advisory Services |
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Concluding remarks by Dr. William R. Farrell |
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U.S.-Japan 150th Anniversary
Project Sponsors
U.S.-Japan 150th Anniversary Project and all its programs are made
possible by the generous contributions from AFLAC, ANA-All Nippon
Airways, Pfizer, Toyota, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Noevir
and SONY.
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