IEAS Book Series: New Perspectives on East Asia
| DATE: | Monday, November 22, 2004 |
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| TIME: | 12:00-1:00 p.m. Lecture 1:00 p.m. Reception and Book Signing |
| PLACE: | IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton St., 6th Floor |
| FORMAT: | Lecture and book signing |
| SPONSOR: | Institute of East Asian Studies |
Saving the Sun tells the story of one of the world's most profitable private equity deals where American investors made billions of dollars rehabilitating Shinsei, a failed Japanese bank. Within that business saga is the story of the Japanese who made their country's economic miracle come to life, and their struggle to resolve the economic failure in the 1990s. The talk will highlight some of the main themes from this book and discuss the lessons for Japan, China andAmerica today, as Japan embarks on fitful recovery, after more than a decade of stagnation. Gillian Tett worked in Tokyo for the Financial Times between 1997 and 2002, latterly as Bureau Chief. She is now Deputy Head of the paper's Lex column. She has a PhD in Social Anthropology from Cambridge University.
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