| DATE: | Friday, November 14, 2008 |
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| TIME: | 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM |
| PLACE: | Lipman Room, Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley |
| FORMAT: | Featured Speaker and Symposium |
| SPONSORS: | Center for Japanese Studies, Japan society for the Promotion of Science, Consulate General of Japan, San Francisco |
Keynote Speech: US-Japan: Global Responsibility and Development Assistance
Sadako Ogata, Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and President, Japanese International Cooperation Agency; Cal class of ’63, Ph.D
Introduced by Steve Vogel (UC Berkeley) and Robert Scalapino (UC Berkeley)
Symposium: Japan’s International Relations: Diplomacy and Foreign Aid
Panelist:
T.J. Pempel, (UC Berkeley) author of Regime Shift: Comparative Dynamics of the Japanese Political Economy
Shinichi Kitaoka, (Univ. of Tokyo) former permanent representative of Japan to the United Nations
Takatoshi Ito, (Univ. of Tokyo) author of The Japanese Economy and The Political Economy of Japanese Monetary Policy
Moderated by Steve Vogel
Light reception to follow.
This event is free and open to the public
