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[ONLINE] WCFIA Harvard Presents: U.S.-Japan Relations in the COVID-19 Era

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Join the Alumni Panel of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA) at Harvard University for a webinar discussing U.S.-Japan relations in the COVID-19 Era.

Guest speakers include Hirokyuki Akita, Foreign Affairs and National Security Commentator of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Mireya Solís, Director for the Center for East Asia Policy Studies; Phillip Knight Chair in Japan Studies, Brookings Institution, Yoshihisa Masaki, Director of the Social Communications Bureau at Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), and Noriyuki Shikata, Assistant Minister/Director-General of the Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).

This event is free with registration. Click the button below to register.

Relevant Works by the Speakers:

“U.S.-China Competition in the COVID-19 Era: Views from Japan”
Hiroyuki Akita (2006–2007), Foreign Affairs and National Security Commentator, Nihon Keizai Shimbun.

“New Challenges in International Trade and Investment”
Mireya Solís (2000–2001), Director, Center for East Asia Policy Studies; Phillip Knight Chair in Japan Studies, Brookings Institution.

“Stakeholder Capitalism in the Midst of COVID-19”
Yoshihisa Masaki (2005–2006), Director, Social Communications Bureau, Keidanren (Japan Business Federation).

“Exploring New Frontiers of U.S.-Japan Economic Cooperation in the COVID-19 Era”
Noriyuki Shikata (2019–2020), Assistant Minister/Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).