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Our grief shared with Squirrel Hill
Thanatos created by Karl BitterGreen Mount Cemetery at Montpelier, Vermont
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Remembering Wartime Slave Labor
Nazi slavery recalled at UNESCO-listed Völklinger IronworksDeutsche WelleOctober 31, 2018Grenades, aircraft parts and military equipment created in one of Nazi Germany’s largest steel and ironworks...
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Monday in Washington, November 5, 2018
GLOBAL ILLICIT ALCOHOL TRADE. 11/5, Breakfast, 9:00-11:00am. Sponsor: Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT). Speakers: Jeffrey Hardy, Director-General, Transnational Alliance to...
View ArticleThe Ministers of Abe's Fifth Cabinet
On October 2, 2018, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his Cabinet. Of the 19 Cabinet Ministers in his Fifth Cabinet, eight (42.1%) were re-appointed from the previous Cabinet and eleven...
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Weekend of Comfort Women Herstory
by Christian Poirot This weekend is one for the history of the Comfort Women. There are a number of opportunities, especially in Washington, DC. to discuss and consider the history of the Comfort Women...
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New Cabinet State Ministers and Affiliations
table { border-collapse: collapse; } table, th, td { border: 1px solid black; } Vice MinistersOn October 2, 2018, Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe reshuffled his Cabinet. Of the 25 State Ministers in...
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Monday in Washington, October 26, 2018
IMPLEMENTING DEFENSE-INDUSTRIAL POLICY. 11/26, 10:30am-Noon. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Eric Chewning, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy; Caralynn Nowinski Collens,...
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Monday in Washington, December 3, 2018
A CRISIS OF BELIEFS: INVESTOR PSYCHOLOGY AND FINANCIAL FRAGILITY. 12/3, 12:15-1:30pm. Sponsor: Peterson Institute. Speaker: author, Andrei Shleifer, Professor of Economics, Harvard University. Webcast...
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Fury as Japanese paper redefines 'comfort women'
The Japan Times' decision to revise its description of women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II has triggered anger and condemnation. Julian Ryall reports.Deutsche...
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Monday in Washington, December 10, 2018
BRINGING PUBLIC PERSPECTIVES INTO ENERGY PROJECTS. 8:30-10:30am. Sponsor: Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes, ASU. Speaker: Kirk Jalbert, assistant professor, Arizona State University,...
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This Week in Washington, December 17, 2018
The member's only Asia Policy Calendar is on hiatus until January 7, 2019.Here are a few Washington events this coming week. Congress will be in session this week in order to vote on funding bill to...
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Japanese Rightwing's Manipulation of the Western Press
Yoshito Hori@YoshiHoriGLOBISShingetsu News Agency Intrepid reporter Michael Penn has tracked down a source of the change to the Japan Times history language. We find it unlikely that former Sumitomo...
View ArticleDemocracy may not be the result of economic success
Jim Mann details why "engagement" with China failedBill Bishop of Sinocism, Axios, Dec 14, 2018Author James Mann, whose views once stirred controversy about a decade ago when he suggested prosperity...
View ArticleResolution of the Association of German Historians on Current Threats to...
Where are Japan's historians?Resolution of the Association of German Historians (VHD, Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands) on Current Threats to Democracypassed at the association...
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Human Rights Day and Japan
December 10th was the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (#StandUp4HumanRights!). It is International Human Rights Day. Human Rights Day is also when the Nobel Peace Prize is...
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Monday in Washington, January 7, 2019
Washington returns. Most of the government that does work critical to foreign policy is furloughed. The 116th Congress has begun and the many new members are beginning to learn what matters.FALLING...
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Monday in Washington, January 14, 2019
US-INDONESIA BUSINESS FORUM. 9:00am-12:30pm. Sponsor: Embassy of Indonesia; Indonesian Ministry of Trade. Speakers: H.E. Budi Bowoleksono, Ambassador of Indonesia to the US; H.E. Enggartiasto Lukita,...
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Monday in Washington, January 28, 2018
CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. 1/28 9:00-10:00am. Sponsor: Brookings. Speaker: Admiral John Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy; Moderator: Michael E. O’Hanlon,...
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Monday in Washington, February 4, 2019
DMGS-KENNAN DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SERIES: THE IMPACT OF SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA'S ELITES. 2/4, 10:00-11:30am. Sponsors: Wilson Center; Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security. Speakers: Nigel...
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Monday in Washington, February 11, 2019
INDIA'S INTER-STATE WATER WARS: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES, AND CURES. 2/11, 10:00-11:30am. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Scott Moore, Senior Fellow, Penn Water Center; Kartikeya Singh, Deputy Director &...
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