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THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AFFAIR IN TOKYO
a measure of a manBoth the Asahi Shimbun, a left-leaning daily newspaper, and the Yomiuri Shimbun, a right-leaning paper, cited anonymous Japanese government sources who said that Mr. Abe had nominated...
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Media ethics betrayed in Japan
click to orderby Jeff Kingston, Director of Asian Studies at Temple University Japan, a former columnist of The Japan Times and author of Japan (Polity 2019).East Asia Forum, 12 February 2019Imagine...
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Monday in Washington, February 25, 2019
ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE ACROSS ASIA. 2/25, 9:30 – 11:00am. Sponsor: Asia Foundation. Speakers: Kim DeRidder, Director of Environment Programs, Asia Foundation; Moderator: Kim McQuay,...
View ArticleThe Feminist Movement In China
Journalist and scholar Leta Hong Fincher argues in her book Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China that the popular, broad-based movement poses a unique challenge to China’s...
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Monday in Washington, March 11, 2019
ROUNDTABLE ON INDIAN INVESTMENT. 3/11, 10:00am-Noon, Washington, DC. Sponsors: Wilson Center; NASSCOM. Speakers: Carlos Gutierrez, chair, Albright Stonebridge Group, and former U.S. secretary of...
View ArticleReligion in Japanese Politics
Ask your average Japanese if he or she is religious, they will say no. Observe how they live their day and note the organizations they join, and your answer is different. Religious organizations and...
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Monday in Washington, March 18, 2019
PROJECT CONFLUENCE: ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, CLIMATE, AND ENERGY JUSTICE. 3/18, 8:30-10:30am. Sponsor: Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes (CSPO) in DC, Arizona State...
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Celebrating the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979
On March 6th, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington, DC held a reception for members of congress, diplomatic corps, and the Washington think tank community inaugurating...
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Monday in Washington, March 25, 2019
DIVIDED POLITICS, DIVIDED NATION: HYPERCONFLICT IN THE TRUMP ERA. 3/25, 10:00-11:00am. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: author Darrell M. West, Vice President and Director, Governance Studies, Brookings;...
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JAPAN ENDS AN ERA - WHAT COMES NEXT?
Ichiro SuzukiTOKYO REPORTBy Dan Sneider, Stanford University, APP memberReprinted from The Nelson Report, March 22, 2019On April 30, the Heisei Era will come to an end in Japan, after 30 years of the...
View ArticleJapan moves away from nuclear energy, Maybe
The above Japan analysts say the Japanese people have rejected nuclear energy. Below Japanese officials say there is no option other than nuclear energy. The current option, dramatic population decline...
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Monday in Washington, April 1, 2019
THE KALB REPORT: A CONVERSATION WITH COKIE ROBERTS ON DEMOCRACY, POLITICS, AND THE PRESS. 4/1, 8:00-9:30pm. Sponsor: National Press Club. Speaker: Cokie Roberts, Journalist and Author, National Public...
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Comfort Women Deniers on View
Thursday, April 04, 2019, 18:30 - 21:30One of Asia's most incendiary issues gets a must-see cinematic investigationSneak Preview Screening:"Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women...
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Monday in Washington, April 8, 2019
SSANSE PROJECT: SYMPOSIUM ON RUSSIA AND CHINA'S POLITICAL INTERFERENCE ACTIVITIES IN NATO SMALL STATES. 4/8, 9:00am-Noon. Sponsor: Wilson Center. Speakers: Neringa Bladaitė, University of Vilnius;...
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Monday in Washington, April 15, 2019
2019 ARMS CONTROL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING. 4/15, 9:00am-3:30pm. Sponsor: Arms Control Association. Speakers: Ambassador Richard Burt, Former U.S. Diplomat and Negotiator on the Strategic Arms...
View ArticleFilm Screening: Silence
SilenceFriday, April 19, 2019 from 12:30-3:30 PMFairfax County Government BuildingAuditorium12000 Government Center ParkwayFairfax, VA 22035WCCW is pleased to bring a free screening of Silence by...
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Two Roads Ahead For U.S.-Japan Trade Talks
USTR Robert LighthizerThe preview is also the postview...By Daniel Sneider : Lecturer, International Policy at Stanford University and APP memberFirst published in Toyokeizai Online, April 16, 2019When...
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Monday in Washington, April 22, 2019
click for a versionUNDERSTANDING CLIMATE RELATED PHYSICAL RISK. 4/22, 10:00-11:30am. Sponsor: CSIS. Speaker: Trevor Houser, Partner, Rhodium Group, co-director, Climate Impact Lab. Location: CSIS, 1616...
View ArticleDrive-by Summits
TOKYO REPORT FOR NELSON REPORT, APRIL 25, 2019by Dan Sneider, Stanford University, Associate Editor Nelson Report, APP memberThis week's Tokyo Report will focus on two summit meetings - the Kim-Putin...
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