Monday in Washington, April 29, 2019
April 29th -1901 - Japanese Emperor Hirohito born, National Holiday1945 - German armies in Italy sign an unconditional surrender to the Western Allies to be carried out on 2 May1945 - US Army liberates...
View ArticleA Comfort Women Legacy
These women in Indonesia were able to avoid being raped and taken to become Comfort Women because their matriarchal tribe understood what the invading Japanese wanted and what they were fearful of....
View ArticleMonday in Washington, May 6, 2019
MUST THE FEDERAL RESERVE RESTRICT ENTRY AND INNOVATION TO ENSURE FINANCIAL STABILITY? 5/6, 9:30am-Noon. Sponsor: AEI. Speakers: Bert Ely, Ely & Co.; Andrew Levin, Dartmouth College; Bill Nelson,...
View ArticleCorregidor, MacArthur, and Japan's New Emperor
This article first appeared in Medium on May 6, 2019.Staged picture of the Surrender of CorregidorThe 77th Anniversary of the day Corregidor fell was May 6, 1942. It is a history that shadows every...
View ArticleMonday in Washington, May 13, 2019
THE U.S. ARMY HISTORY OF THE IRAQ WAR. 5/13, 9:00-11:00am. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Michael Gordon, Reporter, Wall Street Journal; Peter Bergen, Vice President of Global Studies and Fellows, New...
View ArticleTrump's Excellent Tokyo Adveture
The Death Bill & Ted MetHOW TO STAGE A POLICY-FREE OFFICIAL VISIT, JAPANESE STYLETOKYO REPORT by Dan Sneider, Stanford University and APP memberFirst appeared in the Nelson Report, May 22, 2019If...
View ArticleRepairing the Past
Comfort Women before US House of Representatives 2007Recent attempts at reparations show that World War II is not over by Timothy Webster is an Associate Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve...
View ArticleMonday in Washington, June 3 2019
CONFLICT SCENARIOS WITH RUSSIA AND CHINA. 6/3, 10:00-11:30am. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Jung Pak, Senior Fellow and SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies, Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia...
View ArticleJapan's Hostage Justice
Abashiri Prison MuseumFORMER NISSAN CHAIRMAN ILLUSTRATES JAPAN’S NIGHTMARE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMBy Jeff Kingston, Director of Asian studies at Temple University Japan, APP member and author of Japan...
View ArticleAbe's Politics Disguised as Foreign Policy
POLITICS DISGUISED AS FOREIGN POLICY: GETTING READY FOR ELECTIONS IN JAPAN BY DAN SNEIDER, Stanford University, APP MemberTOKYO REPORT, First appeared in The Nelson Report, June 7,2019 Japanese Prime...
View ArticleMonday in Washington, June 10, 2019
ADDRESSING AMERICA’S 21ST CENTURY PROBLEMS. 10:00am-Noon. Sponsor: Governance Studies, Brookings. Speakers: Sarah A. Binder, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings; John Hudak, Senior Fellow and...
View ArticleJapan's Adrift Peace Diplomacy
JAPAN'S IRAN PEACE DIPLOMACY - ADRIFT IN THE PERSIAN GULF?And Observations on Peace with North KoreaBY Dan Sneider, Stanford University and APP member First appeared in the TOKYO REPORT for the JUNE...
View ArticleMonday in Washington, June 17, 2019
TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION IN AN ERA OF CRISIS AND COMPETITION. 6/17, 3:15-5:00pm. Sponsor: Hudson Institute. Speakers: Michel Duclos, Special Advisor, Geopolitics, Institut Montaigne, Former French...
View ArticleMonday in Washington, June 24, 2019
BREAKFAST ROUNDTABLE WITH AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN MONGOLIA AND HIS EXCELLENCYOTGONBAYAN YONDON MONGOLIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. 8/24, 8:30-9:30am. Sponsor: AmCham Mongolia. Speaker: Jackson...
View ArticleKingston
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View ArticleMonday in Washington, July 8, 2019
GAMBLING WITH VIOLENCE: NON-STATE ACTORS AND OUTSOURCING OF VIOLENCE IN KASHMIR. 7/8, 2:00pm. Sponsor: Atlantic Council. Speakers: Yelena Biberman, Nonresident Senior Fellow, South Asia Center,...
View ArticleJapan's Upper House Elections
Is Abe's Nightmare Coming True? By Daniel Sneider, Lecturer, International Policy at Stanford University and APP memberFirst appeared in the Toyo Keizai, July 5, 2019The election campaign for Japan's...
View ArticleHow will the first year of Reiwa go?
With Michael Cucek, Temple UniversityJune 23, 2019Shinzo Abe is a historic figure.Solid control over his party and thus the Japanese government.Put his own person as head of the Cabinet Legislation...
View ArticleMonday in Washington, July 15, 2019
HOW THE U.S. HELPS ALLIES DEFEND AGAINST DIGITAL ATTACKS ON ELECTIONS. 7/15, Noon. Sponsors: Public Diplomacy Association of America; USC Center on Communication Leadership and Policy; Public Diplomacy...
View ArticleMonday in Washington, July 22, 2019
TRANSATLANTIC CHOICES: COOPERATION OR CONFLICT? 7/22, 9:15-10:30am. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Dr. Sabine Weyand, Director-General of Trade, European Commission; William A. Reinsch, Senior Fellow, Scholl...
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