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Dr. Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Joins Sasakawa USA Advisory Committee on Projects
Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA (Sasakawa USA) is pleased to announce that Dr. Joseph S. Nye, Jr. has joined the Sasakawa USA Advisory Committee on Projects. The Sasakawa USA Advisory Committee on Projects consists of four distinguished leaders in global affairs: Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Executive Director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, and
Leadership Change at Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA
Today, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA (Sasakawa USA) announced that Admiral Dennis Blair will retire as Chairman of the Board, effective October 1, and Chief Executive Officer Ambassador James Zumwalt will step down, effective August 31. As their replacement, the Sasakawa USA Board of Directors has appointed Sasakawa USA President Dr. Satohiro Akimoto to succeed Admiral
In the News
Kyodo News article by Sasakawa USA Fellow suggests the impact of U.S. withdrawal from the INF Treaty
Dr. Sayuri Romei, Fellow for Security and Foreign Affairs at Sasakawa USA, discussed the possible implications the U.S. withdrawal from the INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty in a February 3 Kyodo News article.
How will Japan defend itself, if it can’t get its youth to serve?
Tara Copp, Pentagon Bureau Chief for Military Times, was one of eight rising U.S. journalists covering U.S. national security and defense issues who participated in a week-long study trip to Japan in December 2018 as part of the Sasakawa USA Emerging Experts Delegation (SEED) program. Copp published “How will Japan defend itself, if it can’t get its youth to serve?” in the Military Times on January 30, 2019.
From Nippon.com
Steps Toward Restoring the Medium- to Long-Term Sustainability of Social Security
Japan’s public finances are facing an unprecedented situation in both historical and international terms. The debt to GDP ratio of general government (central and local) has exceeded 200%, an all-time high surpassing the level recorded in fiscal 1944 toward the end of World War II.
Fiscal 2018 Tax Reforms Aim at Overcoming Deflation
The Liberal Democratic Party and Kōmeitō announced a tax reform package for fiscal 2018 that will affect the income tax, the corporate tax, and the tax on business succession (inheritance tax) as well as establish such new taxes as a departure tax for travelers leaving Japan.