APEC, Regional Trade, and U.S.-Japan Economic Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
June 22, 2018Sasakawa USA hosted an off-the-record policy lunch discussion with Ambassador Matt Matthews, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs and Ambassador for APEC. Sasakawa USA CEO Ambassador James Zumwalt served as moderator. D.C.-based think tank experts as well as those with an interest in U.S.-Japan economic relations and U.S.-APEC relations attended the lunch talk, in which Ambassador Matthews discussed APEC’s role in the Indo-Pacific and its work in relation to U.S. strategy in the region.
Tags: APEC, economics, indo-pacific, Japan, us-japan relations
Outcome of APEC 2017 and Recent Developments in U.S.-Vietnam Relations
November 29, 2017Sasakawa USA held an off-the-record policy lunch on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. The lunch focused on “Outcome of APEC 2017 and Recent Developments in U.S.-Vietnam Relations.” The discussion featured comments from Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the United States. Daniel Bob, Director of Programs and
Interview with Sasakawa USA’s Dr. Phyllis Yoshida featured in newsletter
January 9, 2017Categories: Energy and Technology, In the News
An interview with Sasakawa USA’s Dr. Phyllis Yoshida, Fellow for Energy and Technology, recently was featured in the December 2016 issue (Issue No. 13) of the APEC Oil and Gas Security Newsletter. Click through to read the full interview.
Tags: APEC, aperc, Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre, energy, energy and technology, energy relations, energy security, in the news, Interview, news, ogs, oil, oil and gas, oil and gas security, phyllis yoshida
Summit dialogues reinforce strength of US-Japan relationship
December 2, 2015Author: Christa Desrets
Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
The United States and Japan reaffirmed the strength of their bilateral relationship at two high-level summits in Asia in late November: The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit and the East Asia Summit (EAS). On December 2, the House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific held a hearing assessing U.S. Strategic Interests related to those summits, both of which were attended by President Barack Obama.
Tags: APEC, daniel bob, eas, east asia summit, Economy, in the news, matt salmon, Obama, security, South China Sea, subcommittee hearing, summits, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Perspectives: Breaking the ice in Northeast Asia, by Kent C. Calder
December 11, 2014Author: Mainichi Shimbun
Categories: Views
While top world leaders spent their time surrounding the G-20 and APEC meetings travelling around the region and making ties with ASEAN and other leaders, Japan’s struggle remains in Northeast Asia.
Tags: APEC, ASEAN, China, diplomacy, foreign policy, G-20, human rights, Japan, Kent Calder, Kono Statement, Korea, Northeast Asia, region, regional disputes, Russia, territorial disputes, trilateral diplomacy, United States