Cherry Blossom Festival Event: U.S.-Japan Leadership and Collaboration in Emerging Technologies
On April 2nd, Sasakawa USA held an insightful panel discussion highlighting U.S.-Japan leadership and collaboration in emerging technologies. After hearing from an esteemed panel of U.S. and Japanese speakers, attendees enjoyed a light reception for further festivity and networking.
Tags: Automobile Industry, automobiles, Business, development, emerging technology, Japanese technology, national cherry blossom festival, ncbf, U.S.-Japan
Toshiba in crisis after failed nuclear gamble
Author: Mori Kazuo
Categories: Energy and Technology, In-Depth with Nippon.com
Toshiba is in profound difficulties, facing enormous losses from its nuclear subsidiary and forced to sell off its profitable flash memory business. Journalist Mori Kazuo traces the path from President Nishida Atsutoshi’s 2005 gamble to pull the company out of stagnation up to its present troubles.
Tags: Business, electronics, investment, Japan, nishida atsutoshi, Nuclear, nuclear reactor, Toshiba, US, Westinghouse Electric Company
Hill Briefing: Regional Perspectives on AIIB
Date: July 22, 2015
Sasakawa USA hosted a Congressional staff briefing on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The panelists, including Mr. Masahiro Kawai, Ms. Yun Sun, and Mr. Tobias Harris, presented the U.S., Japanese and Chinese perspectives of the creation, development and future of the AIIB and highlighted important points for Congressional consideration.
Tags: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Business, Economy, foreign policy, trade
Japan’s Economic and Political Future
Date: April 26, 2012
Japan faces a daunting array of challenges. The country’s growth has stagnated over the past two decades, and China’s growing influence is reshaping Japan’s regional and global role. Japan already has the world’s oldest population, and current trends point to a one‐third decrease in the country’s population by 2060.
Tags: Business, Collective Self-Defense, Economy, foreign policy, security, trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Regional and Institutional Perspectives on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Date: July 22, 2015
Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA held a half-day public panel discussion on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
Tags: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Business, Economy, foreign policy, trade