First 100 Days of the 117th Congress: Policy Priorities
February 17, 2021On February 17, 2021, Sasakawa USA, in partnership with the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress (FMC), welcomed The Hon. Susan Brooks (R-IN, 2013-2021), The Hon. Gil Cisneros (D-CA, 2019-2021), The Hon. Ryan Costello (R-PA, 2015-2019), and the Hon. Elizabeth Esty (D-CT, 2013-2019) to discuss current issues facing Congress including COVID-19 relief legislation, divisiveness in the U.S., climate change, and national security. Mr. Peter Weichlein, CEO of FMC, provided opening remarks and moderated the event.
Tags: climate change, Congress, COVID-19, national security
Lunch Discussion: Strength Through Peace: Japan in the 21st Century Competitive Space
October 25, 2018On October 25, 2018, Sasakawa USA hosted the Honorable Sharon Burke, Senior Advisor and Director of the Research Security Program at New America, at a luncheon to discuss her recently published paper “Strength Through Peace: Japan in the 21st Century Competitive Sphere.” The luncheon was held as part of Sasakawa USA’s Alumni Program and the paper is a culmination of Burke’s research from her travels to Japan in February 2018 for Sasakawa USA’s In-Depth Alumni Research Trip.
Tags: climate change, global security, Japan, peace, security, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations
Japan’s Energy Conundrum Rollout (Tokyo, Japan)
October 23, 2018Sasakawa USA and Sasakawa Peace Foundation held a roll out of Japan’s Energy Conundrum and the book’s Japanese language executive summary on October 23 in Tokyo, Japan.
Tags: climate change, energy, japan's energy conundrum, nuclear power, phyllis yoshida
Japan is king of efficiency. But it’s losing climate passion
October 3, 2017Author: Umair Irfan
Categories: Energy and Technology, Sasakawa USA Blog
Despite gains in energy-consciousness, Japan struggles to become more climate-conscious, says Umair Irfan, recipient of Sasakawa USA’s 2016 Journalism Fellowship. In the fifth article in his series on Japan’s role in global energy and climate change, Mr. Irfan details some of the challenges faced by Japan’s environmentalist movement.
Tags: climate change, energy, Paris accords
In Japan, ‘soul searching’ years after disaster
July 3, 2017Author: Umair Irfan
Categories: Energy and Technology, Sasakawa USA Blog
Japan meets about 84 percent of its energy needs with imports, writes Umair Irfan, recipient of the 2016 Sasakawa USA Journalism Fellowship. While nuclear power gave the country an energy source that played to its strengths in high-technology manufacturing and a robust domestic supply chain, after the triple disaster of 2011, much of the Japanese public remains uncomfortable with returning to nuclear.
Tags: climate change, Fukushima, Great Eastern Japan Earthquake, Nuclear energy, Paris climate accord