New report analyzes resource insecurity in high-tech industries in the U.S. and Japan
March 24, 2017Categories: Energy and Technology
A new Sasakawa USA report released today considers the challenges, opportunities, and limitations of creating resilient supplies of rare metals.
Tags: critical materials, economics, Market, rare earth, rare metals, report, stanford
Senior Fellow Daniel Bob presents on U.S. policy toward Japan and Korea under next administration
September 27, 2016Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
How could U.S. policy toward Japan and Korea change under a Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump administration? Sasakawa USA’s Daniel Bob spoke on that topic September 23 at the Workshop on U.S.-Japan-South Korean Relations, hosted at the University of California, San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy.
Tags: daniel bob, Historical Issues, Japan, japan-korea relations, Korea, maritime, report, security, South Korea, strategic, trilateral, us-japan-korea
Assertive Engagement: An Updated U.S.-Japan Strategy for China
May 24, 2016Author: Adm. Dennis Blair and Hiroko Maeda
Categories: In the News
The U.S.-Japan alliance requires a fresh new strategy of “Assertive Engagement” toward an increasingly ambitious China to assuage territorial uncertainties in the Asia-Pacific and maximize opportunities for economic influence. That’s the recommendation of “Assertive Engagement: An Updated U.S.-Japan Strategy for China,” an op-ed authored by Sasakawa USA Chairman and CEO Admiral Dennis Blair and Non-Resident Fellow Hiroko
Tags: admiral dennis blair, assertive engagement, China, diplomacy, Foreign Affairs, hiroko maeda, in the news, Japan, national interest, report, us-japan alliance
Ties with Okinawan people emphasized at report roll-out event
January 19, 2016Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
About 50 people gathered to attend a breakfast event last Thursday morning to introduce and talk in-depth on U.S. Bases in Japan, the subject of a new report authored by Sasakawa USA CEO and Chairman Admiral Dennis Blair and Fellow Lt. Col. James Kendall. Lt. Gen. Wallace “Chip” Gregson, who authored an introduction to the
Tags: admiral dennis blair, China, chip gregson, event, Guam, James Kendall, North Korea, Okinawa, report, research, roll-out, us bases in japan, us-japan alliance
TEPCO refuses to reveal tsunami simulation results in nuclear disaster suit
May 5, 2015Author: Mainichi Shimbun
Categories: Daily Japan News
TEPCO has refused a request to release results of a disaster simulation which could have shown their ability to prevent the Fukushima disaster.
Tags: disaster simulation, report, TEPCO, tsunami