
Why Japan will lose 20 million people by 2050
February 7, 2017Author: Sasakawa USA x Tofugu.com
Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
When a country’s birth rate shrinks, it can face major challenges. When a country’s population gets older (meaning the percentage of elderly people gets bigger), that causes problems too. But what if both happen at the same time? Japan knows, because it is facing this exact crisis right now. To promote better public understanding of this twin phenomena, Sasakawa USA teamed up with Tofugu.com, a Japanese language and culture blog.
Tags: aging population, birth rate, culture, demographic challenge, education, Japan, population, population decline, research, tofugu, tofugu.com, twin phenomena

Securing Critical Resources in a New Green and Industrial Era
November 30, 2016Date: November 30, 2016
In partnership with the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Center at Stanford University, Sasakawa USA hosted a conference to discuss the challenges, opportunities, and limitations of creating resilient supplies of critical materials, namely rare metals.
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Next Steps for U.S.-Japan Security Cooperation
June 8, 2016Author: Rachel Hoff
Categories: Sasakawa USA Forum
Sasakawa USA Forum Issue No. 3
In recent years, the United States and Japan have taken significant steps toward a stronger security alliance. While recent efforts to remove some of the legal and structural obstacles that have prohibited Japan from playing a larger role in the alliance have set the stage for a new era of U.S.-Japan defense cooperation, serious challenges remain to implement and operationalize the new reforms and mechanisms.
Tags: alliance, Asia Pacific, China, Defense, defense cooperation, North Korea, rachel hoff, research, Russia, sasakawa usa forum, security, security alliance, security cooperation, us-japan alliance

The Sasakawa USA Forum: How to submit your research on U.S.-Japan relations for publication
May 20, 2016Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
The Sasakawa USA Forum is a platform for research and analysis related to Japan and U.S.-Japan relations in a bilateral, regional, and global context. In order to gain a more comprehensive view of U.S.-Japan relations, the Sasakawa USA Forum offers experts outside Sasakawa USA a chance to bring their work to a wide audience. Sasakawa USA
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U.S. elections, TPP, U.S.-Japan alliance management take forefront at Third Annual Security Forum
May 13, 2016Author: By Zachary Shaykin
Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
More than five hundred registrants joined Sasakawa USA at the Willard Hotel in Washington for the Third Annual Security Forum. The Forum featured American and Japanese security, foreign policy and economic experts from both countries and included seven panel discussion on such topics as U.S.-Japan defense policy, regional security threats, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the U.S.
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