Sasakawa USA’s Taniguchi says negotiating a revived Trans-Pacific Partnership may be challenging
Author: New York Times
Categories: In the News, Sasakawa USA Blog
A July 14 New York Times article on Japan’s efforts to revive the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact drew on insights from Sasakawa USA Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow Tomohiko Taniguchi.
Tags: in the news, New York Times, tomohiko taniguchi, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Book Discussion: Japan-Russia Relations: Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Date: May 24, 2016
Sasakawa USA held a discussion on Japan-Russia Relations: Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance, a new volume based in part on a conference convened last year to explore the triangular relationship among the United States, Japan, and Russia.
Tags: bilateral defense guidelines, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, daniel bob, Economy, eugene rumer, event, Foreign Affairs, foreign policy, gilbert rozman, james schoff, Japan, kuril islands, northern territories, Russia, security, Shinzo Abe, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership, us-japan alliance
Twenty-Five Years of U.S.-Japan Relations: Baseball, Bashing, and Bilateral Cooperation
Date: May 12, 2016
Sasakawa USA and The National Bureau of Asian Research looked back on the past 25 years of the U.S.-Japan relationship with an emphasis on the unlikely role of the Seattle Mariners.
Tags: Asia, baseball, bilateral cooperation, daniel bob, event, hiroshi yamauchi, jeff smulyan, major league baseball, mariners, mlb, national bureau of asian research, nbr, Nintendo, richard ellings, seattle, seattle mariners, senator slade gorton, slade gorton, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership, us-japan relations
Third Annual Security Forum: American and Japanese Interests and the Future of the Alliance
Date: May 6, 2016
Sasakawa USA brought together key security experts and officials for its Third Annual Security Conference. Building upon the success of previous security forums, this event focused on the new U.S.-Japan Defense guidelines, Japan’s recently passed security legislation, and the future of the U.S.-Japan alliance.
Tags: admiral dennis blair, alliance, alliance commission, ambassador, american security, chuck hagel, command, commander, Congress, CSIS, cyber security, cybersecurity, david nakamura, Defense, defense guidelines, Dennis Blair, Diet, Economy, elections, event, Foreign Relations, fred bersten, gerry connolly, Japan, japan's global role, japan's national interests, Japanese, japanese constitution, japanese security, jiro hanyu, jmsdf, john hamre, keizo takemi, kenichiro sasae, maritime, maritime cooperation, maritime issues, maritime security, michael chertoff, micharl certoff, Michèle Flournoy, mike green, mireya solis, noboru yamaguchi, Pacific, pacific fleet, presidential election, Richard Armitage, Russia, ryozo kato, sasakawa, Sasakawa USA, satoshi morimoto, satoshi moritmoto, scott swift, secretary of defense, security, security conference, security forum, security legislation, sheila smith, shigeru ishiba, suzanne spaulding, third annual, third annual security conference, tomohisa takei, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership, umio otsuka, us-japan, us-japan alliance, us-japan defense guidelines, william cohen, yasuhiko taniwaki, 中村ダヴィデ, 佐々江賢一郎, 加藤良三, 大塚海夫, 山口昇、谷脇康彦, 森本敏, 武見敬三, 石破茂, 笹川平和財団米国, 羽生次郎
U.S.-Japan cooperation in defense, trade, and cybersecurity discussed at Fourth Annual Security Forum
Author: Hayley Aron
Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
Sasakawa USA’s Fourth Annual Security Forum brought together government officials, academics, and security experts for a day-long conference on Asian security within the context of the U.S.-Japan alliance. The event provided diverse views on challenging issues with panel discussions on topics such as congressional views on trade, U.S.-Japan defense policies, the North Korean threat, and cybersecurity cooperation.
Tags: Annual Security Forum, China, Congress, cybersecurity, Diet, DPJ, Japan, LDP, missile defense, North Korea, North Korea missile, South Korea, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership