U.S.-Japan Town Hall: Trends in People-to-People Ties and Educational Initiatives
Author: Meg Bittle
Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
On January 29, 2019, Sasakawa USA and the U.S. Japan Exchange & Teaching Programme Alumni Association (USJETAA) co-hosted an inaugural hybrid U.S.-Japan town hall, with in-person and virtual attendees. This event, “U.S.-Japan Town Hall: Trends in People-to-People Exchanges and Educational Initiatives” was held at Florida International University (FIU) in Washington D.C. Dr. Sheila Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and James “Jim” Gannon, Executive Director of the Japan Center for International Exchange, discussed trends in people-to-people exchange between the United States in Japan. They also introduced recent educational initiatives and programs cultivating the next generation of leaders in U.S.-Japan relations.
Tags: International Exchange, Japan, jet, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations, usjetaa
The Art of the Balance: Japan, China and the United States
Categories: In the News, Sasakawa USA Blog
Catherine Putz, Managing Editor for The Diplomat, was one of eight rising U.S. journalists covering U.S. national security and defense issues who participated in a week-long study trip to Japan in December 2018 as part of the Sasakawa USA Emerging Experts Delegation (SEED) program. Putz published “The Art of the Balance: Japan, China and the United States” in The Diplomat on January 30, 2019.
Tags: China, in the news, Japan, security, trade relations, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations
Japan-Russia Territorial Negotiations and the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty
Author: James D.J. Brown
Categories: Sasakawa USA Forum
Sasakawa USA Forum Issue No. 17
As negotiations between Japan and Russia over the status of the disputed Southern Kuril Islands have accelerated under Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s administration, Moscow has increasingly looked to connect the issue to the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty. Abe’s Russia policy may be naive and disconcerting to many in the West, yet it should be permitted to run its natural course, asserts writer James D.J. Brown.
Tags: Abe, Japan, Putin, Russia, security, Shinzo Abe, Southern Kuril Islands, us-japan relations
‘Why Japan Will Spend Billions on F-35s’ published in the National Journal
Categories: In the News, Sasakawa USA Blog
Mackenzie Weinger, Policy Editor for the National Journal, was one of eight rising U.S. journalists covering U.S. national security and defense issues who participated in a week-long study trip to Japan in December 2018 as part of the Sasakawa USA Emerging Experts Delegation (SEED) program. Weinger published “Why Japan Will Spend Billions on F-35s” in the National Journal on December 19, 2018.
Tags: Defense, Japan, security, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations
Japan’s pacifism and America’s gun culture: Views from a Global Classmates Summit participant
Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
Shun Wetlesen, a freshman studying at Pacific University, participated in the Global Classmates Summit held in Washington, D.C. from July 26 to August 4. In this piece for the Sasakawa USA blog, he writes about how a summit session at Sasakawa USA inspired a discussion about Japanese pacifism and U.S. gun culture among the participants.
Tags: article 9, Global Classmates, Global Classmates Summit, gun culture debate, Japan, Pacifism, us-japan relations