ERRATUM to the advertisement for the Abe Symposium,

"50 Years Since the War: An Overview of US-Japan Relations

and the Challenges for Policy-relevant Studies"

(to take place on July 26th at the Japan Foundation International Conference Hall, tel. 5562-3542/3506))

The following was inadvertently omitted from my SSJ-FORUM post of 7/5:

Dr. James Marsh (Abe Fellow, Professor and Chair, Department of Financial Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa) will speak on the extent of US-Japan partnership in preserving the environment and expanding the frontiers of science, as part of the panel "US-Japan Partnership: Achievements and Challenges Beyond Economics."

I highly encourage those of you interested in science and environmental issues to join us for his presentation.

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The corrected roster is as follows:

Panel 2 (4:30 -- 6:30 p.m.)

"US-Japan Partnership: Achievements and Challenges Beyond Economics"

Moderator: Mr. Nagayo Homma, Executive Director, Center for Global Partnership, Chancellor, The Seijo Gakuen Schools and University

Topics and panelists (all Abe Fellows):

* Defending peace and security in Asia Pacific:

Dr. Aurelia George Mulgan, Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Associate, Australian
National University

* Supporting democracy and defending human rights:

Dr. James Schear, Resident Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, consultant and policy advisor to U.N. Under-Secretary-General Yasushi Akashi

* Stemming the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction:

Dr. Tatsujiro Suzuki, Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

* Preserving the environment and expanding the frontiers of science:

Dr. James Marsh, Abe Fellow, Professor and Chair, Department of Financial Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa

* Improving the healthcare of citizens:

Dr. Susan Long, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Sociology, John Carroll University; and

Dr. Aki Yoshikawa, Associate Director, Comparative Healthcare Policy Research Project, Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University

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Reminder: admission free; reservations necessary.

RSVP by contacting Dr. Mary-Lea Cox, Abe Tokyo Office at:

c/o Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership ARK Mori Building 20F
1-12-32 Akasaka
Minato-ku, Tokyo 107
Tel. 5562-3506/3542; Fax. 5562-3504
E-mail: 0006848374[atx]mcimail.com