Dear SSJ-Friends,

We are pleased to invite you to the next GRIPS Forum at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies on May 16.

Speaker: Ambassador.Yukio Takasu
Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on human security Professor (Special assignment) of GRIPS

Theme: "Human Security and Japan"
Date & Time: Monday, May 23rd, 2011 (16:40 - 18:10)
Venue: GRIPS Sokairo Hall, 1st Floor
Language: English (Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided)
Fee: Attending the GRIPS Forum is free of charge but prior registration is recommended

An effective response to diverse global threats and risks requires an approach that integrates national security with traditional military capability and comprehensive human security. This forum answers questions such as: What is human security? Why was Japan instrumental in globally advancing the concept of human security? What role will human security play, particularly in post-disaster Japan?

Speakers’ Profile:
Ambassador Takasu is a Special Advisor to the UN Secretary General on human security, and Professor (Special assignment) of GRIPS. He graduated from Oxford University (Merton College), and then, joined Japan’s diplomatic service. He served as Director of the Western Europe Division, Deputy chief of mission in the Embassy of Japan in Indonesia, Assistant Secretary-General, Controller of the UN in New York, Japan’s Ambassador to the UN and Japan on the Security Council, Director-General for the Multilateral Cooperation Department. In 2001, he became a Permanent Representative and Ambassador in Vienna, Ambassador in charge of human security, science and technology cooperation, as well as special envoy for UN reform in 2005, and Permanent Representative and Ambassador of Japan to the UN in 2007.

About GRIPS Forum
Since its establishment in 1997, the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), as the only graduate school in Japan specializing in policy research, has promoted education and research on a wide range of policy issues. Utilizing our vast policy network, this Forum invites leaders from various fields including government, academia and business, as well as staff from our own faculty, to deliver lectures on current policy concerns. The Forum welcomes attendance of GRIPS faculty and students as well as participants from outside the university. Simultaneous interpretation will be available (Japanese/English).

For registration and inquiries, please contact:
GRIPS Forum
Email: gripsforum@grips.ac.jp
Tel: 03-6439-6037
Fax: 03-6439-6030

Please register by 20th May (Fri) 2011.

For Access & Map to the GRIPS campus: http://www.grips.
ac.jp/about/access.html
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8677 If you are arriving by a private car, for security purposes, please inform us of your car details (type, color, and number) in advance.