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This program will examine how Japan should proceed in the international arena. We will invite specialists to talk about how Japan has responded to international events historically and discuss the current role of Japan in the world. In the latter lectures, leading personalities from the United States, China, Korea and Southeast Asia will be invited to talk about what they expect from Japan and the role it should assume in the international community.

Program 1: "The Meaning of the 1930s for Japan"
Date: September 11 (Tuesday) 1:30-3:30pm
Language: Japanese (without interpretation)
Speaker: Kato Yoko (Professor, University of Tokyo)
Discussants: Sato Takumi (Associate Professor, Kyoto University), Moriyama Atsushi (Associate Professor, Shizuoka Prefectural University)

Program 2: "Postwar Japan―Its Evolution and Future"
Date: September 25 (Tuesday) 1:30-3:30pm
Language: Japanese (without interpretation)
Speaker: Iokibe Makoto (former President, National Defense Academy)
Discussants: Charles D. Lake II (Chairman of the Board of Directors, U.S.-Japan Business Council), Tadokoro Masayuki (Professor, Keio University)

Program 3: "Japan's Challenges and Prospects: A View from Southeast Asia"
Date: October 3 (Wednesday) 1:30-3:30pm
Language: English (with simultaneous interpretation)
Speaker: Tommy Koh (Ambassador-at-large, Singapore)
Discussants: Shiraishi Takashi (President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies), Tanaka Hitoshi (former Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs )

Program 4: "The Uneasy Triangle: Korea between China and Japan"
Date: October 23 (Tuesday) 1:30-3:30pm
Language: English (with simultaneous interpretation)
Speaker: Han Sung-Joo (former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Korea)
Discussants: Lee Jong Won (Professor, Waseda University), Soeya Yoshihide (Professor, Keio
University)

Program 5: "U.S.-Japan Relations during the American Century (1945-2015)"
Date: November 15 (Thursday) 1:30-3:30pm
Language: English (with simultaneous interpretation)
Speaker: Prof. Ezra Vogel (Professor Emeritus, Harvard
University)
Discussants:Watanabe Akio (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo), Kitaoka Shinichi (Professor, GRIPS; former Ambassador to the United Nations)

*Program 6 by Prof. Wang Jisi (Dean of the School of International Studies at Peking University) is scheduled for the winter. Details will be uploaded on our website.

Moderator: Akashi Yasushi (Chairman, International House of Japan) Admission fee: 1000 yen per program (IHJ members and
students: free)
Venue: International House of Japan
Sponsors: Tokyo Club, The Japan Foundation (pending)

For details please
access:http://www.i-house.or.jp/en/ProgramActivities/pu
blicprogram/index.htm

Registration and inquiry:
Program Department, International House of Japan
Tel: 03-3470-3211 Fax: 03470-3170
E-mail: program[at]i-house.or.jp