Dear SSJ-Friends,

We are pleased to invite you to the next GRIPS Forum at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies on October 28.

*Please register at gripsforum[at]grips.ac.jp by October 25th (Fri) without changing the title.
*If you are arriving by a private car, please let us know the car information (type, color, and number) in advance so that we can register it for campus entry permission.

Date: Monday, 28th October, 2013
Time: 16:40-18:10
Venue: GRIPS　Sokairo Hall, 1st Floor
Speaker: Prof. Ronald Philip Dore, Professor Emeritus, London University
Theme: “The Tripartite Division of Powers: Democracy in a Populist World”
Language: Japanese (English simultaneous interpretation
provided)
Fee: Free

Speakers’ Profile:
Born in Great Britain in 1925, Dore specializes in the Japanese economy and social structure and comparative studies of capitalism. He is known as a scholar who is well versed in all things Japanese. He has taught in universities in Canada, Great Britain, and the United States, including the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. He is a fellow of the British Academy and an honorary fellow of the LSE. His latest book (in Japanese) is “Nihon no Tenki. Beichu no hazamade dou ikinokoruka (The Japanese Turning Point: How Japan Can Survive Squeezed Between the U.S. and China).” published by Chikumashobo in 2012.

*** 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 Access & Map to the GRIPS campus:
http://www.grips.ac.jp/en/about/access/
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8677
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For registration and inquiries, please contact: Ms. Iso

gripsforum[at]grips.ac.jp
http://www.grips.ac.jp/
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